Our friend, Michael, has posted a video of the London concert. It starts out with blue skies and a nice view of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. Would I ever love to see those! :)
Inside the church you can see Ben Crawley and Sam Coates setting up for the concert, and Jonathan and Henry's dad, Mr. Barrington, moving the pews. There are pictures of the audience and stage and then video of Libera on stage during the ovations.
Then he has the great pictures that he already shared with us. Thank you, Michael! Glad you had such a nice time at the concert. :)
Our friend, Yuki from Japan, takes the best videos. This one is from the Manila concert and Meet & Greet afterwards. She was towards the end of the line, so the personnel keep rushing her. lol But the boys are so cute and smile and talk to her. Thank you for sharing it with us, Yuki! :D
Thanks to Eric Paulin for another great video, this time of the Meet & Greet after the Manila concert. Congratulations to the 151 people who got to go through the line! :D
Good news, Philippines! Eric says to Isaac, "Hopefully (we'll) see you next year." And Isaac says, "Oh, yeah, we'll definitely be coming back next year." :D
Thanks to Eric Paulin for posting these Manila Meet & Greet videos! This is the first signing group.
Second signing group. When he asks Jude what his name is, Jude says, "I'm Jude. I'm his brother," and points to Luke. lol. He also gave Josh a birthday present. A Liberians PH 2012 calendar with fan messages written on the back. :)
And Libera leaving The Block walking through the gauntlet of screaming fans. hehe You can hear someone ask them, "Who's your favorite in the new batch." They say, "Ben Fairman, Eoghan McCarthy, Barney Lindsell, Dylan Duffy and Matthew Madine." He then tells them Eoghan is pronounced "Owen." I'm just impressed they've memorized everyone's last names. :)
Well, I finally made a video for the USA Tour 2011!!! Problem is, we had so many pictures and videos that I couldn't keep it down to 15 minutes long. lol. So this is Part 1. It shows Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chicago and St. Louis.
And here is part 2 with Frisco and Houston! Watch Jude in the Houston M&G video. He is so funny! :D
Our friend, Yuki from Japan, videotaped Ben at the St. Louis and Houston Meet & Greets. Ben sent a message to the Japanese fans.
Wow! I don't even know what to write about this. You just have to watch it for yourself! lol.
"Japanese fans, it is so sad that we could not see you today, but maybe another time. Maybe next year. We, of course, love you, hearts and kisses. And so, farewell. I hope to see you soon. As a choir, we shall see you."
A video was posted on YouTube by FliegenerTeppich. It shows the stage before the concert and Tom Cully coming down the steps. Then it shows Daniel, Stefan, Ralph and Ben signing autographs and smiling for pictures with a few fans after the concert. Ralph walks away with a woman who may be his mom.
Ben made the girls giggle when he said, "Kon'nichiwa" to some Japanese fans. He's so nice! They say, "Mini Ben is Big Ben now," because he's so tall! lol I guess they asked him how he was because he says, "I'm splendid." :) Then he says, "No, I remember the face. I do. I remember all these faces," and "I'm so happy that you came."
Then we see Carlos, Liam, Matthew R-A and Alex getting on the bus. Someone says, "Good night" and "Thank you, Eleanor." Liam's laughing on the bus as they drive away home.
Yesterday was Jonathan Barrington's 16th birthday! You already know that I think he seems like one of the nicest Libera members. (See here to read it.) This is a video that was made by Brittany from the Philippines. It's one of the nicest fan videos I've ever seen! She has so many great pictures and video clips of him. And the ending is very sweet. Hope he gets to see it! :)
This video was just posted by snowy0155 from Japan, and I love, love, love it! It's a review of all the Libera concerts that she went to in 2010! She has scenes from the Narita Airport in Tokyo and the concerts in Tokyo, Seoul, Manila, Arundel, Dallas, Ft. Worth, St. Louis, London and Beverly! Sorry I didn't get to meet her in Nashville or Atlanta, but my mom says she met her in St. Louis! What a great fan, and what a great review of Libera in 2010!
This video was done for Libera and its fans by djkoy from the French forum. It's a little Christmas and New Year's put together. It has really cool graphics and even fireworks at the end!
This is a lovely video done especially for Libera by Pax Tecum from the French forum.
Merry Christmas to you all as we celebrate the birth of Jesus! :)
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way; When, as his mother, Mary, was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph, her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately. But while he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary, thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which, being interpreted, is God with us. Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife, And knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son; and he called his name Jesus. Matthew 1:18-25
And it came to pass, in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxation was first made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and lineage of David), To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the gloriy of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. Luke 2:1-20
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
Well, Libera hasn't put out a Christmas Greetings video like last year yet (hope they will), so until then, this is a really nice video done by djkoyottes from France. It's set to "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" with James Mordaunt's solo. And djkoyottes includes all my favorite scenes from the new Peace Deluxe videos! Great job!
Oh my word, this is the best video ever! This was posted by LibeLa who is from San Francisco. And she got to meet and take pictures with the boys including Matthew Madine!!! He's very smiley and looks so much like Josh! We get our first glimpse of him at 1:06. She got a great picture with the 5 cousins, Stefan, Ben, Ralph, Tom Cully, Sam Coates and Ben Crawley! Even Mr. Prizeman is talking in the background! Just watch!
