Former bricklayer is building film career
~ by Sara Nelson/ Bucks Free Press, Nov. 2006
Opera singer Gari Glaysher to headline homecoming show
~ by Thom Kennedy/News Shopper Online Edition, Jan. 2008
He said: "I have travelled Britain and Europe with opera companies, but this is going to be my first major venue where it is just me and my guests, so it will mean a lot to me. They want to call it the Gari Glaysher show, and upon its assumed success, they want to repeat it throughout the year. As well as friends and family, I have a good fanbase, and a lot of people have only really been able to travel to see me, so this is an opportunity to see me in concert."

The show will feature several other rising stars of the British classical music scene. These include classical guitarist Craig Ogden and classical jazz pianist Eliza Emery, daughter of comedian Dick Emery. Robyn Sevastos, who runs the Bromley Philharmonic Choir, and soprano Naomi Watson complete the line-up.

In March last year, after sending out a number of demo CDs, Mr Glaysher signed a contract with Ron Winter Management, a subsidiary of major label Universal. He had previously worked as a bricklayer around the Bromley area, but after receiving singing coaching, he moved on Mr Glaysher said: "I have gone from nowhere to what I have got today, making a nice living and having a loving family in Bromley.

"It may sound corny but there's no other way of saying it - I earn a living doing something I really love."
Pavarocky: The former boxer from a rough estate who became an opera star
~ by Rick Senley/The Sunday Express, March 2008

Gari’s start in life was not an auspicious one. As his single mother stuggled to feed and clothe her six children, the family moved between Kent and London where Gari found himself the target of bullies. He decided to stand up for himself and began to fight back "All I can remember about school is fighting and getting the cane. It got me a bad name, but it stopped the bullying." With no interest in the classroom, Gari sought solace on the football pitch (he had trials with Chelsea) and in the boxing ring instead. But one music teacher did spot the boy’s potential and begged his mother to send him to boarding school to nurture his voice without the distraction of playground fights. Gari’s mother did not agree to this, but she did give her son money for private music lessons. "I never went, I’d spend it on sweeties," smiles Gari, "I wish I knew if Mrs Stone was still alive, I would love to apologise to her,"

Apart from singing in the school carol services, music played little part in the young Gari’s life, until their home was burned down one Christmas. The family was split up while their home was rebuilt. Gari found himself staying with a music loving family - and he caught the bug one night watching The Jolson Story. "I was mesmerised. And they let me play all their records. That was when I first heard The Great Caruso sung by Mario Lanza. If it wasn’t for these records the time away from my mum would have been unbearable." The fire was followed by a series of other disasters. His baby niece, Cassandra, was killed in a house-fire. "I was devastated," recalls Gari."I felt so much anger. My sister and her husband survived but little Cassie didn’t. I couldn’t come to terms with it." Then Gari’s younger sister Belinda died of cancer. "I didn’t have the strength to go to her funeral but I went alone and watched through the trees. When everybody had gone I sat at the grave and sobbed and sobbed," he says. "I was so angry with everyone and everything but I tried to hold it in."

He took work labouring on the building sites and spent his nights in the pub or the boxing ring. "I hated every minute of it, "he says of his labouring work. He also realised at this time that he would never achieve his ambition of being a professional boxer. The frustration and disappointment manifested themselves in aggression and he found himself locked in a cell for three nights for brawling. "I’d lost my temper again. But I realised I couldn’t go on like this. Deep down I knew that this wasn’t me. I knew I had to turn things around. HE CHANNELED his energies into the martial art of Tae Kwon Do, becoming national champion, and took up guitar in a band. One day, with the singer away, Gari was asked to cover for him and he was hooked. "I agreed to sing," he says "but it was so exhausting. I went to a singing coach to learn how to get more stamina. "He was actually an opera singer. Halfway through the first lesson he stopped me and said I had an incredibly natural tenor voice and he hadn’t heard a sound like that for years. But I didn’t think for a minute then that I had what it took."

