Suddenly, I feel old..
By Wilbur,
February 28, 2015 in The Café
 Wilbur
A friend and I were discussing a fly by we did during Expo 86. It was called Flight into History and had everything from early by planes to Concorde. We flew a formation of Learjets low level over Vancouver Harbour.
Now the old part.. Look at the list of dignitaries and performers.
Entertainment and famous visitors[edit]
Royalty: Prince Charles & Diana, Princess of Wales for the opening ceremonies; Crown Prince Harald & Crown Princess Sonjaof Norway; Saudi-Arabian Prince Sultan Bin Salman al-Saud[9]
Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney (Canada) Margaret Thatcher (United Kingdom) Pierre Trudeau (former Prime Minister - Canada)[9]
Vice-President: George Bush (United States)[9]
Concerts: Einstürzende Neubauten, Harry Belafonte, Anne Murray, Billy Ocean, Bruce Cockburn, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis,Annie Lennox - Eurythmics, Julio Iglesias, Amy Grant, Loverboy, A-ha, Liberace, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Gowan, Parachute Club, Joan Baez with Don McLean, Kenny Loggins, Lou Rawls & The 5th Dimension, Idle Eyes, Honeymoon Suite, Kim Mitchell,Johnny Cash, Depeche Mode, Joe Jackson, George Thorogood + the Delaware Destroyers, Smokey Robinson, George Benson,John Denver, The Beach Boys, Air Supply, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Manhattan Transfer, The Temptations, René Simard, k.d. lang (opening for Rockin' Ronnie Hawkins), Peter Allen, Sheena Easton, Trooper, Bryan Adams, The Romaniacs, Tangerine Dream, Youssou N'Dour, Rolf Harris, Kool & The Gang, Roy Orbison, Fats Domino with Jerry Lee Lewis, Donovan[9] Leilehua High School, Layton High School Lancer Marching Band, College Park High School Marching Band from Pleasant Hill, CA, Gustine High School Marching, Concert and Jazz Band from Gustine, CA, Siuslaw High School Band and Jazz Band, from Florence, Oregon at Oregon Pavilion, World Drums concert (led by John Wyre), Shannon Gunn, Skywalk, Kent-Meridian Jazz Ensemble, Images In Vogue, Peter Noone, Alvin Lee opened for Steppenwolf.[citation needed] Many of the concerts were hosted byRed Robinson,[citation needed] Vancouver DJ. These concerts were held at the Open air Expo Theatre.
The "Festival of Independent Recording Artists", a concert series promoting local bands, was cancelled on the first night after a performance by Slow devolved into a riot.[10] Other artists who had been scheduled to appear in that series included Art Bergmann.[10]
Comedians: Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Joan Rivers, Howie Mandel, George Burns and Danny Kaye[9]
Dance: Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Royal Ballet,[9] Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company[citation needed]
Directors: Norman Jewison, George Cosmatos (Rambo: First Blood Part II)[9]
Oceanographer: Jacques Cousteau[9]
It's hard to gauge age with musicians. They're like a dreaded parasite that you just can't kill off. If there's a tune of theirs stuck in your memory banks... you can't bet they'll continue to milk it as long as they can. It beats a real job.
But George Burns, Danny Kaye, Bob Hope?
Location: The last stop before Heaven.
And Bill Cosby? That one wouldn't fly today.
Philander Seabury
​He got fingered by the fickle finger of fate!
​But 'Loverboy'?
Edited February 28, 2015 by dotman17
 petitepedal
Yeah...if you start crossing off the dead people..you got about half a show.
Too bad Loverboy wasn't one of them.