This post inspired by Frank at Dutch goes the Photo
The prompt: Radiant
Boston, MA
“The Three B’s”
Bette (Midler), Bonnie (Raitt) and Barbra (Streisand)
My concert bucket list…
For over 30 years.
Bette…check!
Bonnie…check!
The last holdout?
Barbra.
I figured I’d never be able to check her off my list. Sigh.
Why?
She rarely, if ever, toured.
Tickets would be horrendously expensive and impossible to get.
August 16, 2016 changed all that…when I received an early Christmas/Birthday gift from my daughter, son and son-in-law. Thanks to my daughter’s herculean skills at navigating multiple internet browsers. To score tickets. The instant they went on sale.
Floor seats to a Barbra Streisand concert extravaganza in Boston. Complete with a light show beyond anything I had ever seen before. As cliché as it may sound, I was transported by the music, her one-of-a-kind voice, the showstopper after showstopper. Including my favorites – which was just about the entire set list – the super fan that I am.
Radiance on all levels.
One of my all time bucket list dreams finally came true.
Check!
one letter UP ~ diary 2.0 
By my reckoning, Barbara is 77 years young and still touring which is wonderful! 😎
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She is an inspiration!
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My sister is a big Barbara fan, too. Her daughter was able to get tickets when she
stopped in Miami a year or two ago. My sister was in heaven!
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Lucky her! I totally understand 🙂
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And lucky you!
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🙂
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Bet it was good!
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It was excellent!!
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I bet that was an amazing concert!
From your three B’s list I’ve only seen Bonnie Raitt in 1988 at the Bumbershoot in Seattle.
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She’s a great performer too. I’ve been lucky enough to see her several times over the years. First time was in the 1970’s I think.
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Bonnie Raitt is one of my favourites. I’d love to see Barbara Streisand. My cousin saw Barbara Streisand last year and loved it!
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It is hard to get tickets – I think she will be in Chicago this summer!
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yes! glad to put those skills to good use 🙂 also, amazing picture! did you take that with just your phone??
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Yes I did, thank you 😊
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What a fantastic take on radiant and a great story too. Adding another M- magnificent!
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Thank you! Definitely Magnificent 🙂
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Aw, I got chills reading this post! Such wonderful accomplishments all around. What’s your favorite song of hers?
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Thank you! My favorite song? That’s like asking which child is my favorite LOL. So I’d have to narrow it to 3 in no particular order: “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “The Way We Were” and “People.”
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Yeah, that wasn’t fair of me to ask. Great choices. I’m also fond of You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, sung along with Neil Diamond. 🙂
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Yes me too! She sang that at the concert 🙂
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Just wow is all I can say 🙂
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Thanks! Glad you like it 🙂
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