Gari left the band and booked lesson after lesson, strengthening his voice and honing his technique. Before long he was auditioning with operatic societies and learning Italian. By 1997, Gari decided to turn his back on the building trade for good and concentrate on his voice - but the sacrifice came at a price. "My partner left me and I was living alone with my dog Dougal. I was broke. The winter months were the worst. I couldn’t afford the heating." Eventually, Gari’s house was repossessed but he refused to give up. "I was low but this was nothing compared to the loss of my sister. I was focused, I could deal with it, I knew where I was going."Gari continued taking lessons at the Guildhall and soon the parts started to come in. In 2000, he found love again with Lin, one of his closest friends. Although worried his working-class background would not be accepted in the opera world, Gari says almost everyone he’s met has been right behind him. "I expected the road to be difficult, but everyone’s been wonderful," he says. "Even the few people who have tried to knock me have inspired me."

"I feel immensely proud and very lucky to have got where I am now. It’s taken a long time to realise that my past wasn’t the real me. This is what I was always supposed to do."
Interview with British spinto tenor Gari Glaysher
~ by Members of Le Club Lair online fan site, April 2008
Opera and food: Perfect ingredients for a PTA fundraiser
~ from the Oxtedsurry.com online newspaper, 2008
Oxted School PTA hosted a very special, sell-out evening of opera and fine Italian food.
Oxted had the pleasure of welcoming a rising star, the charismatic tenor Gari Glaysher, accompanied by two sopranos - Shelley Crozier and Kyla Langley.
Arias from many of the world's favourite operas, including La Traviata, Tosca, Turandot and Carmen, brought one standing ovation after another from the enthusiastic audience of parents, friends, staff and governors.
An enthralled public heard Gari's very moving delivery of "E lucevan le stelle" by Puccini and his powerful interpretation of "Nessun dorma" brought the house down. The audience was then treated to a wonderful, flirtatious aria from Carmen where Shelley stepped down from the stage and delivered the role to perfection, swirling amongst the guests as she sang. Great fun was also had with a few well-known traditional Neapolitan songs which required some impromptu audience participation during the chorus.
Music is the food of love but, despite that, the PTA provided a three-course meal starting with a much-praised selection of antipasti and finishing with real home-made Italian tirami su. A spokesman from the PTA said "We are absolutely delighted that the evening was such a success and we will be using the funds raised immediately to support a few of the School's latest projects. We hope that this will not be Gari's only performance for his Oxted fans as we have been overwhelmed with requests to hold a similar event next year."
Gari can be heard in concert, with special guests, at one of London's largest venues, the 'indigO2' on Friday June 20.


Gazing around St.Jame’s Palace as he sang Nessun Dorma for Prince Albert of Monaco, Gari Glaysher found it hard to believe he had come so far. As he soaked up the applause from the royal crowd, he realised how different life could have been. Born on a north London council estate into a working - class Irish family, Gari’s childhood was a far cry from the Royal Opera House. He fought his way through school, leaving at 16 to pursue a life on the building sites and boxing clubs of London. Then a series of personal tragedies sent his life spiralling out of control until one day, finding himself in a police cell after yet another pub brawl, he decided to change.

Twenty years and a lot of hard work later Gari, 39, is hoping to take the opera world by storm. He is starting work on his first album (part of a three-album deal) he has an impressive series of concerts lined up over the summer and has performed across the globe with operas including Tosca, Carmen, La Boheme, Aida and La Traviata. His latest coup is to be offered a batch of songs by Christiana Pavarotti, daughter of the late Italian tenor Luciano and her writing partner Andrea Bellentani. "This is something I could never have dreamed of," says Gari of his new-found success. "I just wish my nan was still alive so she could hear me sing"

SIX years ago he was a brickie, but opera singer Gari Glaysher has now been given his first headline slot at the IndigO2 Arena. The Bromley tenor, who has played at venues around the world as part of opera groups, is to play his first show under his own name at the O2's second concert space on June 20. And should the show prove a success, the 40-year-old, who lives in Madison Gardens with his wife, Lin, and adopted daughters, Jessica, 15, and 12-year-old Lily, could be given a regular slot at the venue.

A FORMER bricklayer turned opera singer has been chosen to sing the theme tune to a feature film. Gari Glaysher was scouted for the film Ben's Angels as he performed in Harrods earlier this year. Following negotiations with the film's producers, the spinto tenor's vocal talents are now set to showcase the film, which is due to begin shooting by the end of the year.

Dedication: No pain, no gain
~ online interview with BBC Wales, June 2008
For Mr Glaysher, the move is just another string to his bow in a career which has seen him perform at the Royal Albert Hall and release his own music. The 41-year-old, of Madison Gardens, Bromley, said: "I'm very excited to be involved in this project. "I am working with such talented people. To have come from where I have been, to where I am now has been amazing. If somebody had told me 10 years ago I would be in this position, I would have laughed them out of the room."

