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Post by Natasha on Jun 16, 2005 21:40:16 GMT
Hey Everyone,
I'm just wondering has everyone here met someone else from these forums? From the reviews I guess a lot of the UK people have.
So far I've met Steven McDonald and briefly Gary Scovil. I also met Steven Olivio, he doesn't actually post here but he wrote a couple reviews for HWI.
So who have you all met so far? One of these days we hope to go back to England, first experience was lovely but short, and I hope that if we do I'll get to meet some of you!
I would especially like to meet Keith because he's just been so wonderful, from letting me become a part of HWI to creating the groups for my sister and I. Also Gerrit, he's been so kind to host my Becky videos for me and help manage the group!!
Natasha
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Post by roger on Jun 16, 2005 22:08:47 GMT
Hey Everyone, I'm just wondering has everyone here met someone else from these forums? From the reviews I guess a lot of the UK people have. So far I've met Steven McDonald and briefly Gary Scovil. I also met Steven Olivio, he doesn't actually post here but he wrote a couple reviews for HWI. So who have you all met so far? One of these days we hope to go back to England, first experience was lovely but short, and I hope that if we do I'll get to meet some of you! I would especially like to meet Keith because he's just been so wonderful, from letting me become a part of HWI to creating the groups for my sister and I. Also Gerrit, he's been so kind to host my Becky videos for me and help manage the group!! Natasha Hi Natasha, First of all, I'm sure Keith would say it was not a question of "letting" you join HWI. The whole team are proud and privileged to have you on board. So, who have I met? Now, what are their names again?  Ah yes, Keith, Simon, Gerrit, Gary, Dave, Richard, Lewis, Barrie, Kirsty, Emmett, Lothar, Paul and Chris. I shall probably get into trouble for forgetting somebody now. Never mind, I'll modify the post when they're not looking. Don't tell them, will you?  I once sat next to Nick at the Royal Albert Hall but neither of us realised so we didn't speak! Sorry Nick! I've never met Belinda but we chat very often on MSN Messenger. Does that count? I hope we all have the opportunity to meet you someday. Bye for now, Roger |
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Post by HWI on Jun 17, 2005 0:22:29 GMT
To meet Natasha and, hopefully, Crystal, would be one of my great ambitions at the moment. I have known you for a while now, Natasha. And, it is fair to say you are very dear to me. And that, these days, is a rarity. You are a shining example of what young people can be. Caring, gentle, keen sense of humour, honest, and yet strong with it. To have you as part of the HWI team is a privilege and an honour. Roger, don't forget Paul. We don't see him in here, but he is part of the family too. And then there is Chris. And we very nearly met Andy and Nicola at Classicalive. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif But that's another story. Keith. |
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Post by Joe on Jun 17, 2005 5:37:07 GMT
Hi all,
I haven't had the priviledge of meeting anyone in person YET. But that's quite all right, because this forum is the next best thing!
Of course I would like to meet Natasha and Crystal. I've "known" Natasha for a couple of years from a Charlotte Church forum. We don't live too far from each other; maybe we'll bump into each other at a concert etc.
It would be so great to meet Keith. He's been ever so kind to me. Being a member of HWI and an integral part of the team is a dream come true. When he gave me the title of HWI correspondent, it made me so happy I cried.
Simon has been very kind as well. It would be a pleasure to meet him.
I'd also like the opportunity to meet Roger, Dave and Richard. All are outstanding gentlemen; it's always wonderful to read their posts. Keep up the good work.
To fellow HWI team members and members who post here regularly...it's great that we can share our enthusiasm of Hayley together. With so many of Hayley's concert dates literally being added in the US each day, it's possible that we can meet in future.
And finally to all of our Guests. Take a minute and join this wonderful forum so we can learn how Hayley's lovely music and other good works influence you life.
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Post by Richard on Jun 17, 2005 7:53:07 GMT
Hello Natasha, and thank you for starting such an interesting thread! I'll try and remember who I've met gig by gig!  I met Gerrit at the London Palladium in March 2004, and also saw Roger although we didn't chat then. Last November at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend, I met Roger properly and had a couple of decent chats with him, which led to me joining the Forum. At Olympia in March this year I met Keith, Roger, Dave, Kirsty and her sister Becky, Barrie and his wife Megan, Emmett and our friend Paul. Finally at Hampton Court this week I met Keith, Roger, Dave, Lothar, Emmett and Paul. Of course there is somebody who features regularly in our Forum that I've now met five times in the last 21 months, but she isn't actually a member. Her name is Hayley! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifAs you can see, some of us have now met several times, which shows how friendships can develop through the Forum and our mutual love of Hayley. I'm hoping to meet Simon one day, but my real ambition is to meet you and Joe. If either of you or any other members from overseas visit Britain, especially London, please let us know on the Forum. Best Wishes to you and Crystal, Richard  |
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Post by Natasha on Jun 17, 2005 14:49:03 GMT
Thats great that quite a few of us have met already! Joe, I had no idea you lived in New York! lol. Where you at Joe's Pub the second time or Bryant's Park? If you were I missed you by a hair because I was there the first time! lol.
Natasha
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Post by Joe on Jun 18, 2005 2:42:01 GMT
Hi Natasha,
Actually I live in the northeastern corner of Pennsylvania, near Scranton. If I am correct your family is located in the Hudson Valley region of New York near West Point and Peekskill. So I figure there's only like 90 miles between us. I wasn't able to see Hayley at the places you mentioned. I joined a PBS station in Allentown so I could buy tickets at a concert there.
