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Review: Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Celebration

In early December of 2012, I was fortunate to have a show that I was originally in rehearsals for… to be postponed until spring of 2013. Why fortunate? Because it gave me a chance to see a concert celebration for the music from Final Fantasy… and I have yet to miss a concert since the tour began five years ago and have come through Chicago how many times since then?

The Final Fantasy Concert holds a special place in my heart… it is where I met one of the first people that I knew from the online world and were friends with (well before the internet became littered with predators and crazies). So naturally it became a habit for me to want to see the concert every time it comes through Chicago… there is a bit of nostalgia that comes into play.

This year was no different and yet meant the world… for this time around it was the Distant Worlds Official Final Fantasy 25th Birthday Celebration. Since Chicago is known to be the kick off city for the first North American Tour of the Final Fantasy Concert series it made sense to have the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Celebration to be in Chicago.

Now I would typically write my own review of the concert… but I am lazy and there are already people online that have put their own two cents of the concert. So I will just link to one such blog post by another concert go-er

Just click on the break to see the set list that was featured at the 25th Celebration concert… and some of my quick impressions.

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Entertainment: The Periodic Table

Now there have been a lot of images and off shoots, songs and video about the periodic table. But what really brought me to creating this post was the following periodic table:
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Granted there is a whole bunch of these all over the internet like the Harry Potter version:
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And one of various Super Heroes (Heroines):
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And of course the Hunger Games version of the periodic table:
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I am just a wee obsessed lately. 🙂 Blame the science / fantasy geek in me.

Entertainment: Final Fantasy in Concert 25th Anniversary

Yes I am a geek… I am a full fledged geek. I LOVE the Final Fantasy series, but not for the gaming aspect of it, but for the graphics and the music. Oh. Em. Gee. the music… I am so in love with the music. In fact I am such a lover of music that I have been to almost every Final Fantasy Concert that have come through Chicago. Now that there is a 25th Anniversary Concert of the Final Fantasy Concert Series coming to Chicago in December…? Let’s just say I was so excited that I got my ticket already.

The first concert to come through Chicago was aptly named: Dear Friends – Music from Final Fantasy. In fact it was the second Final Fantasy related concert to grace North America, and it was a big deal… the biggest ticket in town for those of us who were major fans of the series. So in 2005 on February 19th, out in the Rosemont Theatre (now the Akoo Theatre) the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra perform the following pieces from the Final Fantasy repetoire:

SET ORDER SONG TITLE FINAL FANTASY GAME
1. “Liberi Fatali” Final Fantasy VIII
2. “At Zanarkand” Final Fantasy X
3. “Terra” Final Fantasy VI
4. “Theme of Love” Final Fantasy IV
5. “Dear Friends” Final Fantasy V
6. “Vamo’ Alla Flamenco” Final Fantasy IX
7. “Love Grows” Final Fantasy VIII
INTERMISSION
8. “Aerith’s Theme” Final Fantasy VII
9. “You are not Alone” Final Fantasy IX
10. “Ronfaure” Final Fantasy XI
11. “Medley” Final Fantasy I, II, III
12. “Cloud Smiles” Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
13. “Final Fantasy Theme” Final Fantasy series
ENCORE
14. “One-Winged Angel” Final Fantasy VII

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