About the Gig: All of the goings on. All Photos by the amazing Abbie Warnock

This is my favorite shot of the entire concert, Abbie caught me praying, right before I went on stage for my first ever gig. I can't believe that she captured this moment.





I love this one, too.





About the concert.
It was an amazing night for me...it was funny, I think that I have some kind of karma with mics because AGAIN they did not have my mic on, so, for the first half of "Pagliaccio" there was no sound. It sucked, I'm not gonna lie, I think that I need to have a clause, (on the suggestion of one of my friends) that the next time they do that to me, someone gets to take me to dinner.
Ah...I wish I could tell everything...every moment. We didn't sell out the theatre, like I had hoped and worked so hard for, but, it was my first gig, what could I expect? I was glad that we sold as many tickets as we did. One thing that could not have gone better was how my voice lasted through the whole gig. It didn't falter once, I was SO grateful. It was a miracle, really, because I had been VERY sick for about a month...and that night something happened, something changed and got better. Thank you, Heavenly Father. "O Mio Babbino Caro" was especially a surprise for me in how well it went. I have not sung full-out opera that amazingly in months. Really. I am sure that the crowd saw the visible shock in my face! HA-HA-HA!!! I was VERY happy with "Pieta", they had Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night" in the background and it was very powerful, very powerful. "Both Sides Now" was awesome, Kath said that she felt that the audience was not breathing during that one. Those two songs were like a dream. The costume change took WAY too long and I felt so bad that everyone had to wait as long as they did for the intermission. Ig. Sorry everyone. I will have to figure out how to get that to work for tour.... .
I loved the Jazz set, it was wonderful to finally premier my song "Never The Lovers", I first started writing it in 1998, so, it was good to finally see it's completion.
I was very glad about the Christmas set. It was wonderful to play with my sister, Kathryn, on stage for the first time, we did a song called "Le Stelle Nel Cielo" a GORGEOUS Italian lulluby from a teeny little town where she served her mission, in Italy. Singing "O Holy Night" in the original French was one of the highlights of the entire concert...it was a beautiful human experience for me.
The Mayor came, Mayor Billings, and he gave us two dozen red roses each(Jennie and Me). He was the one who started this all, I am so grateful to him.
One thing that really has stood out to me, and makes me very happy is that, I really had fun doing this...like REALLY had fun. It was not the usual dread and fear and anxiety that usually plagues me every time I perform. It was amazing for me to experience it being fun, enjoyable even...yeah... .

Here is the set list:

Pagliaccio
O Mio Babbino Caro/Let it Be
Both Sides Now
He's The Wiz
Pieta

The Other Hours
Never The Lovers
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
And We Dance

Jesus Christ The Apple Tree/O Come Emmanuel (In Latin)
Le Stelle Nel Cielo with my sister, Kathryn (In Italian)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
O Holy Night (In French)
Encore
Silent Night (In German)