Joyride All The Way!

Wow. What a night. What a show. What an experience! Roxette was brilliant! Jaco & I left Hermanus early in the afternoon, as I did NOT want to be late! We found our way there fairly easily & to my surprise it was a very beautiful venue!

Grandwest is a massive area featuring a casino, hotel, movie theatre & 7,000 person arena. Additionally there are many fast-food/dining options along with a kids arcade & a skating rink! Jaco was impressed by the skating rink & said he should visit a few times before he moves to Canada!

We wandered around the property & checked out the different areas. We found the meeting spot where we would soon find Carmen, Marisa, Charlene & her boyfriend, David. I stopped to use the 'facilities' & found a cellphone in the bathroom. Not wanting someone to go without their phone, we hung around the area outside the bathroom & managed to call the contacts in the phone to see if they were with the owner of the phone. 

I managed to call her husband, who was going to drive to collect the phone. I suggested rather, that he call the friend that she was with & they find us at the venue. Then her Mom phoned. I thought the husband had called the Mom, but no, the Mom was shocked to find out that her daughter's phone was missing. Then the husband called again & said he was leaving. Two minutes later the phone's owner called & asked if I had her phone. She seemed a little annoyed - come on lady, I'm doing you a favour! I told her where I was & she came straight away. In the meantime, I phoned her husband & told him not to bother coming, as his wife had contacted me. She did seem grateful to get her phone back. 

Now for the main event...

What can I say, but, ‘Wow!’ Roxette was amazing. Not only did they sing all their amazing hits of the past, but they blew us away with several of their new hits from their latest album. And, best of all, they did 2 encores! They played for about 2 hours & every moment of it was fantastic! High energy & a lot of sing-a-longs by the crowd!

I didn’t realize it before hand, but when I googled Marie later on that night, I found out that she had suffered from a brain tumor a few years back. What a tragedy to overcome! She has quite a hectic schedule planned for the coming year – she’s definitely retiring with a bang!

We met up with our group near the coffee shop where we had initially met prior to the concert. Marisa & Anine had Golden Circle tickets, whereas the rest of us were General Standing. We enjoyed another quick visit before we left for home. What a brilliant night. It was so much fun to sing the songs of yesterdays & relive the ‘glory days’, as they say. Does that make me old?

xxxxMaria

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