It’s smiles all around for the guys after yesterday’s successful concert (if the Twitter feeds are at all accurate, that is a gross understatement) at Radio City Music Hall! It was amazing seeing that dream come true for them, wasn’t it?
And yes, I know that picture is from last season, but it’s from New York, so I thought is was appropriate. 😉
So what made you smile this week?
I’m smiling because…
Kelly
Here is an email I received from Jeanine. I know she won’t mind if I share it.
~Marie
Hey, friends,
Here’s the video link from 3 years ago when IL VOLO expressed their dream (to sing at Radio City Music Hall) and sang a little bit of “This Time” on the street. Check out the cute little boy’s smile near the end.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151608349507100&set=vb.397899523583717&type=3&theater
Here is a sweet compilation image of the marquis for IL VOLO’s concert tonight in Radio City Music Hall and the real deal with their Sold Out sign
I know you already don’t believe my story but, that place does exist. It is the black hole my sisters refer to as The Family Cabin.
Let me digress;
I have done my share of primitive camping. My first husband and I were hikers. We even back-packed into Yellow Stone National Park. We spent nights in large iron cages in the woods so that bears could not take off with an arm or a leg while we slept. It’s sort of a reverse zoo affect. My travel buddy, sister, and I have been into Alaska’s Denali National Park to get as close to Mt. McKinley as possible. We went as far as humans are allowed to go without special permission from the Forestry Service.
Now, back to The Black Hole Family Cabin;
I have managed to avoid trips there this summer, much to my family’s dismay. I much prefer spending my days off blogging with all of you about my favorite subject – how much I love Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero. For some reason my family thinks I’m obsessed. Missing “Sisters Weekend” October 4th, is not an option! They call it a three day weekend. I call it 28 days short of a month. Oh, we have TV and DVD. Heck, we even have a dishwasher! But, no cellphone bars!! What I have neglected to tell you until now, because you really won’t believe this part…NO INTERNET ACCESS! Now, I ask you, how can that possibly be in this day and age? Now that’s Primitive Camping! No contact with you guys for nearly 72 hours! I don’t know if I can do this. I know I don’t want to do this!
I have a plan. After everyone goes to sleep I’ll drive the 2 1/2 hours back home, while listening to Il Volo. Then talk to you guys, read my email, leave emails, Pick up some donuts. Then drive 2 1/2 hours back, while listening to Il Volo. I’ll tell the girls that I love them so much that I drove for miles to bring them donuts for breakfast. They won’t believe me, of course, but, I’m the oldest sister and I can stare the others down.
Have I mentioned that Big Foot lives there? According to the local’s it’s true. One of the best foot prints ever was discovered there. I have seen the plaster cast. That dishwasher isn’t going to do much good when Yeti comes knocking on the cabin door! If I had my trusty computer I could Google “The 10 Things Big Foot Hates Most” and end up the family hero instead of the family Il Volo nut case.
Worse than Big Foot is the fact that I won’t be playing Il Volo Music or watching Il Volo DVD’s. Two of my four sisters blame those Sweet Faced Boys for my absence from the family and don’t want to see or hear them. Can you imagine? FOOLS! I’ll have my tiny MP 3 under my pillow!
So, Please think of me that weekend when you’re phoning and blogging!
Well, it’s almost Halloween. What’s your horror story?
~Marie
Hi Everyone!
One of our board members reminded us that Ignazio has a birthday coming up!!! 
We wanted to acknowledge it, of course, and we would like your help. 🙂 If you tweet, we’ve tweeted the invite to sign the group card; click on it, and you will be taken directly to the card.
Unfortunately, there was something going on with the email feature of the invitations, so if you do not tweet, please fill in the form below, and I will email you the invitation.
The card will be sent out at midnight on 10/4.
Kelly
Wow.
That is the only word I have to describe the past 2 weeks here in our little home. It’s been a whirlwind; it’s been overwhelming—in a good way; it’s been a new challenge for all of us on the board, and I think I can speak for everyone when I say that it has been a complete labor of love. Love for our friends and fellow followers as well as for Il Volo.
Thank you for all of your support and kind comments on our efforts to make this a great blog. It means the world to us, and it keeps us motivated to keep coming up with new things to make it even better. And now that it’s time to kick off the tour, we thought this was the best time to kick off a new feature!
But first, let us take a moment to celebrate…
IT’S FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!! “We Are Love” starts tonight in Vancouver!!!
Now we know there are going to be so many stories and memories people want to share, and as Marie said, we want to know every detail!!! With that in mind, we would like to invite you to share your experience in a more formal layout than among the comments as we usually do, so we are opening up a new section: “My Il Volo Experience.”
To do that, please go to our “About Page” (under the “Around the Blog” section on the left), and use the contact form there to submit a request. If your story is short enough, you might be able to simply write it in the space provided. When you’re finished, hit send, and your request will come to the board members for posting. If your story does not fit in the space provided, simply submit a request saying that you have a post to share and wait to hear from us by email with further instructions.
We started this with concert stories in mind, but we suspect that there are many people who won’t be going to a concert this year, but have a story about what Il Volo means to them or a way that their music has touched them. We want to hear those stories also, so they will be included in this section as well. The only real “rules” we have is that the stories have to pertain to you, and that if you have already submitted one, please wait until at least the end of this concert season before submitting another to allow everyone an opportunity to share.
Are you excited? I hope so! We are hoping for some good stories out of these first couple of stops! I, for one, know that I am beside myself with excitement, and I still have over a week to wait! In an effort to curb my enthusiasm (since I have to make it through a work week with some semblance of sanity), I’ve been watching Il Volo videos on YouTube for the last hour, which has made me all weepy and sentimental…
Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio,
I hope that if you ever find yourselves here, perhaps lurking around these posts, peeking through comments… roaming the halls …that you can see and feel how much you are truly loved in this place. It might not be as electrifying as the crowds of screaming young people who filled your Latin American tour, I know, but the feeling runs just as deep and true.
If there were any doubt, I would show you our “Stats” page: over 16,000 views and nearly 1,200 comments between 21 different countries. In only 15 days!!
I would show you the results of, “What is Your Favorite Il Volo Song?” Yes, we were able to separate a few, but I believe the overwhelming response was, “How can I choose just one?” On one hand, I said to myself (with a good-natured grin 😉 ), “Oh, come on. That’s a cop-out!” But on the other, I know it is all too true.
We fell in love with you as boys, your voices amazing us even then, each song rising to meet the one before it. We wondered how you could possibly get any better? Now, you are young men, and we find each song, each performance, each interview more impressive, more charming than the last.
And how can we not? When we are at our worst, you remind us to “Smile” because it’s a “Beautiful Day,” and if we still feel like we can’t take another step, “We are Love.” We’ll get through it together, and “the world” will keep turning.
If one listens closely enough, they will learn that it’s OK to “Surrender” to love because it’s the “Little Things” that make them perfect and perfectly loveable. And in “Questo Amor”, we see that time is fleeting; if we love someone, we should tell them. We feel that in all things, we need to be in the moment–take it all in–so we “don’t miss a thing.”
And lastly, I would point you to the most obvious place: the 1,200 comments posted here. For in those words, you would find laughter, tears of joy and the moments of peace you bring to our otherwise chaotic lives. You would find how “Painfully Beautiful” we find your music, and how much we appreciate your kind, humble and generous spirits.
Good Luck out there. Stay safe, don’t ever change, and we are so excited to see you!
The Flight Crew
