I saw André for the very first time in l997 in Baden-Baden on TV, he was then still shy and good looking and I was taken right away, but my mother was dying and I forgot soon about him again. Then I saw him advertised the same fall in Montréal, told my daughter to get us tickets, but she waited too long and it was then sold out. He came back in l998 in spring and we got tickets for our birthdays. From that time on, my husband and I were hooked and we never missed him here. I saw him in Wetzlar 2OO1 in an Open Air Concert and in 2OO3 in Siegen and a few days later in Tuscany for 2 concerts, that was my nicest experience, because on TV they showed only 2 hours but the concerts on each night were 4 hours, even my daughter, who is no André fan, she loved it. Ever since then we pledge on PBS for good seats in Montréal, hope he keeps coming back here. I saw him in New York (like you [Sally]), but I also visited a school friend of mine, her house is actually on the bonus CD, she lives in the Manhatten-Plaza. I also met with Ellen Weber in New York, she came to visit me in 2OO4 with her friend, we had a good time.

I sent pictures to PBS because I always pledge for tickets there and the manager sent the pictures without my knowledge to André with Paul Larson, who interviewed André in Maastricht already twice. He gave André the pictures and Andre sent me a photo album from himself with greetings

This year I made a scene: CARNIVAL IN VENICE with 4 musicians and 6 couples on the dance floor with carnival masks and all are in different époque costumes. One of the musicians is André in his Cortona costume; (I was in Cortona with my daughter Jutta). I also made the Viennese Boys Choir and lots of other stuff.