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St. Julie (Julia) Billiart was born in 1751 and died in 1816. As a child, playing "school" was Julie's favorite game. When she was sixteen, to help support her family, she began to teach "for real". She sat on a haystack during the noon recess and told the biblical parables to the workers. Julie carried on this mission of teaching throughout her life, and the Congregation she founded continues her work. Julie was the fifth ... Continue Reading
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1 year ago
Thank you very much!
1 year ago
Dear Saint,
Kindly pray for all the religious nuns who are proclaiming Christ's teachings through their service all over the world. Bless them and guide them in praying for the priests, Bishops and the Pope so that they will be strengthened and enlightened by the Holy Spirit and lead the Church in the right path and attract the faithfuls back and make every sincere efforts needed to unify all the other factions of Christianity under the One, True Catholic faith. Amen. -
1 year ago
St. Julie Billiart, please pray for me and my dear ones.
1 year ago
Please pray for Jacob that he finds peace and the right path, for Michelle and Gwen that the doctors can help them and for all cancer patients especially the children.
2 years ago
Dear Saint Julie, I have the priviledge of being born on the same date as yours. Pray Saint Julie pray for my whole family. Hope I will be able to help people just like you.
2 years ago
Praise be St Julie Biliart nd let her blessing be upn me3!!!!! I realy admre Her!!!!!
2 years ago
Santa Julia, alma linda y caritativa, he empezado a saber de ti y a admirarte. Te suplico me acompañes dia a dia para saber lo que Jesus espera de mi vida.
2 years ago
I went to was taught by Sisters of Notre Dame de Numer for six years so I am well aware of this saint.
2 years ago
Happy Easter!!!!!
2 years ago
St. Julie Billiart of Namur, who founded the sisters of Notre Dame of Namur, your prayerful and saintly life attracted many to Jesus. You endured years of illhealth with patience and endurance. Dear Saint, on your feast-day which falls on Easter Sunday, pray for my son and daughters, that they may truly love and serve Christ. Amen
2 years ago
Dear St. Julie Billiart, Please pray for me to recognize situations where kindness is required and must be shown. Today being Easter, I had the good fortune of giving water to some thirsty animals who were brought for salughter and were tied outside our compound.
3 years ago
I just happened to look up St. Julie on All Saints Day......what a surprise, I didn't know there was one, or that there were parishes named after her. I feel like I have my very own saint now.
3 years ago
Its really great reading St. Julie's profile....she is really a mathyr....am happy i chose as my saint for confirmation which was on the 6th of December 2006.....
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3 years ago
Dear St. Julie Billiart, Please pray for me!
3 years ago
she was a girl how she was.
I praying for ever person
4 years ago
i am soo mesmerised, for some reason i thought there was no saint called julie, was just checking for the sake. my birthday comes a day after hers april 9th. am soo excited.
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4 years ago
this ws very helpful i am doing her for my religon project thx
4 years ago
I think Saint Julie is a wonderful saint. I am yet another soul who's doing her for a religion project, but I'm not upset. I think it's a good idea to have such projects because look at how much everyone learned by reading one little article! :-)
Joanne -
4 years ago
my school is called st julies (in liverpool woolton)
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If you are looking something like an Hostel, something like a Family, something more than a community. the result is to be hosted by us in our three level Villa located just six kilometers from Bari down town on a beautiful sea side.
We are six persons sharing an huge and multilevel Villa's with a flowery and relaxing garden, several balconies and terraces on a sea-side view. Your privacy will be guaranted by an indpendent entrance, as the private toilette on the first floor, but feel free to use the big garden to relax or prepare your own food in the full equipped kitchen. As facilities towels and sheets are provided in the room. Internet Wi-Fi and washing machine available. Just two kilometers far there is a huge super-market and the lovely fish-village of Torre a Mare. ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH, DEUTSCHE, FRANÇOIS, AND ESPANOL!
