{"id":498,"date":"2008-06-07T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/london-press-conference\/"},"modified":"2014-07-06T14:59:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T14:59:18","slug":"london-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/london-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"London Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq6cNZu1oI\/AAAAAAAAAGo\/p3H1LuUNLXk\/s1600-h\/DSCN0051.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq6cNZu1oI\/AAAAAAAAAGo\/p3H1LuUNLXk\/s200\/DSCN0051.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209180912804091522\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq6ciz-SSI\/AAAAAAAAAGw\/AmMirFhKQ6M\/s1600-h\/DSCN0062.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq6ciz-SSI\/AAAAAAAAAGw\/AmMirFhKQ6M\/s200\/DSCN0062.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209180918551300386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We arrived in London after a loooong direct flight from California (11 hours), and were all excited about performing for the British press. The crowd was beautifully enthusiastic, and gave all of us travel weary musicians the energy to perform Stevie&#8217;s music with joy and love (as if that&#8217;s ever a challenge! lol).  We all had a great time and are looking forward to doing the European tour.<\/p>\n<p>After the press conference, we had a couple of free hours, so a few of us were given a guided tour by a local friend of one of the musicians.  It was brief, but lovely.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq-XAYR8XI\/AAAAAAAAAG4\/GRWygNT91Vc\/s1600-h\/DSCN0090.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq-XAYR8XI\/AAAAAAAAAG4\/GRWygNT91Vc\/s200\/DSCN0090.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209185221455507826\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq-XjcHBkI\/AAAAAAAAAHA\/CLDev1vBqE8\/s1600-h\/DSCN0095.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq-XjcHBkI\/AAAAAAAAAHA\/CLDev1vBqE8\/s200\/DSCN0095.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209185230866810434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I even had the chance to visit the Queen&#8217;s grocery store, which is quite unlike any grocery store I&#8217;ve ever seen! lol<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq5rQZRcQI\/AAAAAAAAAGQ\/jZ3JLbkcmdc\/s1600-h\/DSCN0091.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq5rQZRcQI\/AAAAAAAAAGQ\/jZ3JLbkcmdc\/s200\/DSCN0091.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209180071793881346\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq5sxqkM7I\/AAAAAAAAAGY\/HyPP5yjRz2I\/s1600-h\/DSCN0093.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq5sxqkM7I\/AAAAAAAAAGY\/HyPP5yjRz2I\/s200\/DSCN0093.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209180097904653234\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq5tJNwIkI\/AAAAAAAAAGg\/MCspIRTKlpY\/s1600-h\/DSCN0094.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_CVEzz0Co-pg\/SEq5tJNwIkI\/AAAAAAAAAGg\/MCspIRTKlpY\/s200\/DSCN0094.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209180104226251330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are several videos of the press conference on youtube.  The quality isn&#8217;t the best, but you can even see me a little bit! : ><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c83LICBwnBk&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Stevie Wonder at the Hard Rock Cafe 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-45-syhKo9g&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Stevie Wonder at the Hard Rock Cafe 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-45-syhKo9g&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Stevie Wonder at the Hard Rock Cafe 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/7438006.stm\" target=\"_blank\"> The BBC interview <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We arrived in London after a loooong direct flight from California (11 hours), and were all excited about performing for the British press. The crowd was beautifully enthusiastic, and gave all of us travel weary musicians the energy to perform Stevie&#8217;s music with joy and love (as if that&#8217;s ever a challenge! lol). 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