Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas Show ---- Fantastic!!!
 

We went to the Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas show in Tampa yesterday and believe me it was without a doubt Fantastic!!!! It would be impossible to see a show with more lasers, fire, Special Effects, and Outstanding Talent. We went with several members of the family (various ages ) and there was complete agreement. The rendition of TSO Christmas music is unique. If you get a chance to see the show next year in Orlando or Tampa you won't be sorry. Tampa down by the ports has all its palms wrapped in lights, it's vibrant and full of life with wonderful but very crowded and lots of new nice, but not cheap, restaurants. We were in a virtual waiting line for one new restaurant and our waiting time kept getting longer instead of shorter as we waited (perhaps due to 7 people), we finally gave up after our original 15-minute reservation wait became 1 hour and left.

LOL, we are streaming some TSO Christmas music right now. Great music, and they put on a fantastic live show. There’s no friggin way everyone in that Siberian Orchestra is trans. Merry Christmas : )

How TSO got its name
 

As for how he came up with the name, O’Neill says it was inspired by his trip to Russia in the 1980s. He was particularly moved by the Russian province of Siberia, known for its freezing cold climate. One of its most distinctive features is the Trans-Siberian Railway, which is the longest railroad in the world that connects western Russia to the eastern part of Russia which touches Northeast Asia.

“If anyone has ever seen Siberia, it is incredibly beautiful but incredibly harsh and unforgiving as well. The one thing that everyone who lives there has in common that runs across it . . . is the Trans-Siberian Railway,” O’Neill allegedly told Citizen’s Voice in 2011, using the railway as a metaphor for how music connects people across the world. “Life, too, can be incredibly beautiful but also incredibly harsh and unforgiving, and the one thing that we all have in common that runs across it . . . is music. It was a little bit overly philosophical, but it sounded different, and I like the initials, TSO.”

Have been 10+ times. Never disappointed. Cost of the pyrotechnics in last song "priceless: