Sylvain Cossette At Saint-Lambert En Fête

We've reached the end of our musical Saint-Lambert En Fête journey.  The Saturday night headliner of the event this year was Sylvain Cossette.  Continuing with the retro theme, he brought his popular 'La tournée 80s' show to town.  It features several hit songs from the decade, as well as a few of his own from when he was in the band Paradox.  His list of accomplishments is long, 32 #1 Hits, over one million albums sold, numerous Félix & SOCAN awards as well as Juno nominations.  Most impressive of all though, is the fact that he managed to get the Saint-Lambert crowd to leave the comfort of their lawn chairs for the biggest 'slow dance' in town history while singing the Chris De Burgh song, 'Lady In Red'.  After that, they never really sat back down as the town went rocking into the night.  The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 90mm.  Here are several more that I took of the performance.

f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 3200 at 115mm

f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 90mm

f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 6400 at 53mm

f/2.8, 1/160sec, ISO 3200 at 110mm

f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 95mm

f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/125sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 6400 at 41mm

f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/200sec, ISO 6400 at 47mm

f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/100sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/500sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm

f/16, 1/100sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 6400 at 53mm

f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm

Whit that, my photographic weekend at Saint-Lambert en Fête comes to an end.  A very big thank-you to Jean-Pier Doucet and all of the staff and security at the event. Everything was handled perfectly.  Some fun little statistics before we go.  I ended up photographing 11 musical groups over the four days, resulting in 163 published photographs.  We won't discuss how many didn't get published.  Several km's walked up and down Victoria, Elm & Green Avenue going to and from the stages and looking at the boutiques.  Four delicious sausage dogs (don't worry, My Lovely Assistant had two of them) from the Boucherie-Charcuterie Saint-Lambert and a slice of pizza from Kapetan Restaurant.  If you'd like to see the other photographs, here is the list in the order they appear on the blog.  Just click on the links to see the photographs.  Jon MacAulay, Benny Adam, Loud, Noémi B Trio, Jerome 50, Coeur de Pirate, Onefortyseven, The Tina Trons, The Preville Big Band and The Luckies.  As for this update, if you'd like to find out more about Sylvain Cossette and his music, don't forget to visit his website. Phew!  I think I need a vacation.

The Luckies At Saint-Lambert En Fête

The final band to hit the stage the Saint-Lambert en Fête festivities this year was a Rockabilly outfit out of Montreal called The Luckies.  They fit in perfectly with the retro theme of the year as their repertoire consists of a few of their own original songs mixed with with some old Country and Rock songs that everyone knows and gets the feet a tapping.  They had a great presence on the stage and they did their best to rock the brave few who braved the concrete and sun to get close to the stage for the show.  Those who stayed in the shade were having a good time as well as I noticed several of them swaying to the music as well.  The first photograph was taken at f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 400 at 50mm.  Here are several more photographs that I took of the performance.

f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 400 at 24mm

f/2.8, 1//1000sec, ISO 400 at 24mm

f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 67mm

f/2.8, 1/400sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/250sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 400 at 123mm

f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 75mm

f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 400 at 150mm

f/2.8, 1/2000sec, ISO 400 at 165mm

f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 400 at 142mm

f/2.8, 1/1600sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/1250sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 400 at 42mm

f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 200mm

f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 55mm

f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 400 at 105mm

f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 24mm

The band gave me a nice boost of energy after three days of walking the festival site grabbing photographs of the action.  Stay tuned, there's still one more update to go.  If you're a fan of old time rock and country, you can't go wrong with The Luckies.  To find out more about the band and their music, don't forget to follow the link to their website.

The Preville Big Band At Saint-Lambert En Fête

The retro theme at Saint-Lambert en Fête continued into Thursday at the event this year.  Though, with the Preville Big Band, the music went a bit further back than the 1980's.  It was a little hot with the noon sun beating down on the concrete, but the folks who found shade in the park just on the other side of the street were swinging away to the golden era tunes that were being belted out on stage.  I managed to see the band twice last year and it was a pleasure to see them again as I love listening to those old big band songs.  The first photograph was taken at f/5.6, 1/200sec, ISO 400 at 200mm.  Here are a few more photographs that I took of their performance.

f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 400 at 100mm

f/5.6, 1/500sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/5.6, 1/200sec, ISO 400 at 61mm

f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 400 at 200mm

f/2.8, 1/800sec, ISO 400 at 70mm

f/5.6, 1/500sec, ISO 400 at 28mm

f/2.8, 1/1000sec, ISO 400 at 50mm

f/5.6, 1/250sec, ISO 400 at 30mm

f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 400 at 57mm

f/2.8, 1/640sec, ISO 400 at 57mm

The band has been in existence for over 40 years and I wish I had as much energy now, as the members of the band.  To find out more about the Preville Big Band and their music, don't forget to visit their Facebook Page.