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MY PERSONAL THANKS TO THE JURIES! ~ Vivian Liebgold
We have decided that this website would not get involved in the negative Eurovision controversy. That’s not what we do here. We all know those amazing Guys and know how much notoriety was gained for them because of Eurovision. It’s hard to be mad about that!
This is probably the least angry article that has found it’s way to my mailbox in the past week. I think it’s fair, I think you would like to read it…she sums it all up nicely. It was written by Vivian Liebgold and sent to me by Jeannette.
~Marie
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EUROVISION BUZZ – 4 DAYS AFTER – MY PERSONAL THANKS TO THE JURIES!
It hasn’t died down – social media of all types is still very active with the opinions; still the topic of conversation all around the world! I have had these past few days to absorb and reflect; watch the number of views grow rapidly on YouTube and music charts, reviewed comments, articles, posts on Facebook and elsewhere. Like everyone else out there I was shocked and disappointed UNTIL the true results were revealed in black and white for the whole world to see. Then the most important vote of all, the popular vote, was announced that Italy was #1 and that’s where the tides turned in my thinking about the outcome.
So, yes, I do want to thank those few who tried to suppress the vote and keep Il Volo in 3rd place. Through your arrogance and false sense of power you opened up “Pandora’s Box” for yourselves, which day by day, all around the world, we are learning more about! Conversely, while Il Volo walked away (with heads held high) in 3rd place for Italy, they were ultimately rewarded with something even more amazing than that glass trophy! Sometimes “Lady Fate” steps in and corrects an injustice. This is one of those times! They ended up with something far greater than that 1st prize: The massive press and media coverage continues showing outrage and support; increased sales of their music; Grande Amore on the top of iTunes charts, etc.; people everywhere singing the song; millions of new fans who have shown so much love and support for them. I believe this has had far more power and impact than walking away with what should have been their rightful 1st place prize. The recognition and pay-off is proving to be much greater as a result. I call it poetic justice! Thank you to all the countries who voted in support of them.
Written by Vivian Liebgold 5/27/2015
We Wish Him a Happy Birthday…Just Because We Love Them
There have been questions, so we want to make sure you understand there are two separate issues here. One is Piero’s Birthday and the other is the Flight Crew Book for all three Guys.
Hey Everyone!
You’re probably looking at that title and thinking, “Huh?” 😀 That’s OK; it’s probably a bit confusing. But that’s because we have two projects we know that you’re going to be excited about!
First, let’s talk about PIERO’S BIRTHDAY!!! It’s coming up on June 24, and we are going to do another birthday post. This is probably “old hat” to you by now, but for all of our new members:
Please e-mail us at ilvoloflightcrw@outlook.com with a birthday greeting for Piero. You’re greeting will be put into a post that will be tweeted to him on the evening of June 23 so that he wakes up to it in the morning of his special day. Deadline for comments is June 23 at 5 pm central standard time.
I will also be making a video for the post, so I’ll need some music. Anyone have an Italian version of “Happy Birthday?” If you do, include the audio clip in your e-mail if possible, or tell me where I can find it. Thanks in advance!
Second, let’s talk about Il Volo’s tour in Italy this summer. Yes, I know many of us are disappointed that we can’t be a part of that. We well remember how we felt when we saw them last year and perhaps gave a gift that we hoped they’d love and remember us by. Well, a good friend of mine (and yours too) will be going to Italy in August. I’d hate her, but she does such awesome things for me, and has actually agreed to put my gift in her luggage to give to them when she arrives, so I guess I’d better be nice… 😉
I’ve been trying, ever since she agreed to grant me this favor many months ago, to come up with the perfect gift, and it hit me last night: how fun would it be if my gift was actually our gift? How cool would it be to give each of The Guys a gift from The Flight Crew? Marie thought it was a good idea, so we’re running with it!
In the same vein as what we do with their birthdays, I invite you all to email us (ilvoloflightcrw@outlook.com) with your favorite pictures and a greeting for The Guys. This time, your greetings can be a bit longer, because we are hoping to make them into a keepsake book from The Flight Crew!
Please send us your contribution by the third week of June. We will be sending everything to the company at that time to allow time for the books to be printed, shipped to me, and then shipped to this marvelous person that is going to take them with her in time for her trip.
