Saturday night's planned trip to the fireworks was put on hold as My Lovely Assistant discovered there was going to be a live music show near the Longueuil Metro. It was a Ballroom Evening complete with the Preville Big Band providing the music. The Big Band got their start in Saint-Lambert twenty years ago and have made a name for themselves playing charitable events, weddings, and like last night, community shows. They took the stage as part of the Saturday night dancing series that the city has been putting on. Unlike Saint-Lambert crowds, the Big Band got the people of Longueuil out of their seats without much prodding. Playing 
hits by artists as varied as Frank Sinatra, Pharrel Williams, Tina Turner and Earth, Wind and Fire among others. They were due to keep playing until the fireworks were due to begin at 10:00PM, but a rather violent rain storm brought things to an end moments after they left the stage to end the first part of their show. They were game to return, but city officials shut things down as the stage was flooded with water. With lots of electric wires all over the place for the lights, amplifiers and instruments, it just wasn't safe for the show to go on. The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1500sec, ISO 800 at 75mm. The second photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 800 at 200mm and the third photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 800 at 200mm. Here are several more photographs from their show.
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 800 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 800 at 170mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 800 at 180mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 800 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 800 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 800 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 800 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 800 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 800 at 200mm
f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 800 at 105mm
f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 800 at 70mm
f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 800 at 100mm
f2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 800 at 200mm
Though cut short by the weather, it was a very entertaining show. My Lovely Assistant tells me that they will be playing again in Saint-Lambert later in August, so maybe we'll see them here again on the blog.
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