Sculpted Natalie Cole Struts in Fort Lauderdale
The Au Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on
Wednesday was full of grateful fans of the daughter of America’s most beloved balladeur, Nat
King Cole. She paid homage to her father and those who crooned before her, including Ella
Fitzgerald and Count Basie. But let there be no doubt, this woman is grown and deserves all of
her own accolades.
The Au Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on
Wednesday was full of grateful fans of the daughter of America’s most beloved balladeur, Nat
King Cole. She paid homage to her father and those who crooned before her, including Ella
Fitzgerald and Count Basie. But let there be no doubt, this woman is grown and deserves all of
her own accolades.
Eight-time Grammy Award-winning singer Natalie Cole is a song stylist.
Opening with the song made famous by the sultry vocalist, Peggy Lee, Cole and her rendition of Fever lit up the stage as she strutted her
stuff in a flaming red and orange sequined mini dress with spaghetti straps that showed off her cut and definitely well-trained figure.
At 57, Cole made me and lots of other women in the audience want to run to the Pilates center.
On the keys were Terrence Martin and Gail Deidrick, both switching from their respective synthesizers to the Steinway Grand piano that, as
Cole put it, “took up most of the stage.”
Opening with the song made famous by the sultry vocalist, Peggy Lee, Cole and her rendition of Fever lit up the stage as she strutted her
stuff in a flaming red and orange sequined mini dress with spaghetti straps that showed off her cut and definitely well-trained figure.
At 57, Cole made me and lots of other women in the audience want to run to the Pilates center.
On the keys were Terrence Martin and Gail Deidrick, both switching from their respective synthesizers to the Steinway Grand piano that, as
Cole put it, “took up most of the stage.”
