Post by ann2526 on Oct 24, 2015 18:17:06 GMT
IT'S A YEAR SINCE PETER AND I BOOKD FOR CANTERBURY. PETER HAS WANTED TO VISIT THE CATHEDRAL FOR A LONG TIME SO IT WAS AN IDEAL CHANCE TO DO BOTH THEATRE AND THEN VISIT THE CATHEDRAL NEXT DAY .WE ALSO BOOKED BUXTON AS THAT IS A BEAUTIFULL PLACE TO VISIT.
AS CAROL DID A REALLY GOOD REPORT ABOUT THE SHOW AT CANTERBURY I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IT WAS REALLY LOVELY TO SEE CAROL, KEITH SUE AND VALERIE AGAIN .WE WERE ALL SO IMPRESSED WITH THE SHOW AND GARETH'S VOICE AND IT WAS LOVELY TO SHARE IT WITH SUCH LOVELY GARETH FANS.THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CAROL AND SUE FOR HELPING ME TO THE LOO NEGOTIATING THE STEPS THERE AND BACK.
OUR HOTEL WAS IN THE CATHEDRAL GROUNDS AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE CAME BACK TO THE HOTEL AFTER THE GATES WERE BOLTED WE HAD TO RING A BELL, WAIT FOR SECURITY TO COME AND SHOW A PASS TO GET BACK IN . IT WAS SO CREEPY STOOD BY THE OLD CATHEDRAL WALL IN THE DARK INFRONT OF A HUGE OAK DOOR ,AFRAID THAT NO-ONE WOULD COME TO LET US IN , BUT THANK HEAVEN IT CREAKED OPEN EVENTUALLY AND WE WERE LET IN ! WE WALKED PAST THE CATHEDRAL WHICH LOOKED MAGNIFICENT ALL LIT UP IN THE DARK .
THE NEXT DAY WE ENJOYED LOOKING AROUND CANTERBURY WITH ITS OLD COBBLED STREETS AND SPENT A LONG TIME LOOKING ROUND THE CATHEDRAL WHICH HAS AN AMAZING HISTORY AND INCREDABLE ARCHITECTURE BEFORE CATCHING THE TRAIN FOR OUR LONG JOURNEY HOME .
BUXTON OPERA HOUSE
HARDLY HAVING CHANCE TO RECOVER WE SET OFF AGAIN BY CAR TO SEE GARETH AT BUXTON ON THE WEDNESDAY. IT WAS A POURING WET DREADFULLY WINDY DAY SO NO HIGH HEELS AND DRESS TODAY I THOUGHT! WE CHECKED IN AT OUR HOTEL ABOUT 3 MINUTES WALK FROM THE THEATRE . I HAD 2 POSTCARDS I WANTED TO HAND IN AT THE THEATRE FOR GARETH, ONE OF THE CATHEDRAL AND ONE OF THE OPERA HOUSE WITH A LITTLE MESSAGE ON THE BACK FROM US . SO WE UPPED THE UMBRELLA AND BRAVED IT ROUND TO THE STAGE DOOR . NICHOLA, ROSANNE AND KERRY , THE THREE LADY SINGERS WERE JUST ARRIVING AND I ASKED IF THEY WOULD MIND HANDING THE POSTCARDS TO GARETH IN CASE WE DIDN'T SEE HIM ,WHICH THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO DO . THEY WERE REALLY LOVELY AND FRIENDLY AND WE TOLD THEM HOW IMPRESSED WE WERE WITH THE SHOW IN CANTERBURY WHICH THEY REALLY APPRECIATED .
THEY HAD NO SOONER GONE IN WHEN GARETH ARRIVED . I COULDNOT BELIEVE OUR LUCK . HE SHOOK HANDS WITH PETER AND GAVE ME A HUG AND WAS HAPPY TO HAVE A PHOTO BUT HE ONLY SPOKE IN A WHISPER AS IF TO SAVE HIS VOICE. AFTER THAT WE WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL .
