Opening Night
Blog: Curves and Levels - 1 July 2009
By: Michael Farrell
The sky darkened and the predicted rain began to fall about an hour before showtime on last night's free Stevie Wonder concert venue downtown. About half the spectators had umbrellas while the other half took advantage of the overlap. This was the first big show of the 30th annual Montreal Jazz Festival.
Claustrophobia, poor visibility (those eye-threatening umbrellas) and a lack of rain gear had me backing out of the throng before showtime and listening from a distance. The Montreal Gazette's report is here.
Click the link for my pre-concert collage.
Well-jostled by the pressing masses, I lifted the camera over my head and grabbed these random crowd shots in the rapidly fading light.
The final picture shows the canopy of brollies extending all the way to the stage.
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