A few months back, there was talk of organizing a concert for a cause, featuring my Bebe as the main performer/singer. You see, my Bebe is an unheralded singer of note. He surely captivates his audience when he sings. He might not enjoy superstar status, but for people in the know, he's more than just a top-caliber singer.My Bebe loves to sing and singing so much, that for a time, he was willing to make sacrifices for the sake of a pseudo singing career in Riyadh -- a career defined as or consists of singing at embassies, singing at awards nights for sports competitions, for induction programs, for gatherings of diplomats, for locally-mounted concerts, for ma'assalama (goodbye) parties for expats, ad naseaum....
For free. Or for a very minimal fee.
And you either are praised or brought down to earth with all kinds of pang-lalait.
Sacrifices to mean spending time at rehearsals, sourcing/securing your own minus one tapes/CDs, singing through a horrendous sound system, buying or borrowing your own costume, transporting yourself to the rehearsals and venues at your own expense, applying your own make-up, make-up which you yourself might have to provide, blocking your own movements on stage, very minimal or even absent production assistant's help, ad nauseum....
Fortunately, my Bebe has always triumphed when he sings. Everytime he performs, his audience loves him.
That's more than enough for him.
Going back to the planned concert, it unfortunately did not materialize. What did was our idea for the poster which chanelled the 2005 poster for the Oscars.
Neat, huh!
