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Supreme Being
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As always expectations were high, but Katherine met them easily and delivered a sparkling performance. Anthony Inglis was at the helm of the orchestra, and was already joking during the opening instrumental. I was a bit nervous about the weather after seeing some of the clouds while we were in the queue, but fortunately by the performance the sky had cleared, although that did mean the temperature dropped quite a bit.
We were treated to 'Til There Was You (with a more classical style vocal than the album), La Vie en Rose, and Nella Fantasia which is one of my favourites.
Diana Yukawa provided support. She is a lovely young Japanese-English violinist, and is credited as a writer too for most of the music she performed on the evening. Unfortunately I was distracted as I broke my glasses putting my top on and spent most of her set fixing them.
Katherine's second set was Una Voce Poco Fa (which I think IS my favourite), L'amore Sei Tu, and Parla Piu Piano (renamed The Godfather for the night). Katherine also gave a shout-out to the forum and Diamond Club members who have been supporting her on this tour.
The second half was Hallelujah, Habanera from Carmen, the Q & A where Katherine had requests to perform I Vow To Thee My Country and the Welsh Anthem which she did a capella (impressively too), followed by Love Never Dies.
Diana Yukawa performed again. She could have taken the easy route and performed well known pieces but she did something different and it was well received.
Final set was Non Ti Scordar Di Me, Angel (without the aerial spin), Time to Say Goodbye, The Proms, and We'll Meet Again. Anthony had his fun conducting the audience and Katherine had her turn with the baton too.
Katherine was on good form chatting, and sometimes rambling between songs. She was joking about her near Marilyn-Moment in the wind, and gave a great big laugh when she saw the assembled Welsh flags and hats from the forum members at the front. Some of her cheeky "questions" in the Q & A however are a bit past retirement age.
I really enjoy the format of these summer concerts. As always meeting with forum members adds something extra special to the evening too. Katherine obviously attracts a very high class of fan 
Once again I took an excess of photos, I'll try and sort out and upload a few of them a bit later.
Next stop: Llangollen. Maybe I will even learn how to pronounce it.
Stephen
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Supreme Being
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Photo Time!
Can you guess which song?
Katherine spots the hats, flags etc. being worn by the forum members.
Katherine is after Anthony's job
A couple of Diana Yukawa
Stephen
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Great photos Stephen. Thanks for sharing them
John N
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Supreme Being
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Well done Steve some belters there see you tomorrow
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Lovely pictures everyone!
Jen x
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Thank you very much Stephen and Johnp for the pictures and reports. I'm glad you had a nice time and have fun. I'm sending a big kiss to everyone. Ceci. (I do not speak English, sorry if I wrote something wrong)
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Supreme Being
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| Hi Stephen and John Many thanks for the reports and great photos Kevin
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Supreme Being
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| John and Stehen, Great photos and report on what appears to have been a wonderful evening. John your camera is still working fine, well done with it.
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Many thanks Steve and John for your reports and photos. Nice to hear that Katherine remembers the forum still exists.
Steve
 Keep smiling as things could always be worse
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