How i become a The Police Fan !

[Bonty]

Hello folks here is my story :

At the age of 10 i was invited from my fathers firm 2 have a kidholiday in heidelberg......The Firm was called Bilfinger and Berger......I don´t liked the idear 2 have holiday with strange kids who i dont know at this time....

I drived with the bus 2 cologne and saw some of the new kids.
We talked a little and find out that we all dont liked the idear 2 have that holiday.....Ok .....then we drived to that wonderful City Heidelberg in Summer of 1980......The camp looked really adventure like....with a football place and some other fine things for kids to play with......But for me it was the hell the first 3 days....But then a wonder....i was sitting in the sleeping room of the camp and listening to a wonderful song called message in a bottle from a new group called THE POLICE......I liked the song so much so i tlaked to the other kids......I asked how i can drive 2 the city of heidelberg.....later i found the Album Regatta de Blanc.....
I shared the album with all the great people in the camp....All liked this new music.....

We organized some partys and danced really wild to no time this time.....Every when i hear that song...pictures came to my mind ......from that party......All people become a The Police fan...i mean really all the 60 kids who was in that camp......there was not one single day where the record Regatta de Blanc was not played on our ears.....That was a great experience......And i must say thank U to The Police who created from that summer on 1980 my lifetime soundtrack....til today........

I never meet the people from the camp after beeing there....But if there is one of them who is reading this....please write me under matrix2012@gmx.de --------!!!!

This was my story of finding the best band of da world...The Police......

I will read your story how u become a The Police Fan......

Sorry for my bad english.....but i think you can understand my words with the heart.......

Peace 2 all the real supporters......

Markus Bonten

[Captain Blood]

Bonty,your story has driven me to tears.

[jackie]

It was 1981.. South America.. Caracas/ Venezuela--- Ghost in the machine Tour...
LONG story short.... I was flying from NYC to Caracas when a gorgeous tall blond guy caught my attntion! ... as we got off the plane, I stood right next to him at the lugagge convey ( Im not sure that's the right word?!!.. the thing where one picks up the suitcases) ... I was wearing a John Lennon tee .. no clue who this guys where... a couple of minutes later as we were to leave the airport I bought a teen magazine... center fold " POLICE the best british band of the 80's" ... HEY HANG ON A SEC...!! did I miss something??!--- these are the guys who were picking up their luggage right next to me!!! ...
As soon as I got home I called my best friend... she picked up the phone and before I could say a word she said "WE GOT TICKETS TO SEE THE POLICE"--- I was in shock!!... I had been away for 15 days and my best friend got hooked on this british band I had never heard of till then.

Anyway... they had bought me a ticket as well ... and we spent all day (the day before the concert) listening to regatta de Blanc ( my best friend's brother owned all POLICE records) for some reason I couldnt stop listening to WALKING ON THE MOON!
Then the day of the concert arrived, I was thrilled... but something happened... and out of the blue...my mother grounded me for life!... concert was just 10 hours away... my mother made me call my friends saying I COULD NOT GO TO THE CONCERT!---
as hours passed by... it was 7:00 pm ... the concert started at 8:00 pm ... I was losing hope... my mother would not give in!... I was in my bedroom with the lights out crying my heart out!... when my bedroom door opened... and I saw the light.... my dad came in and said " Come on... stop crying and put your shoes on... we gotta leave now or you wont make it to the concert on time!"

OH BOY!!! it was the happiest moment of my life... FINALLY I was going to se the POLICE LIVE...!!! got the the Poliedro (Arena) ... first notes of walking on the moon ... I just couldnt hold my tears back...I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT TIME!