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When we arrived in Las Vegas, Dave and I saw HUGE billboards with Charlotte's picture on it. There was a huge T.V. screen outside and Charlotte was on it and it was showing her performance in Cardiff (Enchantment). Everywhere I went, Charlotte's picture was posted somewhere. Now I realize how people find out about her concerts. Hehh.

Saturday night, at 8:00 p.m. (their time) the concert began. From 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. we heard and saw 3 people playing their guitar and drums and people were getting VERY irritated. We came to see CHARLOTTE. Not a bunch of guitarists playing the same sound over and over and over and over again. Eventually they got off the stage and Charlotte came on and EVERYBODY was sooooo happy. Everybody started screaming with enthusiasm. Charlotte! Charlotte! Charlotte! She was absolutely beautiful. She walked out on stage from the right side of the stage and had this white dress on and her hair up and very curly. It looked like they spent all day long fixing her hair! She started singing "Tonight" as she was walking out on the stage. She smiled really big when everybody cheered so much. It's probably hard not to smile with all those people cheering.

I watched her face the whole time. I love analyzing people. After singing, "Tonight" she began explaining how she loves Las Vegas and "THE SHOPPING, OH MY GOD, THE SHOPPING! I got this dress today in Las Vegas!" Everybody cheered. Then she smiled again. She said that she was going to sing "Somewhere" next. She sang it and I usually don't care for that song, but she sang it with so much feeling that I found something good in that song. When she finished that, she sang "Papa Can You Hear Me?" and I love that song and always have. Then she sang, "Fields of Gold" and my heart sank in despair because everybody else in the world was missing out when she sang that song. There was a part in the song where she sang, "Oooooooooooooh, Ooooooooooooooh" and you should have heard that vibrato. Phew!! It was a fairly low note and it sounded so perfect with Charlotte's voice. When she finished that song, I turned to Dave with my huge eyes and said, "That is going to be a HIT!!" I was about to cry because everybody couldn't see it or especially hear it.

Then EVERYBODY stood up and cheered. People liked that song!! I have that song in my head and I only heard it one time. Eek! I keep singing that phrase over and over in my head, "When we walked in fields of gold." That performance almost reminded me of Whitney Houston. I mean, when I used to hear Whitney sing a new song, I was blown away by how good that song sounded and it was the same when I heard Charlotte sing it. Move over Whitney. Heheh. Next, she said that she was going to sing Bali Ha'i and the conductor and orchestra did the introduction and Charlotte just stood there and missed the place where she was supposed to come in. The orchestra stopped and Charlotte turned her head around real fast and said in surprise, "Did I just miss something here? Oh my Gosh, everybody I made a huge mistake and forgot to come in when I was supposed to come in. I'm so sorry everybody, This isn't professional, I keep messing up..." We all cheered even more and it didn't make a single difference if Charlotte messed up. I think the audience not only liked her voice and her music, but they obviously love her as a person so her little mistakes didn't have any effect on them. She smiled really big whenever everybody cheered so much. What a pretty smile!! They did the introduction again and Charlotte made sure she came in at the right time and she did really well on the song.

I forgot what she sang next and the order, but when she sang new songs, she said to the audience that she is a little nervous because these songs are very different. The first sound that she uttered was followed by roaring. (The good kind of roaring.) heehh. It sounded almost like a rushing wind going through the audience. The rushing wind was the reaction from the audience. It was like she literally took everybody's breath away for a minute. She had nothing to be nervous about then!! It seemed like the teenagers especially were impressed. It's more like their style and the adults seemed to be happy I guess because Charlotte sang those songs and turned them into something incredible! Basically, EVERYBODY liked the songs. I have come to the conclusion that Charlotte will not be losing fans since she changed her image. I am positive that Charlotte is going to keep her old fans because she is still Charlotte, but now she is going to attract MANY more people to be her fans. She is going to have more fans (IMHO) than any rock, country, rap, pop, or whatever star has ever done before. Charlotte changed images totally, but she is absolutely brilliant because she somehow knew how to keep her old fans hooked as she attracted more fans. She is going to be BIG!!! She's big already, but she is going to be BIG!! She will be one of those singers that everyone considers to be the best ones.