Pan Wei Bo Concert
Last Sunday night I had a rather unique opportunity. One of my friends was given tickets to a concert. She asked me if I wanted to go. I thought about it for a while, and I decided to go. It’s not too often that famous pop stars make it all the way to Changzhou, so I had to check it out.
The concert was held in a small sports stadium that was built within the last year and modeled after the bird’s nest in Olympic park in Beijing. I would guess that there were about 20,000 people there. One thing that I noticed immediately was that although the tickets had seat assignments, very few people sat in their seats. This was nice because my friend Dorty was able to sit by me. The tickets that we had were for seats that were not near each other. Ironically, I also saw my friend Andrew there, so he also sat by us.
The stage was an explosion of dancing lights. The setup was very elaborate. The concert was not at all what I was expecting. The headline name for the concert was Pan Wei Bo (a famous pop star from Taiwan). Now usually in the States a concert consists of the headline name and then maybe one or two opening acts. This concert was quite a bit different. There were two hosts who introduced each performance, and there were about ten groups and individual stars that performed. Each person or group would sing three songs and then leave. The next act was then introduced. There were no instruments. All of the music was sung with played-back performance tracks. It was also obvious to me that many of the performers were lip-synching. However, everyone seemed to love the concert, and they were enjoying themselves.
Three hours into the concert, Pan Wei Bo finally appeared. Everyone erupted into applause and screams. His first two songs were his most well-known hits. After he sang them, I started to notice that people were leaving; about half of the stadium had emptied out after his third song. I wasn’t sure why. His fourth song was also one of his biggest hits. After he finished, he thanked the audience for coming and then left the stage. The concert was over. The person that everyone had waited to see came out, sang four songs, and then left, and half of the paying spectators only saw two of the songs. It was certainly not a concert like any that I had ever been to before.
Although it did not live up to my expectations, it was fun to see other people enjoy it. There were a lot of people dancing and singing and screaming. The atmosphere was almost contagious. It turned into a good time after all.
“If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
-Unknown
The concert was held in a small sports stadium that was built within the last year and modeled after the bird’s nest in Olympic park in Beijing. I would guess that there were about 20,000 people there. One thing that I noticed immediately was that although the tickets had seat assignments, very few people sat in their seats. This was nice because my friend Dorty was able to sit by me. The tickets that we had were for seats that were not near each other. Ironically, I also saw my friend Andrew there, so he also sat by us.
The stage was an explosion of dancing lights. The setup was very elaborate. The concert was not at all what I was expecting. The headline name for the concert was Pan Wei Bo (a famous pop star from Taiwan). Now usually in the States a concert consists of the headline name and then maybe one or two opening acts. This concert was quite a bit different. There were two hosts who introduced each performance, and there were about ten groups and individual stars that performed. Each person or group would sing three songs and then leave. The next act was then introduced. There were no instruments. All of the music was sung with played-back performance tracks. It was also obvious to me that many of the performers were lip-synching. However, everyone seemed to love the concert, and they were enjoying themselves.
Three hours into the concert, Pan Wei Bo finally appeared. Everyone erupted into applause and screams. His first two songs were his most well-known hits. After he sang them, I started to notice that people were leaving; about half of the stadium had emptied out after his third song. I wasn’t sure why. His fourth song was also one of his biggest hits. After he finished, he thanked the audience for coming and then left the stage. The concert was over. The person that everyone had waited to see came out, sang four songs, and then left, and half of the paying spectators only saw two of the songs. It was certainly not a concert like any that I had ever been to before.
Although it did not live up to my expectations, it was fun to see other people enjoy it. There were a lot of people dancing and singing and screaming. The atmosphere was almost contagious. It turned into a good time after all.
“If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
-Unknown
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