The Monkey and a plywood violin

[brokenhill]

BV, now that you mention it, getting mammals into the British Isles is a royal pain ("rabies free" and all that...) I think Fred will probably stay on the continent and wait for the tour.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You mean I just read 28 pages of this only to find out that we won't be seeing the little feller in Penny Lane next Tuesday

[MaryB]

But he has his own passport, as provided by Marie/IrishMar at the request of her daughter and then handed off to Roscoe Beck personally. Surely the passport will have kept him out of quarantine! Where, where is my gypsy Fred tonight?

Loving regards,
Mother Mary

[IrishMar]

Yes Fred, I do hope you used that item that I sent you and that you have made it to Europe.

Maybe we will see you in Weybridge on Saturday or in Dublin (especially on the Wednesday night as Emily with be there with me). Pleeeeeeease!!

[MaryB]

Marie,

That is totally adorable!! Fits Fred to a paw.

[burningviolin]

Aggghh, thats mad! How cute IrishMar, well done! Its so well put together, never realised Fred has dual citizenship Irish (well he is red haired..)and US/Chinese?

[ladydi]

Hi Marie,

Fred's passport is SO perfect! I've been off the forum for a couple of days and when I saw what you had done I was thrilled and laughing! How clever. I think our little guy had no problem entering the UK except for the fact that I believe there has been a bit of rain! Not that that should deter a monkey! They are accustomed to rain forests. Perhaps we might be seeing a photo of him in the near future....maybe? Please?

All the best,
Diana

[mydoglorca]

I saw him last night in Weybridge. If it wasn't him it was his identical twin brother. He did not have his violin. I was in row M & during Suzanne Vega's last song Tom's Diner he appeared stage left at floor level & was 'waved around'. Then he sat at floor level. He was there for about a minute in total. We were desperately trying to pull our camera out & he disappeared. Did anyone else see??

[MaryB]

OMG! Finally a Fred sighting! Did he look okay, mydoglorca? Was he wet? I hope he's getting enough to eat. On Joey Carenza's Fauxmatic website, Dino and Leanne have a banana in their photos. I hope they are sharing with Fred !

[mydoglorca]

He looked great!! He was warm & dry by the roadies equipment & it was hardly raining at this point. I have a few more opportunities to spot him coming up so I will be looking out for him - camera at the ready!!

[ladydi]

Fred! Finally, an official sighting of our Fred! Stage left this time....usually he's been noticed stage right but then it's okay to move around! Obviously IrishMar's "pawsport" did the trick and he skipped quarantine! Glad he stayed dry...don't know if they make wellies for monkeys Thanks for the heads up on Fred and I'll keep watching for future sightings!

[mydoglorca]

For other Fred searchers "stage left" was from the audience perspective. The same side as the "angels" stand.

[ladydi]

Ahah...so he was in his usual spot! Stage left for the audience....stage right for the singers and band! Yep, that's the best spot for Fred-watching!!
Thanks for the clarification!

[hydriot]

For clarification, the description 'stage' is always from the point of view of the actors. There is no such thing as 'Stage left for the audience'.

[ladydi]

So true....I should have inserted quotation marks or said "left side of the stage as viewed from the audience's perspective".

[Davido]

No sighting of Fred in Liverpool - so, during the interval, my wife asked the soundman what had happened to Fred. He said he was backstage; ' one of the backstage guys has adopted him and takes him everywhere.' Probably just chillin' and groovin' to what was a brilliant show: :

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