Hi from New Zealand!

artus · Post by **artus** » 15 years ago

Just a quick note to say Hi. My family are all Libera fans from Down Under. about 5 years ago I saw this boys group singing sort of new wave music on a pop music video channel and thought wow that was different (It was "Stay with me" by the way) . Then a few months later I saw the same video, noted the name of the group, and searched them on Google. The first song I came upon was Sanctus and I was blown away. So I then shared my "discovery" with the family, and now we are all Libera fans, especially my 12 year old daughter, who has adopted England as her second home. She lives Libera, England, London and anything related to those things (any boy choir group, mushy peas, Union Jack sweater...you name it!)

We would love to see them live, but the record moguls have decided at this stage not to share Libera to the rest of NZ, so you can't even buy a CD here! Libera are one of those best kept secrets. Of course I do my bit and I am always proclaiming their abilities and introducing their music to family and acquaintances. Actually there are a lot of us who can appreciate great music, and not only rugby and sheep. It's nice to note the New Zealand connection with Kiwis Fiona Pears, the violinist who appears on their DVD and Hailey Westenra who has sung with them and Ian Tilley their producer who spends some time in NZ every year.

artus · Post by **artus** » 15 years ago

Hmmm this was supposed to go under an existing topic, but silly me I just had to go and make a whole new topic....sorry about that!

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 15 years ago

artus wrote:Hmmm this was supposed to go under an existing topic, but silly me I just had to go and make a whole new topic....sorry about that!

On behalf of the whole family: greetings--we're very glad to have someone from NZ with us! It's a shame to hear that Libera are so hard to come by way way down under, but maybe someday...

artus wrote:She lives Libera, England, London and anything related to those things (any boy choir group, mushy peas, Union Jack sweater...you name it!)

I definitely sympathise with that! I love Britain to pieces and cannot wait to go (and hide in someone's attic in Yorkshire until the immigration police stop looking for me

).

Thanks for joining--and welcome!

(and we can help you with the rather confusing topic posting system...believe me: you're not the first nor will you be the last who finds that a bit incomprehensible at times!)

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 15 years ago

I'm going to copy your post into the "Introduce Yourselves" discussion, too--sometimes new topics can get missed in the shuffle.

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 15 years ago

A couple of things to pass along to your daughter:

I love Britain!

tcliffy · Post by **tcliffy** » 15 years ago

lol, maybe we should rename this topic to "who loves the UK?"

I absolutely adore the place but can't convince my family otherwise. They just say it's wet and cold, but I don't care. Florida's dry and HOT, really hot.

libera36 · Post by **libera36** » 15 years ago

Haha, I like wet and cold. I've had enough sun to last me a lifetime! Well, maybe not quite, but I'd love to live somewhere where the norm was rain and occasionally it was sunny...

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 15 years ago

tcliffy wrote:lol, maybe we should rename this topic to "who loves the UK?"

I thought about a topic for that in Misc awhile back, but figured it wouldn't have much appeal...

tcliffy wrote:They just say it's wet and cold, but I don't care. Florida's dry and HOT, really hot.

Houston's hot and humid--it's miserable here today: 95 degrees (F) but feels like 101+ with the humidity.

I like a string of grey days with the occasional "partly cloudy" thrown in for variety...

They don't happen to sell bottles of Cold English Weather in the shops over there, do they?

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 15 years ago

tcliffy wrote:lol, maybe we should rename this topic to "who loves the UK?"

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kthomp · Post by **kthomp** » 15 years ago

it is wet and can get very wet, and it is cold especially in january but you wouldnt get all the winter meals like a good old roast dinner yay

tcliffy · Post by **tcliffy** » 15 years ago

Florida was 91º in the shade with humidity in the upper %'s. BUT NO RAIN.

Jude Andrew · Post by **Jude Andrew** » 15 years ago

tcliffy wrote:lol, maybe we should rename this topic to "who loves the UK?"

I absolutely adore the place but can't convince my family otherwise. They just say it's wet and cold, but I don't care. Florida's dry and HOT, really hot.

I see.... the penny has dropped

that explains where the idea for the other topic came from

Jude Andrew · Post by **Jude Andrew** » 15 years ago

artus wrote: especially my 12 year old daughter, who has adopted England as her second home. She lives Libera, England, London and anything related to those things (any boy choir group, mushy peas, Union Jack sweater...you name it!).

I think your daughter and a certain "kjackson" would get on famously

artus wrote: Actually there are a lot of us who can appreciate great music, and not only rugby and sheep

that just made me laugh !!

Hi Artus, you are very welcome to our little community. I am looking forward to more of your thoughts and comments.

Take care

Jude

kthomp · Post by **kthomp** » 15 years ago

mushy peas?? are they english??

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 15 years ago

Jude Andrew wrote:
artus wrote: especially my 12 year old daughter, who has adopted England as her second home. She lives Libera, England, London and anything related to those things (any boy choir group, mushy peas, Union Jack sweater...you name it!).
I think your daughter and a certain "kjackson" would get on famously

Well, ok--there are limits. Mushy peas =

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