The film, which is being shot at London's Pinewood Studios, tells the true story of a penniless barman with no musical background or knowledge who was inspired to create music after the tragic death of his young son. The movie, which is expected to star Julie Walters and Edward Fox, will also shoot some scenes in South Africa, where the main character raised money for charities for the poor and the disabled. Mr Glaysher, who is also a martial arts enthusiast, will sing the theme tune to the film, Angeli nel cielo - Angels in the Sky. He will also feature in a seven-minute scene towards the end.

The father-of-two said: "I feel very, very lucky. Being an opera singer is a dream come true. I am being paid to sing.
Ten years ago I was building extensions and now I am performing in films and singing for royalty. It's fantastic."

For more information, visit the websites bensangels.com or freewebs.com/ gariglaysher/  Mr Glaysher also has a page on myspace.com.  Ben's Angels is scheduled for release next year.
 
 
 
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Raise Your Game: Can you start off by telling us a bit about your sporting background?

Gari Glaysher: I played football like most boys. I joined my first team when I was 11, and I started boxing at the same time.

RYG: What have you learnt from sport?

GG: Once I started Tai Kwon Do and became an instructor, I realised that sport directs you on the right path and keeps you out of trouble. It gave me a lot of confidence and taught me a lot of self discipline that still serves me well today.

A lot of what I learnt through sport has stood me in good stead for where I'm at with music. I started late in opera and because of that I had a lot to learn in a short space of time. I was able to focus and apply myself, and I put that down to my sporting background.

RYG: How did you go about making the transition from national Tai Kwon Do champion to world class opera singer?

GG: I was still doing Tai Kwon Do, right up until the day I had to decide 'This is it.' Then there wasn't time for anything else. I went to see a voice coach because I was singing in a full-time working band. That coach said to me 'You have a natural spinto tenor voice, you should be using that in the opera field.'

Overnight I decided that was where I wanted to go. I knew that was where I was meant to be going. I've used sport to channel a lot of my energy and frustration throughout my life, but it wasn't necessarily the right conduit for that. Where I am in music today definitely is.

RYG: Have any of the skills that you've gained through your sporting career helped you with your career in opera?

GG: Massively. The main thing I've taken from sport into music is how to control my nerves. As a musician I get nervous every time I go out there, especially when I'm standing in the wings. I had a boxing coach when I was younger. Before my very first fight he asked me if I was nervous. I said 'Yes.' He said 'That feeling of nerves, it's just energy, it's just your adrenaline. You have to be positive with it and say to yourself, this is all on my side. If you don't you'll go in there and you'll get beaten.'

I still have that philosophy to this day. When the nerves are going and I've got butterflies in my stomach, I say to myself 'This is all positive, this is all for me, so use it in a positive way.' If I don't, I'm not going to sing well. In the same way that I used to step in the ring and say 'If I don't put this to good use, he's going to smack me on the nose and I won't be able to do a lot about it.' That's exactly what I say to myself today, every time I go on.

RYG: What does it take to be a world class opera singer?

GG: If you talk to most opera singers, they'll say opera singing and sports are very closely related. For one you have to be an athlete. You're using muscles in your body. You need to train and work them every day, in the same way that a runner or a boxer gets up every day to do their road work. If you don't do that you're not going to be 100% when you get in the ring.

If you don't vocalise, train and study every day, you're not going to go out on stage feeling 100%. When you've done a show and you come off, you feel as if you've just come out of the ring. You're shattered. When all the adrenaline's gone, you feel as if you've just done six rounds.

RYG: What sort of training do you have to do as a professional opera singer?

GG: I've always maintained flexibility through stretching. I swim and I run when I can. Having been a boxer, running's not my favourite thing. I've probably run round the planet three times (laughs).

I've just started yoga. Now I've got time to do a bit more physical work, I find yoga's one of the best exercises I've done. The form that I do is very physical. It works on flexibility and strength. It also focuses on the breathing side of things, which helps me with my singing.

RYG: What have been the highlights of your sporting and singing careers?

GG: The highlight of my sporting career was getting my black belt in Tai Kwon Do. I wasted an education, so I came out of school with nothing. I got my black belt in the quickest time that anybody had ever done it in England. That was the first time I had ever been proud of myself, without wanting to sound arrogant in any way. Within six months I'd made it into the England squad to fight at the World Championships.

