Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire 26th July 2008

[dazza]

Hi Thomas,

Excellent news, not that long now until this and the other summer concerts.

See you there!

Dazza

[thomas]

Hi all!

Just want to say that my Gold Circle ticket arrived yesterday.
That is going to be the 3rd time I see the All Angels, and the 2nd time I'm going to see them perform after Cadogan Hall in September 2006. So it's urgently time for another concert.

Thomas

[thomas]

Hi all!

During my UK holiday I was in Romsey as well.



The doors are still closed but that's hopefully different next month. ;D


Romsey is quite a small town and it's an easy walk from the train station through the centre to Broadlands. Nonetheless I prefer to book a rental car for this event.


Thomas

[drew]

Gold Circle tickets sold out.

[admin]

Two days to go!

See ya there, folks!

Roger

[thomas]

Hi!

My bags are packed and I can't wait to start to the UK tomorrow afternoon.
On Saturday I'm going to drive around a little during the day (There's a nice cafe in Lyndhurst with excellent cream tea! Yum! ;D ) and think I'm going to be in Romsey not later than 3pm.
Martin posted on HWI that the car park on Broadlands estate opens at 4pm so it's a good time to go there then.

See you there!

Thomas

[chris]

Enjoy the Day to those were are going. Dont forget to take heaps of Pictures.

/me wonders off, grumbling about living in Australia!!

Chris

[dazza]

Hi Everyone,

I am really looking forward to this. My train is due to arrive in Romsey at Midday (Stoke - Oxford - Southampton Airport - Romsey for under £30!!)

I'll be checking into my hotel which is also a restaurant (Berties) so i'll probably have a meal there too if anybody wants to join me, on the map it looks only a short walk to Broadlands from there, so i'll be planning on being there for about 4ish.

Looks like it might be a good day for the weather too so sun cream will be packed. (and raincoat, this is England! ;D)

Dazza

[Northern_Lights]

I hope y'all enjoyed the cocnert!

~NL

[james]

Another fine performance from the girls at Broadlands last night.

I can't remember the full setlist, but I'm sure Roger wrote it down

Here's a picture of the girls in their flowery dresses from the first half of the show to whet your appetite:

[admin]

Jul 27, 2008 9:59:22 GMT james said:

I can't remember the full setlist, but I'm sure Roger wrote it down

I did indeed, James...

First half
Flower duet
Songbird
Sancte Deus (Nimrod)
Make Me A Channel of Your Peace
Barcarolle
Singing You Through

This was followed by four songs from Blake and six from Hayley.

Second half
Sull Aria
Lift Thine Eyes from Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'
Pie Jesu
Windmills of Your Mind
The Sounds of Silence

This was followed by three more from Blake and five from Hayley.

Finale
Land of Hope and Glory performed by All Angels, Hayley, Blake and the audience!
Grand firework display.

There was a brief incident early on in the proceedings which I hope causes no embarrassment to a certain young lady because I found it delightfully amusing. After the opening song, the girls introduce themselves one by one:

Melanie: "I'm Melanie". With that, she turned towards Laura...

Laura: "I'm Laura." At that point, they all seemed slightly unsure as to whom would speak next.

Daisy: "I'm Charlo... no I'm not, I'm Daisy!!!"

If it were up to me they'd keep that in for the next few concerts as it was one of those classic moments! Anyway, here is a shot from me to keep you going...



Roger

[Northern_Lights]

Lol! Reading that was funny. I sometiems forget my name too, but I've never done it on stage (although I have performed before on stage).

Beautiful dresses!(and photos) I can't wait to see more of them!

~NL

[dazza]

Hi Everyone,

I have just returned home and what a fantastic concert this was in a lovely setting on a wonderful warm summers evening.

Sancte Deus was once again the highlight for me, though I probably prefer indoor concerts where they perform with a string quartet it is wonderful to see them perform this and other pieces alongside an orchestra.

The girls performance was fantastic and those colourful dresses are perfect for a summer concert like this and this time they wore them during the first half while it was light so I was able to take some good pictures.

Daisy


Charlotte


Melanie


Laura


Laura & Charlotte




Daisy & Charlotte


Laura & Melanie






Dazza

[thomas]

Hi all!

Thank you James, Roger and Dazza for your reports and pictures.

This review is actually the same I've posted in HWI. I'm back in Germany again after a wonderful weekend in the UK. It was much too stressful going to the UK on Saturday morning so I decided to fly over already on Friday. I stopped working at lunch time, drove back to my apartment, got changed and headed to the airport early as I had to make my way through the "Ruhrgebiet" during rush hour which is an experience I don't need to have every day. There was just a minor delay on my British Airways flight so I arrived at the rental car station at Heathrow at 8pm. I grabbed myself a car and went down to my hotel in Chilworth, Southampton. It was quite a big hotel and there was a wedding celebration on Friday and Saturday evening. My room was far enough away not to hear the party but I was in bed just for 10 minutes when the fire alarm began to ring. That's actually not good for a peaceful sleep so I made my way down finding out that one of the drunken party guests started the alarm.

