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| Cleveland, OH 07/19/2006; Wolstein Center | |
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July 19, 2006 Wolstein Center @ Cleveland St. University 2000 Prospect Ave E Cleveland, OH 44115 (216) 687-9292 SEATING CAPACITY: 15,000 ![]() THE WOLSTEIN CENTER : ![]() The Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University plays host to a myriad of special events, including contemporary concerts by nternational recording artists, Division I basketball games for the Horizon League Conference, including the first two rounds of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships in 2000 and 2005, nationally acclaimed family shows, rodeos, motorsports spectaculars, professional and amateur sporting events, equestrian events, trade shows and conventions, consumer shows, elaborate black-tie affairs and fund raisers in our Grand Ballroom, and a vast array of community and civic events. The Wolstein Center is accessible to approximately 4,500,000 people within a 100 mile radius, making the facility a primary selection for many types of event programming and touring attractions. The facility itself is a $55 million, state-of-art, full service, multi-purpose facility that is capable of seating up to 15,000 people for special events. A few of the many features and amenities include a computerized sound and lighting system, 13,610 theatre-style cushioned seats, a proscenium curtain system that will modify the spacious main arena for more intimate gatherings, star dressing rooms, 40,000 square feet of storage area, a 10,000 square foot conference center and annex area capable of hosting banquets and meetings, computerized energy conservation system, an auxiliary gymnasium, video scoreboards and amber message centers, and 9,000 parking spaces within a 4-block radius of the facility. The Wolstein Center is operated as a full service facility, with an experienced staff to manage and administer any type of event. With so much to offer to our valued Clients and Guests, it’s no wonder that we are a primary destination within the City of Cleveland. SETLIST: "Jailhouse Rock" (Entrance) ( Elvis Presley ) "Hollywood Nights" ( Bob Seager ) "Livin' For The City" ( Stevie Wonder ) "Don't Let Me Down" ( The Beatles ) "Do I Make You Proud" "Takin' It To The Streets" (Encore) ( Doobie Brothers MEDIA AND REVIEWS: SOUL PATROL MEMORIES: courtesy of Sciortino111. ForeverAce1 OK! WOW! WOW! WOW! lol Taylor: ENERGETIC!!!! WOOOWWW! He started singing "JailHouse rock" and everyone was trying to figure out where he was! he came in through the side and the place was up on their feet and going crazy! WOW HE IS SO MUCH FUN! When he sang "Do I Make You Proud" He dedicated it to the troops and it was amazing! What an amazing moment! lol this was funny.....when Taylor was singing one of his songs, someone threw a bear at him (pretty hard I might add lol) and he caught it! I dont know how bc it was out of no where! but then he goes "NICE THROW!" overall the concert was a 10/10!!! I LOVED IT! and I want to go to another one! courtesy of foreverace12. IHeartColdplay WHERE THE HECK IS TAYLOR?!?! He went dancing down the steps and through the floor seats..... the Bealtles' song....he did a great job with it. Then he sang LFTC. During the bridge, he told us he was " taking us to church" and the band started playing like they were at church, and Taylor grabbed his tambourine and went crazy. As did the crowd. Then he sang " Hollywood Nights, I'd never heard it before, and I liked it a lot. The guitar sounded a lot like how John Mayer would play. DIMYP was next. He dedicated it to the troops. He got throught the first line of the chorus and the crowd began to scream and applaud. And he went for the big note after the bridge! I've heard that he hasn't gone for it in many of the shows so far, but he did it here!! He left the stage and people cheered. WE WANT AN ENCORE! Taylor came back and did TI2TS. Taylor's suit jacket looked almost like a darker version of his PTFMWB shirt he wore on AI. It was hot. I'm tellin' ya, Taylor can make even the ugliest clothes look beautiful!! 