TBT #13 Dong Ha loves Korean nature (2013)

In January 2013, KBS TV station showed a program about Korean nature, where they promoted some areas and places of interest. Jung Dong Ha played was a host and narrator of that show. He has  had an experience as show host, on radio and TV, participating in several of programs of various types.

But this program is very close to my heart, since I am a big lover of nature and outdoors. I was very happy when I discovered these clips, where Jung Dong Ha presents some beautiful places, and different traditions. His speaking voice is well suited for narration.
And here, he even sings a little!!!

12th ANNIVERSARY IS HERE!

My favorite singer in the whole world, debuted officially in July 29th, 2005, with the band Boohwal.
In honor of it, one of the fan created a tribute video, composed from 2016-2017 pictures. Very lovely. And, in celebration of this day, Dong Ha is giving  "The Artist" concert. Normally, for the first 10 years, there were special meets with fans, every July. But, beginning last year, there are no such meetings; instead there is usually something else . This time it's the concert, and also on this day, the episode of Immortal Song2 is broadcast, with Dong Ha being one of the contestants.

Here is the pretty video, capturing the many facial expressions of my favorite singer (thanks김복희).
 This video, I am enjoying without the audio. Not that I don't like Dong Ha singing, of course I love it, but it distracts me from the images. It's like sometimes I prefer to close my eyes, instead of looking at one of his videos, and I only listen to the voice. Here, I really like the choice of pictures used, so pleasing to the the eyes.
  
                                                                                                          

Great performace at a concert 7-13-2017

This video is a little long because it consists of 3 songs, all in rock style. But it's so good, that I won't just cut it. I can't take my eyes off him, and vocally he is fantastic.

              
                     

TBT#12 Some favorite pictures from 2016

For this throwback Thursday, here are some of my favorite images from my 2016 collection, in random order.
My favorite pictures of Dongha are mostly taken by some excellent fans, either at concerts, or at encounters with fans. Very rarely professional photographers are able to capture his inner beauty, so I usually don't choose those professional photos. Only his dedicated fans, who have known, and followed him for years, are able to capture that special something. I once said that Dongha's face was not very expressive, but obviously I must take that back. Bad fan! Bad fan! Many pictures tell otherwise; he has many expressions. Usually, his face is full of smiles. I also like it a lot when he jokingly makes a very serious face sometimes. Like when he says a joke, and then pretends it wasn't him, or that he didn't really mean it to try to be funny. That is kind of adorable. :)
                                                                                 

                                                                     

       























                                  

        
  

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An award for Best Actor in a Musical!

           

                     

                     

TBT# 11 - Rare capture of JDH wearing glasses

In the second half  of 2016, the Korean cast of musical Turandot went to China to perform, and  Dong Ha joined them too, as Prince Calaf. During that trip some crazy dedicated fan caught him wearing glasses. How cute and unusual. It was worth saving!
I keep wondering if anybody would recognize him, if he walked like this on the streets of Seoul.
(BTW, the photographer is famous "Snowman", one of the fantastic fans who take some of the most wonderful pictures of our beloved Jung Dong Ha)
Thank you - sarangheyo. <3

TBT #10 - the 2016 was fabulous

There are some JDH fans that are extremely nostalgic about his years with Boohwal(2005-2013), and can't get over that nostalgic feeling. They continue to be his fans, but it seems that they still live in the past - they frequently mention that time, post old pictures of much younger Dong Ha, and his videos with the band, as well as his recordings.
I can't relate to this, because I didn't know him. Surely, those were great years for him; years he developed his style. He gained a lot of self confidence through endless concerts, multiple interviews, meetings with fans, and TV appearances. I definitely looked through hundreds of you tube videos of him with Boohwal, with great interest. I could see how much he has evolved since then, and how much the depth of his voice has improved. Yes, he is different now, and I am thankful. Some fans express sadness about his changed voice, and they even think he changed his singing style? But for me, if I encountered him on you tube at that time, I would have just very quickly forgotten him. His voice in the first 5 years or so, was "dinky". I mean, it was thin, and a bit too high pitch. Very similar to many other young Korean singers. Now, his voice is unmistakable, unique sounding. As for the singing style - I don't see much change. He had always been very versatile, rock ballads being his prime genre, but otherwise he would try pretty much any kind of song. I think that maybe Kim Tae Won, his mentor in Boohwal, taught him to not be shy about experimenting. But I also like to think that Jung Dong Ha already had it in him. ^_^
                       
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When I reminisce  about the past, I frequently think back about the last year.  Last year, 2016,  was fabulous for Jung Dong Ha, and his fans. I am not saying it just because last year I was able to travel to Korea, and see him in a musical, and I even ended up shaking his hand.
The last year was so very exciting because there were so many things going in his singing career, that it was almost difficult to catch a breath. From concerts, to musicals, to TV shows; everything was so awesome! He was so busy with variety of professional activities, and we all loved it.
I will be doing throwback Thursdays 2016, several more times, I have a feeling.  ^_^

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Recently I found 2 sets of pictures from 2016 concerts in one of my folders. Maybe there are more somewhere on the internet, but I saved only the ones below. So, Dong Ha had three sets of his own concerts , scattered loosely throughout the year. One was the "Dream" tour, in support of his second mini-album. Second, was named something like "Best Musicals", where he sang the musical songs. The third, named "The Artist", consisted of a mix of his songs from IS2, his OSTs, plus some other covers. It seems that the last one was the most fun, but I'm not sure.

In one of those 3 tours, he introduced this funny and cute routine, where he would "undress" on stage. Basically, at some point he would take off his elegant jacket, and then continue to remove his tie, and then reach to his top shirt button, unbutton, open his collar, and expose his neck, with a wide smile. Wow! That, of course caused crazy screams from the fans. Dong Ha himself appeared very amused with this whole situation, so he kept doing it several times. Here are parallel pictures from two different concerts. Yes, he can be naughty like that. LOL.