ANDRE RIEU IS FANTASTIC! WHAT A NIGHT!!

WELL LADIES....WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS!!! AS PER MY PREVIOUS POST I WAS GOING TO ANDRE'S CONCERT LAST NIGHT AT THE TELSTRA DOME IN MELBOURNE...
THIS WAS HIS FIRST CONCERT IN AUSTRALIA..AND HOW SPECTACULAR IS THIS EVENT??

THE MAIN THING I LOVE ABOUT ANDRE RIEU IS THAT HE HAS BROUGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC TO EVERYONE!! AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY CHERISH IT..LOVE IT..AND ENJOY IT...

I HEARD THE OTHER DAY THAT PLEASING MUSIC ACTUALLY INCREASED ONES ENDORPHORINE LEVELS..WHICH HELPS TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL ETC...SO THAT IS A GOOD THING JUST TO START WITH!

ANYWAY...I HAD MY HAIR IN THOSE CURLY TYPE THINGEYS...WHICH ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO LOOK JUST LIKE SHIRLEY TEMPLE..!! BUT WITH A GOOD BRUSH...IT LOOKED PRETTY NORMALLY CURLY! I AM A BIT TOO OLD TO HAVE A SHIRLEY TEMPLE CURL..!!

I WAS A BIT WORRIED AS THE WEATHER HAS BEEN SOO HOT IN MELBOURNE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...35 DEGREES CELCIUS (90 ODD DEGREES FARENHEIT)...
SO WITH THE ROOF CLOSED IN TELSTRA DOME...I FIGURED I WOULD EITHER LOSE LOTS OF WEIGHT...GOOD THING!! OR MELT INTO A POOL OF WATER..
ANYWAY..THANKFULLY WITH MY BOTTLE OF WATER..AND A COOL BREEZE WHICH KIND OF CAME OUT OF NOWHERE..I ENDED UP SURVIVING..

MY SON PICKED UP MY MUM FROM HER HOUSE..AND THEN I HAD "OUR DRIVER" TAKE US TO THE EVENT...TO BE HONEST LADIES...THIS WONDERFUL MAN HAS HIS OWN BUSINESS..GORGEOUSLY CLEAN BRAND NEW CAPRICE CAR...LOLLIES IN BACK...AND HE IS THE SAME PRICE AS A TAXI!! I USE "JO" ALL THE TIME RE AIRPORT PICKUPS....AND ANYTHING ELSE WHERE I HATE TO DRIVE..HE IS A TOTAL GEM..AND WHATS MORE HE SPEAKS FRENCH TO ME!! TRES BIEN!!

I HAVE INCLUDED A PHOTO OF MUM...I THINK SHE LOOKS PRETTY TRES CHIC FOR 86 YO!! GORGEOUS CREAM OUTFIT...MATHCHING COAT..BERET..PANTS..SHOES..DOWN TO HER LITTLE SOCKS..AND HANDBAG..
MUM IS A REAL FASHION ICON IN MY BOOK..AND I MUST SAY SHE HAD SOOO MANY "ELDERLY" PEOPLE COMMENTING ON HOW SHE LOOKED!!

I LOOKED OKAY...ACTUALLY FELT A BIT OVERDRESSED..THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISAPPOINTMENT..I THOUGHT AUSSIES WOULD HAVE RELISHED THIS EVENT..AND MAYBE GONE A LITTLE BIT OVER THE TOP?? OR TAKEN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EXTRA EFFORT TO "ADORN" THEMSELVES...THIS WAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO GO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OVERBOARD WITH EARRINGS/JEWELLERY DRESS ETC...HAVING WATCHED ANDRE'S EUROPEAN DVDS AND THE BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES THE MEN/WOMEN WEAR OVER THERE..
I HATE TO SAY IT..BUT I STILL THINK US AUSSIES HAVE A LITTLE BIT TO GO TO EMULATE EUROPE!! BUT THEN AGAIN..WHO AM I TO SAY WHAT SOMEONE SHOULD WEAR AT AN EVENT..
JUST A SUGGESTION/THOUGHT!! NO OFFENCE TO ANYONE..

LOTS OF COUPLES..ELDERLY COUPLES..MUMS & DADS WITH THEIR CHILDREN WALTZING...20 YOS...FANTASTIC!! SOO THIS WAS DEFINATELY A CONCERT FOR ALL!! NOT JUST THE "BLUE RINSE SET" WHICH SOME COMMENTATORS HAVE TRIED TO LABEL THIS EVENT..

IT WAS SPECTACULAR...THE ONLY DOWN SIDE WAS WHEN WE HAD TO LEAVE AND FIND WHERE JO WAS WAITING FOR US...
AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE..IT LITERALLY NEVER RAINS IN MELBOURNE...WELL GUESS WHAT?? IT RAINED LAST NIGHT WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS..SO MUM & I HAD TO WALK FOR ABOUT 10 MINS IN TORRENTIAL RAIN..LIGHTENING..THUNDER...TO OUR PICK UP POINT...
SO I DID START OUT AS A KIND OF PRINCESS...(IN MY MIND)..AND ENDED UP A TOTALLY DROWNED WATER RAT...HAIR HAD GONE!! MASCARA RUNNING DOWN MY FACE.

OH WELL IT ALL ADDS TO LIFES LITTLE ADVENTURES!!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST...I THINK YOU ALL KNOW I AM A DRIED FREAK!! DRIED FLOWERS THAT IS..ALTHOUGH OTHERS MAY SAY OTHERWISE!! I HAVE DRIED THE ROSES MUM BOUGHT ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY...MINE FOR HERS...AND HER PEONY ROSES ...I HAVE PUT THEM IN A GORGEOUS FRENCH CHIC CONTAINER NEXT TO MY GORGOEUS NEW CHRISTMAS PRINT FROM GAIL MCCORMACK...HOW CLEVER IS THIS LADY???

ANYWAY..I AM A BIT WORRIED I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE TOO SELF INDULGENT THIS BLOG...BUT I KNOW I WANT TO READ WHAT YOU OTHER LADIES ARE UP TO...BUT I STILL FEEL A BIT SELF CONSCIOUS TALKING ABOUT ME/MUM ETC..

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A NICE SAFE WEEKEND....

XX ANDREA