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Welcome to My Birthday, Christmas
and instead of Here come Santa Clause the HERE
COMES TAMWORTH Newsletter!!
This one will feature some great photos from My recent birthday Party,
a fun time was had by all, everyone said I looked really great for 22!!!!
There Will be a Tamworth Gig Guide Included for those of you who will
be there in the big TEN!!
WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS ! THANK YOU FOR GETTING
ON BOARD!! So happy to have your support!
WOW where do I start!!
I WILL START WITH THE END OF THE LAST NEWSLETTER!!! was that a month
ago hehehhee?? Ok it was September!!
THE WINTON OUTBACK FESTIVAL!! We had the most adventurous day Leading
up to what was a great gig! I have added some colourful Poetry to lighten
the story it is in PURPLE!
SO its 5 am and LUELLA is out of bed! Now this is truly amazing, I have
surfaced before the sun has risen and its NOT PRETTY!! I am normally
up by about hhmm 11am, sometimes the crack of NOON!
We are packed and ready to head to the Airport for what we had hoped
would be a lovely little flight to the outback of QLD. We are at the
Airport the whole band has met up, everyone is rather chirpy for that
time of the morning! Well everyone except me, I was asleep on the chair!
Our tickets are sorted and our musical Instruments are being checked
in, all is well!
We board the plane, and off we go THIS IS TAKE OFF NUMBER ONE!!!! There
are refreshments and lovely chats! BUT THERE IS A CATCH!! You may recall
being in, or seeing on Television the DUST STORMS that covered our wonderful
Country! Some how they seemed to have COVERED OUTBACK QLD TOO!!!! We
are flying along and then the plane starts to turn around, we will be
making a precautionary stop in Emerald folks, due to weather conditions
and fuel! So OH MUCH JOY!! We land in EMERALD! this is our FIRST DESCENT
for the day. We land in Emerald and we are delayed due to the Air being
so full of Dust we are unable to land in LONGREACH, so we wait in Emerald
Patiently.
At this stage I am wondering if we are going to make the gig! There
is Free food so we forget our troubles for a moment hehe!! After waiting
for some time, we finally Board the Plane to Head for Longreach, THIS
IS TAKE OFF NUMBER TWO!
It is only about 20 minutes Flight from Emerald to Longreach TOO EASY!
or is it???
Now the air is filled with Bright red Dust,
LUELLA and the Heelers, landing is a MUST, WE CAN NOT LAND?? That Can't
be right!! Dont you know we have a gig tonight??
We start to descend into Longreach, this is our second descent! I am
so relieved and Excited, the Wheels are down, there's joy in our hearts,
BUT WAIT ! the Wheels are going up again.
But Captain Wait IT JUST CANT BE!! Could this
be Take off NUMBER THREE??
And then there is a voice through the speakers above our heads, ladies
and Gentlemen, unfortunately we are unable to land in Longreach due
to the Lack of Visibility we are going to circle the area and Try again!
Oh now the joke is not funny! What could he
mean, My stomach is Churning My face has turned Green! And here we go
lets try again, 3rd time lucky, we start to descend! The dust is thick
but our will is strong, the wheels are down CMON CAPTAIN CMON. We all
sigh with relief as the wheels come down, as I clench to my sick bag
with my band all around!
OK so as you can imagine by this time we are all a little over it!!
This is the Third Time Lucky Decent for the day!! But Whoever made up
that saying was lying!!
The Wheels rose again and the plane took off
like a shot ! With Myself and my band all yelling out WHAT!!!! The dust
was so thick some feared for their lives, with looks of despair on husbands
and wives. BUT I FEARED NOT FOR MY LIFE, I FEARED NOT FOR MY FOE!!!!
LAND THIS PLANE CAPTAIN WE HAVE TO GET TO THE SHOW!!!!!!!
This is take off numer four!!!We are back in the air again, and I can
not believe it. There was talk of flying back to Brisbane, BUT WAIT!!
LETS GO ONE MORE ROUND!! We start to DESCEND AGAIN.
The Captain is ready to take one last shot,
Cmon you can do it lets give it a shot!! There's worried faces, there's
dust all around, there's anticipation as the wheels come down, I'm wishing
hard I clench that brown paper bag, will I ever get over this horrid
Jet Lag. THE CAPTAIN OUR HERO, THERE ARE CHEERS ALL AROUND as The WHEELS
HIT THE SURFACE AND THE PLANE HAS TOUCHED DOWN!!
The feeling of relief was amazing, nothing like a good air scare to
bring you back to Earth. The Dust was UNBELIEVABLE!! I was so happy
to Hug my team on the ground, MUSICIANS and PLANES! I have always been
a little superstitious.
The Funniest thing is ! OUR JOURNEY WAS STILL NOT OVER!!
