Wednesday 24 July 2002

UK fan gathering

The Rainbow Princess Network's UK fan gathering took place on Saturday afternoon (July 20) and it was a complete success. All together, just over 40 fans gathered under the mild English sun in London's Hyde Park. In a relaxed atmosphere fans chatted amongst themselves against the highly appropriate and complimentary soundtrack provided by Bobby and Charlotte, which included a whole array of classic Mariah tunes and remixes. To them we are all very grateful.

It was the perfect setting for fans to meet new faces and make friends with other fans and swap stories of falling in love with Mariah's music, comparing CD and vinyl collections and sharing photos. Soon the auction was underway and a very impressive ammount of Mariah merchandise was bought by many fans. They included promotional Last Night A DJ Saved My Life and Loverboy vinyls, 3 inch CDs from Japan, an assortment of UK Mariah CD singles and promotional postcards. Two lucky fans even walked away with a Glitter thong and vest top and a VHS copy of Glitter. We offer many thanks to Ash and the whole French team at mariahfanclub.com for providing such a lucrative auction. In total, £105 was raised to be donated to Camp Mariah.

Ash, administrator of the RPN, took this opportunity to reveal some very exciting news for UK fans: Britain is to join the list of European countries in which Wise Girls will be released!. This exclusive news was met by cheers and applause from the UK fans present. The UK distributors of Mariah's second movie have said "currently we have plans to release the movie wise girls in the cinema, at the moment we have a rough date of september".

Details of the Mariah Rose Project were also revealed and the finalised name of the rose was announced: it shall be called the Mariah Carey Sweet Fantasy Rose. After the auction everyone continued to chat and snack again and we even caught a rendition of Endless Love by three UK lambs and one from France on camera to send to Mariah with snippets from the other RPN gatherings that have been taking place across the world this Summer.

After about five hours the large group split into smaller groups and most headed for home or the nearest fast food restaurant. It was a fun day and great to see so many people turn up. I certainly hope you felt welcome and would love to see some of the friendly faces at future fan gatherings in London. Our special thanks go out to the team from mariahfanclub.com who travelled from France to join us and to everyone else who made the effort to travel longer distances, some up to 200 miles.

Many thanks to Ashes.



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