Michael Ball Concerts in Salt Lake City

"Skokos Entertainment is proud to announce the first US Concert by acclaimed recording artist and stage performer Mr. Michael Ball. The concert is to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 14th & 15th at Abravanel Hall, the Home of the Utah symphony.

On May 14th Michael Ball will be awarded the "Key to the City" for Salt Lake City by the Honorable Mayor of Salt Lake City, Ross Anderson. The Mayor, by proclamation will declare May 14th, 2004 as "Michael Ball Day" in Salt Lake City. We are also announcing that Michael will have the honour of singing with the famed 300 member "Mormon Tabernacle Choir" on Sunday May 16th at the Tabernacle on Temple Square. This live radio and television broadcast is seen and heard by millions of people around the world."

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To Michael Ball fans - this was officially announced today.

I am also very pleased to note that Michael will have a chance to sing with one of America's most loved music groups, The Mormon Tabernacle Group.


Jo

Updated On: 2/22/04 at 06:29 AM

HUh---ok...glad to see he is performing...but why THERE??

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See- isn't this great? This truly is the year of gay men and woman everywhere. Even the Mormons are in support!

I just wish SLC was a little closer.....

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dymk...Michael is not a Morman. Don't think he follows any particular religion.

D...They haven't announced yet when the tickets will go on sale.

Why SLC? Linda Eder, Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban, Michael Crawford have all appeared in concert there. They are a strong cultural arts community and the Promotor who has been working with Michael's management to bring him here is based in SLC.

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Updated On: 2/22/04 at 10:14 AM

Thank you Lori for that correction although dymk your response did make me laugh out loud... "Michael Ball is Mormon"

oh a nice Sunday morning chucle..

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Thanks again, Lori! E-mail me, PM me, call me, send a Western Union telegram--they all work for me! Next question--what kind of weather can I expect for that time of year in Salt Lake?

I've already got the whole trip set up and holding on Expedia. I just want the tickets for both shows first and I'll click the "buy" button.

BTW--they are no longer the "Mormans". My Mother renamed them this afternoon. I was telling her about going to Utah and she said, "That's where the "NORMANS" are, aren't they?".

I confess, if you go over to the West End board, I asked the same question. I could understand NYC, Miami, Vegas, LA or even Orlando but not SLC.

At this point, I don't care if it's downtown Mango (Mango has a down town?). He's coming here to the US of A and THAT works for me!

D

I'm looking forward to seeing the city. I hope I can get to the Salt Lake. I've always wanted to see it. I should have plenty of time during the day.

I also wouldn't mind spending a few hours at the Temple to check out the genealogy files. I've read that they are quite extensive.

D

I love Michael Ball and I wish I could see this concert... someone video it..oops.. did I say that outloud? I need to control that inner modulation...

let us konw how the show is

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If one finds oneself in SLC and if one were not a Mormon, all is not lost. The Temple Square is an intersting place to visit as is the home of Bringham Young. A number of areas in Temple Square are restricted to members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints aka the Mormons. The Family Researchy Center occupies a multi-story building only a block or two from Temple Square. It's easy to lose oneself for hours doing geneology research and the folks who staff the library are extremely friendly and helpful. There are a number of restaurants in the downtown area as it surrounds a hugh convention center which also encompases Maurice Abravanel Concert Hall. There are two vertical malls in downtown SLC just across the street from one another. There are two major universities in SLC, one with the religious affiliation the other without. The drinking laws in SLC are truly bizarre and as a patron it's quite impossible to fully understand them. Just know that your server will not be able to set down a second drink in front of you until you have totally consumed your first one, and you can't sit at a restaurant table and drink without having ordered food, but they don't mind serving one patron an entire bottle of wine.

Maurice Abravanel, by the way, was a noted Broadway conductor of the late 1930s and '40s, who conducted Kurt Weill's Broadway musicals including KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY, LADY IN THE DARK, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS among other shows.

The scenary surrounding SLC is quite beautiful.

I traveled there on business quite often.

Updated On: 2/23/04 at 09:39 PM

Try this link...

I agree with Bulldog. I am not Mormon, and I spent a weekend in Salt Lake and it found everything absolutely wonderful. The architecture, the scenery, the people, everything!

I stayed at the Best Western while I was there. It's not new and it's certainly not four-star, but the staff there is very courteous, and it's clean and cheap.

Have fun!
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Updated On: 2/23/04 at 12:34 AM

dymk: I don't think Michael Ball is a Mormon. Apart from him being gay, a BBC programme not so long ago described him as their "second most filthy mouthed guest ever". That doesn't sound very Mormon!

He's a fantastic singer but I wish his Press Releases didn't claim that he's "dominated Broadway and the West End for the last decade". He's done neither as well we know.

I can't help wonder what he's spun to the Mayor of SLC. Why offer the key to the city and declare Michael Ball day? No British city would remotely consider doing that with him, unless they wanted the citizens to roll about helpless with laughter! In Britain, Michael Ball has nothing like the status that implies.

Updated On: 2/23/04 at 05:29 AM

Michael is repected in British theatre as one of it's gay community and to be given this honor in SLC, sure is great. The Mormon authorities deserve praise. Congratulations Michael.

Updated On: 2/23/04 at 11:37 AM