Night Of 1000 Stevie's - Did Anyone Go???

[Lorraine]

Did anyone go to this event? I was in New York City on a 3 day break, I came over from the UK and had tickets to go to the Knitting Factory.

I must say I was really disappointed and expected it to be more than it was. We got there for 8pm to be told it started at 9pm so we went and had something to eat around the corner.

When we eventually got into the venue I thought it would have been a lot bigger than I imagined. There was a main room with a stage set up for various acts, it also contained a large screen showing Stevie clips and songs and a second room with bar set up with mics etc.

I wasn't sure which room the main acts were going to be in because I only stayed a short while, I thought the whole event was poorly run, like there were no pictures/posters up of Stevie or any glamour about the event which is usually associated with Stevie.

My friend and I stayed for about two hours in which time we saw one of the acts which consisted of someone miming to Stevie songs and two girls dancing around in long dresses, not sure what they were supposed to be doing but it was silly. I thought people were supposed to actually be singing as it was battle of the Stevie's where they perform and actually sing her songs.

Maybe I didn't stay late enough and missed the whole idea of it all, I don't know, I was fascinated at all the effort people had put into dressing up though, my friend and I wore the gypsy dresses and boots and we noticed lots of people dressed like Stevie, some in hats, some with tambourines etc.

I don't think I would go again to this event and I hope anyone that went had a good time it just wasn't what I thought it would be and I had been looking forward to it for some time.

Any ledgies got any comments they want to share? Was there more to come as the evening wore on? I would be interested to know and welcome your comments.

Lorraine