We
all travveled to istambul to do a corporate show
for a huge construction company in regards to
the selenium project, It was our first time in
turkey and we got to see some of the city. We
all went out to a lovely fish restaurant on the
marina in istambul, it was incredible. The people
were so nice to us and the show went really well.
We are all looking forward to go back to Turkey.
Dale Forbes (Benny Abba Mania)
Last week was a crazy
week for me! As the company Swing I travelled
down to Basel from Halle with Ralph the driver
to do a show, then travelled back 10 hours in
the car to Riesa to perform the next night! A
very long journey, but what a relief when we finally
got there! We arrived with an hour to spare before
the show, so poor Ralph had to put up with me,
warming up my voice and putting on my show make
up on in the back of the car to make sure I was
ready! Thankfully the show was a great success
after such a long journey, but luckily the next
show was in Berlin, so not too far for us to travel.
The show in Berlin was at the Tempodrom, and I
can honestly say it was my favourite show so far
this tour – an amazing atmosphere with an
incredible audience.
Debbie Watts (Frida Abba Mania)
So we are now over half way through winter tour
and things are going really well.
The shows are sold out nearly every night and
the audiences have been great, especially at
the Köln Arena, where we played to 9000
crazy fans!!!
We have also travelled to the Eastern part of
Germany to places like Dresden and Leipzig again
there the crowds were really enthusiastic and
reallly enjoyed themselves- check our guest
book at the ABBA MANIA website for really good
reviews.
Until now we have been very lucky with the weather-
only in the last 2 days have we had travel on
Snowbound roads- thank you to Ralf (our driver)
for getting us to the shows.
Geoffrey Beauchamp Björn
Tourdiary with the best of 2005/2006
Passau
01.02.2006
It has been a tough week especially
for Agnetha (Nadine) and myself as we have been
travelling across europe by train - from cologne
to paris and back again. The trip to passau
started with a nice short 7 hour journey - thank
god for my MP3 player which of course plays
ABBA constantly !!! I see from my diary that
we last played in Passau on the 20th feb 2005
- frightening how time flys when you are singing
ABBA songs ! Passau is such a pretty town -
had time to go for a quick walk before going
for our usual soundcheck at 4:30p.m.
Agnetha and I had done a radio interview for
the Passau gig - which hopefully didn`t pot
too mayn people off ! As we had had very little
sleep it really helped that the audience were
amazing - resulting in keeping us awake !
We look forward to visiting Passau again - maybe
next february !
Katrina (Frida)
Düren 29.01.2006
Well once again Leoni and I said
goodbye to one cast and got on the road once
more to re-unite with another cast. We travelled
by car, driven by Andreas (Fidelios' accountant),
from the very picturesque Baden Baden to the
town of Duren. The journey was a little under
400 km but the weather stayed clear as did the
roads. It was the first time AbbaMania had performed
in Duren but I hope not the last. The audience
of over 2000 people were fantastic!!!!! It was
great to work with Frank and Jules(Benny and
Bjorn) once more and the really excellent band(Harry,
Lars and Pete). It was a bit of a shock seeing
Jules as he had developed a very nasty eye infection
since I had last seen him a week before and
it looked really nasty, but he was a true professional
and got on with the job and gave a great performance.
My last day of this tour approaches and though
I look forward to going home and sleeping in
my own bed, I have had a wonderful few weeks.
The audiences of Germany have been, as always,
fantastic!!!
See you soon. Joanne Libby
Bremen 24.01.2006
Travelling with Abba Mania to Bremen was a real
treat. Not only that we had a fantastic crowd
in the AWD Dome, before the show I had a regional
speciality called “Kohl & Pinkel”..
That was something… I was stuffed! I needed
so much German Schnaps to digest all that sausage
- more than an average guy from London can normally
take.
Truly Yours, Jules (Björn)
Augsburg 28.12.05
After about 500 kilometers on
the road we finaly arrived Augsburg today and
were heartly welcomed by 9 really nice styled
ladies at the venue! Today was the big day of
the children's choir „KI-CHO-GIRLS“,
they did an amazing job and rocked the stage.
They performed “I have a dream”
and received standing ovations from the audience!
Even our Lighttech Santos had an experience
that he will probably never forgett… maybe
it had something to do with the superior number
of ladies in the backstage area!?
Serifa
Stutgart 28.12.2005
Wow,
What an amazing night in Stuttgart!!. A wonderful
Audience and a special suprise at the end of
the show, I asked the audience if anyone had
a special story about Dancing Queen, A Guy said
yes, so I invited him onto stage and he told
a story of how he met his girlfriend!. She was
in the audience so I invited her onto stage
aswell. He then asked her to marry him, she
was surprised and said Yes!!. It was amazing
and everyone cheered. We wish them all the best
for the future.
Lots of love, Dale Forbes (as Benny)
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