Concert at the Center

Post by **trubrit** » September 4, 2012, 5:06 pm

On the 6th October there will be a special concert in the Central Grand Hall organised by the police starring Tookie Tingloi, a big star that combines singing , dancing and her own special brand of humour. Boy Fai a well known comedian and Mike Pilomphorn from Udon Thani .Tickets are 1,000bht and are on sale in the shopping center information desk .The proceeds from which will gp towards building a new Sala in Amphur Wang sam Mor.For those not familiar with this very funny lady I will endeavour to find a video and post it in the appropiate forum.

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » September 4, 2012, 9:45 pm

Mike is very popular and a home-grown product like Fon Tannasoontorn (sp).

Post by **trubrit** » October 5, 2012, 9:13 am

Just a heads up. This concert is tomorrow night Saturday 6th. Its been a sell out with 10,000 tickets sold . So expect congestion in and around the Center area. Starts at 6.00pm, finishes 10.00pm. So expect a lot of traffic.

Post by **stattointhailand** » October 5, 2012, 3:50 pm

Truebrit wrote ......."and her own special brand of humour"

Excellent choice of words TB =D>

Post by **rreddin** » October 5, 2012, 5:33 pm

Udon has a 10,000 capacity concert venue? To put that into perspective, the maximum capacity of the Royal Albert Hall is 5,250, but is usually limited to 4,000 for safety reasons. I hope it all goes well and everyone has a good time.

Post by **stattointhailand** » October 5, 2012, 5:54 pm

rreddin wrote:Udon has a 10,000 capacity concert venue? To put that into perspective, the maximum capacity of the Royal Albert Hall is 5,250, but is usually limited to 4,000 for safety reasons. I hope it all goes well and everyone has a good time.

Hyde Park had about 350,000 for the Pavarotti concert a few years back .......... someone made an absolute mint from selling bin liners at 20p each to act as temporary raincoats

Think I might nip into Tesco's on my way into town tomorrow

Post by **waanjai** » October 10, 2012, 2:19 am

Has anyone actually attended this concert?

Post by **trubrit** » October 10, 2012, 7:22 am

waanjai wrote:Has anyone actually attended this concert?

Yes my wife, kids and I went. It was packed. Firstly let me say that the 1k seat price I quoted was apparently a sponsor price, which I didn't realise.Other seats were 500bht. I was surprised at the number of young kids there even at that price.It was in fact a truly family concert. Everyone was given an ice cream in a bun and a bottle of water at the start.
I only saw one other farang in there .It started as most things in Thailand seem to do, with presentations to the local bigwigs from Wang Song Mor who were the beneficiaries of the proceeds to build a new sala complex for the community. After about an hour of this it moved into the show proper, starting with a singer accompanied by the inevitable troupe of highly decorated dancing girls, which I personally found a bit boring but the locals enjoyed. Then it moved on and when Miss Tookie came out to a tremendous reception it really got going.It was purely in Thai so a lot of the spoken comedy was way over my head, but then she went into an audience participation mode inviting 10 young kids to join her on the stage, her obvious rapport, combined with a really professional sense of timing, had the audience , including myself , in fits of laughter. A very funny lady indeed.She really worked her audience for a whole two hours .After this Mike Pilonphorn a local , but widely acclaimed singer, came on and again the backing dancers gyrated around the stage. For me this was a bit of an anticlimax but the girls loved him, although the young kids got restless. The final act somehow didn't make it, having gone to Ubon, not Udon by mistake, so a group of males dressed as women, entertained the audience to their normal brand of emphasised feminity. Not my cup of tea but I seemed to be alone in this reaction .In summary I am glad I went if only to see my wife and kids laugh so much. An observation though. Why do people use these cumbersome tablet things to make videos when there are much smaller choices available?

Post by **Prenders88** » October 10, 2012, 8:16 am

Why do people use these cumbersome tablet things to make videos when there are much smaller choices available?

Because they are expensive, and having one shows face, where a point and shoot camera on the video setting does not.
Look how many Thais buy a SUV on 10 year credit terms, only to park it under a grimy wooden house on stilts with a dirt floor, a pile of bald tyres in the garden, a scabby underfed dog, and filthy outside council gritter. Face.

Good review Val. =D>

Post by **waanjai** » October 10, 2012, 9:40 pm

trubrit wrote: .....In summary I am glad I went if only to see my wife and kids laugh so much.

Good report, thank You.
Same motivation here, once in a while. When I accompany my wife to the Morlam Talok events. Too much Thai-Isaan and much too fast for me, though the comedy is often very simple. I am more in favor of the Morlam music concerts, even Morlam sieng.

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » October 11, 2012, 6:29 pm

Sounds like lots of fun for everyone trubrit. Mike is a local boy, but popular throughout the country.