7.30 CLOSING CEREMONY (missed it – it was packed but I was sat outside the green room instead listening to Andy talk. He said some lovely words about the wonderful atmosphere and the incredible value of the support from his fans. I felt all glowy and happy and kinda proud of him LOL Andy spotted me in the bar though and came over to say hi *grins* I've met him so many times though and he never remembers me so when he did finally i was like YAY!!! I made it!

Small hours of the morning: Andy SANG!!!!! LOTS!!! Lady M,.Celebration, Brown Eyed Girl, All Night Long, Superstition… loads of them. And he
remembered the words (mainly) and was on excellent form hitting some staggering high notes and doing some incredible vocal trickery.. He got some attendees to sing with him too and Clare and Keith joined him later on stage. The funniest moment for me was when he stopped to talk over the mike for a bit half way through a set and the stage was covered in the famous thistle hotel ducks (yellow rubber ducks that we steal when we go there LMAO – sean actually put down a deposit this year I think to cover the damage cos hundreds of them go missing from the hotel after the cons)

ANDY : 'I love the ducks! Where do they come from? Your bathrooms? You have ducks in your bathrooms? Well that's cool. Why are they here? Why am
I thinking about all you guys in your bathrooms now? What's going on? Oh I see we have to free the ducks from the bathrooms? And he made a freedom sign and punched the air and shouted 'Free the ducks!!' and the whole room did it back punching the air and chanting 'free the ducks!!' It was hysterical but I guess you had to be there LOL people were dancing on chairs and waving light sabres and really getting into it. It was the best performance of him I've seen/heard.

And that ladies and gents was it. Con over (at about 4am). Andy was there right til the end making the party happen. And it was so good 'cos he was
there for hours, just part of the atmosphere. He insisted everyone 'just get on and bounce about and whatever and ignore me, pretend I'm not here, I'm just up here singing a few tunes' and people did just that. Not in a bad way but in a really nice 'oh yeah that's andy up there singing, its cool, he's here for the duration there's no need to mob him' kind of a way. It was so relaxed. It was like he was someone's mate just popped up on stage for some karaoke, he's so easy going. It was fabulous.
I now officially have Andy withdrawal!!!! *weeps*