Featured Fans ~ Ruth Morgan ~ Portland ~ October 21, 2006

Featured Fans ~ Ruth Morgan

Portland 10/21/2006

Hi Fans,

I'm sure you are all anxious to hear about the concert in Portland. Before the concert, we had lunch on the Willamette River together with Marlene Warren. Jim was out walking, and we changed restaurants at the last minute because the one that we had planned to go to was closed. Marlene called, and I told her to look for a man in a Tahoe hat with a beard and bring him to the new restaurant. She found him and drove him over with her.

Well, the concert was fantastic as always. Sally, Jim, Gerda and I were sitting dead center and could feel Andre looking at us most of the time. We met Dan, the Banner Man, and Alice before the concert, and I introduced them to Marlene. Then, Franco came down the aisle to see Dan, and Dan introduced us to Franco. When the concert started and after they marched down the aisle, a little white haired lady was standing at the stage looking up at Andre. Andre borrowed Teun's chair and put it down on the floor for her and said, "Now you are in the first row!" She sat there for the whole first half. Teun had to get another chair. The concert was almost exactly the same as the spring concerts, and like in Dallas, Andre asked me and Sally where we were from. At one point, I was holding up my homemade Andre Rieu scarf, and Andre did a little twirl with his finger to me and I noticed that my scarf was upside down. I turned it around quickly. During the encores, we did the Conga dance and Jim lead the way, and we had a long line prancing back and forth in front of the stage and up the aisle. As usual we were sorry when the concert ended. Now, I'm looking forward to Sacramento and Fresno in December. They will be my 15th and 16th concerts.

Ruth Morgan

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