Category: ABBA

I’m on the float, brief glimpses, with short hair, usually looking away from the camera.

Collect all photos you have of these blue and yellow cat outfits, designed by Owe Sandström. I had the pleasure of meeting him in 1995 and got a pic and autograph. There are lots of costume pics on Facebook that were taken at ABBAWorld. Print several to have in front of you for easy reference for the size of the paintings and the colours.
Download the YouTube vids of the outfits, especially SOS Momarkedet 1975 and I Do I Do Momarketdet 1975.

Continue reading How to make an ABBA cat costume

There were six of us, Sandra, Louise, James, David, Craig and me at the ABBA fest at my place on Sat arvo.

Sandra and Louise arrived early to discuss costume-making, and were decked out in 70s gear, ABBA badges and T-shirts, flared embroidered jeans, denim and faux fur trim jackets. Sandra had a special gold custom-made ABBA bracelet Louise had given her as a present for being her bridesmaid. I was wearing an ABBA T-shirt and ABBA bracelet.

Continue reading ABBA fest at my place 2010

Am in a TV ad vox popping for ABBAWorld in Melbourne. “Seeing the costumes was just fantastic.”

Here.

I remember when …

after one of our regular jaunts to see ABBA – The Movie with about 150 other cinemagoers at the Valhalla, Glebe, we went back to Sandra and Louise’s place for what ended up as a 12-hour ABBA viewing marathon.

We watched endless videos of ABBA in Japan, ABBA in Poland, ABBA in Germany, ABBA in Switzerland, ABBA in the UK … we finally ran out of videos to watch and had to beg Sandra and Louise to let us stay and watch old Countdown specials which featured two seconds of ABBA at the end of each one for 14 weeks when Fernando was Number 1 in the Top Ten.

We couldn’t get enough and none of us were leaving until the last music roll had been played on their antique pianola. Michele, Sandra and Louise were excellent at pianolaing and Money, Money, Money was given new life in a rousing interpretation.

We admired their rare Bjorn and Agnetha dolls, pillows, hat, scrapbooks, magazines and Pekingnese dog named Toby-Bjorn, due to its uncanny resemblance to an ABBA member’s pugnacious squashed-up face.

Louise had whipped up homemade Rocky Road, thus ensuring she’ll be invited to every ABBA fest in the future. The spread included gummi snakes, lollies, dips, fizzy drinks, with frankfurts and sausage rolls for the main course – essential foods for sustaining the marathon effort for viewing endless versions of Thank You For The Music. TC made a special guest star appearance but left early to go to his covetable job of DJing at a remote westie hotel in Pendle Hill.

Continue reading Three favourite ABBA fan memories (one was displayed at ABBAWORLD in Melbourne)