Buxton Opera House - 22nd August

[Karsten]

Well, needless to say that it was a very enjoyable concert again.

Hopefully all artists and our members will be back home safely and soon.

Best wishes from Buxton and Bye for now,

Karsten

[grant]

Hello everyone and thanks for the early report and pictures Karsten - stunning as always!

This was a very special evening and my report will follow (but possibly not all of it tonight) To keep you all going, here is the very eclectic set list!

Prayer
Scarborough Fair
Songbird
May It Be
Mummers dance
Shenandoah
Danny Boy
Summer Fly

Interval

River
I Know You By Heart
Jolene
Never saw Blue
Pokarekare Ana
Who Painted The Moon Black?
Both Sides Now
Wuthering Heights

Encore

Amazing Grace

Raven also did 6 pieces including a new one for me Brahms Hungarian Dance.

Best wishes
Grant

[martindn]

Gosh, you guys don't lose any time do you!

Thanks for the photos Karsten and set list Grant. I was with you both a couple of hours ago.

This was a fantastic show, one I won't forget in a hurry, Hayley was in fine form and she seemed to sing a lot of my personal favourites.

That was 17 songs performed by Hayley, plus I think about half a dozen more by Raven (who were also brilliant), not forgetting A J Moore and Timothy Evans.

Hayley spent the best part of an hour signing and chatting in the rather cramped area ouside the stage door, not leaving until she had seen everyone. What a delightful sweet girl she is.

A proper report from me will have to wait until tomorrow, and I might have some photos too. I have to be up for work at 7am. That's if I can sleep after such a wonderful night.

Martin D

[grant]

The Day Unfolds
Having collected Gordon and Elizabeth, I set a course for Buxton on an unusually warm August Sunday afternoon. Now I have a set route for Buxton which I use on a regular basis but failed on this occasion to account for the hoards of visitors queuing to get into Matlock and Matlock Bath! Such that, at the time I would have expected to be approaching Buxton, we were still the wrong side of the traffic lights at Cromford! Fortunately once clear, we had an easy and pleasant run across the moors to Buxton, although I had, by then, accepted that our chances of arriving in time to see Hayley had almost certainly gone.

Parking was to be our next challenge as the car park I was intending to use was partially occupied by builders compounds and cabins and practically full to boot. A bit of quick thinking secured us one of the few remaining spaces and, at a few minutes past three we were approaching the Opera House. With not one familiar face in sight, we headed for the stage door but, before we had time to deduce that the tour bus was not there, Graham had caught up to us and passed on the very happy news that Hayley was still to arrive!

Subsequent to our last visit a little over two years ago, the street adjacent to the stage door has been closed to traffic with temporary barriers allowing access only to official vehicles. After about 20 minutes of waiting, the tour bus arrived and was directed through the barriers to park. They’re in a different minibus this afternoon but I remembered that the previous one had a door on the offside which Hayley had used and I think I expected the same so headed into the road – no door! It was at this point that I heard Elizabeth say “Here she is” as I turned, a beaming Hayley was heading straight for Elizabeth who promptly gave her a big hug! Well, that made Elizabeth’s day and we happily chatted with Hayley until she was ushered inside. I did ask Hayley if she could tell us what song she sang on the Michael Ball show, but she gave one of her trade mark giggles and said it was a secret.

With Hayley safely inside, we returned to the front of the Opera House to wait for the box office to open at 4pm – several of our group have tickets to collect and others are on a poster and flyer hunt! As usually happens at this point, out attention turned to food – Martin has been surveying the adjacent hostelry which appears similar to our normal Wetherspoon’s so we elected to give it a try – good move! The food was excellent and we managed to get our group seated together. Sue and Elizabeth were getting quite excited watching the football on the pub's TV whilst the rest of us pretended not to be with them!. We even had time for a wander round the Pavilion Gardens in the warm evening sun before heading back to the Opera House to take our seats for tonight’s concert.

Part 2 to follow

Best wishes
Grant

[Libby]

I like the hair band with flowers on it. Looking forward to more.

Wow, that sounds like a wonderful selection of songs. I wish I could've heard all of those songs live, too.

[Joe]

Thanks to Karsten, Grant, and Martin D for sharing your photos and reports today from Buxton!

I shall enjoy my workday Monday knowing that I'll have loads more offerings from you gentlemen and other lucky members in attendance! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Joe

[Libby]

I get to look before work. I don't start till 2. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

[Karsten]

Hi all,

Many thanks for the reports so far, in particular to Grant.

To illustrate them I only want to add a few pictures before flying back.

[Karsten]

Raven

[Karsten]

Hayley during the first half

[Karsten]

Hayley, Andy and Tim during the second half



Bye for now,

Karsten

[Libby]

Thanks, Karsten!

I got to see some more even before going to bed, too!

It must be really early there right now. What time is it? The forum says 4 am, but I thought England was farther ahead of Seattle than 5 hours...

[Karsten]

Hi Libby,

yes, quite early - it was 4 am GMT(Greenwich Mean Time)/ UTC (Universal Time Coordinated), but 5 am BST (British Summer Time). At any rate I'm used to get up at 5 am local time, so I was awake from 4 am BST.

I hate the time differences. - sorry to be off-topic.

Greetings to the States,

Karsten

[Richard]

Hello folks!

Thanks for the early reports and photographs. Hayley looks fabulous as always, so I'll post a few pictures on our new website in the next few days. I've picked a couple of Karsten's already, and I'll include one of Raven this time.

Richard

[Richard]

Aug 23, 2010 5:18:56 GMT Libby said:

It must be really early there right now. What time is it? The forum says 4 am, but I thought England was farther ahead of Seattle than 5 hours...

Hello Libby!

You made that post at 6:18am British Summer Time, which is 5:18am Greenwich Mean Time.

Richard