Almost hard to believe, but the countdown for Christmas is beginning tomorrow!✨🎊
On Nov. 8, we finished my Queen of Soul-tour with a bang in Mandal this year. Needless to say, I needed a moment of rest from touring after juggling all of two tours at the same time! One was, of course, my own touring project with my tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. The other tour was performed parallel on the off days from Queen of Soul with my better half, Lars Monsen. We toured together between the east and west of Norway, him doing his speech performance, and I was in charge of the merch before and after his performances. Together we are dynamite, and even though it entailed a lot of traveling and driving, at least we got to spend some good quality time together❤️
Nov. 7. became a very special and memorable day for us. Not only was Nov. 7. my 55th birthday, it was also our 10 years wedding anniversary🎉 As Lars had lost his wedding ring a few years back, we decided it would be a great opportunity to replace it with a new one, and also to renew our wedding vows. Since on the same date, I had a Queen of Soul-show in Sandnes kulturhus, and we happened to be in the same town, we wanted to give my audience the surprise of a lifetime. With the assistance from Pastor Christian who just happened to be a member of the Gospel choir Abraham - engaged for the evening show - we paused my show performance in order to renew our vows right there on stage. It was magic, and a wonderful occasion to share with my audience and loyal followers. Thank you for being there!🙏🏼
This week has been quite a hectic one, traveling across half the country to rehearse and perform concerts every other day. Finishing off in a sold out Rauma kulturhus with Åndalsnes Big Band tonight, I will be heading south tomorrow to prepare December’s performances in Sola kulturhus as a guest star with ‘Svartnissen’. I can’t wait to meet the ensemble who will be my “December family” of this year. I expect a lot of great laughs and lots of love with the really professional actors I will have the honor of performing alongside with. All the shows are pretty much sold out, and this year’s ticket sales have been an all time high🥳 What a show to look forward to!😃
Following Christmas - the most wonderful time of the year with peaceful days surrounded by my loving family. I feel really, really blessed to have all this to look forward to, painfully aware of the fact that there are many out there with quite different realities❤️
Long update - gotta check in more often, I guess!😄
Wishing you a blessed day where ever you are!✨
With love,
Trine🥰🎶