The independent room, located on a private terrace, can host up to four people, there is a loft double bed and two single beds down it. Perfect for a group, a family or a couple, either single (single person paid a discount price). We can accept medium and long terms hosting but please let us know in advance.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE HOSTED MORE THAN 3 PERSONS SEND US AN E-MAIL AND WE WILL FIND A SOLUTIONS SIMPLE AND COMFORTABLE FOR YOUR REQUESTS. No problem at all, easygoing solving:-)
Easy connected with bus line number 12 and 12/ but feel free to be accompanied by one of us is going to the town, also from train station or airport. There are many parking spaces in our property not forgetting that the main high speed road is a mile from here, but we will appreciate if you use our free bikes to ride, just six kilomters, on sunny and light windy sea-side. We have two dogs and several cats, your animals are accepted but please inform us.
Aspect to wake up with the salted-smell of the sea, do not forget your swimsuit planning to get pleasure from the rocky-coast, you do not need any equipment to enjoy the sea cause our Villa is located just 20 meters to the sea.
We strictly believe that AirB&B could be shared with hospitality, we would spread a message that allow every kind of travelers to have the possibility to spend simple, genuine and real imagination of be hosted.
We'd like that your staying here will be more comfortable, relaxing and easygoing possible, we'd like that what we do will be done as best as we can, please let us know about your requests, information and period.
Many thanks for understanding and feel welcome as the simple pleasure to get a smile.
Ettore, Perro, Frida, Chemio, Gaetano and Zeus. :-)
We stayed in the Villa Pirata for three nights and really enjoyed our time there. Although we were away most of the time to visit Bari, we felt very welcome and free to come and go as we wanted. Even though the house isn't close to the city centre, it is easy to reach while the autobus takes you in 20 minutes to the city. The room and bathroom were clean (as the rest of the house). It is a great place for students who are travelling in the south of Italy and who don't want to spend much on housing.
A Villa pirata ho passato 3 giorni perfetti: calda accoglienza, persone speciali, un paradiso per i bimbi: I MIEI FIGLI L'HANNO ADORATA!!!! Ma non pensate che io voglia contraddire le recensioni dei miei predecessori... è solo che organizzazione impeccabile e igiene irreprensibile non sono tra le mie priorità: i calzini sporchi in giro ci sono ancora, ma non ci si fa caso, perchè intorno a quei calzini c'è un mondo stimolante, creativo, generoso. Insomma Villa pirata, la consiglio a chi voglia fare un viaggio; a chi invece cerca solo un alloggio ben pulito dove appoggiare le valigie e si limita a pretendere qualche buon giorno e buona sera, suggerisco di cercare altrove. Ancora qualche dettaglio che riassume metaforicamente il mondo di Villa pirata: il pesante cancello su strada che barrica il comprensorio... è solo accostato; il secondo cancellone di ferro che protegge l'ingresso in giardino... è sempre aperto; da qualche parte c'è una solida porta blindata... ma nessuno la usa; l'unica reale chiusura della casa è una splendida porta a vetri in una splendida parete di vetro!
This place is probably the cheapest airbnb around Bari but I would not recommend staying here. The room was dirty and smelly. There is only a small window in the room so there is little daylight and hardly any ventilation. The villa itself was smelly of the many dogs living there. The bathroom was used by others, despite the promise it would be for our private use. The people who live in Villa Pirata are all very nice but they need to do more to make this an attractive airbnb.
