Nothing, it seemed, was left to chance, and the effort showed. So it is not an understatement to say that Regine literally risked life and limb for this two-and-a-half-hour concert, which (even without that one spectacular number) from start to finish reflected Regine's (and her team's) meticulous preparations. As Regine crooned, the skirt panels of her bright yellow Rajo Laurel gown billowed and flapped, making her appear like a butterfly (if not a fairy) in the wind. In her 30th birthday and first concert for the millennium, R2K, Regine Velasquez did not exactly walk on wires, but one of her numbers approximated that Pilipino figure of speech: while performing the Mariah Carey hit Butterfly, Regine was hoisted - literally - high above the plexiglass stage by two wires strategically connected to her back, which slowly transported her from the back to the front of the stage as the audience gasped in astonishment (and fear no doubt) that she just might suddenly fall off. There's a figure of speech in Pilipino that describes a decidedly daring or risky action: tumulay sa alambre (roughly translated, to balance oneself on a wire), derived from those heart-thumping high-wire acts of circus performers.
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