I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE THE SHOW AGAIN AND IT WAS EVEN BETTER THE SECOND TIME .AGAIN GARETHS VOICE WAS JUST AMAZING . I THOUGHT HE COULDN'T BETTER ' WHY GOD WHY' BUT WHEN HE SANG A SONG FROM JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR HE JUST THREW HIMSELF INTO IT AND ABSOLUTLY PULLED YOU IN WITH HIS PASSIONATE RENDITION OF IT . IT WAS GARETH AT HIS VERY BEST AND I WANTED IT TO LAST FOREVER . RIGHT AT THE END PETER MANAGED TO TAKE 3 OR 4 SNEAKY PHOTOS OF THE CAST WHO WERE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT, WHICH I'll POST WHEN I CAN. THE BAND WERE AMAZING TOO AND SOUNDED FANTASTIC
GARETH CAME OUT AFTER THE SHOW "HURRAY"!!! WHAT A TREAT AFTER NOT SEEING HIM AT CANTERBURY. THERE WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WAITING TO SEE HIM AND WE ALL HAD A PHOTO AND HE SIGNED MY PROGRAMME . IT GAVE US CHANCE TO TELL HIM HOW WE'D ENJOYED THE SHOW AND HOW WONDERFUL HIS VOICE WAS .THE THREE LADY SINGERS CAME OUT AND THIS WAS PETERS CHANCE HAVE HIS PHOTO TAKEN WITH EACH ONE OF THEM THEY WERE REALLY BUBBLY AND CHATTY AND THRILLED AT HOW MUCH WE HAD ENJOYED THE SHOW. IT WAS A FANASTIC EVENING.
THE NEXT MORNING WAS LOVELY AND SUNNY AND WE WENT INTO THE PEAK DISTRICT AND WENT FOR A LOVELY LONG WALK BEFORE SETTING OFF BACK HOME ON CLOUD 9.
PETER HAS VERY KINDLY TYPED ALL THIS OUT FOR ME.
AS CAROL DID A REALLY GOOD REPORT ABOUT THE SHOW AT CANTERBURY I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IT WAS REALLY LOVELY TO SEE CAROL, KEITH SUE AND VALERIE AGAIN .WE WERE ALL SO IMPRESSED WITH THE SHOW AND GARETH'S VOICE AND IT WAS LOVELY TO SHARE IT WITH SUCH LOVELY GARETH FANS.THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CAROL AND SUE FOR HELPING ME TO THE LOO NEGOTIATING THE STEPS THERE AND BACK.
OUR HOTEL WAS IN THE CATHEDRAL GROUNDS AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IF WE CAME BACK TO THE HOTEL AFTER THE GATES WERE BOLTED WE HAD TO RING A BELL, WAIT FOR SECURITY TO COME AND SHOW A PASS TO GET BACK IN . IT WAS SO CREEPY STOOD BY THE OLD CATHEDRAL WALL IN THE DARK INFRONT OF A HUGE OAK DOOR ,AFRAID THAT NO-ONE WOULD COME TO LET US IN , BUT THANK HEAVEN IT CREAKED OPEN EVENTUALLY AND WE WERE LET IN ! WE WALKED PAST THE CATHEDRAL WHICH LOOKED MAGNIFICENT ALL LIT UP IN THE DARK .
THE NEXT DAY WE ENJOYED LOOKING AROUND CANTERBURY WITH ITS OLD COBBLED STREETS AND SPENT A LONG TIME LOOKING ROUND THE CATHEDRAL WHICH HAS AN AMAZING HISTORY AND INCREDABLE ARCHITECTURE BEFORE CATCHING THE TRAIN FOR OUR LONG JOURNEY HOME .
