John Williams is the man!

Normally we're not concert going people, however, when Colby saw that John Williams was coming to LA to play with the Philharmonic, we just couldn't resist! If you don't know who John Williams is, you'd certainly know the music. Here are some of his accolades: Jaws, Superman, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter 1-3 and 6, Home Alone, Hook, Star Wars, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, E.T., Indiana Jones, Close Encounters, Schindler's List, Fiddler on the Roof (score), and many, many others! It was AMAZING! We were on the right hand side and could just as easily watch the stage as a jumbotron screen. He opened with "Hedwig's Theme", "The Knight Bus", "Aunt Marge's Waltz," "Faulke's Flight" and "Harry's Wondrous World". This was all narrated by Lynn Redgrave. He also did pieces from Catch Me If You Can and had the original jazz trio that recorded the soundtrack come and play. He did a tribute to other composers playing a medley from Gone with the Wind, General Patton, The Magnificent Seven and a couple of others. He then closed with the Superman March. So cool!
The funniest and best part of the show was the encore. I was smiling the entire time. He came back for four encores! In the beginning there were people with light sabers that glowed vibrantly in the darkness. They relit briefly during the tribute to other composers because a Star Wars clip came on and then vanished. Well for the encores, he certainly didn't dissapoint. First he played Yoda's theme and all the light sabers came on. There were at least 50 different light sabers, like the ones that Jackson likes to play with. Then for the second encore he played E.T. Then for the third he played the main Star Wars theme (someone called out "Indiana Jones!"). Finally for the last he played the Imperial March (when Darth Vader comes on). All the lightsabers lit up and began waving as if helping John Williams conduct the orchestra. He left the stage but people still wanted more! He came back and bowed and then put his hands together and pretended to go to sleep, then left! Sooo cool.
The video below is an a capella tribute to John Williams music focused all around Star Wars and quotes from Star Wars. They do sing Jaws, E.T., Star Wars, Indiana Jones and others. We loved it! Colby was really hoping that he would play "Hook". It's his favorite!
I was thinking of Annelisa during the Star Wars segments. I'll post some more pictures when I find the camera. It's probably just buried in the car.
Here is a picture of all the lightsabers and actually, those were just one side of the stadium!