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Bobby Vinton
Performs Like
He’s 70, Going On 30
> The multitalented Bobby Vinton, now 70, showed no signs of age slowing him down during his nonstop, hour-plus show for Council of Higher Degrees members Friday evening. He of course sang his 1960s and ’70s favorites as “Blue Velvet,” “Melody of Love,” “There I’ve Said It Again,” and “Mr. Lonely”-- the latter, dedicated to troops now serving our country in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The “Polish Prince” delighted the crowd with numbers featuring both his son and daughter.
Vinton spent much time amid the audience and was generous with hugs.
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Charlie Daniels (& Co.)
‘Plays That Fiddle Hot’
for Moose 25 Club
Charlie Daniels impresses with the fiddle.
> The fraternity’s top new-member sponsors were treated to a raucous trademark performance by the Charlie Daniels Band Sunday night. The venerable performers of grassroots American music performed their classic hits such as “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” “Long-Haired Country Boy,” “Legend of Wooley Swamp,” and much more.
Enthusiastic fans inched toward the front of the stage to get closeup shots.
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Comic “Big John” Mickelson kept the crowds laughing with his down-home humor prior to the main show. |
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A ‘Golden’ Evening of Fun at Convention Extravaganza
From left: Fabian, Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell.
> Tuesday night’s Convention Extravaganza featuring “The Golden Boys” was a hit with the Moose men and women who packed the Paris Hotel ballroom Tuesday night. The three late-’50s/early-’60s teen idols (who all grew up a few blocks apart in Philadelphia) from rock and roll’s “golden age” appeared separately where they spotlighted each of their their all-time greatest hits, such as “Turn Me Loose” (Fabian); “Venus” and “Beauty School Dropout” (Avalon); "Volare" and “Wild One” (Rydell). The three returned at the end with a medley of popular songs from the era. The evening opened with the comedy of Pete Barbutti (left), a veteran of the Johnny Carson-era Tonight Show, who had audience members in stitches with his dry comedy.
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Fabian proved he can still make the ladies swoon. |
Avalon entertained the audience with his easygoing style and was generous in mingling with his audience. |
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Opening Comic Pete Barbutti
Bobby Rydell entertained with witty observations about his sons and grandsons, as well as his music. |
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August/September/October 2005
