23/1/2010 A DAY ON THE GREEN Hunter Valley NSW

[thebraff (Braffy)]

I have told Neski that she is our eyes and ears for this concert, so I have requested that she take pen and paper plus the camera.

I have had a message back that she is really excited and she says HI to everyone.

[thebraff (Braffy)]

This is the closest I can get to a weather forecast

Newcastle:

Forecast for Saturday Chance of a thunderstorm during the afternoon and
evening. Moderate to fresh northeast to northwest winds ahead of a gusty
southerly change during the evening.

Precis: Late gusty change. Max: 40UV Alert: 8:50 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

[thebraff (Braffy)]

I found a more localised weather report
HUNTER

Warning Summary at issue time:
Fire Weather Warning. Refer to Fire Weather Warning for the latest Rural Fire Service Total Fire Ban information.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's web site www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw

Forecast for Saturday
A fine and sunny morning. Cloud increasing during the afternoon with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible. Very hot. Light to moderate north to northwest winds freshening ahead of a gusty southerly change later in the afternoon or evening.
Fire danger: Severe [50-74]

Newcastle: Late gusty change. Max: 40
Gosford: Late gusty change. Max: 41
Maitland and Cessnock: Late change. Max: 41
Scone: Mostly fine. Max: 39
Singleton: Late change. Max: 41

[princess1]

Oh wow, its going to be sooooo hot I hope the change comes through soon

[Roxy]

The cool change is already starting to come through Sydney, in Bankstown they have already dropped temp 42.6 to 32.1 in 14 mins. So hopefully it won't be long and you'll all be shivering again.

[Trilly]

Jan 23, 2010 14:59:19 GMT 10 Roxy said:

The cool change is already starting to come through Sydney, in Bankstown they have already dropped temp 42.6 to 32.1 in 14 mins. So hopefully it won't be long and you'll all be shivering again.

D has been scheduled to play about 3.30pm at these gigs, from what I've seen, so doubt it reached him in time, poor love.
However, at least it should be a welcome relief when it arrives.

Hope Nes is having a ball and gets to say Hi!. ;D

[princess1]

Jan 23, 2010 13:15:56 GMT 10 thebraff (Braffy) said:

I have told Neski that she is our eyes and ears for this concert, so I have requested that she take pen and paper plus the camera.

I have had a message back that she is really excited and she says HI to everyone.

No word from Neski yet, I hope she had a good time

[12ktina]

Nothing yet???

[thebraff (Braffy)]

C'mon Neski. A text message saying D was fantastic isn't enough!!!!

[Neski]

Hey guys

So sorry for the realllllly long delay of report. Busy as. Haven't gotten the pics uploaded yet, but I was a fair bit back so will need to be cropped and probably not the highest of quality.

Anyway, it was a sweltering hot day but I have to say Damien performed brilliantly despite the heat. He wore a very cute grey t-shirt with pink writing 'Transistor Pop Party', skinny leg jeans, what looked to be red converse shoes and a black hat. Hawt as.

As far as the show went, the crowd seemed to like him. Although, they weren't the most enthusiastic when it came to the part sing along bits Damien always does. Haha. Only a small set list, but still very enjoyable.

He started with Remember June, and then straight into To Get To You. He then had a little chat to the audience about the heat, the album, and made a comment about how he had recently had his birthday, turned the big 3-4 and joked about having a bad back. Haha. Then it was on with Beautiful and All I Want Is You - which had the sing a long with the high notes ... and boy did he go high.

After that, Annie's Song was introduced and Indi did a beautiful solo. Hallelujah followed with Goodnight on its heels and then to finish up he sang Wicked Game. Over all a wonderful performance by him.

He mentioned that he would be out to sign a few things, and sure enough after leaving the stage he went over to the merchandise table and boy was there a long line to see him! A lot of people bought Remember June I reckon. So when I finally got to see him, I saw that he had changed his shirt to a nice blue one, and said a big hey hows it going to him. I said I was the only one from the forum today and I got a great picture of him giving a nice big smile to everyone. Will post that soon. So he gave me a quick hug over the top of the table and said a lovely congrats to me and Brendan again, saw the ring and when Brendan handed him a little shirt to sign he decided to give us a very lovely message 'To Neski and Brendan, Congrats & Happiness love Damien'. So that was nice.

He didn't really talk about anything else, just that he was excited to be there and for his upcoming shows. Then I had to be going because the line was still cued behind me. The rest of the night was wonderful, Tina and Ronan were great.

So hopefully I will get the photos uploaded soon and crop and post them here. I know there isn't much detail in here but I can't remember too much (the heat was awful and fried my brain! Haha)

[thebraff (Braffy)]

Thank you Neski. It was good that you were able to have a mini chat with Damien and that he knew of your good news.

*waits for the big smile to us photo* ;D

[Mysterri]

Thanks for popping in Neski. Your day sounds as brilliant as ours was in Bowral except we didn't have to suffer the heat. Looking forward to seeing your photos when you get a chance to upload them.

[princess1]

Thanks for the report Neski, I'm glad you had a good day, its just a shame it was so hot, it was nice of Damien to write you & Brandan that lovely message too

[Glawz]

It's always great to read these personal experience reports and that was so well written Neski. Glad you enjoyed the day and Damien was obviously his usual gorgeous thoughtful self by doing the personal signing for you. Lovely.