Jennifer Hudson was AMAZING at Long Beach Gay Pride Festival

[DAME]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 3:48pm

This Sunday night. Should be fun.

Updated On: 5/21/07 at 03:48 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 3:51pm

http://www.longbeachpride.com/

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 8:10pm

Aww, that sounds like a blast. I bet she'll be fabulous. Enjoy, and let us know how she was!

[DAME]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 8:15pm

I will try to video it.. since it is allowed.

[whiskedaway]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 8:27pm

I'll be there. Hope it's fun.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 8:35pm

I can't wait for Jennifer Holliday to start complaining that Ms. Hudson is taking all of her work.....

[fflagg]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 8:37pm

and Ms. Hudson is being paid big bucks for it.

[DAME]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 8:39pm

What would be wrong with that?

But regardless.. that happens not to be true. She is getting the same thing Amber is getting paid which is not a lot. But she gets to use the time to try out 3 of her new songs and sing all the dreamgirls stuff.

Updated On: 5/18/07 at 08:39 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 8:46pm

PLEASE tape it if you can, because I would love to see clips of it.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 9:53pm

Oh, Spidey... why don't you just show up yourself and check out "the gays."

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 9:57pm

Hahaha. Considering I live 10-12 hours away and have no money . . . I don't think it would work. Now, if I could make it, trust me, I would!

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/18/07 at 10:01pm

That never stopped "the gays."

Then again... they have more than one reason to show up.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/19/07 at 10:44am

Long Beach puts on a fun parade, and they always make the effort to be in other cities parades......my sister lives there, if we didn't have prior plans, I'd go

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/19/07 at 11:10am

I say we all pitch in and buy spidey a Greyhound ticket to Long Beach. When is it, tomorrow?

[DAME]

Posted: 5/19/07 at 11:29am

I am not big on the parade. I would rather sleep in and start the festival in the afternoon.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 5/19/07 at 3:28pm

Foster--Now, that is what I am talking about!

But you guys enjoy the show without me. Someone scream out, "DJ LOVE YOU, JENNIFER" for me.

[DAME]

Posted: 5/19/07 at 8:38pm

It is going to be so crowded. Everyone and their mother is going.

[whiskedaway]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 3:44am

Yes, it was VERY crowded, it was ridiculous. Miss Hudson was fantastic of course, even though her set was rather short. She sang the Dreamgirls reprise, Love You I Do, then a song that I didn't know, One Night Only, And I Am Telling You, then she did an encore with I Am Changing, and then brought some couple from the audience up on the stage and sang I Love You I Do again with this couple singing, and then Shout for some reason. Overall, it was a good time. It was very cool to hear her sing pretty much all her big numbers from Dreamgirls live.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 11:48am

I guess DAME is to hung over to report....

[DAME]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 12:56pm

Dame spent the night in Long Beach so hasn't had a chance to report. La Hudson was amazing. She very humbly told the audience that she is aware she got to where she is thru ( in her words) a "back door". But that she plans on working hard and making herself worthy. She also said that she hopes to be back next years singing all new original material from her album. And whisk.. the two people she pulled on stage to sing with her where the winners of the evenings earlier Pride Idol competition.

She sang all the Dreamgirls songs.. some to a instrumental track and some to a accompanist. Her voice is flawless and sounds better in person.

[whiskedaway]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 2:16pm

Ahh okay, I couldn't make out anything she was saying when she was talking, the crowd was too loud. I hope she does come back next year after she releases her album.

[DAME]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 2:21pm

Where were you then? Because I thought the sound system was excellent. We were first row of the bleachers. I am re-watching some of it right now. Wasn't it amazing the sight of thousands of video cameras and phones ? I got a great pic of that.

And yes.. it was way to crowded. the fire marshal was about to close the whole thing up. ( So they say.. I think they would have had a bad riot in their hands)

[whiskedaway]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 3:18pm

I got to the main stage around 8:45, I was basically in the back area of the crowd that they asked to move so that the fire marshall would be happy. By the time everyone had shifted and moved me and my friend were in about the dead center of the crowd on the field. Thankfully I could hear her fine when she was singing, it was just when she was talking the crowd would be hootin and hollering so I could not hear much. I tried to hold my camera up in the air and get a picture but all I got was a bluish blur, lol. If you got any good pics I would love to see them.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 3:25pm

Smart gal.. she knows her audience.

Get a gay following and it is like having a great pension plan.

Updated On: 5/21/07 at 03:25 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 5/21/07 at 3:54pm

Whisk.. as soon as I have the time ( sometime later this week) I will put up the video. I will post a link. ( And by the way.. it was allowed to video..so I better not get any flack from BWW)