Tout d'abord nous tenons à remercier Giuseppe pour son accueil et sa gentillesse. Ensuite malheureusement nous avons été très déçus, en effet en regard du descriptif annoncé nous ne nous attendions absolument pas à ce que nous avons découvert. Tout d'abord le quartier, certes près de la mer et d'une ligne de bus (pratique quand on a pas moyen de locomotion) mais situé dans une zone désaffectée entourée de maisons abandonnées. Nous pensions même nous être trompés. Ensuite, nous nous attendions à une ambiance chaleureuse, de partage tout compte fait, à part Giuseppe et Tomaso qui ont fait l'effort de nous connaitre, les autres nous ignoraient royalement, répondant au plus court à nos questions. On avait plus l'impression de les déranger qu'autre chose malgré notre discrétion. Quant au jardin "où l'on peut se prélasser", il s'agit plutôt d'un dépotoir à ciel ouvert, et celà malgré les efforts de Giuseppe pour y remedier. Enfin, point le plus dérangeant à notre avis, la propreté. Nous sommes logés au rez de chaussée au meme niveau que le salon la salle à manger la cuisine et... Les animaux. Une odeur de tabac froid/joint/chien/crasse partout et à toute heure. Chaque matin, reveil avec besoin de faire le menage pour trouver un bout de table entre les bouteilles vides / assiettes sales / cendriers pleins / tasses de café sales / tabac à rouler etc. Idem le soir. La cuisine n'en parlons pas, vaisselle jamais faite, gaziniere des plus sales, c'était vraiment difficile. Aussi, les animaux peuvent rentrer dans l'habitation et vu l'odeur, ont fait quelques tours dans notre chambre. Notre chambre, petite, fonctionnelle mais humide et avec une odeur de chien/ urine de chat forte. La salle de bain privée, pas si privée que cela et je vous passe les details. Les serviettes fournies ne sont quant à elles qu'une illusion. Ce commentaire peut sembler dur mais nous avons plutot mal vécu nos 5 nuits à la villa pirata et cela malgré la gentillesse et les efforts de giuseppe. Donc pour 37€ par nuit, à 3 € euros près, ceux qui aiment un minimum la propreté, prenez plutot un hotel et passez votre chemin.
Thanks so much to the folks at Villa Pirata for having us! The room was nice and as described. Everyone was chill, laid-back and really friendly. The dogs are sweet, if a bit naughty, and the cat (we only met one, but there are more) was such a funny little guy! We had our own refrigerator and free use of all the common space. We were very comfortable! The only thing I would note is that there are a lot of people smoking inside. This was totally fine by me, and I chatting and smoking with Giuseppe and his lovely girlfriend. However, if smoke really bothers you, it might not be the best set-up.
As other reviewers noted, the place is a ways outside of Bari's downtown, but it is right on the sea. There is even a little beach area at the end of the street - it's beautiful! Also, the bus drops you right by the house, so getting to/from town is easy enough. Just take note that the are infrequent and don't always keep to a schedule, so you will want to leave yourself plenty of time if you are trying to catch a train in/out, for example.
Bari is also a good base for getting to other places. We visited Polignano a Mare while we were there, and it is easily one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen!
Thanks again to everyone!
We couldn't find a better accomodation for our holiday in Bari. Not only the hostes have been great, but also the villa is very spacious, there is a garden and the sea is just in front of the building. It's been amaizing spending 6 days in a house full of interesting and alternative people, they gave us brilliant advices about the city and the region. We were free to use the kitchen, the washing machine and wifi. The villa is 5 km far from the city center, so it would be better to rent a car because there is a bus only every 30 min. I recommend this villa!
L'accueil de Guiseppe et de Elton John a été très chaleureux. Chambre propre avec 2 lits jumeaux, idéal pour moi et ma fille. A quelques km du centre mais bus toutes les 1/2 heures. Prix imbattable. L'ouverture du portail d'entrée pas facile mais ne nous a pas résisté! Bonnes chances à tous les jeunes qui partagent cette location et adoptent un mode de vie alternatif. Merci Guiseppe.
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Weena 10, 3012 CM Rotterdam, Netherlands – Show map
Excellent location – rated 9.3/10! (score from 1177 reviews)
Rated by guests after their stay at Hilton Rotterdam.
Just perfect! Everything is perfect! Second time I chose Hilton Rotterdam no small complains! <3
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Staff, so helpful. Beautiful renovation of hotel. Not noise from room to room.
