Post by carol on Nov 17, 2012 10:59:58 GMT
IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE!
I HAD BEEN TRYING TO DECIDE IF I WOULD TRAVELTO DARTFORD AS IT'S 40 MILES AWAY, AND WILL BE PACKED WITH PEOPLE, AND KEITH IS AWAY. ALSO I HAVE A BAD SORE THRAOT AT THE MOMENT, NOT FEELING LIKE MUCH! SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW DELIGHTED I WAS WHEN I READ YESTERDAY MORNING, THAT HE WAS COMING TO HERNE BAY THAT AFTERNOON.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS ADVERTISED ENOUGH, I ONLY KNEW ABOUT CANTERBURY COS GARETH TWEETED IT, AND I DIDN'T SEE THE TWEET UNTIL AFTER THE EVENT. BUT HERNE BAY WAS A HUGE SURPRISE, IT'S ONLY A SMALL TOWN, SO I WAS THRILLED AND NERVOUS AT THE SAME TIME, AS I WANTED IT TO BE A SUCCESS!
I GOT THERE 30 MINS EARLY TO HOPEFULLY GET A PLACE UP THE FRONT, BUT NO-ONE WAS THERE EXCEPT ME AND THE PROMOTOR, WHO GAVE ME A FLYER, AND NOW I WAS SERIOUSLY PANICKING! I LOOKED IN A COUPLE OF SHOPS, THEN CAME BACK, ONLY 10 MINS LEFT NOW, AMD THERE WERE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE THERE, SO I TOOK UP MY POSTION FACING THE STAGE, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A BARRIER BETWEEN SO IT WASN'T THAT CLOSE.
ON CAME THE MAN PRESENTER, AND I HAVE TO GIVE HIM HIS DUE, HE GOT THE CROWDS UP THERE, HE DID SOME PARENT AND CHLIDREN GAMES, THEN ON CAME THE ENTERTAINMENT, NORTHERN LIGHTS, A DANCE PAIR, MAN AND WOMAN, THEY WERE VERY GOOD.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY LITTLE GIRLS DRESSED IN SILVER OUTFITS, CHEER LEADERS THEY SAID, AND THERE WERE PROUD PARENTS BEHIND URGING THEM ON. THEY DID SO WELL, AND HE WAS WARMMING THE CROWD UP, EVERY TIME GARETH WAS MENTIONED THERE WAS A HUGE CHEER, AND I COULD HEAR LOTS OF YOUNG GIRLS SAYING HOW THEY WOULD LOVE TO MEET HIM, AND HOW DISHY HE WAS. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CHARGED WITH EXCITEMENT, AND THE MUSIC WAS BLARING OUT!
THEN ON CAME THE EAST KENT DRAMA STUDENTS, THEY DANCED AND SANG, AND EVERYONE WAS JIGGING ABOUT, IT WAS AMAZING, ALL THE PRESS WERE THERE, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS RIGHT I FRONT OF ME, SO AM AFRIAD MY PHOTOS MAY BE RUBBBISH, BUT WILL POST THEM UP WHEN KEITH GETS HOME TO UPLOAD THEM FOR ME.
THE CROWD WERE GETTING MORE AND MORE CHARGED UP, I LOOKED BEHIND ME AT THE SEA OF FACES, THE CROWD STRETCHED BACK ACROSS OUR PEDESTRIAN ZONE AS FAR AS I COULD SEE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH SUPPORT, NOT EVEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR CARNIVAL IN THE SUMMER.! LITTLE CHILDREN WERE WAVING SPARKLY STICKS, TEENAGE GIRLS SCREAMING FOR GARETH, AND THEN SUDDENLY, THEY WERE ANNOUNCING THE CAST OF THE PANTO.
EACH ONE OF THEM MADE A LITTLE SPEECH, GARETH AS THE STAR WAS CALLED UP LAST, THE CRWD WENT MAD , I TRIED TO CATCH HIS EYE, BUT IT WAS TOO FAR. BLESS HIM, HE TRIED TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT THEY WERE QUICK TO NOTE HIS PREDICAMENT, AND THE MUSICAL FANFARE CAME ON. MY HEART WENT OUT TO HIM!
