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Grandmothers take in Bon Jovi \u2014 their first concert<\/strong><\/p>\n
By Terry Davidson, Toronto Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n
First posted: Monday, February 18, 2013 09:26 PM EST | Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013 10:54 PM EST<\/strong><\/p>\n
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TORONTO Canada – For some, it\u2019s never too late to take in their first ear-spitting, sensory-overloading rock concert.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s exactly what longtime pals Thelma Moore and Kay Hutton \u2014 both 84 \u2014 did Monday night when the duo hit the Air Canada Centre to see supergroup Bon Jovi perform at the Air Canada Centre.<\/p>\n
The widowed grandmothers are childhood friends who have gone on cruises and summer getaways together. Grey-haired and bespectacled, the women thought they had done it all.<\/p>\n
But Moore, after realizing they had only seen concerts by the likes of jazz crooners Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra, suggested they check out a rock show.<\/p>\n
\u201cKay and I were talking and I said, \u2018Something we haven\u2019t done is go to a rock concert, and we should go before we leave this Earth,\u201d said Moore, admitting they had felt some trepidation about going to such big, loud event and being surrounded by thousands of screaming fans.<\/p>\n
Moore was asked how she thought she would feel after catching her first whiff of marijuana during the show \u2014 something not uncommon at rock concerts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know. What does it smell like?\u201d<\/p>\n
When Moore\u2019s son, Blair, caught wind of their idea, he suggested they order tickets, buy ear plugs and go for it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother said (lead singer Jon Bon Jovi) was nice to look at, so she\u2019s going to have something in common with a lot of other women there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
It was the Toronto Sun\u2019s Irene Thomaidis and Rita DeMontis who first heard of the planned night out. They used their connections to ensure the evening went smoothly – with a nice dinner and limo service.<\/p>\n
Moore and Hutton were picked up by limousine and delivered to Toronto\u2019s Kit Kat Italian Bar and Grill where owner Al Carbone provided them with plenty of wine and a shot each of sambuka.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what their health is like, but they must be healthy enough to do it,\u201d added Carbone.<\/p>\n
Sammy Wong, limo driver to the stars, provided the friends with transportation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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