Fantasy Springs, Special Events Center
Indio, California
Saturday, March 14, 2009

Story and photographs by Pat Krause

To see more Pat Krause photographs of the Paul Anka concert, click here.

Paul Anka took command of the stage at the Fantay Springs Hotel Resort & Casino’s Special Events Center, Sat., March 14, to the screams of the crowd. He was backed by a 13-piece band that filled the theater like a full orchestra. Anka walked down the aisle, came down about to the seventh row of seats, began to walk from chair to chair and from one aisle to the next as the audience stood to make room for him. He sang and shook hands with many of his fans and then took the stage to tell about and then sing the first song he wrote, “Diana,” followed by another song he wrote at age 17, “Ecstasy.”