(#2003-4344) - Topics this issue: 1) Turkey Tomorrow, 2) Digest (07/18/2003 18:01) (#2003-4323), 3) Mary, Joy, Michelle, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:03:15 +0930 From: "Mary Pridham" Subject: RE: Turkey Tomorrow Hi Michelle. Have a wonderful time. A friend of my husband visited Turkey quite a few years ago and said it was one of the most beautiful places she ever went to. I hope you enjoy it as much! From Mary Pridham, Adelaide, South Oz -----Original Message----- From: ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com] On Behalf Of melissagibson Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 2:39 PM To: words List Member Subject: Turkey Tomorrow Hi everyone: This will be my last post for about two weeks, I'm going to !Turkey with my family tomorrow, and we won't be back until 8th August. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:07:03 +0930 From: "Mary Pridham" Subject: RE: Digest (07/18/2003 18:01) (#2003-4323) Mary...I am so envious of your opportunity to meet the boys, and I really enjoyed reading about it. In my opinion, no post is too long when it contains reading matter like this! :-) From Mary Pridham, Adelaide, South Oz -----Original Message----- From: ListMember@brothersgibb.com [mailto:ListMember@brothersgibb.com] On Behalf Of Mary LoPreste Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2003 5:19 AM To: words List Member Subject: Re: Digest (07/18/2003 18:01) (#2003-4323) Sue in Waltham writes: <> Oh Sue! Where ever shall I start? I have been a fan since the age of 12 and have maintained some sort of fan club contact for the entire time. Back in 1993 I received a notice from BGQ about a club apperance in Atlanta Georgia. I was trying to figure out how I could possibly pull it off when I opened the rest of my mail and found my Christmas club check. Needless to say it was a lean Christmas that year as I spent all of the money on my airfare to Atlanta & then on to Orlando for the VH1 concert at Universal Studios. Thank God for BGQ and my fanclub passes! In Atlanta, I arrived early with my cousin (who lives just outside of Atlanta) and we proceeded to wait by the backstage door for the guys to finish up their soundcheck. We were absolutely thrilled to get to meet all of the guys and get some quick photos before they were off. We were able to get in as soon as the doors opened and claimed a spot right in front of the stage. The only regret that I have is as I began taking pictures my camera battery died after only 3 pics....sigh...needless to say I have never ever been without a backup battery since. But that freed me up to just enjoy the show which was fantastic. I was floating on air on the ride home. I left Georgia and flew to Florida. As luck would have it, I ran into Alan Kendall at the airport and talked to him for a long time. He was soooooo nice and told me to look him up at Universal. I arrived in Orlando on Sunday afternoon, basically dropped my bags at my hotel and headed for the soundstage. I immediately found the manager of the soundstage where they were taping. I told him that I was looking for Alan Kendall and he took me to the backstage door but then asked me to wait. He found Alan and I got backstage. I was there when Robin arrived, but I was too dumbstruck to speak to him at first. When I did finally work up the nerve, I felt like I was intruding and only spoke to him briefly. I think he was having a bad day because every other time I have spoken to him he has been WONDERFUL! Both Mo & Barry arrived soon after for soundcheck (which turned out to be almost the whole show and interviews). I talked to both of them for a moment and also spoke to Dick Ashby at length. I have to admit that I was so nervous speaking to them that I pretended to be a reporter for a college newspaper doing a story (LOL) While talking to Maurice I asked if there were anyway I could get a photo of all 3 brothers and he then put me on the guest list for that evening. I really lucked into this backstage access as I was able to get in ahead of the crowd and be right in front of Robin!!! Of course, the show was wonderful! During taping there were several instances where they had to stop the taping for some reason. During these breaks the brothers answered questions and joked among themselves. During one such instance the audience was very quiet and Robin suddenly blurted out "Feel free to take off your clothes at anytime!" I was, remember, standing directly in front of him. I don't know what possessed me but I found my voice and responded, "You first!" Of course this was met with catcalls and whistles but boy was my face red! The show was awesome and it is fun to see it every once and awhile on VH1. This was just the beginning of many more Bee Gee adventures to come! Sorry for the REALLY long post! Peace, Mary "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) http://www.brothersgibb.com To change any of your list options, please go to website listed above. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:04:56 -0500 (Central Daylight Time) From: "Judy" Subject: RE: Mary, Joy, Michelle --------------Boundary-00=_8K5IXFP0000000000000 Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative; boundary="------------Boundary-00=_8K5ISPT1VA4000000000" --------------Boundary-00=_8K5ISPT1VA4000000000 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable GREAT experience Mary....just loved reading through it. What a witty comeback to Robin...I bet everyone just roared with laughter! Thanks for sharing.=0D Enjoyed your post Joy...Ali is just a little girl, and a well loved one a= t that. And I agree.... it's absolutely absurd to even think for a minute that she's responsible for the brother's canceled tours or low output. =0D My son is 22...and I'm glad that I spent ALL the time that I did with him= =2E. and looking back I have no regrets for not working while he was growing u= p, for putting off things & people, in my parenting of him. The only "negat= ive I can say is this....his growing up years went by way too fast! So I admire and applaud Barry for being there for his little girl!!! Some peo= ple =2E.......grrrrrr! Keep repeating....water rolling off duck's back...wat= er rolling off duck's back - - - LOLOL!!!=0D Michelle: Have a safe and wonderful trip! Will miss ya!=0D Later.....Judy --------------Boundary-00=_8K5ISPT1VA4000000000-- --------------Boundary-00=_8K5IXFP0000000000000-- ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [07/24/2003 00:02] ----------------------------------------------------