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This concert is very unique and so much fun to watch !  I really love the idea of it . It was performed in May 2006. Styx , veterans of nearly 35 years of performing, joined forces with Cleveland’s Contemporary Youth Orchestra.   Except for the conductor, the Orchestra and Chorus students are all teens, from 13 to 19, and they all look like intelligent bourgeois kids. While watching this DVD concert, Ray and I were both reminded of the movie “ School of Rock “ with Jack Black .  This is like the real life version of School of Rock.  Something hilarious and fun.  These Orchestra students are all very excited and dancing and performing and looked so much having fun.  This is my second time to see a performance which combines a classic rock group with a classical music orchestra.  The other one I saw was the Japanese classic rock group The Alfee , in which they arranged their own music mixture with classical music such as Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Musorgsky, etc..

We went to see Styx Live concert on May 4 !!!  What a magical night !!!  We were so excited to know they would be touring our city. The concert was held at the amphitheater, in Tucson, and this event area is outside and is located next to the Casino Del So l building. We arrived at the Casino place around 7pm, and looked around the Casino.  It was like a museum , they made it like it’s open air, like it’s outside but it’s actually inside.  The ceiling was painted like the sky with a sunset, looked real. I might have tried one of the games if we had enough time there.  Before the show, while we were waiting in line to show our tickets, the speakers were playing Deep Purple ’s music “ Smoke on the Wate r “ and people around us started singing together.  Many of the audience looked similar ages as us, same generation people and somehow I felt comfortable to be surrounded by them.  There were also many young people with their parents.  My impression wa

We‘ve been enjoying organic foods since a month ago.   Because we care for our health and also organic foods taste more delicious than normal vegetables.   Recently, I really feel the famous quote  “ You are what you eat . “   is true.   Although healthy life comes from balance between mind, body, skin care, good night sleep and activities besides food life .   Health is a treasure.   Also I realized that “ good blood circulation ” is one of the most important key to keep healthy and look young skin.   After being amazed to see Styx’s ageless Tommy Shaw on TV, I started searching about “ secret of youth “.  He looks so much younger than his age.  Also, there was an interview with Styx on CNN in the morning about a week ago and they talked about what they think are the keys to longevity and a healthy life. http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2012/04/23/exp-kyra-phillips-age-against-the-machine.cnn  

Hee hee, We bought it ! And watched it ! This is a really, really high quality music band’s concert performance. Perfection ! I’m a big fan of Styx now. Their sounds are so clear and beautiful with perfect balance. Styx are : Tommy Shaw - Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Vocals James “ JY ” Young - Electric Guitars Lawrence Gowan - Keyboards, Vocals Todd Sucherman - Drums, Percussion Ricky Phillips - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals Chuck Panozzo - Bass Guitar The song set list for this DVD are : Part 1 The Grand Illusion Album * The Grand Illusion * Fooling Yourself * Superstars * Come Sail Away * Miss America * Man in the Wilderness * Castle Walls * The Grand Finale Part 2 Pieces of Eight Album * Great White Hope * I’m Okay * Sing for The Day * The Message * Lords of the Ring * Blue Collar Man ( Long Nights ) * Queen of Spades * Renegade * Pieces of Eight * Aku-Aku Most of the songs were composed by Tommy Shaw a

Best Improv-Ice ' 2011 http://www.dissonskating.com/2011/12/improv-ice-voting/ This Pandora’s ice show was held in December ‘2011 and was showing in NBC on January’ 2012. Guest music group was Styx ! I wanted to write a review for it because this show was awesome and we re-watched our recording of it several times recently when we have time. but December to February are the most busy time for my work, and could not make a time to write about it until now. We are usually not so crazy to see ice shows with a musician’s live performance, because so far, maybe because of their choice of the music, we were always more into skaters and skating. But this was exception, Styx was fantastic and we really enjoyed it from beginning to the end ! Ray also loved one of past guest music groups “ Foreigner “ which was also from Pandora’s ice show. Honestly, even though I knew Styx is a famous music group, I had never seen them, and didn’t know what kind of people. But