I'm not sure any words could do the 'Phoenix Nights' style venue justice, but that aside, it was a fab night. As I mentioned, there was a hog roast. And it was goooood. Again, I apologise for the vegetarians amongst the readership, but I am what I am. To my surprise there were no kids and I actually felt rather youthful in my attendance. All good. There was a raffle and being the charity whore I previously mentioned I am, I bought a few strips of tickets though I had no idea what was on offer. So colour me shocked when I won! I swagger to the stage to have the choice of any of the prizes I so desired - a massive gift basket I quickly discovered I could barely lift and shedloads of booze and chocolates (none anywhere near the quality that Jaser brought us, so that was a no-brainer). I took the basic Nokia phone instead because I felt greedy with the oversized basket in my hands and I was conscious that only 3 people in the entire room actually knew me - I thought they might be wondering who this ring-in was that scooped the biggest prize. Anyways, I take the mobile phone back to the table where The Husband is laughing because I used to work for Nokia and have a dozen or so better phones in the office gathering dust. I tell him it's not the point. But the icing on the evening's cake (or, the bacon on the burger as is more appropriate) was the show. I mean, this guy came second on Stars in The Eyes back in '2000 and we saw why. He was ah-maz-ing.
Poses? He's got them...
Air grabs? You bet!
And the crowd went ... erm... wild. OK - the guy to the right totally lost his shit. 
And that's what made it a great night. I'm off to see Dave Matthews Band tomorrow night. Somehow I can't help thinking it won't be as good :)
God. You are actually a good person underneath it all. I would have gone for the unliftable hamper.
ReplyDeleteThose are some serious air grabs. I think he really would do anything for love. I can just feel it.