BUXTON OPERA HOUSE
HARDLY HAVING CHANCE TO RECOVER WE SET OFF AGAIN BY CAR TO SEE GARETH AT BUXTON ON THE WEDNESDAY. IT WAS A POURING WET DREADFULLY WINDY DAY SO NO HIGH HEELS AND DRESS TODAY I THOUGHT! WE CHECKED IN AT OUR HOTEL ABOUT 3 MINUTES WALK FROM THE THEATRE . I HAD 2 POSTCARDS I WANTED TO HAND IN AT THE THEATRE FOR GARETH, ONE OF THE CATHEDRAL AND ONE OF THE OPERA HOUSE WITH A LITTLE MESSAGE ON THE BACK FROM US . SO WE UPPED THE UMBRELLA AND BRAVED IT ROUND TO THE STAGE DOOR . NICHOLA, ROSANNE AND KERRY , THE THREE LADY SINGERS WERE JUST ARRIVING AND I ASKED IF THEY WOULD MIND HANDING THE POSTCARDS TO GARETH IN CASE WE DIDN'T SEE HIM ,WHICH THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO DO . THEY WERE REALLY LOVELY AND FRIENDLY AND WE TOLD THEM HOW IMPRESSED WE WERE WITH THE SHOW IN CANTERBURY WHICH THEY REALLY APPRECIATED .
THEY HAD NO SOONER GONE IN WHEN GARETH ARRIVED . I COULDNOT BELIEVE OUR LUCK . HE SHOOK HANDS WITH PETER AND GAVE ME A HUG AND WAS HAPPY TO HAVE A PHOTO BUT HE ONLY SPOKE IN A WHISPER AS IF TO SAVE HIS VOICE. AFTER THAT WE WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL .
I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE THE SHOW AGAIN AND IT WAS EVEN BETTER THE SECOND TIME .AGAIN GARETHS VOICE WAS JUST AMAZING . I THOUGHT HE COULDN'T BETTER ' WHY GOD WHY' BUT WHEN HE SANG A SONG FROM JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR HE JUST THREW HIMSELF INTO IT AND ABSOLUTLY PULLED YOU IN WITH HIS PASSIONATE RENDITION OF IT . IT WAS GARETH AT HIS VERY BEST AND I WANTED IT TO LAST FOREVER . RIGHT AT THE END PETER MANAGED TO TAKE 3 OR 4 SNEAKY PHOTOS OF THE CAST WHO WERE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT, WHICH I'll POST WHEN I CAN. THE BAND WERE AMAZING TOO AND SOUNDED FANTASTIC
GARETH CAME OUT AFTER THE SHOW "HURRAY"!!! WHAT A TREAT AFTER NOT SEEING HIM AT CANTERBURY. THERE WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WAITING TO SEE HIM AND WE ALL HAD A PHOTO AND HE SIGNED MY PROGRAMME . IT GAVE US CHANCE TO TELL HIM HOW WE'D ENJOYED THE SHOW AND HOW WONDERFUL HIS VOICE WAS .THE THREE LADY SINGERS CAME OUT AND THIS WAS PETERS CHANCE HAVE HIS PHOTO TAKEN WITH EACH ONE OF THEM THEY WERE REALLY BUBBLY AND CHATTY AND THRILLED AT HOW MUCH WE HAD ENJOYED THE SHOW. IT WAS A FANASTIC EVENING.
THE NEXT MORNING WAS LOVELY AND SUNNY AND WE WENT INTO THE PEAK DISTRICT AND WENT FOR A LOVELY LONG WALK BEFORE SETTING OFF BACK HOME ON CLOUD 9.
PETER HAS VERY KINDLY TYPED ALL THIS OUT FOR ME.
AND IT CAN'T BE MENDED 
(Ann is full of surprises)(but she had also brought a Gareth cake for us.It was all boxed up with lots of Gareth slogans written all over the box.I did get some very amusing expressions from the customs staff as I passed thru,when they opened the box. It was all worth it tho as the cake travelled well and went down a treat with a cup of tea in our lovely apprt in Tenerife which Norma had so kindly booked for us.I have a pic of us all in the airport somewhere!!
