But aside from appreciative yelps from the not inconsiderable female contingent, every time a male character appeared topless, there was a disappointing absence of good old-fashioned lewd behaviour, and the feeling of enforced, ordered fun – the very thing I was dreading – was hard to stomach.
At a show late last year in at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, N.J., Ms. Harris stepped up to a single microphone with the entire band and sang "To Ohio" from "Charlie Darwin" to appreciative whoops from the crowd.
The instrument of his fury is Pougbila (Claire Ilboudo), a 16-year-old village beauty who elicits jealousy from the local girls and appreciative glances from their boyfriends.
AJE the antidote-provider earned praise in high places, from for instance Hillary Clinton and John McCain, whose appreciative words from those days were inevitably re-quoted this week in Al Jazeera advertisements.
Inside is a warm acoustic, an excellent Steinway piano (the reason the festival was set up in the first place) and seating for around 350 occupied by a warm, appreciative audience from all around southern Ireland and increasingly from overseas too.
142) No. 2. The performances were interspersed with appreciative comments from the musicians about the help they received from Young Concert Artists and amusing anecdotes from Ms. Wadsworth about her protégés.
With 51 seconds left, Smart pulled Rodriguez (12 points) from the game and into his arms to a warm appreciative roar from the United Center crowd.
Aided by Fred Story's jazzy score, the directors, Scott Galloway and Brent Pierson, keep things moving with appreciative comments from the financial and spiritual beneficiaries of Mr. Fryar's talents (and from the female admirers who find his lithe, 68-year-old body every bit as interesting as his foliage).
Talbott received an appreciative grin from Palin when he told her that he himself had seen Russia from an island off the coast of Alaska — "I defended you on that".
Appreciative murmurs from the crowd.