With singing, the biggest thing was actually my first professional gig. I was performing Tosca for a provincial company that toured around England playing at provincial theatres. I've done bigger things since but nothing will ever better the very first time I got a professional gig.

RYG: And the lowlights?

GG: With regards to sport, I've got to say, I'm a bad loser. I've got two girls and I'm a bit of a hypocrite because I have to tell them not to be bad losers. Anytime I have lost, whether it's a football or boxing match, or a Tai Kwon Do fight, they would all be low moments. Sport's been such a great gift in my life, that I haven't really had too many lows. The only ones I can think of would be when I've lost.

Within my singing career, the only lows I've had have been when my health hasn't been good. Once I had a chest infection so I couldn't sing. I couldn't even vocalise for a couple of days. That was a very low moment for me, because singing is what I love to do.

RYG: What advice would you give to youngsters looking to raise their game?

GG: Something's only worth going into if you give every bit of yourself to it. If you're honest with yourself and work hard, there isn't anything you can't do.
Hi Gari,
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to answer these questions for us, we are truly honoured.

Peigi - California
When Did you first become interested in music, or were you always singing as a child?

Gari :
Hi Peigi
"I guess the first time It was more through influence than interest. I was about 8 years old,when one day walking home from school I heard and saw a fire engine. Like most little boys I tried to chase it and find out where it was going. Unfortunately for me it was going to my house, which had already nearly burnt to the ground. I lived on a council estate and came from a big family, the loss of the house meant that my brothers, sisters and I had to be sent off to different families to be looked after as there were no other council houses that we could be put into as a whole family. I cried for most of the time, which must have been hard for the kind couple that took me in. But one day the film "The Jolson Story" came on tv and I immediatley stopped crying and was mesmerized. The couple tried to look through their record collection to find anything similar to the film to play for me and the nearest they had was Mario Lanza, which at the time I think was the soundtrack to "The Great Caruso". I did not know what I was listening too but it certainly captured me and was obviously a massive influence. I remember after all of this teaching myself to play "Santa Lucia" and "A'vucchella" on the piano because I truly loved the melodies."

Alexandria - Canada
Was there a certain event in your youth that made you want to persue music as a career or have you always wanted to sing?

Gari:
Hi Alexandria
" With regards to singing I never thought about singing opera let alone being lucky enough to have a career in it. But the one event that changed all of that was when I went to a voice coach after taking over the singing in the band that I was lead guitarist in. I wanted to know if he could just give me a technique to work with. His immediate answer was to tell me that I had a natural tenor voice that would be far more suited to opera and that I should stop singing Percy Sledge and Otis Reading and concentrate on my voice for opera."

Peigi
Was your family musical, did you have music instruction in school?

Gari:
" I am half Irish on my mothers side and she had many cousins who were always playing some instrument or another and singing Irish folk songs but I have learnt only recently that my grandfather had a good tenor voice and thought nothing of busking outside theatre's and pubs in Ireland and London. My grandfather died when I was young so I did not get to know him very well but my grandmother always used to say that I reminded her of him. I studied guitar and piano at school."

Rose - London
How did your family react when you told them you were going to become an opera singer?

Gari:
Hi Rose
" I had many doubter's in my family when I decided that I was going to be an opera singer but as with anyone that has doubted me or been negative towards my choice of career it really has only spurred me on even more to prove them wrong. My grandmother was the biggest influence on me and my life as a child and now even as an adult and although she was not sure about me going into the world of opera she was never against it, unfortunately she died without ever hearing me sing and just before my first professional gig in "Tosca" as Cavaradossi."

Rose
Did you find it hard at first learning italian/languages and all the operatic arias/terms and songs in general, or are you a naturally quick learner?

Gari:
" I first went to Italy skiing and absolutley fell in love with the people, country and language, so much so that I started to study the language there and then. This was many years before I started singing but even though I loved the Italian language and was going to learn it anyway I believe now it was all meant to be, everything for a reason. I would not say that I am a naturally quick learner but I think things go in quicker when you truly love them. I remember the family that I was staying with on this holiday translating for me my Pavarotti, Corelli and Lanza songs and aria's that I had taken on tapes."

Jan - Houston
In reading about your background, do you value music/opera for giving you tremendous self esteem?

