Last night was our final performance in Hong Kong at the City Hall Concert Hall. It was another sold out house and another incredible audience. We are so humbled by the reception that we received there from all the audiences. There were hundreds of people in the lobby afterwards waiting to say hello and share their favorite moment from the show with us. And while I was spending time with the crowd, everyone else was working hard to pack down the show and get it ready to be picked up and shipped out to Taiwan. THANK YOU to everyone who makes that possible so I can do what I do – Cindy, David, Kylie, Keith and Nolan.
We had a chance to reconnect with so many people that we had met in 2004. One of those people was Terina Ho who was our contact and coordinator for all the performances. She came to the show on Wednesday night at Sha Tin Town Hall. We were excited to see her again and were able to get a picture taken after the show.
After the last show at City Hall Concert Hall, we had to say good-bye to everyone – especially our coordinator and technical liaison, Yvonne and Cat. They were great to work with and their hard work paid off for us as well. We also had to say good-bye to Katy, one more time. She has become a very good friend and we enjoy the opportunity we have to spend time with here.
We were up late packing our luggage and up early this morning to catch our ride to the Airport. We arrived in Taipei around 2:30pm, got through Immigration and Customs and took the hour ride into town. I had a quick meeting with Joyce and Yvonne to go over the details of the upcoming performances. Then they took us around the corner from the hotel to the Night Market and we tasted several local Taiwanese specialties, including a very famous Chinese “hamburger.”
We headed back to the hotel to get some much needed rest. We have to set up and perform on Saturday and then two shows on Sunday. Once we got back to the room, I-hua called from Novel Hall to let me know that the freight has arrived and is sitting on the stage at Novel Hall Center for Performing Arts!
I picked up a copy of the TAIPEI TIMES and, WOW!, there was a full page, color spread of photos and a nice feature article about our upcoming performance. While the website doesn’t print the images, the article can be found at
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2006/12/29/2003342580.
Good night – we’re off to bed!