...Part Four.... Friday 28th January 2000 Got up & dressed in my Vote For Fred t-shirt, same as those that they wore on stage at the gigs, with 'we want freddie for our leader' on the back. Got a bottle of water & set off for Kenwood House. Which of course was used in Los Palmas 7 & It Must Be Love. I got parked & walked up to the house just after 9.30. Woody arrived at the same time, we were taken to the Orangery, signed in & sat for half an hour staring at the beautiful views & talking about renovating houses. A little after 10am, we went for a walk outside to see if anyone else had got out of bed yet, Cathal arrived as we walked round, so we went for breakfast in the cafe. They went for the full English breakfast, I couldn't cope with that & stayed on coffee. Cathal serenaded us for a while, bit more of a morning person than I am! The breakfast was pretty gruesome & they couldn't finish it, so I poured the teas & got called mum all morning. Mike arrived & was told to avoid the cooked brekkie, we headed outside as Ian arrived, quickly followed by Lee. Told them that I'd got a message that Wee Stoo was coming down from Scotland, they were really pleased & touched at his dedication. More discussion on the video & other stuff, & we went to the front of the house, the crew were setting up, the Sudan chair was getting its final coat of paint, the costumes had arrived & Emma appeared. Our first job of the day was to be wardrobe mistresses, we dressed Daniel, Mark, Kevin & Woody in the Choir Boy outfits. They were to carry Ian on the Sudan, with Rev Greene (Lee) in front, but it was decided that they should practice first, so that as when Ian had to get in the chair, he could be kept out of the cold as long as possible. But they needed a stand in, yep, that was my next job. Well if they were going to drop or catapult anyone from that chair, best that it wasn't Ian. It was a bit wobbly at first, but after lots of walking around with supervision from Cathal & Mike they got it. When Ian got in the chair, the cheeky buggers thought that was much easier! ;o) It was just gone 11.30 & I knew that if any Maddies were turning up that we'd better move to meet them. I told Cathal I was going, did we need anything on the way? Got Cathal & Suggs ciggy order, Mike thought we had everything, but wait, there's something we need & don't have yet, could I find a drip & stand? Oh yeah, I can get one of those at the corner shop! Emma & I got in the car & went to St. Mary's Free Hospital, I went in & did my best to charm them, not really holding much hope, but the receptionist was a maddie & she took me up to the site manager; Kevin, who was lovely, they got me a stand, a drip & feed & Emma & I were off again. We went straight to the church, I saw Wee Stoo & was thrilled to see him, as I got into the church I could have cried, Nigel & Sarah were there, along with my buddy Graham Hewson & a bunch of new faces. I can't tell you how glad I am that you guys made it, & as you know the band were really chuffed that you dropped everything to help them out. Bloody well done you lot :o) **************************************************** Dr. Peter T. Gardner Rowett Research Institute Bucksburn Tel: 01224 - 712 751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB Fax: 01224 - 716 629 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************** - ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: latest news, madmeet info, list charter, games, and more ... http://members.xoom.com/totalmadmail/ Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