Gari:
Hi Jan
"I don't really think about music/opera giving me self esteem. I do feel that what it does give me is a chance to share what I love with many other people and when I see that happen I have tremendous feeling of meaning something to others and get a very grounding confidence from that. I hope that makes sense."

Rose
How did your musical involvement with Christina the daughter of the late great Luciano Pavarotti come about and will you be recording some of her songs soon?

Gari:
" I was talking to our lovely Kathleen via Skype while also reading my emails, when I opened one that was saying we have heard you via myspace and love your voice, would love you to listen to our songs and hope you would consider recording them. It was a longer email than that but that was the gist of it and it was from Andrea Bellentani and Cristina Pavarotti. They sent me 14 tracks in all and I am hoping to record at least 5 of them at some stage."

Jan
Was Pavarotti your mentor or the one opera singer you revered?

Gari:
"I like thousands of others was and still is a big fan of the maestro. But the voice that really impressed was that of Franco Corelli and I think if you ask or read about many tenors who they really looked up too or could get anywhere near the size and beauty of voice they would have Franco up there."

Rose
You mentioned being influenced by Mario Lanza when you were a child, would you like to see yourself in a similar situation singing in the movies?

Gari:
" I would love to have a chance to make movies and sing in them, I think with the right directors and writers there is place and a market for such movies. Many people have said that there is a movie out there that be just right for me to sing "Sarabande" as the soundtrack and I love that idea."

Martha - LA
There are some songs/music that move me like no other. Is there any one piece, or type of song that tends to transport you above others?

Gari:
Hi Martha
"I have always been moved to tears by Samuel Barber's adagio for strings. But to be honest I hear so much in many pieces of music that I am always being moved or affected. I listen to parts or all of Verdi's Otello nearly every other day and it still gets to me, or I hear something new in it and that blows me away."

Deborah Ann - Chicago
Are you planning to write any more lyrics or compose any musical pieces of your own, like the dramatic and beautiful Sarabande?

Gari:
Hi Deborah Ann
" I have written lyrics to Elgars 'Nimrod' but am waiting to get the chance to record a demo of it, to see if it works. I don't really class my self as a musician so I will leave the composing to the experts. But I really do love writing lyrics."

Martha
What is it that strikes you the first moment about a song? "Sarabande" is such a gorgeous and deeply felt piece. What was your immediate instinct about it?

Gari:
"People have said many times that I sing with true passion and emotion and that the colours that come through touch them and they feel that they are the colours of my life. That is what I listen for in a piece of music or for me more so a voice. I want to hear or feel where they are coming from. Handel's "Sarabande" is a piece of music that struck me from the very first bar, the strings seem to me to be talking to each other, the violins starting the conversation, then the basses and when the percussion comes in I feel it is like a big heated and passionate debate on life. This is what inspired me to write the lyrics that I sing to "Sarabande" it was me talking and trying my best to say thank you to my wife for making me the person I am today.

Rose
How did you meet and come to record the beautiful 'Just show me how to love you" with the wonderful Scottish born Mezzo Soprano Kathleen Procter-Moore?

Gari:
" Unfortunately I still have not met Kathleen but I know one day I will. Our friendship came about via myspace again. Kathleen had written many beautiful comments about my voice and again "Sarabande" she immediately came across to me as a very genuine and lovely person. One day she wrote an email asking if I would consider recording two duets with her. As I was already a fan of her as a person and an artist the answer was yes and I also was excited by the idea of Kathleen recording her part in Australia and me recording my part here in London. I was concerned at first in the studio because I really wanted to have Kathleen in the studio to work off but the more I heard her voice coming through the headphones and I got my own picture of her there with me. I am not sure how many people realise that we both had recorded from different parts of the world and I am very honoured to have done so."

Rose
You sing at lots of private and charity events, do you prefer this more intimate setting, or do you enjoy being on a big stage singing in a full blown opera/musical?

Gari:
" I love singing full stop Rose, that is why unless it is totally impossible for me I will not turn anyone down. I really love faces and audiences who enjoy being out at a show or concert, that is why I have said when asked which is my favourite being in concert or in a full blown opera. That I love concerts because 9 times out of 10 I will get an audience singing with me and I love that. And then I love being in character in an opera, I am so at home playing and singing the part of Don Jose in "Carmen". I enjoy the part so much, I learn something new every time I do the part whether it be about the music, my voice or the character. But most of all I just love singing."