HE LOOKED SO HANDSOME IN HIS PRINCE OUTFIT, I KNOW HE IS NOT WELL AT THE MOMENT WITH A BAD THROAT, BUT HE WAS ALL SMILES, HE HID ANY APPREHENSION HE MIGHT HAVE FELT, AND SUDDENLY HE CALLED OUT " HALLO HERNE BAY" AND THE CROWD ROARED BACK AT HIM.
THEN THE WHOLE GROUP OF STARS STARTED TO SING AND DANCE A MEDLEY OF CHRISTMAS SONGS, GARETH DID NOT PUSH HIMSELF FORWARD, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, AND REALLY REALLY GREAT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A CHRISTMAS LIGHT UP BEFORE, BUT THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY TO PROMOTE THE PANTO, AND THEY ALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
TOYAH WILCOX MADE A JOKE ABOUT IF YOU ARE OVER 60 YOU GET TO SNOG GARETH EVERY NIGHT IN THE PANTO LIKE ME, AND THE CROWD LOVED IT. I THINK SHE DID IT TO PUT GARETH AT EASE, HE SUDDENLY JUMPED FROM THE STAGE AND WENT OVER TO THE BARRIERS, PEOPLE WERE STRETCHING OUT THEIR HANDS TO HIM, AND HE WAS SAYING HALLO, COME TO THE PANTO ETC ETC, HE WAS FINE BLESS HIM! THEN THE REST OF THEM FOLLOWED SUIT
I HELD MY HAND OUT, AND HE SAW ME, THE ASTONISHMENT ON HIS FACE WAS A PICTURE, I SAY THIS COS WHEN I WENT TO LOSERVILLE HE WASN'T SURPRISED, BUT MY OWN HOME TOWN, HOW AMAZING IS THAT! LOL!
HE CAME STRIAGHT OVER AND SEEMED REALLY PLEASED TO SEE A FAMILIAR FACE SAYING " HELLO YOU, HOW WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU!" I REPLIED HOW GREAT IT WAS TO SEE HIM, AND GOT A BIG HUG AND A KISS, I WANTED TO REASSURE HIM HOW MUCH I AM STILL THERE FOR HIM AT A DIFFICULT TIME, I DIDN'T SAY IT, I WOULDN'T, BUT BODY LANGUAGE DOES IT FOR YOU , AND HE KNEW.
GARETH IS HAVING A HARD TIME FROM THE PRESS STILL, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW AS FANS THAT HE KNOWS WE STILL LOVE HIM, AND I AM SO GLAD I HAD A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE HIM YESTERDAY!
THERE WAS MORE SINGING AND DANCING, AND THEN I THINK GARETH MUST HAVE TRIED TO LEAVE, THE CHEER LEADERS WERE PERFORMING AGAIN, THEY LOOKED GREAT IN THE DARK WITH THEIR SPARKLY OUTFITS.
I WAS HAPPY WITH HAVING SEEN AND SPOKEN TO HIM, SO I STRUGGLED THROUGH THE MASS OF PEOPLE, AND WENT TO GET MY CAR. BEHIND THE BANDSTAND WAS THE BIGGEST CROWD I HAVE EVER SEEN, PEOPLE MUST HAVE COME FROM MILES AROUND, IF HE WAS THERE MEETING PEOPLE, HE WOULDN'T BE FREE FOR HOURS, BLESS HIM.
I WENT HOME VERY UPLIFTED, AND I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT GARETH HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH CANTERBURY AND WANTS TO OPEN AN ACADEMY THERE, IT'S A LOVELY CITY! IF THE PUBLIC CAN GO TO PERFORMANCES, I WILL BE THERE LIKE A SHOT, IF IT HAPPENS!
I WILL WRITE A BLOG WHEN I GET TIME, GOT TO ADVERTISE THE PANTO AND MAKE SURE EVERY SEAT IS FILLED, AND WILL TRY AND POST UP ANY PICS TOMORROW.
