EndNotes

Mon., Nov. 14, 2011

My mom’s first rock concert at 91!

The Michael Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil show, “IMMORTAL,” lands at the Spokane Arena on Saturday night.

My mom, who turns 91 today, doesn't have much of a bucket list. She's mostly content to wake up every morning alive, with mind intact, and a body that still works pretty darn well.

Seeing a rock concert wasn't ever on her list. But she got to see her one and only Saturday night at Michael Jackson's "IMMORTAL World Tour" at the Spokane Arena. I love Cirque du Soleil performances and expected more along the dance/acrobatic/costume line. But the Jackson show skewed rock concert and the sound was so loud (too loud in my opion) that I plugged my ears most of the show.

It pretty much spoiled the experience for me, but my mom loved it. Why? She had never seen anything like it before and she simply took out her hearing aids.

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Posted Nov. 14, 2011, 12:49 p.m.

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