A DAY OUT WITH ARTISTS AGAINST CANCER THIS IS A BIOG OF THE LA ZENIA BOULAVARD EVENT IN AID OF AFECANCER up at 8 getting ready for the big day!!out at 10-30 to be greeted by teresa sancho lovely boss of charity and her wonderful friends all there to help!!one of whom is suffering from the dreaded disease!! meet up with p a guy who speaks very little english(sign language works lol)!first artist to arrive is nick barker and his lovely wife!!p a guy is having a few niggles so we could be starting a little late!!benny van den berg is next to arrive!!along with family and friends(our jaz)!a lot of people stop by to say hello and to wish us luck-amazing!! benny gets set and off we go roughly about 45 mins late!!he is a real star!!to open an event like this is really difficult!!he does it with class and a great start to the show!!hes only 18 yrs old ffs!!big talent!!!!recieved really well!!next up someone who i think is one of the best guitarists here in spain!!and he doesnt let us down!!!i cant tell you just how good this guy is!!you must go and check out this wonderful talent!!what a fantastic start and the boulavard is beginning to realise how special this day is going to be!!the sound is a little quiet so i offer the p a guy 20 euros to turn music up a little lol he said no!!!well its my turn!!cut my set a little to try and catch up the time!!!i loved it!! but the most emotional part of the day was when i danced with teresas friend and she took her scarf off her head!!she held me tight and gave me a wonderful smile and a kiss!!this is why we do this!!as i am writing i am fiiling up!!!i finish with my all time fav U2 song KITE so emotional!! a young lady in the audience told me she cried!!!!!off i go to get me a beer!!not the first one i might add lol!!well the talent just oozes out from the stage!! never more than when wendy dee cartledge commands it!!wow!! what a performance? she owns the boulavard for the time shes on stage!!a real presence and fantastic voice!!paul looks on so proud!!the lady rocks!on a day thats mostly males she stands out!!incredible!!off for another beer with nadine and tony!!lol! meet young austin slack(amazing young guitarist) get a photo with him!!watch out for our next one? this young man will be there!!the girls are doing a fantastic job on the stalls!another great friend steps on stage!! a big guy and an even bigger talent!!he has the voice of an angel!opera -pop-soul-he has it all!!fantastic set!!well the place is now heavin!!!!its feckin hot so yet another beer?? oh yes lol stevie spit the lovely nikki g are there to support us-fantastic!!well we have caught up and every thing is bang on time!!theres a real buzz around the place as the cages take to the stage!!!ffs how can kids this young be so talented!!real musicians and i am excited by there performance!!just fantastic!!now its really rockin and they not only sound good they look fantastic too!!i have to shoot off to set up for my gig!!more on this later lol!!well i think we all know who was next up!!KOLTED!!for me the very best that spain has to offer !che has silky skills and the boys get the walls bouncing!!all the terraces are clapping dancing and getting into it!!feckin unbelievable!!!well i go to do my gig!cancelled!!i think everyone is at the boulavard!!not the bars fault at all!!its now 9 in the evening and i return to see santi take the stage!!spanish entertainer and the crowd is predominatly spanish now its rockin!teresa and her helpers look knackered!!just one little thing!!!the sound for the spanish acts was boomin??? make of that what you will!!so the day ends!!i sit in my grandad chair and burst into tears!!i am not and never will be ashamed to do that!!it was for me and anyone with a heart a truly emotional day!!!!yes i am fecked now! and teresa sancho and her helpers must be drained too!! i will never be able to thank artists -helpers and you the people who came to support us in our ongoing fight against cancer!!! GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!! WE CAN AND WE WILL XXp s if i have missed you out? big apologys!!!
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:25:46 +0000
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