LOVE CAROL XXX
I HAD BEEN TRYING TO DECIDE IF I WOULD TRAVELTO DARTFORD AS IT'S 40 MILES AWAY, AND WILL BE PACKED WITH PEOPLE, AND KEITH IS AWAY. ALSO I HAVE A BAD SORE THRAOT AT THE MOMENT, NOT FEELING LIKE MUCH! SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW DELIGHTED I WAS WHEN I READ YESTERDAY MORNING, THAT HE WAS COMING TO HERNE BAY THAT AFTERNOON.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS ADVERTISED ENOUGH, I ONLY KNEW ABOUT CANTERBURY COS GARETH TWEETED IT, AND I DIDN'T SEE THE TWEET UNTIL AFTER THE EVENT. BUT HERNE BAY WAS A HUGE SURPRISE, IT'S ONLY A SMALL TOWN, SO I WAS THRILLED AND NERVOUS AT THE SAME TIME, AS I WANTED IT TO BE A SUCCESS!
I GOT THERE 30 MINS EARLY TO HOPEFULLY GET A PLACE UP THE FRONT, BUT NO-ONE WAS THERE EXCEPT ME AND THE PROMOTOR, WHO GAVE ME A FLYER, AND NOW I WAS SERIOUSLY PANICKING! I LOOKED IN A COUPLE OF SHOPS, THEN CAME BACK, ONLY 10 MINS LEFT NOW, AMD THERE WERE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE THERE, SO I TOOK UP MY POSTION FACING THE STAGE, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A BARRIER BETWEEN SO IT WASN'T THAT CLOSE.
ON CAME THE MAN PRESENTER, AND I HAVE TO GIVE HIM HIS DUE, HE GOT THE CROWDS UP THERE, HE DID SOME PARENT AND CHLIDREN GAMES, THEN ON CAME THE ENTERTAINMENT, NORTHERN LIGHTS, A DANCE PAIR, MAN AND WOMAN, THEY WERE VERY GOOD.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY LITTLE GIRLS DRESSED IN SILVER OUTFITS, CHEER LEADERS THEY SAID, AND THERE WERE PROUD PARENTS BEHIND URGING THEM ON. THEY DID SO WELL, AND HE WAS WARMMING THE CROWD UP, EVERY TIME GARETH WAS MENTIONED THERE WAS A HUGE CHEER, AND I COULD HEAR LOTS OF YOUNG GIRLS SAYING HOW THEY WOULD LOVE TO MEET HIM, AND HOW DISHY HE WAS. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CHARGED WITH EXCITEMENT, AND THE MUSIC WAS BLARING OUT!
THEN ON CAME THE EAST KENT DRAMA STUDENTS, THEY DANCED AND SANG, AND EVERYONE WAS JIGGING ABOUT, IT WAS AMAZING, ALL THE PRESS WERE THERE, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS RIGHT I FRONT OF ME, SO AM AFRIAD MY PHOTOS MAY BE RUBBBISH, BUT WILL POST THEM UP WHEN KEITH GETS HOME TO UPLOAD THEM FOR ME.
THE CROWD WERE GETTING MORE AND MORE CHARGED UP, I LOOKED BEHIND ME AT THE SEA OF FACES, THE CROWD STRETCHED BACK ACROSS OUR PEDESTRIAN ZONE AS FAR AS I COULD SEE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH SUPPORT, NOT EVEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR CARNIVAL IN THE SUMMER.! LITTLE CHILDREN WERE WAVING SPARKLY STICKS, TEENAGE GIRLS SCREAMING FOR GARETH, AND THEN SUDDENLY, THEY WERE ANNOUNCING THE CAST OF THE PANTO.
EACH ONE OF THEM MADE A LITTLE SPEECH, GARETH AS THE STAR WAS CALLED UP LAST, THE CRWD WENT MAD , I TRIED TO CATCH HIS EYE, BUT IT WAS TOO FAR. BLESS HIM, HE TRIED TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT THEY WERE QUICK TO NOTE HIS PREDICAMENT, AND THE MUSICAL FANFARE CAME ON. MY HEART WENT OUT TO HIM!
