From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V10 #122 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, May 28 2005 Volume 10 : Number 122 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] Life Begins At 40 ["Tracy Connell" ] [AVALON] Ferry in the ES magazine... [KWil632057@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Life Begins At 40 ["Sjaak Versluis" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Life Begins At 40 Did I miss something! : 0 Happy Birthday John!!!!!!!!! Sounds like you had an excellent time! :) >From: JohnOBrien001@aol.com >To: avalon@smoe.org >Subject: [AVALON] Life Begins At 40 >Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:12:00 EDT > >To follow on from Lee's post > > >What a 'Wild Weekend' that was one that I will never forget and made >special >by all those who travelled far and wide. A special thanks to John Dillon >who >came all the way from Florida. > >The mountain came to Mohamed this weekend. After meeting so many Roxy fans >in >various places around the world it was great have them all on my doorstep. >Many friends and family from my home home 200 miles away and many from my >adopted home here in The Highlands it was just surreal to see them all >together. > >A nice touch from Paul Thompson came with a birthday wish by text during >the >party. In my need for a drummer, Paul was willing to play drums at the >party >too only his schedule at the time wouldn't allow it. > >I managed to get some of the guys from Roxy Magic and with myself on guitar >and a local friend on drums with only a one hour run through earlier in the >afternoon it was 'tonight Mathew I am going to be Phil Manzanera'. All >those >years with a tennis racket in front of the mirror wasn't wasted after all. >Complete with Targett McAdams Tartan kilt all I needed was bug eyes and it >would have >been complete. > >Top marks to my wife who had arranged with Mr Ferry himself something >special >for me. He sent up a one off Gold disc he had recieved in Australia in 1975 >and signed the back of it to me. I used to tell my mother when I was 12 as >I >stood at the mirror with the tennis racket that I would be on Top Of The >Pops >and have a Gold Disc some day so I can now say I have achieved that. > >Just when the weekend couldn't have got anymore surreal about 15 of us >headed >off to Loch Ness and down to the castle. With no sign of the monster Lee >Sullivan attempted to charm him out of the water with a rendition of Tara >in one >of those mad moments you treasure for ever. > >It as great having you all, you know who you are and that was what it was >all >about for me a chance in a lifetime to play host in my home town for my >friends and family. > >Ferry has to re think the lyrics of Same Old Scene because frindships and >the >memories that go with that lasts forever. > >J.O'B. > > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 09:11:13 EDT From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Ferry in the ES magazine... Taken at Photo-London 2005 He's getting younger and younger! Not sure if he has had a particularly effective haircut or perhaps the picture is just cropped funny. Nice to see him smiling; maybe he's thinking about what Mr O'Brien is getting him for HIS birthday! ;0) Email me offlist and I will send a scan. Please include the subject line: Dorian J ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 22:14:40 +0200 From: "Sjaak Versluis" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Life Begins At 40 A late HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, John!! Sjaak (from Holland) - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:12 PM Subject: [AVALON] Life Begins At 40 > To follow on from Lee's post > > > What a 'Wild Weekend' that was one that I will never forget and made > special > by all those who travelled far and wide. A special thanks to John Dillon > who > came all the way from Florida. > > The mountain came to Mohamed this weekend. After meeting so many Roxy fans > in > various places around the world it was great have them all on my doorstep. > Many friends and family from my home home 200 miles away and many from my > adopted home here in The Highlands it was just surreal to see them all > together. > > A nice touch from Paul Thompson came with a birthday wish by text during > the > party. In my need for a drummer, Paul was willing to play drums at the > party > too only his schedule at the time wouldn't allow it. > > I managed to get some of the guys from Roxy Magic and with myself on > guitar > and a local friend on drums with only a one hour run through earlier in > the > afternoon it was 'tonight Mathew I am going to be Phil Manzanera'. All > those > years with a tennis racket in front of the mirror wasn't wasted after all. > Complete with Targett McAdams Tartan kilt all I needed was bug eyes and it > would have > been complete. > > Top marks to my wife who had arranged with Mr Ferry himself something > special > for me. He sent up a one off Gold disc he had recieved in Australia in > 1975 > and signed the back of it to me. I used to tell my mother when I was 12 as > I > stood at the mirror with the tennis racket that I would be on Top Of The > Pops > and have a Gold Disc some day so I can now say I have achieved that. > > Just when the weekend couldn't have got anymore surreal about 15 of us > headed > off to Loch Ness and down to the castle. With no sign of the monster Lee > Sullivan attempted to charm him out of the water with a rendition of Tara > in one > of those mad moments you treasure for ever. > > It as great having you all, you know who you are and that was what it was > all > about for me a chance in a lifetime to play host in my home town for my > friends and family. > > Ferry has to re think the lyrics of Same Old Scene because frindships and > the > memories that go with that lasts forever. > > J.O'B. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V10 #122 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest