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John Waite Live in
Zoetermeer/Holland, Boerderij
The upper row of teeth is without fillings, the fingernails are damn short and his legs are as thinly as I know
them from numerous
photos... Exactly, Ladies & Gents, John Waite live on stage and I was there! This time no vacation in Turkey
would keep me away from this, and no grossly overpriced flight to the USA because after 5 years Mr. Waite finally got his youthful butt
to European climes. And in no way I didn´t want to miss that chance again!
But let´s start at the scratch... Arrival Golden Tulip Hotel
After an uneventful 5 hours drive our small group (my hubby Michi, me, and four
friends of ours) arrived thirsty but
relieved at Zoetermeer´s Golden Tulip Hotel. In about an hour I would meet again
the Original Life Story´s co-writer Adrian Steenland, Paul Wijman and Anita Beaumont, and I was looking forward to
finally meet Adrian´s partner in life Marian Lindhout, and Menno Schaap. We got on with each other
right away!
Fan Meeting Boerderij
The first known face I caught a sight of was Wouter Kramer´s. We
gotta know each other about six years ago via
some John Waite website, don´t ask me which one it was... Wouter and Paul became acquainted the day before at the
Arrow Rock Fesitval in Lichtenvoorde.
Beginning of the concert was supposed to be at 8:30 pm, enough time to go for a
snack at the Podiumscafé, and as
I turned around I bumped into a guy who´s face seemed familiar to me. "Willem Klopper?", suprised about myself that I recognzied
him. The incredible Peter Hornberg (that I hoped to come across as well, alas he
didn´t appear) forwarded me his email address 4 or 5 years ago and Willem couldn´t hardly remember that he sent me a
photo back then. Willem, who´s much nicer in person than as a penpal, actually
is a hobby photographer
but when he goes on that fast he will establish his reputation very soon because his work is mind-blowing!
We gathered in front of the still closed Boerderij doors, and Paul introduced
me to Joost Leonard, a Journey fan that he
also gotta know at the Arrow
Rock Festival
the day before. I was hoping that some fans had seen my announcement in the waite4you!!! news section
because I was wearing the mentioned waite4you!!! teeshirt and so I was waiting for Jesus Ruiperez
from Spain, Nicky Nünning from Munich, Christian aka def
from Brühl, near Cologne/Germany, or other WaiteCrazee to accost me.
Marianne from Holland told me later in an email that she was standing right behind me on the balcony
before the show but didn´t want
to break in on a conversation I had with another fan. When she turned around again I was gone. Sh**...
Now I need to apologize to those that I had told that the "Grote Zaal" of the Boerderij would have a capacity of 900.
You were right guys, it fits only 750. Sorry, seems that I again confounded some things...
Slowly but surely exhaustion took possession of me. Had to get up early because
I couldn´t get this day off, the drive to Holland,
standing around in the heat, all this made me feel a bit uncomfortable. Well Mr. Waite could outfix this state of
exhaustion in a jiffy... |
