Chayanne Brings the Heat to Atlantic City!

As 9:00 PM approached last night in Atlantic City, NJ and temperatures dropped to 40F rest assure that the approximately 2,000 people congregated at the Taj Mahal’s Mark G. Etess Arena did not feel a shiver!

The Mark G. Etess Arena at the Taj Mahal was the chosen stage for Chayanne’s first ever concert in this city.  With fans flocking from all over the tri-state area for this milestone event in his career, Chayanne performed the first of two concerts in the East Coast as part of the 2^nd leg of his No Hay Imposibles tour in the USA.  If George Washington was alive and present at the show I am sure he would say “I cannot tell a lie…. This show absolutely ROCKED!.”  It should come as no surprise.  Having recently been named the Elvis Presley of our times by the media covering his concerts in Florida earlier this month, with his smooth steps, sultry voice and oh-so-rhythmic hip shakes Chayanne brought everyone in the audience to their feet to dance and have a great time.

At the center of it the audience… and I mean THE center… As in, mid section second row from the stage on the seats perfectly lined up with the center, there we were, Pandora and I,  [I will let her get into the emotional thrill of the whole night :-)]

The scenery during "Si No Estas" was absolutely breathtaking

The show itself was not that much different from those on the first leg of the tour. A few changes were made to the tracklist.  Two of my all time favorite Chayanne songs, “Fiesta en America” and “Palo Bonito” were added and sent the audience wild.  Perhaps the most apparent change of all was Chayanne’s main dancing ladies, whom you may have read in our previous posts, Victoria and Ferly bid goodbye to the tour in Chicago.  In their place, I was pleasantly surprised to recognize Sarah Shell from the Cautivo/ Mi Tiempo Tour (you may also remember her from the official video of “Lola”, she is the beautiful blonde).  Opposite Sarah was Rachel Markarian, who was part of Chayanne’s Sincero Tour.  The ladies were fantastic on their first performance and I am sure that as the tour progresses they will only get better and better.  And the boys… well, what can I say about the boys?  They were magnificent.  Without a doubt part of what makes Chayanne’s concerts so amazing is the team he has behind him and they are truly amazing professionals and the best in their respective fields.

Sarah

Rachel

Tu boca, boca...

As the music for “Torero” came on, we knew we were at the end of our adventure, but rest assure, it took a good half hour minimum to cool off after such a sizzling performance.  The heat of this show will surely and comfortably take us through this winter season in the East Coast.

Please stay tune to Pandora’s great adventure and additional photographs from the concert.