11-09-2007, 02:16 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Video Games Live Tonight/Tomorrow
I am going tonight and I am SO excited. I am having dinner with my friends at the Wildfire Grill (Flames Central) beforehand. Should be a blast!
Video Games Live
By Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Calgary Philharmonic Chorus
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Don't miss this groundbreaking concert event celebrating music from some of the greatest video games, as the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus combine with video footage, lasers, lights and live action to create an explosive and unique entertainment experience!
Music and exclusive video footage from:
MARIO™, ZELDA®, HALO®, METAL GEAR SOLID®, WARCRAFT®, MYST®, FINAL FANTASY®, and KINGDOM HEARTS. The evening also includes the exclusive HALO 3 announcement trailer score. There will also be a "Classic Arcade Medley" featuring music from Pong, Donkey Kong, Dragon’s Lair, Tetris, Frogger, Gauntlet, Space Invaders and Outrun.
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So, are there any other CPers attending?
Does anyone know, offhand, how long the concert will be?
Is anyone as excited as me?
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11-09-2007, 02:18 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Marseilles Of The Prairies
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Man, I would love to see this!
For anyone who can't make it, there are alot of good bands/orchestras that do this stuff, such as The Minibosses, The Black Mages, and Calgary's own THWOMP!
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11-09-2007, 02:19 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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NEEEERDDD!!! 
j/k...Hope you have fun.
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11-09-2007, 02:19 PM
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First Line Centre
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I'm going and it should be a total blast. I have no idea what time to get there (apparently there's some crap going on before the show starts) but I'm just going to go for some sushi first and hopefully arrive a little early.
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11-09-2007, 02:20 PM
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Franchise Player
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I only heard about this earlier this week and missed out on tickets.
How much were they by the way?
And does anyone have any they need to unload? 
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11-09-2007, 02:22 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Originally Posted by JayP
I only heard about this earlier this week and missed out on tickets.
How much were they by the way?
And does anyone have any they need to unload? |
$60, no taxes or fees.
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11-09-2007, 02:28 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Halifax
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Wow that seems like fun.
I always thought Halo had amazing music.
Here's hoping its as good as this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSBIAGCulDw
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11-09-2007, 02:29 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Nehkara
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The show is approx 2 hours. With an intermission in between sets. I went when it was in Edmonton (before they announced the calgary show. It was a lot of fun!.
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11-09-2007, 03:09 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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I'm going tomorrow afternoon!
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11-09-2007, 04:59 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: /dev/null
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Wow, others have the exact same plans I have:
Wildfire grill followed by the cultural experience of having video game music played by a symphonic orchestra.
I'm so looking forward to this!
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11-09-2007, 05:06 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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going the the one tomorrow, should be fun.
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11-09-2007, 05:20 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Great idea by the CPO to expand it's reach to non traditional customers, much like their Night at the Oscars night.
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11-09-2007, 06:32 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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I would love to go to this just BAKED out of my tree
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11-09-2007, 06:47 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Great idea by the CPO to expand it's reach to non traditional customers, much like their Night at the Oscars night.
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The only thing the CPO has to do with this is playing the music. They didn't do anything of the legwork or picking the music/promoting/etc.
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11-09-2007, 10:01 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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I would if somebody had told me about this earlier.
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11-10-2007, 05:41 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Well that was a great amount of fun. Good general music selection, lots of classics. They atmosphere was casual and fun. The guys did a great job for the most part, though I must say I was disappointed with the vocal soloists for the most part. The guy who did Civ IV was pretty good, and the boy falsetto was not bad, but the first soprano chick was terrible.
But overall a great show. Nerdtastic!
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11-10-2007, 06:36 PM
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One of the Nine
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Wasn't the music in MYST® more on the ambient side? I don't recall a lot of Mario Bros.-esque themes.
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