Peigi
If you could live and perform anywhere in the world, where would that be?

Gari:
" If dreams do come true,I will live in Florence and commute to Milan to perform in La Scala." Lovely dream.

Jan
Which operatic role do you look forward to playing in the future?

Gari:
" I have been studying the role of "Otello" for the last 4 years and when I am older and my voice is ready, I would pay to do the part".

Peigi
What is your all time favourite opera?

Gari:
" I always tend to favour the one that I am doing at the time, but I always come back to "Otello"

Rose
Do you enjoy singing more dramatic arias/songs, full of passion, emotion and power, or lighter operetta/stage musicals?

Gari:
"I have to admit to enjoying the more dramatic pieces as I feel that my voice and colours are more suited. I have done many concerts where I end up apologising to the audience for singing about a broken heart, a death, an affair or not being back in Napoli. But I do love singing anything as long as I feel I can do it justice".

Alexandria
What advice if any would you give a young singer/performer that you felt helped you along the way?

Gari:
" There is only one bit of advice I would ever pass on to anyone and that is something my grandmother always said to me and that is "Just be nice".

Rose
You seem to do lots of work for charity, how important is this in your life?

Gari:
" I am glad that you asked this Rose. There are many wonderful people out there who do an amazing amount for all sorts of charities and we don't get to hear about it because it is not meant to be the done thing to tell people about it. But I disagree. I help out with many charities that are not just looking for physical or financial help but are looking for their cause to be highlighted or publicised and I feel the more of us who talk about them can help the cause just as much as someone donating money anonymously. It is very important to me to help charities like DIAL-A-DREAM or UNICEF. I lost my sister to cancer when she was only 15 and I did not handle it very well as a teenager myself. I vowed soon after her death to give something back and to help cancer charities and I am in a great position to do that now more than ever before".

Pat - Chicago Rose
Acknowledging that for you personally it has been a very long journey from your humble beginnings to your present status as an emerging "talent", in your minds eye whom do you wish to collaborate with in the future, if it was solely your choice. Would your future path also take you across the pond to our shores in the USA - and to what Venue?

Gari:
"Hi Pat, there are so many people given the choice who I would love to work with, famous or otherwise. But I have always loved the idea of singing a tenor duet with Andrea Bocelli, it would be a dream if someone could write a duet for two tenors and I could sing it with him. There has been talk from my management about me coming to America but nothing has been finalised yet. As for the venue, The Met would be nice".

Rose
Are you happy at how things are going in your career at the moment and what would be the ultimate musical achievement or appearance anywhere, that would make you say to yourself 'Yessss... i've finally made it to where i want to be"?

Gari:
" Back in 2000 I did my first pro gig as Cavaradossi in "Tosca" and I remember coming home from my first dress rehearsal and walking up from the station to my road, I got to the corner of the road and was talking to myself (As you do) and I was saying that I realised this was the happiest that I had ever been in my life. I was going to a new home to my partner and our 2 girls, I had started a new life in opera and I said that what ever happens after this moment will be a bonus. My success is measured by my happiness".

Jan
Will you be touring in the USA in the coming year?

Gari:
" Jan, I will pass this question on to my manager"

Rose
Would you say sites like myspace have been a great help to your career in spreading the word?

Gari:
"The best bit of free advertising I know"

Rose
How excited are you about your first big concert at the IndigO2 in London, on June 20th?

Gari:
"I am excited about having so many friends there and that I got to choose friends to work with. I also love the fact that it is in London, I have many friends who have travelled long distances to come and see me in shows and now we can all meet up at a beautiful and local venue".

Rose
You seem to put your whole heart and determination into all you do and have been very successful as a heavyweight boxer, a Tae kwon-do world champion and now you are on the verge of great stardom with your exceptional "voice in a million", is there anything else you'd like to achieve?

Gari:
" I have lots more to give and I hope to get the chance to show that".

Rose
Gari, as you know we are all behind you wishing you every success and the ladies are following your career from all over the world. Thank you once again for granting this interview to the Ladies Of Le Club Lair and RT Robert Burns, it is most appreciated.

Gari:
" Thank you Rose, Peigi, Alexandria, Jan, Pat, Martha and Deborah Ann.
I do thank you all for you support and kindness, I hope one day I get to meet and thank you personally. Lots of love to you all."

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