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Grant Park Music Festival: The Music of John Williams
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed the music of John Williams at the Grant Park Music Festival at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. It was a beautiful night.
Here’s the program:
- Superman March from Superman
- Main Title from Star Wars
- Flight to Neverland from Hook
- Theme from Jurassic Park
- Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Excerpts from The Cowboys
- The Imperial March from Star Wars
- Duel of the Fates from Star Wars: Episode I
- Yoda’s Theme from The Empire Strikes Back
- Viktor’s Tale from The Terminal
- March from 1941
- Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone
- Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
And the encore was Excerpts from E.T.
Here’s some photos:
And to cap the night off, the fireworks from Navy Pier could be seen:
Joliet SWD 2017 Report
This year’s Joliet Library Star Wars Day was bigger than ever. This time, the Rialto was added to the locations you could visit. Each location had different groups to visit.
First up, the Rialto. The R2 Builders Club and the Mandalorian Mercs made this their home.
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- The Rialto
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- This R2 just doesn’t fix shields
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- Merch!
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- More toys!
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- Kind of creepy…
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- Carnival Game
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- Return of the Jedi
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- Jedi Master Training
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- Get those balloons!
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- Mercs
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- Mando’s on the Loose
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- R2 Builders
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- Artoo
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- Yub nub, eee chop yub nub;
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- Various steps of production
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- Mouse Droid
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- Take out the Dark Side
Next Up, the Library. The 501st were based here. The main area was upstairs, with a Cantina, radio broadcast and Artist Alley.
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- Keep Calm and Use the Force
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- Phone Home
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- You seek Vader
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- Wookiees and Vader
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- Wookiees Walking
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- Taking pictures
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- Library Lawn
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- Print, or Print Not
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- What a hunk of junk!
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- Falcon Complete!
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- The bar was serving lemonade
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- Costuming
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- Welcome to the Armory
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- More Armory
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- Artist Alley
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- More art!
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- Geeky hats
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- John Jackson Miller
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- Star Wars RPG
Last Up, the Historical Museum. This is the hidden Rebel base. The Rebel Legion had set up their own Endor Bunker here. All three floors of the museum had fun stuff to do, including a scavenger hunt.
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- Cue Imperial March
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- That’s no moon.
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- Nice Mash-Up
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- Disney Mash-Up at the Bunker
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- Watch out for that Ewok at the Rialto!
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- Wookiees & Endor Troopers & Scout Troopers, Oh My!
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- Join the Academy
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- BB-Infl8
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- Radar Tech
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- Want!
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- I really need to get my own AT-AT
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- Costumes Everywhere!
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- Jake and Elwood Hanging Out
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- Some reptiles were available to meet
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- She’s an albino snake and very friendly
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- More fun on the terrace
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- The deck was crowded
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- Downstairs, more to see!
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- Some vintage stuff over here
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- Panels!
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- The place is packed!
All in all, a very fun day! Looking forward to next year!
Joliet Star Wars Day 2017
Chicago Force will be going to the Joliet Star Wars Day 2017 on Saturday, June 3rd at 11 a.m. Check it out on Facebook for all the event details!
Happy 40th!
May Book Club: Thrawn
Join us on Saturday, May 27th at 1 pm to discuss Thrawn by Timothy Zahn. We will be on the second floor at Barnes & Noble Oak Brook.
C2E2 2017 BB-8 Make & Take
Chicago Force ran the BB-8 Make & Take on Sunday at C2E2. Over 100 kids showed up to the Family HQ to make their own paper BB-8. Here are some pictures.
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- Ready to go soon!
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- The crew starts to gather.
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- And the families start to gather also.
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- No, no, no, THIS one goes there, THAT one goes there
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- Phil’s working in the the Droid Factory
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- Hey, how’d he get in here?
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- A lovely BB-8
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- Another artist shows off her work.
Join us at C2E2 Sunday for a BB-8 Make and Take
April Book Club: Empire’s End
Join us at the Barnes & Noble in Village Crossing in Skokie to discuss Chuck Wendig’s Empire’s End. This is the last book in the Aftermath trilogy! The discussion will start at 1 pm.
Ahsoka Book Club
We had a good discussion about Ahsoka.