3. lovinthesoul My first Taylor concert was the AI Tour in Cleveland on July 19th, 2006 and I thought I couldn't love him anymore, boy, was I wrong!!! courtesy of Sciortino11_IDFMEDIA: ABC GMA A Deaf Fan Finds Inspiration in Taylor Hicks http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/SummerConcert/story?id=2212451&page=1 By EMILY FRIEDMAN (@EmilyABC) July 19, 2006 Taylor Hicks has it all. He's the latest "American Idol" winner, has received a hefty record contract, and is a hero to a group of fans. Fans are the key to success for any rising musician. For "American Idol" contestants, fans are crucial. Without fans, there are no votes, and without votes, there is no hope for a singer to continue on the show. So, whereas the tabloids and other media are curious about Hicks' past, and others ask about his gray hair, we wanted to get to the root of Hicks' success: his fans. Being Part of the Taylor Hicks' Fan Club For many fans of Hicks -- who, inspired by his music, call themselves the Soul Patrol -- he was the natural "American Idol" choice. He looks different, sounds different, and was the underdog from the beginning. For Jane Croft, he's an inspiration. Croft, 40, is one of the 25,490 members of TheOfficialSoulpatrol.com, the Taylor Hick's fan club Web site. Croft was born deaf from maternal rubella, and believes she is one of a handful of deaf Hicks' fans. "I can actually hear Taylor sing. Although I may not catch all the words at first, I do eventually," Croft said in an e-mail interview with ABC News. Croft learned to listen through auditory-verbal therapy and two powerful hearing aids but can't attend any of Hicks' concerts because the amplifiers drain the batteries in her hearing aids. She also couldn't vote for Hicks during the "American Idol" season because she could not use a telephone. Croft still gets to hear Hicks' music by watching and listening to videos on the Internet, and, more specifically, on TheOfficialSoulpatrol.com, where his fans gather. She also uses the site to keep in touch with other fans and get news updates on Hicks' album releases. "I know when I see a musician who honestly and sincerely appreciates, respects and lives through any music of any kind. Taylor has 'it,"' Croft said. "Taylor has the gift to 'feel' the music, which very few musicians and performers can do." TheOfficialSoulpatrol.com Steffani Martino, the webmaster and owner of TheOfficialSoulpatrol.com, echoes Croft and said it's hard to put her finger on exactly why she became a Hicks fan, let alone the ringleader for other "American Idol" viewers. "There was just some kind of magic about him," Martino said. "He was just so different and not a usual 'American Idol.' He looks older to begin with, and he is more mature. His type of music wasn't previously represented." Martino, who is self-employed, spends a lot of time monitoring message boards, updating the site with news on Hicks, and corresponding with site members. She says the fan club has evolved into a place to make friends, and, for members like Croft, to find something to be passionate about. "It has always been a community of fans that like to come together and talk about Taylor," Martino said. "It's a community of friends who enjoy the features our site has to offer, like video and audio and purchasing items." Does Hicks actually recognize the hard work of his fans? Martino's satisfied. Despite having never met the singer, Martino says she has spoken to him on the phone and was always pleased when he would mention the Soul Patrol site on air during "American Idol." She attributes his lack of participation on the Web site to his busy schedule and demanding contract. Helen Fisher, an anthropologist at Rutgers University and the author of the new book "Why We Love," has a few theories on why people join fan clubs and why people obsess over celebrities they most likely will never meet. She says that whereas people used to gossip about their neighbors, more and more people have become disconnected from their immediate community and turn to celebrities. "We don't know our neighbors anymore, and our entire sense of community is changing," Fisher said. "What we do have in common are celebrities. We all know who these people are, and a lot of these people follow their lives, so rather than talking to the neighbors -- which we did for millions of years -- we have switched to talk about the other people we know, which are the celebrities." Fisher recognizes that fan clubs can help members, saying that it never hurt anyone to have a hero. "Fan clubs are totally harmless -- maybe even beneficial," Fisher said. For Croft and Martino, this is certainly the case. Having a role model to look up to has shaped both their lives in ways neither of them could even imagine. So to Taylor Hicks, Croft might say, "I may be deaf but not that deaf, and I heard your voice." |
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