Victoria sings with Bloomfield Ave at Roadhouse 20/03/11

20th March 2011 was the day we had been waiting for. A Sunday night performance from Bloomfield Avenue at Roadhouse with an appearance from Victoria. Her song choices had been kept top secret *insert dramatic music here* and we were very excited for them to be revealed.

The night got off to a great start, we were lucky enough to have and amazing view of the stage and met a number of other VHB supporters who had come along.

Bloomfield Avenue began the evening as always with a few upbeat numbers and it wasn't long before there were people on the dance floor. Rachel Wooding's energy always at top level never ceases to amaze us!

Halfway through the first set,Victoria took the stage and wowed us all with a brilliant rendition of "Another Little Piece of my Heart". Once again she owned the stage and all eyes were on her, looking striking in leather trousers and a black trilby, used as a prop! It was really lovely to see Victoria use her middle range and belt, also to see her sing another genre of music- is there no end to this girl's talent??



Gatherings like this are always great to network with other supporters and we met alot of lovely people last night, each had their own story about how they were introduced to Victoria. It was lovely to see a large group of  her family and friends come along to support her and we were touched to have been introduced to her Mum.

We literally leapt out of our seats as the intro to Victoria's second song began to play - it was a particular favorite of Emma and Hayley! Luckily Ana was able to record it as we were all too busy dancing to "I Love Rock and Roll!" The hat was well and truly in play during this one and Victoria was busting some serious moves! Talking after the performance, she mentioned it felt like fast-forwarding it went so fast! All of us agreed this to be the highlight of the evening, it brought back memories of Flashdance days.......*sob*

We are all regulars at Roadhouse and usually any guest only sings two songs, what a treat last night to hear that Victoria was singing four!  Oh what a special girl !!



Song number three came round so fast and is so iconic these days, The Zutons did this song justice, Amy Winehouse did NOT!  It was "Valerie"! Now this was a definite floor filler and everyone was up on their feet, even us, the cameras were laid flat! Rachel Wooding joined in for a moment during this one and their were some nice harmonies flying around. We loved it and it seemed to go down well with everyone else there. Victoria seemed relaxed onstage and looked like she was enjoying herself during this one too.

The end of the night drew closer and we knew there was only one song left, we all seemed to thinking the same *this better be good!* It was a Tina Turner classic; "Proud Mary". By this point in the night, everyone had relaxed and the atmosphere was pretty electric, Victoria's voice completely exceeded all our expectations and smiles and "wows"  rippled through the bar. Her presence on that tiny stage was incredible, she had everyone hooked!  It was amazing to see people come together on a dance floor, drawn by one particular person, all having fun.

A brilliant night was had by all last night,  thank you to all who came and supported Victoria.

Emma and Hayley

Last night, all of my personal expectations of Victoria were blown right out of the water! It was immense to hear yet another genre of music; we have had musical theatre, a bit of jazz, and now rock!!  I swear there is no end to this girl's talent, seriously I think she's my hero! Oh and the hat deserves a bit of recognition people! Love to this girl, Rock On! Hayley xxx

Once again Vix you blew me away, your talent seems to be endless and you always do something to wow me just that little bit more. It was great to see you back up on stage and again doing something I had never
seen you do. You just made me love you so much more, can't wait to see you do something again soon,
Lots of Love and support as always,
Emma xxxxx