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Large room good restaurant
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This was our second time at this Hilton and it's just as good as we remembered. The staff are very friendly and the rooms clean and comfortable. We will be back again.
The location, the staff, the breakfast (other than lukewarm scrambled egg), the restaurant
United Kingdom
Da room was sooo comfortable
Great room, comfortable bed, city centre but no noise from outside at 10th floor, good breakfast.
we was there for 9 nights and was very good, evrythink i like, rooms , bed, position of the hotel, its in centrum, very nice hotel
Personal were very friendly and helpful. Hotel room was spacious and clean.
Location and breakfast
The luxurious Hilton Rotterdam is in the heart of the city on the Coolsingel, overlooking the Hofplein fountain. The hotel features the latest technology and stylish, high quality design. The main shopping street, de Lijnbaan, and the exclusive boutiques, De Doelen concert hall and Luxor Theater are within walking distance.
Each spacious and contemporary room includes LED HD TV, satellite channels, Wi-Fi, MP3 player, individual climate control system, minibar, free coffee and tea-making facilities and a spacious bathroom with luxurious amenities. Every Friday and Saturday, guests can use free internet in their room. Access to the gym, open 24 hours, and free Wi-Fi in public areas is available to all hotel guests.
On the higher floors the Executive rooms give a panoramic view of the city of Rotterdam with access to the Executive Lounge offering breakfast in the morning, complimentary drinks and snacks throughout the day and alcoholic beverages during cocktail hour in the afternoon. The Executive rooms and Suites feature a Bose Docking System, Nespresso machine, rain shower, bathrobes and slippers.
The urban style Stadshal Bar & Restaurant with its show kitchen offers a wide selection of brasserie type dishes and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Just in front of the metro and tram stop, the hotel is within a 5-minute walking distance of the train station and the WTC. Ahoy concert hall can be reached within 10 minutes by metro. Rotterdam-The Hague Airport is a 15 minute drive from the hotel. Guests staying at the hotel will receive the Hilton Passport, a handy pocket guide that shows the way to more than 40 places in the city you do not want to miss.
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This was our second time at this Hilton and it's just as good as we remembered. The staff are very friendly and the rooms clean and comfortable. We will be back again.
The wifi connection was very poor.
The location, the staff, the breakfast (other than lukewarm scrambled egg), the restaurant
Having to pay for wifi in the room outside the weekend. The double bed appeared comfortable but gave both of us two very bad nights' sleep. Not being able to change the temperature in the room
If you are looking for a high treat or simply want to highlight your travel, if you are heading towards Rotterdam, make sure you always check this Hotel. The level of service and overall feeling was a genuine Hilton 5***** treatment. If you take room, make sure you ask for higher floor and towards station and big intersection... View is a bit more amusing on that side and level of noise is below what you would expect.
They take deposit when you check-in which is something that is not that usual these days, especially when it's reserved with credit card or so, but seems like a standard procedure.
Great room, comfortable bed, city centre but no noise from outside at 10th floor, good breakfast.
The bodylotion and other supplies were incomplete (some of the supplies had apparently already been half-emptied by the people who stayed before us in this room). Bigger pillows (not the very flat ones) would make the room perfect.
we was there for 9 nights and was very good, evrythink i like, rooms , bed, position of the hotel, its in centrum, very nice hotel
Personal were very friendly and helpful. Hotel room was spacious and clean.
Friday night the bar/restaurant service was really slow. And Sunday the restaurant was also slow, took about 40 minutes for 2 hard boiled eggs with an English muffin and an order of French toast. Once we got the orders one order was wrong. The Hostress was very nice.