I'd love to visit London someday, Richard. I've got several travel books and maps of the underground at the ready whenever that day comes. I've always been an anglophile if you couldn't tell that already. I'm probably the only one on my street who know what Trooping the Colour is, and who Black Rod, the Lord Great Chamberlain and the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition are. It would be wonderful to meet too Richard. Maybe someday we could go down to your local and have a drink to celebrate Hayley!
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Post by Richard on Jun 18, 2005 17:23:13 GMT
I'd love to visit London someday, Richard. It would be wonderful to meet too Richard. Maybe someday we could go down to your local and have a drink to celebrate Hayley! Hello Joe! The good news is, you're on! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifThe bad news is, it's your round!  On second thoughts, bring Natasha and we'll all have a coffee together.  Best Wishes from London, Richard |
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Post by gareth on Jun 18, 2005 18:08:23 GMT
Hi Natasha, You sure have a way of putting some interesting questions . Let me see - I met Keith, Simon and Shirley, Gary, Roger, Chris, Kirsty, Dave (and his daughter - sorry Dave, right now I don't remember her name), Lewis and Doreen, Tony and Karlyn. And not to forget, I met Holly, Trixie and Craig. Richard, you must help me out - you apparently were at the Palladium in March last year - and I was too. But somehow, I have no recollection of meeting you ... Ohh, and of course - I also met Hayley and Katherine (do they qualify within the scope of this question?). I also met Terry at the Palladium. Terry? Terry Who? He had an autographed poster of Katherine - but wanted to be photographed with Hayley. This was after the concert. I was the only one still there to take a photograph. So I took the picture and asked Terry for an e-mail address to send the result to. He said he didn't trust e-mail and Internet - so he wrote his postal address on the back of the Katherine poster. I still have that poster - and I did send Terry a processed print of him with with Hayley - he even returned 6 euros in cold hard cash! For the rest of course, we're not likely to meet Terry here! I haven't met Lothar yet - nor have I met Emmett from Ireland, Paul from Australia, or Belinda from NZ. Then again, my contacts with Belinda have been so good that I feel I just about did meet her! And, Natasha, who knows. Maybe we'll meet some day too! I hope I will meet you on the first European tour of the Poholka sisters . Cheers, Gerrit |
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Post by roger on Jun 18, 2005 18:19:48 GMT
Of course there are several other people that many of us have met but, as yet, have not been named in this thread. Okay, so they are not exactly members of this forum but we all know them well. They are Gerald, Jill, Sophie and Isaac.
And let us not forget two more special friends, Steve and Giselle.
And to those of you who we have yet to meet, hopefully it's just a matter of time.
Roger
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Post by emmettb on Jun 18, 2005 18:35:06 GMT
Hi guys, Interesting thread, I'll give it a go. Gerrit, I actually was beside you at Hayleys concert in Llandudno in November 2004. You, Roger and Keith were waiting to meet Hayley after the concert and i was just in front of you lot, but I was afraid to talk to you lot back then.......lol, nah I only joined HWI after that tour. So I will include you in my list Gerrit. I have met Barrie and Megan, Dave, Gerrit, Keith, Kirsty and Becky, Lothar, Paul, Richard, Roger.(Appologies if I have forgot someone)  To Nick, I havent met you but I was at Hampton Court too. You should have met up with the 'Magnificent Seven' as Roger put it. And to everyone else in HWI I have'nt met, I hope to meet up with you all someday. Bye, Emmett |
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Post by gareth on Jun 18, 2005 19:27:31 GMT
Hi Emmett,
Now that comment of yours about Llandudno does thug at my heartstrings a bit. It makes me feel that it is such a pity we didn't get around to actually meet at that time.
I would never have been at Llandudno but for the fact that Hayley invited Holly for a guest appearance (and - by the way, with thanks to Keith, I got a complimentary ticket to that concert!).
I was at the Cardiff concert just a few days before that, and was privileged to see Hayley and Holly in an impromptu performance after the concert.
I went back to Holland - and then Keith informed me that Hayley had invited Holly to the Llandudno concert as a guest artist. I immediately booked a journey to Llandudno - and right now, I consider that to be the absolute highlight of my life. I was supposed to return to work that day. Instead, I found myself deriving tremendous enjoyment out of seeing Hayley and Holly together in concert.
As I said, Emmett, just a pity I didn't know about you at that time. Especially in view of your contributions to my Katherine Jenkins site!
Cheers,
Gerrit
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Post by Richard on Jun 19, 2005 8:02:50 GMT
Richard, you must help me out - you apparently were at the Palladium in March last year - and I was too. But somehow, I have no recollection of meeting you ... Hello again Gerrit! I remember meeting you on the stairs just by the entrance to the Royal Circle, while we were waiting for the doors to open. We had a fairly brief chat, and you told me you were involved with HWI. This led to me becoming an avid viewer of the site, and then I joined the Forum soon after meeting Roger at Southend last November. I recognised you when I saw your photo on the site. Unfortunately there isn't a photo of me yet, but a few group photos were taken at Hampton Court, so watch this space, if you dare! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifBest Wishes from London, Richard |
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Post by HWI on Jun 19, 2005 11:28:08 GMT
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Post by roger on Jun 19, 2005 12:05:24 GMT
Hi Keith, My only objection is why it took you so long! Hi everyone, Please select you victim carefully before throwing rotten tomatoes! Roger |
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