Paul Potts...

[fajrdrako]

maaseru and I became fans of Paul Potts after seeing his YouTube video from his initial appearance on Britain's Got Talent. We were disappointed to be unable to get tickets to his recent concert in Ottawa - it was immediately sold out.

So it was with joy and delight that we learned Paul Potts would be appearing at Chapters bookstore on Rideau Street today, to sing and to sign copies of his new CD, Passione.

We met explodedteabag for coffee, but she was on her lunch break and had to leave before Paul Potts actually appeared. We waited and chatted with the friendly strangers around us - one woman had a Sony PRS505 and we were comparing e-readers. She's actually put in some personal photos - I still have the factory-made photos of some imaginary family. I smuggled some food in to maaseru, feeling like an outlaw.

Then Paul Potts came and sang four songs. I was thrilled - I'd expected only one or two. He sang Chopin's "Tristesse". It was beautiful, but I had a bit of cultural confusion - he described Chopin as a Pole, and because it was Chopin I expected a song in French, but it was Italian. No complaint, of course. Potts sings Italian delightfully.



The next song, to my joy and delight, was "Piano" - which is actually the Andrew Lloyd Webber song "Memories" in Italian.



I took a photo of a camerawoman from the CBC filming him: there was a lot of media there. And a rather extremely large number of people. I wonder how long he was signing autographs afterwards.



He then sang "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot - the song which made him a star on Britain's Got Talent.



I took a picture of the crowd listening.



I snapped a picture of him signing an autograph for the nice gentleman who was standing in line in front of us.



They had said he would not have time to be photographed individually with fans, but he then did so for everyone in the crowd - including us, right after he signed our CDs. That's maaseru on the left, Paul Potts in the middle, and me on the right.




We were also happy to hear that he will be coming back to Ottawa for a concert in the near future - in a larger venue. He has friends locally, and knows Ottawa well. Joked about skating on the canal, or not skating, as his wife feared he'd fall through the ice. She was there too, a pleasant-looking fair-haired woman in a purple sweater.

Comments

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Awww great pics! Look! :) (You all look adorable!)

I loved him on Britain's Got Talent... I must have watched that clip, oh dozens of times.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed my photos. I think I was feeling a little starstruck by the time my photo was taken. And I'm always self-conscious about photos.

I love that "Britain's Got Talent" clip.

Great icon you have, too.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I am always self-conscious about photos, too. My family keeps putting things up on Facebook and I'm like... NOOOOOOO! Please not that one!

You're photogenic, though!

My icon is from gamined at http://community.livejournal.com/onetouchofmink I could spend hours in there. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I don't have anyone trying to put me on Facebook. I think I'd die of embarrassment. Thanks for calling me 'photogenic', it's a nice thought.

Thanks for the wonderful link!

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, how wonderful! Hopefully next time you'll get tickets to his concert.

Great photo you got with him, too. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Hopefully next time you'll get tickets to his concert.

With any luck! I certainly hope so.

Glad you liked the photo.

[elebridith]

Ooh, hello there! *waves* Lucky you! I saw that video on YouTube shortly after the TV airing, and I'm not ashamed to say that I had tears in my eyes watching it. Still happens, I seek it out again sometimes because it's so moving! He was on german TV a few times and he seems really nice. I'm glad he's doing so well.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes. He seemed to be really happy with his tour and his fans. I was so glad to see him.