{"id":15478,"date":"2017-10-15T18:21:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T23:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=15478"},"modified":"2017-10-15T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T23:24:10","slug":"something-completely-different-for-our-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/something-completely-different-for-our-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"something completely different for our anniversary…"},"content":{"rendered":"

our 11th anniversary, to be exact!\u00a0 September 16th, which fell on a saturday this year.\u00a0 so hard to believe that it’s been 11 years…<\/p>\n

after\u00a0 i’d seen herman’s hermits at the IL state fair in august, kevin revealed that he was a huge fan!\u00a0 so i’m still learning new things about him…<\/p>\n

i looked up all the places where the group was going to be playing, and the closest spot was somewhere outside of Indianapolis, a place called the Indiana Grand Racing & Casino.\u00a0 it was yet another free concert, but hmm, a casino?\u00a0 what would that be like?<\/p>\n

kevin was all for it, so i booked a hotel – it was neat that the show what the night of our anniversary.<\/p>\n

but a casino, hmm?<\/p>\n

it was an enormous place and we weren’t knocked over by cigarette smoke when we arrived in the late afternoon to check it out.\u00a0 and there was the band, rehearsing!\u00a0 \u00a0well, everybody but Peter Noone, anyway.\u00a0 i wish i’d taken a couple more photos; i thought it was funny that they all looked so cool, every one of them all in black.\u00a0 i guess that’s what they wear when they’re just hanging out?<\/p>\n

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but here’s the bad thing about this location – this giant column filled with TV screens!\u00a0 are you kidding me?\u00a0 there were some tables on either side of the stage, but if Peter Noone was standing center stage, he’d be looking at all the TVs.\u00a0 we toyed with the idea of staying there til the show started, but it wasn’t even five o’clock and the show wasn’t til nine.<\/p>\n

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we checked into our hotel down the road and when we got back to the casino a little after 7:00 it was more crowded with many gamblers, many of whom were smoking.\u00a0 as we got to the stage area we realized that one entire side of the seating was blocked off for “VIPs.”\u00a0 oh brother.\u00a0 i talked to a guy who told me that if i came back at 8:00, we might be able to get one of these tables.<\/p>\n

I kept buzzing back and forth, and meanwhile i stopped at the sandwich place there in the casino to get us some dinner.\u00a0 i ordered, and when i walked down to the end of the counter to wait for the food, i looked back…and there was Peter Noone!\u00a0 ordering food, along with one of the band members; i figure this guy must be in charge.<\/p>\n

it was cool to see him but also kind of disheartening; shouldn’t peter be in some special room somewhere having a nice meal and a glass of wine?\u00a0 or his beverage of choice?\u00a0 as i waited, they eventually made their way over to where i was standing but peter didn’t make eye contact and sort of ambled far enough away so that i wouldn’t accost him.\u00a0 i did tell the other guy that i was looking forward to the concert, and said i’d just seen them at the IL state fair.\u00a0 he smiled and then looked a little startled, saying, “oh, you mean just recently?”\u00a0 i said yes.<\/p>\n

and that’s my very exciting Peter Noone encounter.<\/p>\n

I hurried back to a table we’d picked out – all the good tables near the stage were gone, and we were sitting on a lower level, but we could still see OK.\u00a0 but i went to the VIP section and stood around and a guy was going to let me sit down but it was right in the very front.\u00a0 hmm, would kevin want to be right in front?\u00a0 i rushed back to him, and no, he didn’t, so we stayed where we were.<\/p>\n

it was a good show, but just too bad that the venue wasn’t better.<\/p>\n

i did, however, get\u00a0 some good video of the song “leaning on the lamp post.”\u00a0 it’d videotaped this at the previous show but the glare on the album cover was too great.<\/p>\n

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that’s an old album of his; at the fair, somebody handed it up to him, but at the casino he leaned down and picked it up saying “somebody must have left this here.”\u00a0 always prepared.<\/p>\n