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Pat Andrews in Amsterdam
Recently, over the weekend of the 4th and 5th
March, Holland's Forty Licks Fan Club had the pleasure to invite Ms. Pat
Andrews to the exclusive Dutch one-off viewing of Stephen Woolley's
Brian Jones movie ‘Stoned’ at the trendy Kriterion Cinema in Amsterdam. The events
over the weekend were organised by the FLF and made possible through
courtesy of Dutch distributor, Bridge Entertainment.
Pat arrived at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on the
Saturday evening and joined myself, our chairman Robin Scherrenburg and
his wife Calista in attending the exhibition of Stones photographer
Ethan Russell at V!ps Art Gallery in Rotterdam. After a short
introduction to the audience by the gallery's owner, Peter de Raaf, Pat
managed to talk briefly to Ethan Russell before we all wandered around,
taking in his work. After the exhibition we travelled back to Amsterdam
by train and throughout the journey Pat talked incessantly about Brian.
We finally reached the hotel and as Pat was scheduled a full programme
on Sunday we all decided to call it an early night.
The next morning Pat was picked up by Forty Licks
Fan Club board members Jose Loman and ‘Voodoohat” Bernd Rosema, the
latter having been a Brian Jones devotee since September 1965 when he
first saw the Stones in Germany. Bernd was a Brian look-alike in the
1960s, very much to the dismay of his parents! This Sunday Bernd again
got dressed for the occasion and although he had met Pat some years ago
he felt terribly privileged to pick her up and take her to the Kriterion
cinema, where the ‘Stoned’ screening was to take place.
Upon arrival Pat was immediately set to work since
two film crews were at the scene to do interviews with her and
incidentally, these interviews will be included on a special features
DVD which will be available, together with the ‘Stoned’ DVD shortly
through our Forty Licks Fan Club. After the interviews Pat was soon
introduced to the cinema audience and was immediately surrounded by
genuine Dutch fans of Brian Jones. She patiently posed for photographs
alongside fans and answered every question.
The viewing itself started at 1.30 pm with excerpts
from the Swedish documentary ‘Rolling Like A Stone’ recently discovered
by the Brian Jones Fan Club and the main feature, ‘Stoned’, started
immediately after. Although the film was met with mixed feelings we
think that on the whole the afternoon was well-received by the visitors,
not in the least because of Pat’s presence and Philip Townsend’s
exhibition-for-the-occasion of smashing photographs of Brian and the
very young Stones. Also in attendance was Dutch musician Diderik Groen
who brought along copies of his excellent CD and made many sales. ‘Thank
You For Being There’ is a six track CD, five tracks of which have been
written and scored by Diderik about Brian Jones, and incidentally all
proceeds from sales go to support the activities of the Brian Jones Fan
Club.
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FLF Board Members Calista
Wissink and husband Robin Scherrenburg say goodbye to Pat at
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After the viewing we took Pat off to a local
restaurant where we continued to ‘grill’ her about Brian and the early
days of the Stones in Edith Grove and around London and she recounted
many stories. Too soon it was time to say goodbye and we took Pat back
to the airport and waved our farewells after such a great weekend.
“Pat, thank you for coming over, we appreciated
your presence tremendously and we look forward to welcoming you back
here in Amsterdam, possibly at the end of July when the Forty Licks Fan
Club International Stones Convention is scheduled in Amsterdam. Thanks
for all the memories you wanted to share with us!”
drs. Pauline Stroosnijder
editor
www.fortylicksfanclub.com
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