He really does write the songs that make the whole world sing

Never have I felt so young and in shape as I did at the Barry Manilow concert. His fans are not the youngest and most hip, but they are pretty faithful. I mean, he's been alive forever and he wrote the very first song.

I laughed through the first two songs. My sister asked "Are you going to giggle through the whole thing?"

I explained, "It's just so cheesy."

To which she replied, "You're just now figuring that out?!"

But then the third song came along which was Daybreak. Such a feel good song! Suddenly I remembered that cheesy isn't necessarily bad. Cheesy can be really fun (not to mention delicious). And this tentative fan was swaying with her hands in the air singing at the top of her lungs. The skeptic melted away and the Fanilow in me was unleashed. As Barry said predicted, every song had a key change and a big finish because that's the way he likes it. Funny guy as well as a gifted composer, musician, and performer. He may be old and stretched pretty thin with plastic surgery, but the guy is still amazing. And we had an amazing time...

I just wish Gunga could have been with us. She would have loved it!