It was in 2004 that I first heard of Josh Groban. Katya was just a baby, we were finishing BYU, had very limited budget to work with, and I bought his CD! I rarely bought CDs, seriously. In fact, most of our music at that time came from all those cheap Ukrainian CDs that I had bought on my visits to Ukraine, not sure if they were even legal. Anyway, I bought Josh Groban’s CD “Closer”… and both Robert and I loved it! Call us old fashioned or whatever, but we both admire his voice and love most of his songs.
A year later, song “You Raise Me Up” became a great hit. We were living in Minneapolis by then, Robert was going to dental school. As a tradition, first year students organized and put on a memorial service for those who donated their bodies to science. It was at the end of their anatomy course. Robert got a chance to sing solo “You Raise Me Up” in front of hundreds of people that evening. It was an amazing night!
As our kids got older, they all learnt Josh Groban’s songs. You should hear Katya sing “You Raise Me Up” or Alex create his own version of “In Her Eyes”.
This winter, I was checking out our local list of events compiled by some military spouses. I saw that Josh Groban was going to be visiting with concerts in June! He was performing at a few medium size venues in Birmingham and Nottingham. Nottingham was a bit closer to us—under two hours—so I searched and searched for tickets that were not outrageously expensive and found some on ebay. My great friend here was kind enough to keep Mark and Katya overnight (Alex was already on an overnight school trip at Burwell). And Robert and I attended our first EVER live concert (orchestra doesn’t count in this case).
But the hall was full! Great crowd and great atmosphere at this rather small venue (for such a famous singer). He sang all his most famous songs and a lot of new ones that we had never heard before. He was also so funny!
Oh what a night! It was worth every pence!
Lyana.
A year later, song “You Raise Me Up” became a great hit. We were living in Minneapolis by then, Robert was going to dental school. As a tradition, first year students organized and put on a memorial service for those who donated their bodies to science. It was at the end of their anatomy course. Robert got a chance to sing solo “You Raise Me Up” in front of hundreds of people that evening. It was an amazing night!
As our kids got older, they all learnt Josh Groban’s songs. You should hear Katya sing “You Raise Me Up” or Alex create his own version of “In Her Eyes”.
This winter, I was checking out our local list of events compiled by some military spouses. I saw that Josh Groban was going to be visiting with concerts in June! He was performing at a few medium size venues in Birmingham and Nottingham. Nottingham was a bit closer to us—under two hours—so I searched and searched for tickets that were not outrageously expensive and found some on ebay. My great friend here was kind enough to keep Mark and Katya overnight (Alex was already on an overnight school trip at Burwell). And Robert and I attended our first EVER live concert (orchestra doesn’t count in this case).
IT WAS AMAZING!!! Despite the fact that Josh Groban is our age, it seems that in the UK he is only popular with the older crowd. Seriously, we were probably the youngest people in that audience.
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Oh what a night! It was worth every pence!
Lyana.
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