This week-end was very busy and more hectic than usual for the Sage family. The prince had turned fifteen and to celebrate there was a gathering of about two dozen teenagers at our house on Friday night. Half of them ended up staying the night. Early in the morning we discovered two of them were daft enough to bring alcohol (luckily they stayed away from my stash). That tainted the whole gathering and resulted in increased stress for his parents. On top of this we had a family gathering on the Sunday afternoon. Nevertheless, the concert had been booked so I attended, and I was so glad I did.
The concert was at the Brisbane Full Gospel Church in Eight Mile Plains at 7pm. It was quite an experience to go to a church that no doubt was used to hosting Korean congregations. I am sure the staff expected a crowd different to the one that would usually turn up. They were all very friendly and welcoming.
The concert opened with a violin and piano duo. This was an unexpected bonus for me. I had no idea. And they were awesome. They opened with a medley of Disney movie themes which included a great rendition of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Even I can play this passably well, but in the hands of the young lady with the violin it went to a whole other level. She was fast, and precise and included a wonderful run towards the end. Outstanding. And the best part is that after the medley she came back with a cellist and the piano trio continued with a few more sets. They played traditional / classical music and modern songs as well. A few that stuck with me were Amazing Grace + Bach Cello Suite No 1 prelude, "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and Moon River. I would have been happy with them performing for the whole show but it was not to be. I doubt few cheered and applauded louder than I did for their music.
They were followed by a young man named Victor who was in X-Factor the same year (2013) as Dami. As he said "since most of you don't know who I am I did not do very well". Safe to say, not as well as Dami. He sang two songs, and was joined in his version of Hallelujah by Dami herself.
Dami started with a few of the songs she did on X-Factor (first up was Bridge Over Troubled Water). Then she played the songs she has released so far. She is so sweet. She stereotyped her concert crowds: Australian, Asian and Church. She did some songs in Korean too, which sounded so pretty.
Noah (her husband) came on and spoke about Compassion. They help to sponsor children living in poverty in Jesus name. As this was a fundraiser for Compassion I learned a fair bit about the organisation. They do wonderful work, no doubt, and I felt a little bad that I could not sponsor a child that night. I did talk about it when I got home and we hope to be able to organise to do something eventually.
They finished up the show with Dami singing the Endless Love duet with Victor.
It was a great night (not least of all for the unexpected violin) and I learned a lot. And after the events of the weekend it was much needed.
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