The Moment Arrives!

At last, it was time!  The moment we’d all been waiting for.  The MC’s gave Wakin a glowing introduction (quite right, too), and we all held our breath...waiting for the show to begin!  Wakin made a suspenseful entrance, being heard before being seen.  When he finally appeared onstage, he was met with thunderous applause!  I can’t remember exactly which song he performed first, but I believe it was “I Don’t Intend to Go.”  (My apologies in advance to all Wakin’s Chinese-speaking fans who may be reading this.  I don’t know the Chinese titles for most of Wakin's songs, so all of them are listed here by their English translated titles.)

Wakin's Stage Wardrobe

Wakin's first stage costume of the evening was a white shirt over black slacks.  I couldn’t see if there was any texture or patterns on the shirt—from where I was and from my photos, it didn’t seem to have any special detail. He is pictured here after having received a bouquet of flowers from a fan!

He wore that for a few songs, then someone appeared on stage with a black jacket that he put on over the white shirt.  The jacket looked soft, and draped like it could have been made of silk. It was really nice looking.  Simple but very elegant. 

He changed clothes a lot, of course.  When next he disappeared and reappeared, he had exchanged his white shirt and black jacket for a shirt in one of my personal favorite colors--aqua blue! 

After that he changed completely, and came back wearing a shiny black shirt, and pants that were color-blocked in black and gray, almost like fatigues. But unlike most ordinary camouflage, these pants were sparkly!  Where we were sitting, we could really see the lights hit them, and they shimmered in all different colors.  That was probably my favorite ensemble because it was really different, and just looked so totally cool! 

He finished out the concert in a dazzling white suit.  It was really striking--like a blaze of light!  It seemed to be the favorite outfit of the night with many of the ladies in the concert hall, who were not at all shy about expressing their opinions!  Ha-ha!  The jacket front was sequined, but I couldn't be sure of the pattern.  It was another very nice look on Wakin, as were all of his costumes.

 All in all, his wardrobe for the whole show was a great mix of both casual and elegant styles that suit him very well!

The Play List

He sang many old favorites, which was so great for me personally, since I’d never had the privilege of hearing him in concert before.   Many times that night, I had the wild sensation that I had somehow managed to walk through my TV, and into all those old concerts I spent so much time watching over the last few years!  It was poetic in that way.  And totally fun!

Thanks to the sweet lady sitting next to me, I can report that Wakin started the show off by asking how many people in the audience spoke Mandarin, versus Cantonese.  The response was an overwhelming roar for Mandarin, while one very loud voice over our heads in the upper balcony shouted for Cantonese afterwards, making Wakin and everyone else laugh.  Wakin sang mostly in Mandarin after that, but he also performed some of my very, VERY favorite Cantonese songs!  Also as an added treat, he sang a few of my very, VERY favorite English songs as well! 

I'm not entirely sure of the order, but here is a list as well as I can remember of what he sang.  I’ve added an M, a C or an E, to indicate the language of each:

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