Location and breakfast
TV, entertainment on the room
roomservice centrale ligging behulpzame medewerkers 24/7 fitniss
borg van 50EUR per nacht voor minibar wifi voor 20EUR per nacht (enkel gratis in de lobby en weekends)
- Good location - Clean - Good beds - Nice lobby - Friendly room-service
- Quite long checking in - Not well isolated rooms, very noisy from outside (even high) Double layer glazing would be very necessary. - Room not very big - Very small bathroom, no place for personal things, especially not for 2 people - No extra shower, and not much space in the bathtub with glad-wall; for slim people! - No new shower-gel the 2nd day - No anti-allerical blankets as asked - No access to the parking place, The car, ordered for a special time was not brought in time, nearly missed an appointment - High deposit and sensors in the mini-bar, which make the guest feel like a potential thief. This doesn't feel like a real "welcome" - Not an extended selection of TV programs All in all not a real 5* hotel standard.
Was very happy with or stay, had a lovely surprise from the staff a Hilton.
All was good:)
Nobody warned me about restaurant reservation.
The decoration of the room
The breakfast was too normal for à 5-star restaurant. We expected something more fancy.
Definitely one of our favorite hotels. Beatiful design, very comfortable beds and a good location.
Nothing really
Comfortable hotel on a central spot. Nice design, value for money
No overflow heated rooftop swimmingpool
services are good, every staff in the hotel are very polite and willing to help you.
1.wifi is not free, you need to pay per day 20 Euro, i think charge is too high and they said on the ground floor is free to use, but it also shows on my smartphone that i can use after i pay for it. 2.no free water in the room, normally another good hotel will ofer 1 or 2 bottle of mineral water when guest come into the room, but here, when i arrived room,no free drinking water inside and i'm very thristy that time which makes a little bit angry.
I stayed in this hotel before, it's location is great that's why I choose it again. But this time, the rooms are renovated and they are in perfect condition, the staff is great as usual, so it seems that they will be my permanent hotel in Rotterdam...
Friendly staff, very clean, good location and facilities
Extra twenty euros per night for wifi, no free water/ fruit as the wonderfull Hilton in Amsterdam, outrageous bar and restaurant prices
Even though the hotel is situated in the center of Rotterdam, the rooms are very quiet and you cannot hear any traffic noise from outside, nor can you hear your neighbors. The breakfast was excellent with a wide variety of choices including an omelet bar.
Nothing, everything was great.
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I'll be the first to admit, I'm not an expert on net neutrality and what the best public policy is for a service that has become absolutely ubiquitious and vital to commerce and information. It does seem to me that given the omnipresence of the internet in our lives that it does need to be protected from usurious service providers.
But I do think it is incredible that politicians, particularly Republicans, used President Obama's call to regulate internet service as a utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act, to promulgate political rhethoric to further divide the parties. Senater Ted Cruz from Texas called Obama's stance: "Obamacare for the internet." Quite a specious correlation.
It's about the people, Mr. Cruz. And the people spoke. With 4 million comment letters from concerned onlookers, it appears as if democracy won rather than political games.
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- That the Internet is not divided into pay-to-play fast lanes for Internet and media companies that can afford it and slow lanes for everyone else.
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Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Paolo Di Canio? He's a bit right-wing for me - Nigel Farage outflanked by Sunderland boss
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Donald Macintyre writes political sketches for The Independent, having been Jerusalem correspondent since 2004, covering Israel and the Occupied Territories, as well as travelling for the paper to Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Libya and Egypt. As Political Editor and then Chief Political Commentator, he previously covered the John Major and early Tony Blair era. He has written for the Daily Express, Sunday Times, Times and Sunday Telegraph, and Sunday Correspondent. He is the author of Mandelson and the Making of New Labour (2000).
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Pensioner Angela Hay was in shock. She had been sitting on a bench in South Shields' King Street, enjoying the sunshine, when Nigel Farage and Ukip's parliamentary by-election candidate Richard Elvin, along with assorted TV crews, descended on her.
