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dbphotos · 02:07 AM

Nothing political here. I attended the Freedom Concert 2009 tonight in Grand Prairie and it was a lot of fun and very moving at times.

All I took was my Canon G9. The light was typical concert lighting which means it was bad for a basic P&S setup. The stills weren't that great at 100%, but look pretty good cropped smaller. I was very impressed with the quality of the low light video however. (The first 30 seconds are a little shaky, but it's fine after that.)

Performers were Lee Greenwood, Charlie Daniels, Michael W. Smith and Billy Ray Cyrus as well as several speakers and guests (Sean Hannity, Lt. Col. Oliver North, Gov. Rick Perry, Congressman Sam Johnson, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and several veterans).

The night was to raise money for the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund which provides college scholarships to the children of veterans killed or permenantly disabled while on active duty military assignment.

One of the most moving parts of the night was when 2 injured soldiers were brought up on stage during the performance of "Some Gave All" by Billy Ray Cyrus. Here's a clip from that part of the concert:

http://www.vimeo.com/5904168

dbphotos added 34 Minutes and 54 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

Just got it up on Youtube. Quality is better on the Vimeo link, but I'll embed the YT video.

pepper52 · 08-03-2009, 08:00 AM

Great clip, thanks for sharing. I especially loved the comment by the young man " I'm originally from California, but I think I'm a Texan now."

Cajungaltx · 08-03-2009, 09:58 AM

I absolutely LOVE that song. Thanks for sharing. And for supporting.

janikphoto · 08-03-2009, 03:17 PM

I think I would've enjoyed exactly one song from that entire night. But, I'm glad others seemed to have enjoyed it. Sounds like a fun event for many people, and the support for people pulled into war is a nice thing!

CaptainTom · 08-03-2009, 06:05 PM

I'm mostly impressed with the sound quality.

Thanks for posting...

Ahh! · 08-03-2009, 07:59 PM

Thanks! Washed out all the allergy eyes here.

dbphotos · 08-04-2009, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainTom

I'm mostly impressed with the sound quality.

Thanks for posting...

Yes. I was expecting it to be really distorted since it was so loud inside, but it turned out pretty good.

Here's another clip from Michael W Smith from the same night. A song he wrote after 9/11 - "There She Stands".

Roy · 08-04-2009, 03:07 PM

Hey David, I enjoyed both of them. Thanks for sharing.