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Sophia Trummer:
100 % Music Show and 50 % Comedy Show
Hi all,
I started a day earlier from Germany because of the long drive, and I
was glad I did that, I couldn't have managed to make it in time
before the concert on the same day.
And I'm glad I arrived safely because I almost got into an accident
on the motorway in Belgium - an elderly driver changing the lane
without looking left, and that must have been only a few inches
between the cars before me. Great reaction from the other driver and
the ones behind me. A second birthday to celebrate and thanks again
to my guardian angel, for the great job he's doing!
Now after this shock everything went right, and on the ferry there
was a funny thing. I was sitting in front of the video screens and
suddenly heard a familiar voice - "Missing You", the lovely older
version, Eberhard has put the link on the list just recently. I had
to smile. "Now that's a very good start" I was thinking to myself and
indeed Chris included the song in his show, a rather rocky version
with a fantastic guitar solo by Al!!
But let's start at the beginning. In Bournemouth I found my hotel at
11 pm at night with no complications (almost ;-)), and the next day
it was such a fan-tas-tic weather that I enjoyed many hours strolling
around, mainly on the promenade at the seafront, and of course a
little bit of shopping in town afterwards. International Centre was
within walking distance from the hotel and finally I found myself
sitting in Windsor Hall, 8th row from the front, and was lucky again
because the two seats in front of me were empty, so I had a very good
view.
Wow. What a show. For me the best out of the six I have seen up to
now (since the 80s), and also the best of the three "Storyman" I have
seen. Joking at the beginning that "Some might think that Bournemouth
is boring, but I know it's not, because you all will be singing and
dancing and going crazy and jumping around at the end!" he must have
decided to make the blood of the mostly grey-haired audience (I was
one of the youngest) boil, at least he made mine, at the end! The show
was divided in 4 sections again: Al's support at the
beginning, I liked it much, he's not only brilliant with his guitar,
he's also got a very good voice. The second being Chris' solo part,
including the all-time favourites "The Same Sun", "Borderline", "Lady
in Red" while he danced a bit with a 97 (!)year old lady named Nora
Bachelor (I wonder if she's perhaps his oldest fan?). This was the
time when our "Migratory Bard" walked through the rows with his
headphones, getting a lot of hugs and kisses, as usual.
Between the songs he joked and talked a lot ("Anyone who had a swim
in the sea today...?" Brrrrr....!
The next of course was the rockier "Storyman" part mixed with older
songs, and Krystina Myles joining him for "Raging Storm". And then
the invitation to come to the front to the stage to dance, and this
now was finest rock at its best, full action, only during the leader
trilogy I had to turn my eyes away from the screen, this part is a
bit too heavy for me -
How so often it ended with the encores "High on Emotion" and "Snows
of NY", and the big globe balloon was drifting through the hall over
our heads. That was a great idea, indeed.
Please excuse me for not giving the exact sequence of the songs, I
was not in the mood to note down something during the show, so not to
miss any second of it.
All in all - much rockier than in Germany, as far as I can tell.
Next time I think I will leave out the German ones and go to England
again ;-)))
Now after the hearty English breakfast I'm off again, with a short
side trip to Christchurch (want to send a postcard from there :-))),
and to the New Forest, and then homeward, Goodbye England (at least
for this time).
It's raining now. Perfect timing - yesterday was such a brilliant day.
Thanks, Chris, for yet another great event.
Sophia
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