Oxford New Theatre - Valentines Tour - 11 Feb 2009

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VALENTINES TOUR - FEBRUARY 2009
HAYLEY WESTENRA AND JONATHAN ANSELL
OXFORD NEW THEATRE
WEDNESDAY11th FEBRUARY 2009

This event has been confirmed by Bedlam Management. It does not yet appear on the venue's website but should be added shortly.

Oxford New Theatre

Roger

[Karsten]

I rang yesterday and was told by the friendly staff being informed by email when the sale will start. (not as far yet)

Anyway, here's the seating plan:

www.newtheatreoxford.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_544.pdf

Cheers, Karsten

[Karsten]

I was just told that the tickets will be on-sale on Monday.

Cheers, Karsten

[Karsten]

Hi,

I can confirm that the tickets are on-sale now.

The concert will start at 7:30 pm - I've got seat D 21 in the stalls (GBP 27.50 + 3 credit card fee).

I was told that the stage has the same level as row H.

Cheers, Karsten

[Mark]

Hi Karsten

I am hoping to book for this one tomorrow Oxford is only 20 miles down the road for me.

Regards

Mark

[Richard]

Full details and online booking are now available on the New Theatre's website HERE.

Richard

[Mark]

Hi everyone

Well, Ive booked for this one - seat C18 - right in the centre and just in front of you Karsten !!

Looking forward to it already

Regards

Mark

[Paddy]

Jan 23, 2009 9:01:23 GMT Dean McCarten said:

Only 29 days to go until the River of Dreams continues

And only 19 days for Karsten and myself .......

Kiiiiiiiii.........Wiiiiiiiii.........


Paddy

[Martin]

Hi Mark, Gordon, Paddy and Karsten and any others going to Oxford for this concert.

Have a great time but if you are driving take great care as road conditions this morning and also forecast for tonight, are treacherous particularly on rural highways. There have been numerous accidents reported in middle Engand today.

Best Wishes
Martin

[cathyk2002]

Pre-show news

twitter.com/valentinestour

[gra7890]

Hi All,
This concert will be underway now.
If only it were next week I could have gone
Hope everyone there has a great time.... I am sure they will

Best Wishes,

Graham

[martindn]

Hi All,

Have a good one. Wish I was with you.

Martin

[Stuart H]

Hi all

Hope everyone going to Oxford has a great time and I hope Hayley is fully fit and recovered from her illness over Christmas. I'm sure its going to be a great concert and I look forward to reading the reviews!

Stuart

[postscript]

Feb 11, 2009 19:43:54 GMT gra7890 said:

Hi All,
This concert will be underway now.
If only it were next week I could have gone
Hope everyone there has a great time.... I am sure they will
Best Wishes,
Graham

Let me pick up on that Graham as your post conveniently comes close to one or two relating to Sophie.

How has my day gone? Oh Calloo Callay he chortled in his joy. Oh Frabjous day. I'm going to blame it all on Sophie. The joy of hearing from her was for me a delight on many levels. I don't think she had any idea what the result would be... or perhaps she did, just a little?

Essentially (and she is 18 anyway) I no longer felt it necessary to treat her with kid gloves as Hayley's little sister. Sophie came on saying, Hi, I'm Sophie Westenra and I've something to say. And she said it. Well done you. But Sophie, you are not just Sophie but Sophie Westenra, a name that conjures up, NZ in all its aspects, memories of Hayley at that age and younger and the whole razzamatazz that is the Westenra Phenomenon. Also, your post coincided with discussion on a Hayley NZ tour with a POSSIBLE BUT YET TO BE CONFIRMED date (as Hayley herself said this evening a few hours ago, still to be sorted) in Christchurch NZ.

That news set me outline planning how I wanted to handle an NZ visit. Brought back to me all my memories of the whole shenanigans and what fun it has been following your family. What excitement was being generated by the reports on The Valentines tour. I had only booked one concert--The Palladium. Reports indicated I would need at least two concerts: Dartford is booked solid. I even checked the box office by phone in case there were any returns. No way! Eastbourne gave me the same result. For the heck of it I tried the Palladium and found some seats available which disappointed me as last time I felt Hayley had filled it on her own with both of them surely it would be sold out? So, what about Oxford?

Probably a return but would a return have been available on the web? It was D4, slap bang in the middle of packed rows. I booked it. Gosh, that's tonight! Gosh, that's in three hours time! Showered, changed, into car, remembering my tie for once. At Park and Ride delayed for bus, bus delayed by one of the most incompetent traffic management systems round a major road works I have ever encountered. Arrived at theatre. Obtained ticket. Disappeared next door for two sausage rolls, clearly so called because the sausage in each case had rolled out somewhere else and gone off for the night, but having left a tangible essence of their once having been there they sufficed, without giving me hiccups, then back to the theatre. Various personages met in transit to my seat
of which i will detail in my next post. Suddenly it is all over and here I am typing this while trying to avoid sticking my elbow in my soup.

Was it worth it? You bet it was. It was everything everyone has been saying about it. Once is not enough! I'm still looking forward to Sunday and some time in May and its all Sophie's fault.

Peter S.

[Richard]

I'll quote a couple of comments from Twitter about Jonathan's arrival at Oxford:

Jonathan arrived and was in good form chatting and laughing x

Also seemed reluctant to go in and stood chatting to Hayley fans too!

I hope they invited him to join our forum!

I've found a few photographs from Oxford on Jonathan's forum HERE. There are some familiar faces and rear views there! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Richard