Loews Hotel

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Voodoo CDs"><U><B><IMG SRC="4b8c8500.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="80" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Voodoo DeVille Blues Band brings the"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>     </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>|</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Tahoma" >Voodoo DeVille </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Educators Boogie"><U><B>Educator's Boogie</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>Loews Hotel</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christmas 2000 Special Appearance"><U><B>Christmas 2000 Special Appearance</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trump Marina Atlantic City"><U><B>Trump Marina - Atlantic City</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marriott Waterfront Baltimore, MD"><U><B>Marriott Waterfront Baltimore, MD</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id231.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Baltimore Convention Center"><U><B>Baltimore Convention Center</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BE Conference, Los Angeles 2007"><U><B>BE Conference, Los Angeles 2007</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id246.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BE Conference, London 2007"><U><B>BE Conference, London 2007</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id248.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BE Conference Baltimore 2008"><U><B>BE Conference Baltimore 2008</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> Loews Hotel</div> <bR> <div> <B>During the evening of September 20, 2000, Voodoo DeVille played one of its biggest events ever.  Bentley Systems of Exton, PA asked the boys to play at a reception held during their annual international user conference.  The reception was held at the Loews Hotel in downtown Philadelphia, which recently opened in the historic PSFS Building.   Obliging as always, the boys put on a hell of a show for an audience of 300 to 400 people.  By the end of the evening the crowd was dancing to everything they played.  The gig could have lasted all night but, after three encores and the crowd cheering for more, the sound man  - a longshoreman from Jersey reputed to have mob connections - wanted to go home and pulled the plug.  Given the company the sound guy allegedly kept, the boys decided not to argue with him.</B></div> <div> <B>A very special thanks goes out to our photo contributors.  As usual the staff photographer, </B><A HREF="http://www.voodoodeville.com/id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.voodoodeville.com/id68.htm"><U><B>Flash</B></U></A><B>, did his usual highly professional job.  We'd like to also thank our friends </B><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/tamish_2/year2k/philly/philly2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geocities.com/tamish_2/year2k"><U><B>Mike Stephan</B></U></A><B> and Miroslav Kovácik for contributing some fine digital images.</B></div> <div> <B>In a very rare lapse of focus, the Voodoo DeVille head of security </B><A HREF="http://www.voodoodeville.com/id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.voodoodeville.com/id35.htm"><U><B>(Killer)</B></U></A><B> let his guard down for a split second and allowed himself to be photographed.  Can you spot him? </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="116f4770.png" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The crowd was a little sedate at first, but they didn't stay on their butts for long...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="118c80b0.png" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Pretty soon they were on their feet.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="139902c0.png" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="5"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="119c8240.png" border=0 width="200" height="292" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Stacks don't allow no messin' with the kid</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="11a900f0.png" border=0 width="400" height="271" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> We are crazy 'bout our baby, and Caldonia is her name...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="11dc80b0.png" border=0 width="200" height="267" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> T-Bone went wireless for the first time.  Did he like it?</div> <div> The picture speaks for itself.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="13af4fa0.png" border=0 width="500" height="250" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Man, we love happy people...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="120f4770.png" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Displaying their storied youth and agility, Voodoo DeVille proves once again that moves are everything.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="121f4770.png" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> In an interesting use of color and light that approaches art, <A HREF="http://www.voodoodeville.com/id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.voodoodeville.com/id68.htm"><U>Flash</U></A> - the official Voodoo DeVille photographer - attempts to capture the motion and excitement of the moment using a technique...uh.. wait... what's that?  Oh, he just forgot to turn on the flash?  Sorry.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="122f4710.png" border=0 width="500" height="369" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Did we have a good time or what?</div> </td> </tr></table></body>