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I am only guessing but it really looked like he had no idea they had the reception planned and he possibly needed to go. This was around 10:30pm at night, and after 3 encores maybe he wasn't going to bend and do something he never agreed to. But it is true, he did fulfill the "appearance by" obligation.

I am curious if there is anyone else on this board that attended the John Williams in Concert at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra last Saturday and also the Post Concert Reception? I was at both and to no surprise the show was excellent! Very similar to his recent shows where he played music from Harry Potter, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, A Tribute to Film Composers which was the same score he did to the Oscars montage only this was to actually film clips of each theme he was playing instead of the lights. He also played ET, Schindler's List, the opening to The Last Crusade (with the film playing), and the Star Wars Suite. He also treated us to three Encores, Memoirs of a Geisha, Indiana Jones (Raiders March), and the NBC Nightly News. The crowd was really in to the show and John Williams was great as always. However, if you purchased a Gold Circle Ticket (expen$ive!) there was a Post Concert Reception that advertised "An Appearance By John Williams". We were lucky enough to have the post concert reception tickets and made our way to the reception room. As we waited, they told us John Williams was on his way and they were promised he would be there for an hour with everybody. The room was jam packed with people waiting to meet him with cameras, and i saw some with stuff for John Williams to sign (no surprise). It was finally time for John Williams to show up and everyone was obviously excited. Now, in 2004 I was lucky enough to attend the Post Concert Reception with John WIlliams in Pittsburgh and he worked the room by signing anything you had and taking pictures with people (which I got!). And there was no security, only one person from Heinz Hall following him to help out. An unreal experience!!! However, this time John Williams came out with his jacket on, talked for exactly 2 minutes and 32 seconds, quickly said goodbye with security around him and ran for the exit, no pictures, no autographs, just 2 minutes. Now I am not mad at all, I already had my great experience with John Williams, he is the best! But I am concerned. I hope John Williams isn't sour at fans after that Boston incident recently. It was kind of surprising to see all of the security. I guess the entire situation seemed like one big expensive mi$under$tanding. John Williams got into a car and was driven off without signing anything that night for anyone. Just curious if anyone else was there and knows what happened? Please don't be mad at us John Williams!!!