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Hollywood Bowl,\u00a0CA
\nAugust 28 & 29, 2010<\/strong>
\nLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS<\/p>\n

‘John Williams and the Music of the Movies’<\/strong><\/p>\n

I knew Miklos Rozsa as a friend for nearly thirty years. Since his passing I’ve grown very close to his daughter Juliet and the Rozsa family. On Saturday night, August 28th, following the concert at The Hollywood Bowl, I was invited by Juliet to join her back stage at the Bowl to meet my last living hero. I got to meet Maestro Williams and chat with him for a couple of minutes. He was very kind and gracious. It was truly one of the greatest moments of my entire life.” (Steve Vertlieb)<\/p>\n

‘CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’,\u00a0Fan Report by Steve Vertlieb<\/strong><\/p>\n

I just returned from my first vacation in nearly ten years, and my first “out of mind and body” sojourn since major open heart surgery an unimaginable\u00a0six months ago.\u00a0 I went to visit my little brother Erwin in Los Angeles.\u00a0 The trip was absolutely amazing.\u00a0 I simply couldn’t have written a more fulfilling scenario for the trip, and I couldn’t possibly be happier.<\/p>\n

On my second day there I was interviewed at length on camera by documentary film maker Paul Davids (“The Sci-Fi Boys”) for a new film about Forry Ackerman.\u00a0 I shared a delightful evening with director Jim Wynorski, producer Steve Mitchell (the new “Thriller” dvd), and Ron Borst at the latter’s astonishing museum and home.\u00a0 I went to the stunning Ray Harryhausen artifact exhibit at The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.\u00a0 I enjoyed a wonderful two and a half hour reunion over\u00a0numerous cups of coffee with Emmy nominated actor Paul Clemens (“The Beast Within” and “Quincy”).\u00a0 Had several enormously entertaining evenings at the home of attorney Les Zador.\u00a0 (Les is the wondrously giving and generous son of famed classical composer Eugene Zador, and one of the founders of California’s Film Music Society.)\u00a0 Had a barbecue in Beverly Hills at the home of Juliet Rozsa.\u00a0 Went both to Disneyland and Universal, and rode the colossal new “King Kong 3-D experience.”\u00a0 Had a delightful ninety minute lunch date with Emmy winning composer Lee Holdridge (“Beauty And The Beast” series for CBS).\u00a0 Shared a four hour evening over dinner with famed stop motion special effects genius and painter Jim Danforth, along with his lovely wife, Karen.<\/p>\n

Spent a memorable hour, one on one, with one of the most important literary voices of the twentieth century, Ray Bradbury, in the quiet confines of his den at home…and…during one of the most exciting nights of my entire life…I attended the brilliant John Williams film music concert at The Hollywood Bowl on Saturday evening, August 28th.<\/p>\n

After the completely sold out concert performance ended, I was privileged to\u00a0fullfill a dream of fifty years duration.\u00a0 Juliet Rozsa (Miklos Rozsa’s daughter) invited me to join her and her party back stage at The Bowl in order to meet my last living hero, John Williams.\u00a0 I damn near cried when I saw him standing there by the dressing rooms.\u00a0 I spoke with him for a couple of minutes.\u00a0 He was very cultured, gracious, and kind.\u00a0 He put his arm around me and, happily, posed for a battery of pictures.<\/p>\n

We had gone the morning before to The Bowl to watch the open rehearsals with\u00a0Williams and The Los Angeles Philharmonic, but this personal audience with filmdom’s most legendary and universally popular composer will stand always in my heart as one of the most wondrous, rewarding,\u00a0and exciting moments of my life.\u00a0 Miklos Rozsa’s granddaughter, Nicchi, said that she had never seen me looking happier.\u00a0 I couldn’t have wished for a more\u00a0wonderful vacation.\u00a0 Time passed in a scenic whirlwind, but will forever occupy a special, honored\u00a0place in my heart.<\/p>\n

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