Post by carol on Nov 20, 2011 12:13:41 GMT
I AM WRITING THIS ON BEHALF OF ANN, WHO HAD AN EYE OPERATION EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT WAS MOST ANXIOUS THAT HER REPORT FROM DERBY SHOULD GO UP TO SHARE WITH THE FANS ON THIS SITE. I CAN'T WRITE IT IN THE BEAUTIFUL WAY THAT ANN EXPRESSES HERSELF, BUT PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
YESTERDAY IT WAS VERY MILD, ANN HAD WRAPPED HERSELF UP VERY WARMLY, HAVING HAD EYE SURGERY SOME 3 DAYS AGO, BUT SHE FELT VERY WARM. SEEING GARETH SWITCH ON THE LIGHTS WAS GOING TO BE THE TONIC SHE NEEDED, AND HOW BRAVE SHE WAS TO GO OUT SO SOON AFTER HER OPERATION! PETER HER HUSBAND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE WHEN SHE GOES TO SEE GARETH, AND THEN GARETH HIMSELF HAS INSPIRED HER SO MUCH IN THE PAST TO DO JUST THAT.
GARETH WAS IN FINE FORM, HE WAS WEARING A BLACK LEATHER JACKET. HIS FIRST SONG WAS SUSPICIOUS MINDS, FOLLOWED BY ANYONE OF US, DURING WHICH HE JUMPED DOWN AMONGST THE CROWD, AND WENT ALONG THE EXCITED CROWD, HOLDING HANDS WITH HIS ARDENT FANS, SHOWING HIS APPRECIATION OF THEM AS ALWAYS.
HE ALSO SANG, LIVING ON A PRAYER, ANN CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT ELSE, BUT FINISHED IN GREAT STYLE WITH SPIRIT IN THE SKY. EVERYONE WAS JIGGING AND EXCITED, ANN WAS ABOUT 25 YARDS BACK COS SHE COULDN'T RISK BEING JOSTLED AT THE FRONT.
THERE WAS A HUGE VIDEO SCREEN LIT UP, WHICH ENABLED HER TO SEE HIM, WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL TO HER, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. GARETH WAS ON IN TOTAL FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, AND EACH MOMENT OF IT HE WAS AMAZING!
AT THE END THE COMPERE ASKED GARETH WHAT HE WOULD BE DOING AT CHRISTMAS, AND HE SAID SPENDING IT WITH HIS FAMILY, LOKING DOWN INTO THE CROWD. SUDDENLY, QUITE SPONTANEOUSLY, HE LIFTED UP MISSY, WHO LOOKED GORGEOUS DRESSED IN RED, AND SAID TO HER. " SAY HALLO TO DERBY." AND SHE DID JUST THAT. SUZANNE WAS THERE TOO, AND IT MADE A LOVELY FAMILY FINISH TO WHAT WAS AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE.
JUST TO ADD, THERE WAS A GIRL CALLED SARAH WHO HAD WON A COMPETTION TO MEET GARETH. SHE WAS UP ON STAGE WITH HIM, AND GOT A HUG, SHE WAS TOTALLY OVERWHELMED.
ANN IS RESTING TODAY, BUT SHE SO WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL.
LOVE CAROL XX
YESTERDAY IT WAS VERY MILD, ANN HAD WRAPPED HERSELF UP VERY WARMLY, HAVING HAD EYE SURGERY SOME 3 DAYS AGO, BUT SHE FELT VERY WARM. SEEING GARETH SWITCH ON THE LIGHTS WAS GOING TO BE THE TONIC SHE NEEDED, AND HOW BRAVE SHE WAS TO GO OUT SO SOON AFTER HER OPERATION! PETER HER HUSBAND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE WHEN SHE GOES TO SEE GARETH, AND THEN GARETH HIMSELF HAS INSPIRED HER SO MUCH IN THE PAST TO DO JUST THAT.
GARETH WAS IN FINE FORM, HE WAS WEARING A BLACK LEATHER JACKET. HIS FIRST SONG WAS SUSPICIOUS MINDS, FOLLOWED BY ANYONE OF US, DURING WHICH HE JUMPED DOWN AMONGST THE CROWD, AND WENT ALONG THE EXCITED CROWD, HOLDING HANDS WITH HIS ARDENT FANS, SHOWING HIS APPRECIATION OF THEM AS ALWAYS.
HE ALSO SANG, LIVING ON A PRAYER, ANN CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT ELSE, BUT FINISHED IN GREAT STYLE WITH SPIRIT IN THE SKY. EVERYONE WAS JIGGING AND EXCITED, ANN WAS ABOUT 25 YARDS BACK COS SHE COULDN'T RISK BEING JOSTLED AT THE FRONT.
THERE WAS A HUGE VIDEO SCREEN LIT UP, WHICH ENABLED HER TO SEE HIM, WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL TO HER, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. GARETH WAS ON IN TOTAL FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, AND EACH MOMENT OF IT HE WAS AMAZING!
AT THE END THE COMPERE ASKED GARETH WHAT HE WOULD BE DOING AT CHRISTMAS, AND HE SAID SPENDING IT WITH HIS FAMILY, LOKING DOWN INTO THE CROWD. SUDDENLY, QUITE SPONTANEOUSLY, HE LIFTED UP MISSY, WHO LOOKED GORGEOUS DRESSED IN RED, AND SAID TO HER. " SAY HALLO TO DERBY." AND SHE DID JUST THAT. SUZANNE WAS THERE TOO, AND IT MADE A LOVELY FAMILY FINISH TO WHAT WAS AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE.
JUST TO ADD, THERE WAS A GIRL CALLED SARAH WHO HAD WON A COMPETTION TO MEET GARETH. SHE WAS UP ON STAGE WITH HIM, AND GOT A HUG, SHE WAS TOTALLY OVERWHELMED.
ANN IS RESTING TODAY, BUT SHE SO WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL.
LOVE CAROL XX
sounds like it was a great night and Missy bless her heart on stage with her Daddy
