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Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Blast Into Mohegan Sun

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-center"><strong>Four Seasons Blast Into the Mohegan Sun<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-center"><em>Review by&comma; Kristen &amp&semi; Diana<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We just got back from a weekend of fun up in Connecticut where we saw Frankie Valli and the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;FourSeasons&period;shtml"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0000ff&semi;">Four Seasons<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;a> in concert at the big Mohegan Sun Arena on July 12&comma; 2008&period; The arena was packed with casino visitors and music fans alike awaiting the group to take the stage&period; We brought you an up close look at who the &&num;8220&semi;Four Seasons&&num;8221&semi; are that stand behind Frankie Valli in our Winter 2008 issue of Feeling the Vibe magazine&period; These young guys are tearing it up on the stage with their in synch singing and dance moves&period; Let’s check out some key points and notes from the night’s performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The guys all just got in from a gig in Philadelphia&comma; constantly traveling from one city to the next&comma; it’s been pretty intense&period; The lights went down and it was time to take in the whole show&period; Below are some highlights&comma; observations&comma; and notes from the night&period; Here we go&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Duration&colon;<&sol;strong> 2 hours&comma; 90&percnt; music 10&percnt; talking<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Audience count&colon;<&sol;strong> Approximately 9&comma;000 – 10&comma;000 people&period; &lpar;We understand the arena holds 10&comma;000 people but some sections were closed off so we’ll estimate it to be around that range&period;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>The Look&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Frankie Valli was backed up by his &&num;8220&semi;kids&&num;8221&semi; the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;FourSeasons&period;shtml"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0000ff&semi;">Four Seasons <&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;a>&lpar;not really Frankie’s children&comma; but he calls them that&rpar;&period; From left to right was Brian Brigham of Los Angeles&comma; California&comma; Landon Beard of New York City&comma; Brandon Brigham of Los Angeles&comma; California&comma; and Todd Fournier originally from Toledo&comma; Ohio but now lives in California&period; All were dressed in chic black shirts and pants with jackets&period; The look was dressy and sophisticated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>The Band&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Some notables were the Frankie Valli band members&comma; Gary the guitarist and Craig the drummer&period; You can’t miss Gary with his big red hair and awesome moves on the guitar&period; Also of importance is that we notice a definite emotionally connected performance as he plays&period; Craig pumps up the rhythm of all the songs with his tenacious style drumming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>The Hit of the Night&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Frankie Valli’s &&num;8220&semi;Oh What a Night&&num;8221&semi; still remains the crowd favorite&period; This song had the crowd out of their seats and on their feet&period; They were dancing and singing along to this upbeat number&period; Each of the Four Seasons&nbsp&semi;have a solo in this song and the crowd cheered for each one&period; It was certainly the hit of the night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Bright Lights<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>During &&num;8220&semi;Rag Doll&&num;8221&semi; someone decided to shine very bright lights into the audience on certain parts of the chorus of the song so the audience would join in on the &&num;8220&semi;Rag Doll&&num;8221&semi; part of it&period; Unfortunately&comma; these lights were pretty blinding&comma; and it would probably be a good idea to tone them down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>New CD<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Frankie took some time during the show to tell the audience about his new cd that goes back to music of the 1960’s&period; He performed &&num;8220&semi;Call Me&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a fun one with catchy beats&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Spanish Harlem&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;Let It Be Me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>A sweet note…<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Frankie picked out a young girl about 10 years old in the audience and asked her to come to the front of the stage so he could give her his new cd as a gift&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Top favorite songs of the night&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sherry&comma; Stay&comma; and Swearin’ to God&period; Don’t mind the repetitive &&num;8220&semi;S&&num;8221&semi; titles here&period; The music and choreography of these songs keep the audience entertained and very happy&period; We love the Frankie Valli original songs and actually wish there were more of them&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>New Developments…<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Frankie brought up a brand new story about the fact that he is going to produce a Frank Sinatra tribute cd for the Four Seasons and that they will be turning into an actual group&period; The name hasn’t been chosen yet&comma; but we’ll keep a look out and when it’s announced we’ll let you know&period; They performed an a capella version of Sinatra’s &&num;8220&semi;Witchcraft&period;&&num;8221&semi; It sounded nice&comma; good harmony&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Some new developments&comma; great sounds&comma; fun rhythms&comma; in synch dancing were all a part of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons show&period; Mohegan Sun Arena was once again hopping with one of their great concerts&period; Keep watching for when Frankie comes to a town near you on tour&period;<br>&ast;Thanks so much to Greg at the Mohegan Sun for setting everything up for us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"saboxplugin-wrap" itemtype&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schema&period;org&sol;Person" itemscope itemprop&equals;"author"><div class&equals;"saboxplugin-tab"><div class&equals;"saboxplugin-gravatar"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;FTV-Favicon1&period;png" width&equals;"100" height&equals;"100" alt&equals;"Feeling the Vibe" itemprop&equals;"image"><&sol;div><div class&equals;"saboxplugin-authorname"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;feelingthevibe&period;com&sol;author&sol;feelingthevibe&sol;" class&equals;"vcard author" rel&equals;"author"><span class&equals;"fn">Feeling the Vibe<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;div><div class&equals;"saboxplugin-desc"><div itemprop&equals;"description"><p>Editor of Feeling the Vibe Magazine&period;  We have all the scoop on the latest celeb news&comma; makeup tutorials&comma; and so much more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;div><div class&equals;"clearfix"><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div>

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