Sexyangel329
Honorary CF Member
Harv Roman put up a beautiful post about Safire and I felt it deserved a whole thread of its own so that everyone out there can read for themselves what a true professional she is and how she NEVER fails to give an off the hook show not many can do what she does. Thanks Harv for letting me repost it 
Safire lights up Chicago
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Safire lights up Chicago...
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In the words of WCYC Entertainment/Studio 63 Promoter Majic Juan Suarez "Professional, personal, passionate and graceful"...
The Safire show at Chicago's Studio 63 this past Saturday was likely the best show in over a year at the Club formerly known as the Prime and Tender. The K7/TKA show in February, 2004 was the tonesetter for the WCYC Reunion shows, but the Safire show was so good on Saturday that even I must say that it took a full on K7/TKA show by a four man group to set the bar that was reached by Safire at Studio 63.
She set the tone early on at the sound check as she took command and made certain that no shortcuts were taken at her return to the city that she first visited at Navy Pier back in 1988. She could be overheard directing musical traffic at a sound check that more closely resembled a dress rehearsal for last night's MTV Awards.
Once she hit the stage, it was on as she weaved personal stories with her songs as the SRO crowd sang and danced along. She confided to the hundreds in attendance that she didn't even know if she should still be performing at her supposedly older age. With the response she got from the crowd, I expect that she has much more mileage left in her that maybe even she didn't realize she had. She was energetic and her efforts at the soundcheck were rewarded as the light, sound, dance and stage show set the pace for others to follow...too often track artists do just that-they perform to their track with a minimum of prepwork and stage management-not Safire. She earned her keep on Saturday with an extended performance that didn't end when she left the stage...
The remainder of her night was not hanging out in the back office as most visiting artists do. She worked the crowd from wall to wall, hugging everyone in sight, signing over 8" x 10" photos (remember those? You memmer), postcards, CDs, 12" vinyl, and posing for literally dozens of pictures. She worked overtime and enjoyed every minute of it.
Of course, I had a prior work related commitment that night so once again, I wasn't able to hit the stage as I have so often in the past...but my day was made the Majic Juan said "Where were you? Safire asked about you"...now that really tells you something when someone who you have only interviewed and met once before asks for you by name...I'm grinning as I write this and I can't wait to arrange for a follow up interview just to gush a little bit more about my small role in this event.
I'm sure others will chime in with their stories, but that is mine as reported to me by Majic Juan who added that Safire was a pleasure to work with at a time when the egos that helped bring down the movement in the mid-90's are slowly making their way back to stop whatever momentum freestyle is now struggling to regain.
Words of advice-go see Safire perform, watch her work the crowd, watch her command the stage, watch her give the audience all that she has. The short list of others who have kept up this type of performance in my opinion:
Safire
K7/TKA
George Lamond
Judy Torres
Rarely (if ever) do these artists take a night off...I am personal friends with many artists who are not named, and take no offense, but there is a difference in a five star hotel and the rest...four stars aren't so bad, either!
Harv Roman
__________________
"If you're going to put your foot down, make sure you like where you're standing"...
harvroman@hotmail.com
WLUW (88.7 FM) Chicago...www.wluw.org...
www.harvroman.clubfreestyle.net
Safire lights up Chicago
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Safire lights up Chicago...
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In the words of WCYC Entertainment/Studio 63 Promoter Majic Juan Suarez "Professional, personal, passionate and graceful"...
The Safire show at Chicago's Studio 63 this past Saturday was likely the best show in over a year at the Club formerly known as the Prime and Tender. The K7/TKA show in February, 2004 was the tonesetter for the WCYC Reunion shows, but the Safire show was so good on Saturday that even I must say that it took a full on K7/TKA show by a four man group to set the bar that was reached by Safire at Studio 63.
She set the tone early on at the sound check as she took command and made certain that no shortcuts were taken at her return to the city that she first visited at Navy Pier back in 1988. She could be overheard directing musical traffic at a sound check that more closely resembled a dress rehearsal for last night's MTV Awards.
Once she hit the stage, it was on as she weaved personal stories with her songs as the SRO crowd sang and danced along. She confided to the hundreds in attendance that she didn't even know if she should still be performing at her supposedly older age. With the response she got from the crowd, I expect that she has much more mileage left in her that maybe even she didn't realize she had. She was energetic and her efforts at the soundcheck were rewarded as the light, sound, dance and stage show set the pace for others to follow...too often track artists do just that-they perform to their track with a minimum of prepwork and stage management-not Safire. She earned her keep on Saturday with an extended performance that didn't end when she left the stage...
The remainder of her night was not hanging out in the back office as most visiting artists do. She worked the crowd from wall to wall, hugging everyone in sight, signing over 8" x 10" photos (remember those? You memmer), postcards, CDs, 12" vinyl, and posing for literally dozens of pictures. She worked overtime and enjoyed every minute of it.
Of course, I had a prior work related commitment that night so once again, I wasn't able to hit the stage as I have so often in the past...but my day was made the Majic Juan said "Where were you? Safire asked about you"...now that really tells you something when someone who you have only interviewed and met once before asks for you by name...I'm grinning as I write this and I can't wait to arrange for a follow up interview just to gush a little bit more about my small role in this event.
I'm sure others will chime in with their stories, but that is mine as reported to me by Majic Juan who added that Safire was a pleasure to work with at a time when the egos that helped bring down the movement in the mid-90's are slowly making their way back to stop whatever momentum freestyle is now struggling to regain.
Words of advice-go see Safire perform, watch her work the crowd, watch her command the stage, watch her give the audience all that she has. The short list of others who have kept up this type of performance in my opinion:
Safire
K7/TKA
George Lamond
Judy Torres
Rarely (if ever) do these artists take a night off...I am personal friends with many artists who are not named, and take no offense, but there is a difference in a five star hotel and the rest...four stars aren't so bad, either!
Harv Roman
__________________
"If you're going to put your foot down, make sure you like where you're standing"...
harvroman@hotmail.com
WLUW (88.7 FM) Chicago...www.wluw.org...
www.harvroman.clubfreestyle.net