Here's her report.
Hello my fellow Libera fans!
I'm back in circulation again after a long & tiring journey (10 hrs flight from London to SF). We arrived in SF Monday late night and I had to return to work the following morning. Good thing I was able to sleep on the plane and did not experience jet lag at all.
I will not give any more reviews re the concerts since they were already well-covered by the "experts."
I just wanted to share with you this video I came up with for the London & Beverley concerts. As we all know, the usual meet & greets and photo sessions did not happen in both UK concerts so sorry if there's nothing much to it especially in Beverley. Fortunately for us, we sat next to Josh's uncle & aunt (who were both so warm & friendly) and Jakob's dad (also nice!) in the London concert and we chitchatted with them for a while. They were extremely appreciative that we traveled a long way to see Libera's concert and they were unanimous in saying that fans like us should be given the chance to at least say "Hi" to the lads after the concert. We were extremely lucky that night since we were able to have our photos taken with some of the boys who were just hanging around the church waiting for their parents. Got good shots of the up and coming star Matthew Madine too. What a sweet & shy boy with the same cute smile as his older brother Josh.
Pardon us if we kept on repeating the same lines, "We're from SF, Great job! We'll see you again tomorrow!" Hahaha! Everything was happening too fast and we couldn't catch up. It was just super dooper exciting!
We brought some chocolates from San Francisco called Ghirardelli and shared them with the boys. Josh's Mom who by the way is really beautiful and accommodating suggested that we should also try English chocolates (specifically Cadbury).
I also had some memorable encounters with my all-time favorite soloist Tom Cully who was great in his new found role in Libera as the Sound Assistant. Even if Tom was busy running around, helping out and setting up equipment, he was still kind and polite enough to accommodate his adoring fans. I gave him a SF Giants baseball cap & a black World Series Championship shirt (FYI, SF Giants won the World Series this year against Texas Rangers) and it touched my heart to see him wearing the shirt in Beverley during the day.
I got Stefan (my new fave soloist) a very cute panda hat (from SF) but it was not given to him yet that night. I gave it to one of the chaperones but I wonder if he's ever gonna receive it. *sigh*
And lastly, I was also ecstatic to meet everyone: FDL (again), Yorkie, dani, Murkskis, et al. I was looking for Nicki but didn't see her. Sorry if I missed anybody but it was really nice to finally put faces to names.
You gotta love my white hoodie! Made it myself the last minute...
While we anxiously await the Libera London concert, let's calm down with a lovely new video. This video was done by Pax Tecum and Bullehynka from the French forum. The song is Ave Virgo with the solo sung by Tom Cully. I like this video becauses it slowly scans just one panorama picture of Libera from left to right. It is one of the most relaxing videos I've ever seen.
This is an excellent video from the Bristol concert taken by a member of the French forum. You can see all the Libera boys walking up to the front door of the church, and there's the 2 newbies! Love how Daniel is always smiling! :) And how Henry is singing to himself. :) It's funny to watch which boys have the most energy.
Then there's footage of the practice! How cool! You can see them fixing the robes, and is it me or did Alex have a gigantic growth spurt! And then at 2:32 notice all of the younger boys in the back watching Kavana and Daniel have a thumb war! :D (Daniel won) lol! The big boys are all talking over on the side. Then the continuation of the thumb war. I think I see Kavana cheating at 3:11! :) And cool effect with the boys practicing Adoramus! Sounds like the accoustics are amazing!
After the concert is so cute!!!! The little ones are all so adorable!!! And once again, I spy newbies! The older ones seem to have perfected the art of talking while smiling, but I love how the little ones just flat out talk. :) And there's smiley Daniel again! I love how the one newbie (Barney/Dylan?) is CRACKING UP! Somebody over in his section is funny! (and I see more dimples!) And they're all so business like while switching places! And then just how adorable the little ones are when they leave! Great video! Thanks!
Finally, we finished the slideshow of the Atlanta concert! Thank you to Jimmy in Japan for his photos. I combined them with mine, so it's a very long slideshow. Had to use 2 songs for the background music! This concert was so amazing! And the Meet and Greet was so much fun! What great memories! I'm so glad I got to go!
I noticed that Jakob managed to be in my video thumbnails for the 1st two videos. But Ralph is appropriately the thumbnail or picture for this one since it was 2 days before his birthday. You can see him holding an early birthday present that he got. Not sure who gave it to him...maybe Jimmy and his wife? :)
This is a video slideshow I did for YouTube. No one ever did a video of the Nashville concert, so I figured I would. :) All the pictures were taken by me.
My parents went to Libera's amazing concert in St. Louis on August 5, 2010 and took a video of the Meet & Greet. All pictures are ours except the church interior pictures which are from Roberto and Mary Jo. You can see Roberto's sweet, Bolivian mother excitedly push ahead of my mom. She is the biggest Libera fan, and later you can see her try to go behind the table. :) I think she told Alex she loves him! lol It looks like it was a really fun M&G. And, of course, there's the awesome Libera boys! Thank you to you, Mr. Prizeman, staff and volunteers for coming to the US and sharing your beautiful music with us!
