What's Da Buzz?

What does our famous Charice have to do with chickens? The answer is in two parts. There isn’t much she has to do with them except eat them. The other part is she performed in Darboy, Wisconsin at the Chickenfest.

What is a Chickenfest? Well, it had events, food, rides, and a finishing concert. What it has to do with chickens is beyond me. I didn’t dig into the history of the festival as my oldest daughter and I wanted to see Charice perform live.

There were three performers that night and Charice went second in the line-up. We weren’t that impressed by the first performer and didn’t stick around for the third performer. We (and about 300 other Filipinas) were there for Charice. She did not disappoint! Every clip you see on Youtube of her is legit. There was no band, no backup singers, and no major distractions. It was just her with her background music for some of her songs on her CD. There were 2 other songs where she went totally a cappella when performing other Top 40 songs.

Here are a few of my impressions of the time with Charice. First, Charice is a totally down-to-earth person. She doesn’t wear much for make-up and is generally conservative except for the heels. This kind lady has been blessed with a voice, moves, and a wonderful personality. However, she is tiny even by Filipino standards. That doesn’t matter as Charice did one thing that my oldest will never forget. She signed our CD of her music and paid attention to my oldest. It left my daughter absolutely beaming with happiness. Next time, it’ll be a photo together. I also have to thank her for having all of us short Filipina’s moved into the VIP section.

On the crowd side, there are a couple of things that jumped out at me. Why on earth do the teenage girls have to scream so much? I nearly went deaf from their screaming. I wanted to hear Charice sing, not girls scream. Oh well, I can’t be too critical as there was a group of Filipina’s who also did something that I deem to be a big no-no. They were up front and holding up the Philippine flag. With all of the tension in the USA right now with Mexico and the illegal / legal immigration stuff, it was a disrespectful thing to do especially in a Mid-West area which is mainly conservative.

All that said, my daughter was thrilled by the experience as was I. What did my hubby do? He drove us there, hung in the background and found out all of the information we needed to know. That is who he is. He always helps us to shine. So thanks hubby!

For everyone else, here is Charice:

Live well and make it a great day,

Anah

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