We are picked up by a bus and we are 70 Ks out of Winton after 130 DUSTY
Kilometers and the Fuel Light is on 70 ks out of Winton! Think the Bus
was as Thirsty as we were!! !!! By this stage I just laughed! I had
visions of us all out on the side of the road with no phone service
playing music to ourselves!!
We arrived Safely in Winton Mid Afternoon Right in time for me to see
my AFL team Lose the Grand Final, Just to top off what had already been
a great day!! THE MIGHTY ST KILDA SAINTS
WILL BE BACK Next year Marching in!!.
After the day we had, we still made the gig, and it was fantastic. We
were exhausted but the SHOW MUST ALWAYS GO ON!! When the gig was over
we all spent a little time together, I asked my team if they still loved
me and they did, so that's great!! Most people pay for those kind of
adventures hehehe!!
Wow that has pretty much taken up the whole Newsletter!!
October was spent doing gigs, Traveling and organising my birthday Party!
I have attached some photos for you. |
I
did the CRCA Rodeo Finals In Gracemere in November it was a lot of fun.
Then Towards the end of November I started doing a heap of Christmas
Functions, this year I was lucky enough to Do the ULTRA TUNE Christmas
party again we had a blast and the Venue was fabulous. I was the entertainment
for the Channel Nine Christmas function at their studios in Mt COOT-THA,
it was really great the theme was THE WINTER OLYMPICS of course!
Next week I head home to My family for Christmas and two weeks off,
I will be performing New Years Eve in Bowen this year, so it will be
nice to be close to home! I can Eat My body weight in MANGOS YUMMO!!
Well Tamworth is Just around the Corner, I cant wait!! We are taking
a 6 piece band PLUS me this year, so it will be a fabulous Musical Experience.
I have boutique Soy Candles, Energy Bottles, Shirts, Stickers and CDs
for sale! Have to pay for the trip somehow hehehe! If you cant make
it to Tamworth you can still order Merchandise directly through us!!
Just drop us an email!
Our Shows are as follows:
LUELLA AND THE HEELERS TAMWORTH CMF 2010
TAMWORTH SERVICES CLUB LOUNGE
Wednesday 20 3.30pm to 6.30pm
Thursday 21 7pm to 10pm
Friday 22 7pm to 10pm
Saturday 23 7pm to 10pm
Sunday 24 12pm to 3pm
TAMWORTH SERVICES CLUB DOWNUNDER BAR
Ladies and Mercedes ONE SHOW ONLY! on Friday 22 at 10am
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RECIPE OF THE MONTH!!!
This one is MY OWN special Strawberry Crumble it is DEEEE LICIOUS!!
Scrumptious Strawberry Crumble
Ingredients:
1 Punnett strawberries, halved
300 - 500 grams of Mixed Frozen Berries (Brand of your Choice) I used
Creative Gourmet
1 tablespoon of honey (or to your liking really)
For the topping:
1/2 cup flour (I used WHOLEMEAL FLOUR) I think it's better and better
for you!
1/2 cup rolled oats (organic if Possible)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence
1/3 cup butter
Method:
1. PreHeat the oven to 180 Degrees
2. Grease a Small to Medium size Baking dish with Butter. Add the Strawberries
and mixed berries and mix them together. Pour the honey evenly over
the top of the berries.
3. Prepare topping: Mix all the ingredients with your fingers until
crumbly, sprinkle over fruit mixture and bake at 180 for about 35 to
40 minutes, until golden brown and the fruit is bubbling.
4. Serve warm, with a dollop of ice cream, or a little bit of cream.
OOORRRR GO FOR BOTH!!
This recipe is best shared with a beautiful friend or a loved one!!
As long as you get the biggest Piece hehehe!
Please email your recipes to bluewella@bigpond.com
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THANK
YOU:::::: :)
To My awesome Manager Peter Lee for his Loyalty and Hard work,
My Beautiful Family and friends for the unconditional love.
Thank you to My Band the Heelers, Mark Williams, Andrew Jolly, Max Sportelli,
Jamie Clark, Ben McGregor, Adrienne Burgess. You are Truly remarkable
people and I treasure you so much, you are all so talented. My world
is a better place because you are in it.
Thanks to Louie Shelton for the music you have created with me! You
are such a gem!
Thank you to the people who work hard all year for me, getting gigs,
doing newsletters, helping to promote. The Lee Family, Kristian Brooks,
Ray Borradale, Gloria Axtell, Jeff Lowe, Leon Mitchell, Kerry Thomas,
. You are always willing to be helpful even when your own lives are
busy!!
Thank you To all the wonderful Venues around Australia that hire me
for entertainment! Thank you for keeping food on my Table.
I welcome 2010 with Open Arms, I am enthusiastic about what is to come,
I am grateful for all I have been given so far.
I shall Sign off for now Folks and THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT
!!!
I would love to hear from you, what are your Christmas Plans?? Where
will you see in the BIG TEN?? Stay safe xxxxx Send me some Recipes I
need some to add to the next newsletter. xx
BIG SMILES AND HUGS |
