Here is Alan with Rick Fortner backstage at Oklahoma City, OK

Review by Rick Fortner:

The show was part of a Pops Series with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Tim Hauser mentioned from the stage that they aren't able to play with symphonies except four or five times a year and that they were very happy to be performing with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. It was especially nice for the audience to hear several Manhattan Transfer songs enlarged and arranged in such a beautiful manner. The arrangements were done by Cheryl's husband, Corey Allen. One in particular was "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square," which featured an arrangement that featured the group's acapella talents woven with lush strings. It was a whole new way to experience the classic tune.

They gave us their standard hits, including "Java Jive." Tim's introduction to the song was "And now for something completely unsymphonic." The group also dipped into the Swing album and pulled out several jewels. Was that four horns I heard or four voices? Their sound was so seamless it was a feast for the ears. Two encores topped the evening off perfectly.

Tim and Alan pose with Kurt and Karina BeSore and their daughter Ana after a show in Oklahoma City, OK.

David and Silvia Alvarez pose with Cheryl after a show in Barcelona, Spain.

Tim and Christian Premeiss pose for a shot aftershow in Europe. Christian was later able to have Tim sign the picture for him when he saw the group in Europe the following year!

Backstage at the Blue Note in NYC, Karen Shane and Alan grin for the camera.

Cheryl and Transfer fan Debbie Chapin pose after a show at the Turningstone Casino in NY.

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David Lewis poses with The Manhattan Transfer after a show in Texas. David is from the United Kingdom but was over in the US working at the time and was thrilled to see the group perform with the Dallas Symphony.

Alan Tilles and Tim Hauser in Cooperstown, NY.

Alan Tilles writes: "I attend the Baltimore Orioles Fantasy Camp in Sarasota, Florida every year. Generally, we will also make a pilgrimage to Cooperstown, New York in the summer to play baseball on the Abner Doubleday "Hall Of Fame" field (you see this field at the end of the movie "A League Of Their Own").

In the summer of 1999, I was walking around downtown Cooperstown (all 5 blocks of it) in my Orioles uniform between games with my then 11 year old daughter. I saw this guy and his young son pass me, and he looked oddly familar. He seemed to look at me strangely, too. After he passed, I turned around and said to him "Excuse me, has anything ever told you that you look like Tim Hauser?" He turned and said, "Yes, my wife!" Turns out that Tim goes to the Dodgers Fantasy Camp, and noticed me in my uniform.

We chatted for a few minutes (the timing of which was funny, since I had only seen the group in concert a couple of weeks earlier), and Tim was very gracious. My daughter started with her "Daddy, let's go" stuff. After Tim and I said our goodbyes, I said to my daughter "Would you be upset if I dragged you away from talking to the Backstreet Boys?" When she said an emphatic "Yes," I pointed out to her that this man was like a Backstreet Boy to me!

As a sidenote, the Orioles were so thrilled that he was a baseball fan and player, they let me convey an offer for Tim to attend the Orioles camp, gratis."

Cheryl and Jolly from Argentina pose backstage after the group's first ever concert in Argentina. Jolly started the ManTran mailing list on the eGroups site!