Now comes the delicate part. You know that the Flight Crew Board doesn’t ask for donations. This site is a gift and labor of love for us, and we are happy to do it. However, many of you have offered to contribute should there ever be a need. This gift for The Guys will cost a little bit with the printing and shipping and handling. We are pricing out the most reasonable cost, but we are coming to you this time with a request for small donations to help offset the cost.
You do not have to donate to participate; we want all of us to share our love with The Guys no matter what. But if you do have a heart to donate, you can do so by clicking the “Make a Donation” button on the left side of your screen or by clicking the“Donations” link at the top of the website (under the header picture). You will be able to donate securely through PayPal without giving out any of your banking information, and the money will be held with them until we get ready to pay for the order.
I hope you’re as excited about these two projects as we are! Please…post any questions you have about any of this below, and we will answer to the best of our ability.
~~ Kelly
The Minnesota Seven Plus One ~~ Jane (Maryjane)
L to R – Suzy, Dorothy, Bonnie, Audrey, Mary B., Allene, Joyce, Jane-hiding behind camera 🙂
The Flight Crew delegation from Minnesota got together again for another day of IL VOLO love and admiration! Spring has sprung in the north land and we decided it was high time to have some more fun with fellow IL VOLO lovers. We also had a new member, Audrey, to welcome into the group. Once again Dorothy made the trek from Florida to join us. Joyce hosted us in her lovely home.
We indulged ourselves on delicious snacks of Italian Dove Bread, Antipasto tray, Olive Tampenade spread and Garlic spread on crackers and garlic bread sticks with marinara, while sipping on Italian wine.
Joyce had an IL VOLO slide show (with an emphasis on Piero, much to Allene and Mary’s delight) that constantly played on her big screen TV with the Grande Amore CD accompanying it. It was like being in IL VOLO heaven! We all marveled at how we could continue watching it over and over and not get tired of it. Can you imagine?? We played a game of CAPTION THAT PICTURE which always provides many laughs and new takes on familiar photos of the guys we have all seen and dearly love. Mary had translated each song from Grande Amore into English. We then had to read specific phrases of a song in English and decide which Italian song it came from. This proved to be a challenge for many (me) and we were allowed to cheat and confer with each other in order to make it through the game. Mary passed around a bottle of Piero’s own favorite scent…Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male cologne…for each of us to sample and enjoy for the rest of the day. And boy did it smell good in that house after that went around the room! If you closed your eyes you could surely imagine a certain someone standing right there! Joyce gave us each refrigerator magnets with favorite photos of the guys to take home and decorate our houses with. Now if only they could come out with a wallpaper of the guys I’m sure we’d each have a room we would find to put it in! We ate at Carbone’s for lunch and spent the rest of the day enjoying each other’s company.
Once again, IL VOLO brings love and joy into each and every life of those who know and admire them so.
We are all hoping there will be a IL VOLO Fan Faire in Las Vegas someday so we may ALL meet and share our love of these wonderful guys.
IL VOLO LOVE,
Jane
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Hi Marie, Jane wrote that she had sent you a report of our get together, but had forgotten a couple of things, so here they are: (Mary Bohling)
We are all so excited about Bonnie and Joyce’s trip to Italy to see two concerts—TWO, and one in Taormina. How lucky can they get? They told us about the places that they will visit and promised to bring back T-shirts for all.
When we got back to Joyce’s after lunch, Bonnie served a delicious pistachio dessert, in honor of one of Sicily’s major crops. A crop that is overshadowed by it’s biggest contribution to the world,(?) Piero and Ignazio, but pistachios are nice, too.
Jane started the perfume frenzy with her encounter with Ignazio’s scent transferring to her when she got a hug at the Meet and Greet in Milwaukee….and then she got samples of it on EBay for us, so when Piero’s favorite was revealed, of course we had to have it. I didn’t know that the bottle would be anatomically correct when I ordered it, but we really didn’t mind at all…and the fragrance is nice, too.
Guess that covers it.
~ Il Volo ♥ Mary
This Needs No Introduction!
German Translation: “Seen this? Thank you, please come again soon.”
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Singing, Playing or just standing still, they’re adorable!
Thanks for the video, Penina.
~Marie