| |
SUNDAY 22nd
When I woke up the sun was shining
so it looked as though my prayers had been answered!! So I warmed
up my voice a bit and got ready to go to lunch (what? more food?…
ed)
This lunch was even better than yesterday's but we were kind of
in a hurry to get to the gig…
We were playing in the car park (that's parking lot for those of
you from Loma Linda!!) of the Volga Sports Centre, the home of the
Togliatti ice-hockey team but guess what… it was raining now!
Not hard…… but enough to be annoying and to make me feel
like I was back in England!!! I guess God decided that the trees
and flowers needed the rain more than we needed sunshine and that's
okay with me! (it had better be… ed)
We were sharing the power with the Sports Centre until 5pm but after
the local band played we were ready to "rock in the rain"
and the crowd was ready too!!
We played a slightly shorter set so that people didn't get too wet
but the rain let up and no-one left so it was a great night for
everyone…
Now it was time to go to a reception being held by our sponsors
GM/Avtovaz and this was fun. Not too many speeches (although they
asked me to say a few words which is silly because I don't know
how to say a few words!), good food, good company and lots of vodka
which some of the guys really enjoyed!!! There was a Russian folk
chorus that was amazing and we'll see more of this tomorrow night
at the official dinner. I'll try to describe it better then because
it really is something very special!
By now though I was pretty tired and with an early start tomorrow
it was time for "James" (I call all our drivers that)
to take us back to the hotel where a full-blown disco was shaking
the building!!! Aaaaaaggggggghhhhhh!! I really hate disco!! And
my room is just above the reception area! So much for sleep again!
Goodnight!! Maybe…
Next day...
|