Gamely rising to the challenge, she told the Ukip leader: "I don't know what your name is but I recognise your face." When Mr Farage mentioned, as he is wont to do, that Britain should unleash itself from the grip of Brussels, and the candidate asked her if she would be voting for the party, Ms Hay, 70, nodded encouragingly, only confiding later that while she liked the Ukip leader's face and manner: "I'm tempted but I'm not 100 per cent sure. You can't say that while they're there can you?" More concerned that she might have made her first television appearance, she added "At least I was wearing a clean jumper."
Ms Hay was one of the relatively few voters the Ukip leader met on his walkabout. He is – at least in South Shields – in that intermediate state of celebrity in which his every step is dogged by the media but in which the public is only beginning to grasp how pivotal he may prove to be. That said he was warmly greeted by half a dozen passers-by as he made his way to The Stag's Head for what has already become the standard pub visit of any Farage tour, one in which the photographers crowded along the publican's side of the bar to catch him with his trademark pint.
One of his lieutenants candidly explained that he had asked the landlord to move a sign declaring "Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 1862". Even for a man who makes as much of his own political incorrectness as Mr Farage that would have been the wrong pictorial backdrop two days before elections.
But while Mr Farage may not like Europe – or at least the EU – Europe seems increasingly to be warming to him. Paradoxically he had triggered an unprecedented invasion of South Shields from France (Le Monde) and TV and radio reporters from Sweden, Germany and Switzerland, the last of whom he congratulated lavishly on his country's trading success outside the EU. "You're in a much better position than we are," he assured Swiss listeners. And he repeated at every opportunity his contention that the British political class" was made up of people who had not "had real jobs". Which puts them, come to think of it, in the same category, though through no fault of their own, as quite a lot of South Shields voters.
Otherwise this had all the trappings of a crucial by-election, including the presence of Channel 4's redoubtable Michael Crick who gallantly harried Mr Farage on the exposure of his more extremist candidates – and whether the party supported Mussolini-admirer Paolo Di Canio as the manager of nearby Sunderland FC.
Here he proved himself more statesmanlike than his candidate – who seemed enthusiastic about the appointment – suggesting that if he had been a club director he might not have approved the appointment but that he was a cricket rather than a football man and, anyway, "it is a matter for Sunderland."
Asking about the internal Ukip disputes on strategy that surfaced at the weekend Mr Crick also drew from Mr Farage the frank admission that at times the job of leading the party was one "you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy."
Ukip clearly believe they are on roll in this historically rock solid Labour area. Mr Farage said he wouldn't be betting –even at odds of 12-1 – on winning. Ed Miliband, for one, will be hoping fervently his caution will be proved right.
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Chicago starts slow, finishes strong
There is a lot of symmetry to Chicago and Summerfest – Chicago was formed 45 years ago in 1967, the Big Gig is celebrating its 45th year – so it seems only fitting the two icons in the music industry shared a day Sunday at the BMO Harris Pavilion on the shores of Lake Michigan.
It also seems only fitting that Chicago headlines a stage at the Big Gig the same day as The Beach Boys – celebrating their 50th anniversary tour– as the rock group from the Windy City is second only to the California rockers in Billboard singles and chart success among American bands.
The band has changed quite a bit from its inception nearly five decades ago, and, of course, has been fronted since 1985 by Jason Scheff, but the group played all of the songs people wanted to hear, as well as some deeper cuts.
The two-hour set started slowly, as keyboardist Lou Fardini handled many of the early vocals during the four songs that featured heavy horns and instrumentals. In fact, some fans in the standing-only area outside the pavilion walked away during this time, and the pavilion crowd was relatively subdued.
The fifth song was "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?," which was led vocally by Bob Lamm, and it seemed to get the crowd stirring. Two songs later Scheff performed "Alive Again" which then brought the show to life.
Trumpet player and founding member Lee Loughnane introduced the following song by saying, "We already had a few hits under our belt and we thought we were established music stars. When this song came out, we were established as international stars."
That song was the group's only Grammy winner and a chart topper, "If You Leave Me Now."
