"Dingelodeon?!..." - Ein
Konzertbericht von Katrin Wagner:
ÜBERSETZUNG FOLGT...
It's almost midday when
Karsten and I leave our hometown Kassel to drive to
Torgau in the East of Germany. Both my sat-nav systems
can't recognise the motorway, as it's freshly finished,
and so the journey leads us to some very funny parts of
the East.
At 3 pm we arrive at the hotel in the city of Torgau. We
check in and are told that SAILOR are already checked in.
Suspecting that they are busy doing their soundcheck at
the  castle "Schloss
Hartenfels", where tonight's Oldie Night is going to
take place, we decide to drive there too. Only one single
parking space in front of the castle seems to be just
right for my car.
The open air concert area is located on the castle
courtyard, where we meet Phil, Grant, Nick and Henry.
Phil proudly presents us the new Nickelodeon. To be
honest we don't like it very much at first sight, but
later on stage and with the lights on it will all look
much more interesting and a lot nicer, as we'll see.
On our way to the toilets we're surprised to find
SAILOR's dressing room right next to these inside the
castle. They have to share the dressing room with the
Travellin Band who will be on stage before SAILOR, as (as
Phil was told), there's "only one room at the
castle". Hm...?! Anyway...
We watch SAILOR's soundcheck and are happy that such rare
songs as "Traffic Jam", "Josephine
Baker" and "Stay The Night" will be in the
set tonight. The latter one was performed by SAILOR on a
few occasions in the last couple of years, but not sung
by Henry himself since January 1997.
We meet some other fans - Gabi and later also Daniela,
who seems to be a huge Henry-fan. A little later Karsten
gets his press ticket, while I go to pay for my ticket
together with the others (slightly unusual as the
webmaster, but hey... ;-))
During the performance of the first band, the Travellin
Band - a CCR cover-band, we decide to sit down and order
something to eat at the restaurant located on the castle
courtyard, but, just our luck, the kitchen just closed
and we can only get something to drink. Fortunately we're
saved from starving by a nearby Bratwurst a little later,
which we enjoy as the singer of the Travelling Band
mentions John Forgerty and yet another song about the
Mississippi for what feels like the 5000th time.
At 9.30 pm we make our way to the front row, as it's now
almost time for SAILOR. The new Nickelodeon - when viewed
and photographed from the right angle that we have now
found - looks rather nice with the lights on now and much
better than earlier in the daylight.
SAILOR's concert brings a lot of fun to an enthusiastic
audience, as well as all the live classics and the
previously mentioned rarities. Karsten films some songs,
whiel I'm busy taking photos with my own camera as well
as Grant's who wanted to have some photos with the stage
and the beautiful castle in the background. Unfortunately
the castle is hardly lit, though, so that it's way too
dark to see it on the photos now. Shame. (Later I will
realise that all the good photos are not on my camera but
apparently on Grant's ;-))
After the show we drive back to the hotel. There's no bar
and the reception is closed, but in spite of this we
manage to have a little after-show-party at the entrance
hall, having brought a few drings from the venue and a
few plastic cups from home. Before we're all off to bed
we are told that SAILOR will leave at 6.30 am. So...
sleep for 3 1/2 hours.
In the morning Karsten and I decide to get up at 6 am too
and meet the SAILORs at the breakfast room. The nice
people from the hotel have kindly got up earlier than
usual so that the boys can have breakfast earlier than
all the other guests. Afterwards we say goodbye to the
SAILORs and decide to not go back to sleep but drive back
home instead to be there early. And that's what we do...
Thanks for yet another fun and unforgettable concert
(number 97), boys! It's always worth it, no matter where
and how. And in spite of all hurry and exhaustion and
all, the best-ever way to forget stress and worries!
Katrin Wagner, 10 August 2010
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