WONDERFUL CONCERT..UPLIFTING! WELL WORTH IT!

HI LADIES...WELL AS YOU KNOW FROM MY PREVIOUS BLOG I WAS GETTING READY TO GO TO ANDRE RIEUS FIRST AUSTRALIAN CONCERT..AT THE TELSTRA DOME IN MELBOURNE..

SOO ALL DAY YESTERDAY I HAD MY HAIR IN THOSE FUNNY CURLY TYPE THINGEYS...THESE ARE OLDIES..BUT GOODIES!! WHEN I TOOK THEM OUT AT 6.00PM MY HAIR WAS DEFINATELY LOOKING LIKE "SHIRLEY TEMPLE"...BUT I GAVE IT A GOOD KIND OF BRUSHING...AND IT ENDED UP LOOKING CURLY BUT SOFT!!

MY SON PICKED MY MUM UP FROM HER HOUSE..AND WE HAD A "DRIVER" WHO I ALWAYS USE...HE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PRICE AS A TAXI..BUT HAS A LOVELY CLEAN CAR...I THINK IT IS A CAPRICE....I ALWAYS BOOK HIM IN ADVANCE TO PICK SONS/FRIENDS ETC UP FROM THE AIRPORT..HE IS A GORGEOUS MAN...RELIABLE..AND A LOCAL...WOULD NOT TRAVEL ANY OTHER WAY!!

ANWYAY..WAS A BIT WORRIED THAT I WOULD PROBABLY MELT INTO OBLIVION IN THE TELSTRA DOME WITH THE ROOF CLOSED....AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE MID 30'S (THAT IS MID 90'S FOR THOSE COUNTRIES NOT IN CELCIUS!!)...BUT AFTER INITIALLY FEELING LIKE I WAS GOING TO PASS OUT WITH TEMPERATURE OVERLOAD...A COOL BREEZE SEEMED TO FILTER THROUGH THE STADIUM EVERY NOW AND THEN..SO I WAS OKAY..PLUS I TOOK A BOTTLE OF WATER WITH ME TO KEEP HYDRATED..

MUM LOOKED VERY ELEGANT (WELL I THINK ANYWAY..)..ALL IN CREAM..MATCHING GORGEOUS COAT (FROM BLUE ILLUSIONS)..MATCHING SHOES..LITTLE CREAM SOCKS..BERET..ETC ETC..i THINK SHE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR 86!!

I KIND OF "SCRUBBED UP" OKAY..FOR AN "older WOMAN"...!!

IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY INVIGORATING..INSPRIATIONAL EVENING..PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WERE THERE...DANCING/WALTZING AWAY..YOUNG KIDDIES...20 YEAR OLD COUPLES..NOT JUST THE "BLUE RINSE" SET WHICH SOME MEDIA SEEMS TO HIGHLIGHT..

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?..WHO CARES...ANDRE HAS GIVEN BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ENJOY..RELISH...AND to BE ABLE TO STOP THINKING FOR A FEW HOURS ABOUT THE DOOM AND GLOOM THAT IS CURRENTLY THE MAJOR ISSUE IN THIS WORLD..

GOOD MUSIC HAS BEEN PROVEN TO GET THE ENDORPHINES GOING (NOT SURE HOW TO SPELL THAT WORD!!)..WHICH HELPS TO REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE ETC....SO ALL I CAN SAY IS BRAVO TO ANDRE AND HIS WONDERFUL ORCHESTRA...

THE SET WAS MAGNIFICENT...ICE RINKS...FOUNTAINS...CASTLES...

THE ONLY "DOWN" SIDE SO TO SPEAK WAS WHEN THE CONCERT FINISHED...MUM AND I HAD TO WALK FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO OUR POSSIE WHERE WE WERE TO BE PICKED UP...AND GUESS WHAT??? IT NEVER EVER RAINS IN MELBOURNE EXCEPT FOR LAST NIGHT...HUGE THUNDERSTORMS..

SO I MAY HAVE GONE TO THE CONCERT AS A KIND OF A NICE FAIRY TYPE PRINCESS!! (WELL IN MY MIND AT LEAST)...BUT LITERALLY AND i MEAN LITERALLY ARRIVED HOME AS A BEDRAGgLED VERY WET KIND OF WATER RAT!! HAIR WAS GONE..BLACK MASCARA FLOWING DOWN MY CHEEKS!!
barely able to walk through the rain in THOSE SHOES! (MY FEET WERE KILLING ME!)..AND IN BETWEEN THIS..CHRISTIAN RANG ME TO SEE "WHERE ARE YOU MUM?? BE QUIET WHEN YOU COME HOME AS I HAVE TO GET UP EARLY!!))) WHAT THE???

OH WELL...MUM & I HAD FUN!! AND I AM DEFINATELY GOING TO SUBSCRIBE TO FOXTELS BROADCAST OF HIS LAST CONCERT IN MELBOURNE TOMORROW NIGHT!!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST...YOU ALL KNOW I AM A DRIED FREAK...FLOWERS THAT IS!! JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHOW YOU THE ROSES I HAVE DRIED THAT I RECEIVED RE MY BIRHTDAY..MUMS BIRTHDAY..AND THE PEONIES I BOUGHT MUM WHICH SHE DRIED...!! PLUS THEY ARE SITTING NEXT TO THE MOST GORGEOUS GAIL MCCORMACK CHRISTMAS PRINT IN FRAME I BOUGHT FROM HER LAST WEEK...HOW TALENTED IS SHE??

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE...AND PS..SORRY TO BE A BIT BORING RE SOO MUCH OF THIS BLOG KIND OF ABOUT ME..I FEEL A LITTLE IN TWO MINDS WHETHER I SHOULD KIND OF GO ON SOO MUCH...

XX ANDREA