From there the band transitioned into many of the hits from the Peter Cetera era such as "Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away," "Hard Habit to Break" and "You're The Inspiration." Scheff was properly warmed up and he received help from Fardini, Bob Lamm and Loughane with the harmonies.
Having been performing these songs for nearly 30 years, Scheff knows his range and what he can and can't do. While everyone has Cetera in their head on those songs, they didn't enjoy it any less – and it wasn't performed any less solidly – with Scheff manning lead vocals.
Early hits like "Beginnings" and "Saturday in The Park," which was a long time concert opener for the band, instead came near the end with vocals by Lamm.
Founding member James Pankow then spoke to the surprisingly diverse crowd of baby boomers and people in their late 20s and early 30s when he introduced "Will You Still Love Me?" by saying "We think this song has two distinct audiences: One that got married to it, and one that got conceived to it."
The song also featured a strong flute solo by founding member Walter Parazaider.
After a very, very brief pause, the group came back for an encore that featured "25 or 6 to 4."
The group's musicianship was sharp and the signature horns were on point, though several long instrumental interludes did suck some of the energy out of the crowd.
While the pavilion was not sold out, the standing room area grew to reach the vendors behind them, and many fans who were leaving the Beach Boys show stayed on the ramps to listen in – especially during the trio of "Will You Still Love Me?", "Saturday In the Park" and "Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away."
Chicago knows what it is at this point – a band that made a lot of hits that people love – and they know that's what people want. I do give them credit though for knowing themselves, too, and allowing Scheff the time to get himself vocally ready to tackle many of Cetera's signature songs.
There was plenty of dancing by young and old, which is a testament to the staying power of Chicago's music – as well as its ability to still entertain after 45 years.
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Wave begins quest for a new title
Published Feb. 26, 2015
What's old (the Milwaukee Wave in the playoffs) is new again (in the Major Arena Soccer League) and the franchise is searching for a way to meld the two together by winning the organization's seventh indoor soccer championship. That quest begins tonight as the MASL playoffs begin.
Baseball needs to speed it up
Published Feb. 25, 2015
Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to enforce rules already on the books (wait, what?) in the hopes of speeding up the game. There will be hemming and hawing from veteran players, but the game does need to move little quicker.
Sanders says anxiety, off-court issues led to departure
Published Feb. 25, 2015
Four days after the Milwaukee Bucks officially bought him out of a $44 million contract, Larry Sanders opened up at length for the first time since a Dec. 23 interview with OnMilwaukee.com in a video message.
Just say no ... to the cucumber
Published Feb. 24, 2015
Having given it an honest effort at several places around Milwaukee, I've come to a judgment: Cucumber is just a taste that doesn't belong in alcohol.
Sports stars spill their favorite drinks
Published Feb. 24, 2015
Every now and then, you may run across your favorite athlete at restaurant or bar, with family or friends. It's not that unusual - they're regular people, too. And, like regular people, they have their favorite cocktails. During OnMilwaukee.com's annual Bar Month we reached out to the likes of John Axford, Gary Ellerson and more to see what cocktails they most enjoy when they relax away from the game.
Bucks say trading Knight won't affect team chemistry
Published Feb. 23, 2015
A big concern for many outside the Milwaukee Bucks organization was how trading Brandon Knight might affect the club's apparent chemistry. But from coach Jason Kidd on down, the team insists that the new culture that is developing in Milwaukee will prevent any fissures as the team makes a playoff push.
Fare thee well, Larry Sanders!
Published Feb. 21, 2015
It's official. After a hectic couple days of tweets and leaks, an NBA source made it official that the Milwaukee Bucks have parted ways with center Larry Sanders, who just two years ago seemed destined to be the long term face of the franchise.
Surprises all around as Bucks welcome new additions
Published Feb. 20, 2015
The Milwaukee Bucks officially introduced Michael Carter-Williams, Tyler Ennis and Miles Plumlee Friday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.