June Update

 

Hello hello. It’s that time of the month again. There was no post last month due to the relative quietness of it all. So let’s cram to months together.

 

Let’s start with April shall me. Unexpectedly I ended up seeing Clare Maguire at Oran Mor on the 15th April. Tickets became available again and I wasn’t going to miss out again. Add to that meeting an old friend I haven’t seen in a year plus getting to meet Clare at the end of the night and you can say that it was a fantastic night . You can read the review of the night here.

 

Roll onto May and the first gig of the month was Kerry Ellis & Brian May. It was a great night especially being able to see two great stars on one stage. Brian May makes it looks so easy at playing the guitar lol. Again, see the review here (complete with pictures).

 

Our next venture was for the Cancer Research UK Race For Life on the 22nd May in Falkirk. It was a little soggy (or maybe that’s putting it mildly) compared to past events. But what made it funny was when we realised at the start line we (and I do include a few others) were in limbo between the runners  and the walkers, so we started our own we group of power walkers. Despite the conditions, my mum and I made it back in a respectable 45 minutes, just 20 minutes behind the first runner to cross the line and 5 minutes off our time last year. Overall, we managed to raise around £600, most of that being made up of the costume jewellery that we sold for sponsorship (people thought that it was a great idea because they were getting something for their money).

 

On the Wednesday, we went to see Mike & The Mechanics in Glasgow at the Clyde Auditorium. It was a great night despite the poor turn out and despite the numbers, those present still managed a fantastic singalong with Roachford and Tim Howar…And of course, Mike rutherford who just makes  playing the guitar like a walk in the park. Check out the complete review here.

 

Thanks to my over jealous spam folder, I missed out on an email from an artist informing me that they’ve used an image from a set back in August last year for their press release and hoped that I didn’t mind. Mind? Hell no! To say I’m in shock is an understatement, but it’s given me that little boost that I think that I’ve been needing recently. Maybe photography is something I should consider a career move into!

 

Well that’s all for this month.

Vhari x