HE LOOKED SO HANDSOME IN HIS PRINCE OUTFIT, I KNOW HE IS NOT WELL AT THE MOMENT WITH A BAD THROAT, BUT HE WAS ALL SMILES, HE HID ANY APPREHENSION HE MIGHT HAVE FELT, AND SUDDENLY HE CALLED OUT " HALLO HERNE BAY" AND THE CROWD ROARED BACK AT HIM.
THEN THE WHOLE GROUP OF STARS STARTED TO SING AND DANCE A MEDLEY OF CHRISTMAS SONGS, GARETH DID NOT PUSH HIMSELF FORWARD, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, AND REALLY REALLY GREAT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A CHRISTMAS LIGHT UP BEFORE, BUT THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY TO PROMOTE THE PANTO, AND THEY ALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
TOYAH WILCOX MADE A JOKE ABOUT IF YOU ARE OVER 60 YOU GET TO SNOG GARETH EVERY NIGHT IN THE PANTO LIKE ME, AND THE CROWD LOVED IT. I THINK SHE DID IT TO PUT GARETH AT EASE, HE SUDDENLY JUMPED FROM THE STAGE AND WENT OVER TO THE BARRIERS, PEOPLE WERE STRETCHING OUT THEIR HANDS TO HIM, AND HE WAS SAYING HALLO, COME TO THE PANTO ETC ETC, HE WAS FINE BLESS HIM! THEN THE REST OF THEM FOLLOWED SUIT
I HELD MY HAND OUT, AND HE SAW ME, THE ASTONISHMENT ON HIS FACE WAS A PICTURE, I SAY THIS COS WHEN I WENT TO LOSERVILLE HE WASN'T SURPRISED, BUT MY OWN HOME TOWN, HOW AMAZING IS THAT! LOL!
HE CAME STRIAGHT OVER AND SEEMED REALLY PLEASED TO SEE A FAMILIAR FACE SAYING " HELLO YOU, HOW WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU!" I REPLIED HOW GREAT IT WAS TO SEE HIM, AND GOT A BIG HUG AND A KISS, I WANTED TO REASSURE HIM HOW MUCH I AM STILL THERE FOR HIM AT A DIFFICULT TIME, I DIDN'T SAY IT, I WOULDN'T, BUT BODY LANGUAGE DOES IT FOR YOU , AND HE KNEW.
GARETH IS HAVING A HARD TIME FROM THE PRESS STILL, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW AS FANS THAT HE KNOWS WE STILL LOVE HIM, AND I AM SO GLAD I HAD A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE HIM YESTERDAY!
THERE WAS MORE SINGING AND DANCING, AND THEN I THINK GARETH MUST HAVE TRIED TO LEAVE, THE CHEER LEADERS WERE PERFORMING AGAIN, THEY LOOKED GREAT IN THE DARK WITH THEIR SPARKLY OUTFITS.
I WAS HAPPY WITH HAVING SEEN AND SPOKEN TO HIM, SO I STRUGGLED THROUGH THE MASS OF PEOPLE, AND WENT TO GET MY CAR. BEHIND THE BANDSTAND WAS THE BIGGEST CROWD I HAVE EVER SEEN, PEOPLE MUST HAVE COME FROM MILES AROUND, IF HE WAS THERE MEETING PEOPLE, HE WOULDN'T BE FREE FOR HOURS, BLESS HIM.
I WENT HOME VERY UPLIFTED, AND I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT GARETH HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH CANTERBURY AND WANTS TO OPEN AN ACADEMY THERE, IT'S A LOVELY CITY! IF THE PUBLIC CAN GO TO PERFORMANCES, I WILL BE THERE LIKE A SHOT, IF IT HAPPENS!
I WILL WRITE A BLOG WHEN I GET TIME, GOT TO ADVERTISE THE PANTO AND MAKE SURE EVERY SEAT IS FILLED, AND WILL TRY AND POST UP ANY PICS TOMORROW.
LOVE CAROL XXX
HOW WONDERFUL FOR YOU AND ALL THAT TURNED UP IN HERNE BAY FOR THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
AWWWW THATS WAS NICE THAT GARETH RECOGNISED YOU LIKE THAT AND GAVE YOU A HUG AND A KISS TOO ;D THANKYOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US 
