Forum FRIENDS Gather For Final Five Concerts, 2010

[bridger15]

"I want to express our gratitude to those, I don't want to call them fans,
they are of a much deeper order than fans.." Las Vegas, Dec 10



...all the women tear their blouses off
and the men they dance on the POLKA DOTS

POLKA DOTS were worn by many FRIENDS at the Dec 11 concert to commemorate the final concert of the World Tour.
This elegant idea was envisioned and lovingly organized by Marie Nolan (IrishMar).

Leonard Cohen FRIENDS Gather For Final 5 Concerts, 2010

Oakland, December 5 & 6
Portland December 8
Las Vegas, December 10 & 11

Music: 3 songs from my youtube videos

1. Avalanche-Oakland-Dec 5-first time live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AxjX0_S68A

2. The Darkness-Portland-Dec 8-my favourite of the three new songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBGFAvFz4ZQ

3. So Long Marianne-Las Vegas-Dec 11-emotional singalong, strong
contingent form Europe, especially from Ireland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoPvUytRcyQ

With my own snapshots and photos from many wonderful Forum people plus a few I "borrowed" from the internet,
this slideshow includes over 100 Friends at five concerts. Individual thank you credits are at the end of the video.

I added country codes (ISO alpha3 English) for Friends outside of North America only, consulting Maarten's nametag list.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrwLwmog-Y

Enjoy!

---Arlene

[friscogrl]

Arlene this is absolutely incredible, I didn't want it to end! Your pictures were wonderfull and I don't think you left out one person! And the choice of music, sublime! Thank you so much for making this video and posting it!

Marsha

[LisaLCFan]

This brings back so many beautiful memories! Thank you, Arlene!

[Wybe]

Thank you Arlene, a wonderful collection.

Wijbe and Willy

[ciaran]

This brings back so many beautiful memories! Thank you, Arlene!

Exactly!

Ciarán

[joyezekiel]

Bittersweet....... I wish we could do it all over again.

Thank you Arlene, you've come up trumps again!

Joy

[MaryB]

Ooooooh Arlene,

Such a lovingly put-together and exquisite retrospective of these concerts and as Marsha said, your choice of music is sublime! I kept looking at the time left and thinking, ooh noooo, it's going much too fast! You can't imagine how very much I enjoyed this! I know I will keep coming back to this over and over again. I had George watch this with me on my second viewing. Not being there, he also greatly appreciated this and had me stop it constantly to get a detailed look at so many of the photos. It really is a fantastic reference - faces and names put together. Makes me realize all over again how many people I missed connecting with Looking forward to the future to put this right THANK YOU SOOO MUCH ARLENE!!!

Affectionate regards,
Mary

[Maarten]

Thanks Arlene, I really enjoyed every second of this!

Maarten

[IrishAL]

Arlene,

This is truly wonderful. Well conceived and executed, it is a very appropriate record of the people and their common bond.

It is great now, and in time it will become an integral part of the LC tour history...Auditor turns Archivist...!

A.

[ladydi]

Look at all those polka dots....and gorgeous Raphael in the centre with a polka dot tie!!! Arlene, you have outdone yourself! What a magnificent video remembrance of the final five. Thank you for every moment you or others recorded and shared. It's all about Leonard, but it's also all about US...the "friends", and there we are....in abundance! Your musical selections are perfect. One from each concert, and I especially love that you ended with "Marianne", just hours after Albert posted the "Marianne" from 31 August 2010 in Sligo!! Our Irish friends are amazing....so much energy!!

I'm tearing up now as I know this will never happen again...but what a run it was...wasn't it!!

Diana xoxo

[musicmania]

Thanks so much for this Arlene! I throughly enjoyed it beginning to end. Very well done and agree with Lisa's comment about bringing back beautiful memories

[mutti]

Arlene thank you so much for creating this wonderful video! Full of such great memories.
I watched it a few times already and love it.
I hope we all get to meet again sometime in 2011 or 2012 for another tour.
Brilliant that you did this!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Leslie/Mutti

[mnkyface]

Great job, Arlene! Thanks for the memories...

[leonardmtl]

Arlene,

Thank you for lovingly describing what Leonard would define as a meeting of the Society of The Unified Hearts


“I established this Order of the Unified Heart, that is a kind of dream of an order. There is no organization. There’s no hierarchy. There’s just a pin for people of a very broadly designated similar intent.... You’re just not scattered all over the place. There is a tiny moment when you might gather around some decent intention”. “

Leonard would be proud!

Leonard from Montreal

[birminghamfan]

Arlene - thank you for the wonderful slideshow! Brought back memories of a very special time Would be great to do it again - lets keep our fingers crossed for 2012
Steve









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