The Saturday began with sunshine and a "Fully Cooked English Breakfast". Yum! ;D What else do you need to start a day? As I had a car I explored the New Forest region and went down to Beaulieu and later to Lyndhurst having some Cream Tea. Yum again! ;D When I was walking through Lyndhurst I heared a loud roar but couldn't see where it came from. A few minutes later the roar came back and I saw two formations of the Red Arrows flying over. Unfortuneately they were gone before I had my camera ready. They were flying over Broadlands later as well before the concert started. It was time that I went back to my hotel, so I got changed and arrived in Romsey half an hour before the gate to Broadlands opened. By 4 pm I went down to the gate to have a look if it's advisable to get my car when I saw Mark waiting in the queue to enter Broadlands. I went down with him to see where the car park is. Roger and Gordon arrived directly behind us. I decided that I didn't like to walk the whole way back at night so I went back to Romsey to get my car and met Steve H. and Martin on my way out. James joined me at the last roundabout before Broadlands and so we both made our way to the entrance where already many HWIers made themselves comfortable waiting to get in. It was nice to wait there because we could hear the All Angels and Hayley doing their soundchecks.

When it was time to get in we secured ourselves a good position in the front of the Gold Circle. Roger, James and I went out again to hand out the flyers for Hayley's ROD tour. Not everyone liked one but many were happy to get the flyer after telling them what it's about. I'm sure none of them were aware of the tour but many seemed to be delighted having the schedule.

The concert began with the All Angels. I was happy to see them again after having attended only their premiere at Cadogan Hall 2006. I have to say at this point that it was Daisy who persuaded me coming to Broadlands. I met the girls at RAH after the Classical Brits in May and I told them that I like coming over to the UK to see Hayley but would like to see them as well. Daisy told me then about the two summer concerts they have together with Hayley. I was aware of those concerts but wasn't sure if an outdoor concert would be a good idea. But when being asked so nicely ... well ... I couldn't resist.
I really loved their performance especially because I could attach the voice to the person what one can't do when listening to the CD only. I loved the incident when Daisy forgot her name. That was quite funny! ;D My All Angels favorite of the night was "Sound Of Silence". What a magnificent performance!

Well, Blake was already mentioned. They didn't convinced me at all. They had some troubles sorting out the microphones. One of them had one mike too much and didn't know where to place it. Somehow I was sure that this mike belonged to Hayley. I just thought: "Do not put it on the floor, do not put it on the floor!" And yes, he put it on the dirty floor. Well done! Blake then ended their first part by ruining the Top Gun theme "Take My Breath Away".

And then there was Hayley. I was spellbound from the first to the last note she sang. She wore THE green dress again. There she was in perfect sound. "Let Me Lie" just blew me away. Her self-written songs are simply the best she has ever published.

In the interval there was a meet-and-greet with Blake. I went there to see if it was Blake only or maybe the All Angels as well. But there wasn't any Angel.
The second half was in the same order like the first with All Angels, Blake and Hayley. The songlist was already mentioned so I don't want to duplicate it.
All Angels and Hayley sounded perfectly again only the orchestra was too loud during some parts. The lighting was also a problem because the floodlights produced much glare what was desturbing during the the second half.
At the end the audience should stand up to sing along the song "Land Of Hope And Glory" with the artists. I like singing along with Hayley (unless she can't hear me ;D ) like we did during her Christmas Presence Tour in December 2006. But this time we had no lyrics. Fortuneately I wasn't the only one who didn't know the text. ;D I should have known better because it was mentioned already in the Orwell Park thread. But somehow it didn't came to my mind to print out some lyrics.

After the concert we waited for Hayley and after a while she came out to say "Hi!". I don't know how she recognised us because it was very dark already. But she did and came over. Some of us had a little chat and photos were taken with new forum members. I wished I also had the possibilty to have a word with Hayley. While handing out the flyers in the beginning I had a nice chat with a man who has got relatives in Christchurch. One of them (one of his grandchildren if I remember it correctly) sang in a choir togeher with Hayley years ago in Christchurch. Unfortuneately I forgot to ask his name. That was something I could have told Hayley but in the end there was just time for "Hello" and "Good-bye".
Please don't understand me wrong. I'm very grateful Hayley came out for a chat. She's the only one I know who treats her fans so nicely. Maybe there's more time at the next concert. Three months to go ...

I was a little disappointed that All Angels didn't do a meet-and-greet. I'm sure they were tired and had to go. It was just my first and only All Angels concert this year and it was them why I came over. There seems to be no chance for me to see them again before next year.

But in the end it was a lovely concert and a pleasure to attend All Angels AND Hayley.


Best wishes,
Thomas

[Steve]

Hi Everybody, here are a selection of the photographs I took at Broadlands, I hope you like them.

Melanie



Daisy



Charlotte



Laura

Steve [/size]