New to this Forum, but a Hayley fan for two years.

[Steve H]

I was very lucky to meet Hayley and Jill at the signing after the St Johns Concert last week with my brother, and as a bonus to meet Roger, Dave and Richard for the first time.

With Hayley shortly moving on to her world tour, and not returning to these shores until late spring, the fellowship of other Hayley fans will have to get us all through this long Winter.

I aim to take an active part in your forum, contributing where I can, watching, and listening. Lets all hope that when Hayley returns to the UK it is for another spell living in London.

[roger]

Hello Steve and welcome to the forum.

It may be worth considering that I was new here once and look what happened to me!

I will reply to your email very soon but the photos are great. Meanwhile, I look forward to your future posts and I hope you enjoy your time with us.

Best wishes,
Roger

PS. Tell your brother it's time he said hello!

[Natasha]

Hello Steve and welcome! You'll love HWI!

Hugs,
Natasha

[Richard]

Hello Steve and welcome to our 'family', but what took you so long?!!! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

It was a lovely evening at St. John's, Smith Square, and I hope it won't be too long before we see Hayley in another of her own concerts. Meanwhile I look forward to reading all your future posts.

Best Wishes,

Richard

[Belinda]

Hi Steve,

Welcome to the forum,
I'm sure you'll enjoy it here,I also met,Roger,Dave and Richard for the first time this year.also Simon and keith and Chris
they are a nice bunch and make you feel right at home in the group.
How did you first hear about Hayley ?
I have known the Name Hayley Westenra for about 10 years and it has been great to watch Hayley's progress

Greetings from Belinda,
Christchurch ,New Zealand

[chrisw]

Hey Steve,

Good to see you posrting, and that you enjoyed the concert

Regards,

Chris

[Steve H]

Thanks everybody for your kind support, In answer to Belinda's question I first noticed Hayley on a Russell Watson site, then I got the Russell Watson Concert DVD, and heard Hayley sing Pokarekare Ana and I dreamed a dream, and I was hooked, never before had a voice had such an instant impact on me, but even more important is that Hayley has such a lovely personality, she and her family make time for her fans. I look froward to meeting both her and members of this forum again in the future.

[roger]

Hi Steve,

You may well have made Belinda's day because she is a manager of Hayley and Russell's site.

I first heard Hayley's voice on Classic FM but, other than that, my feelings about her voice and her personality are much the same as yours.

Roger

[Richard]

Hello again Steve!

I first came across Hayley in September 2003 when I found "Pure" on a listening post in Borders in Oxford Street, just round the corner from the London Palladium where I saw and met Hayley for the second time in March last year. St. John's Smith Square was the tenth time! Not surprisingly, my feelings about Hayley and her voice are the same as yours and Roger's. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Incidentally, I think your avatar is set to 65 pixels square, but you can enlarge it in your profile to 100 pixels square. Then we could all see you and Hayley a little bit better!

Merry Christmas, and I hope to meet you again in 2006.

Richard

[Lothar]

Hallo Steve,
very welcome at our HWI-Forum.
Many greetings from Berlin, Lothar

[Steve H]

Hi All,

Thank you for your kind welcome, I feel part of the HWI family already!

As a newbie and to assist any other new menbers are there any rules regarding which areas we can post in and which areas to leave to the Managers, Administrators and Moderators? I am sure none of us want to tread on anybody's toes by posting in the wrong areas.

Are there any plans for a live chat area for when thing like on Hayley and Russell site?

Thanks again

Steve Hayter

[roger]

Hi Steve,

The "Announcements" Board is the only board on the forum to which members cannot post. As it's title suggests, it is reserved for special announcements made by Admins and Mods. Other than that, you are very welcome to post anywhere, to start new threads, etc. Admittedly there are occasions when it is not obvious where to post. For example, I recently found a press review of one of Hayley's concerts. Should I have posted it in "Hayley in Concert", "Concert Reviews", or "Hayley in the Media"? Any of those would have been equally appropriate. As there was already a review of the same concert by one of our own members, I chose to keep it with that. If necessary, a post can always be moved by one of the Moderators!

The possibility of a chat area (chat room) was discussed a few months ago but the decision was made that it was not practical from the point of view of moderating, bearing in mind we are an international forum spanning 24 time zones. OMG!

Other than that, post away!

Roger

[hayleydisca]

Dear Steve,
Hi there!My name is Rebecca,from Hong Kong...Welcome to HWI__That's so nice of you to play an active role in this forum=)
alright!I'm afraid I have to get off now!!
love,
Rebecca Monkey
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[Steve H]

Hi Rebecca thanks for your welcome, its a good photo of you and Hayley, when did you get to meet her? and when do you hope to get to see her again?

Steve

[Joe]

Hello Steve,

I'm so glad that you've joined us on the forum! Judging from your very first post, we're in for a treat! I am very much looking forward to reading your thoughts on Hayley.

Wishing you a healthy and prosperous 2006!

Greetings from the USA,
Joe