After seeing Andre at Warringah Mall, my youngest brother and his wife bought me "New York Memories" as a birthday present. Upon receiving it, I played it to see what it was all about. I played it over and over with great enthusiasm. When another brother heard about my reaction, he bought me a 3 pack called the Best of Andre Rieu, which includes "La Vie est Belle", "A Dream Come True" and "Live at the Royal Albert Hall".

I discovered that I could see programs of Andre on the Ovation Channel of Austar, so since then I have been able to tape a number of his best programs.

I aim to buy as many of his DVDs that I can, but find that the local shops in this small country town ( Cowra ) have not started to sell them.

I eagerly await the announcement of Andre's visit to Australia with his orchestra next year, so am hoping that I will be able to attend the Sydney presentation. Sydney is a 4 hour drive from here, and as I am a wheelchair traveler, I am hoping that this will not be a problem.

At present I am listening to an Andre DVD while I compose this letter.

I have been waiting for years for Andre and his wonderful orchestra. I still can't imagine how it could be functioning without me hearing about them before.

Every day now I find out something new about it all.

I like all the orchestra members, but especially Suzan Erens, Frank Steijns and the Platin Tenors.

I suppose that Andre will travel to Australia in one of his aeroplanes. I hope he will be able to see some of this vast country while he is here. I am very proud of it and am pleased that I am an Aussie.

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