Dancing queen meets real hero
Published Date:
12 January 2008
By Nick Ward
KNOWING me, knowing you...
This is the moment our Agnetha came face to face with the real Agnetha.
It was a meeting Diana Edwards from Dronfield had dreamed of for years - but no one ever thought it would really happen.
For the past seven years Diana's alter ego has been Agnetha Faltskog, the blonde girl in Bjorn Again, the ABBA tribute band.
And she's so good at it that the normally reclusive real Agnetha came to see her in concert in Sweden.
Diana said: "People are always saying Agnetha is coming but she never has.
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"So this time when I heard she was going to be there it was a case of 'Yeah - sure'.
"Then as I was getting ready to perform there was a knock on the dressing room door and I went outside and there she was.
"It was a moment I had been looking forward to forever but I never thought it would happen.
"Agnetha has a reputation for being something of a recluse who can be very aloof, but I found her to be quite the opposite."
Diana, aged 34, a former pupil at Henry Fanshawe school, whose parents Susan and Gordon live in Norton Lees, said she was very nervous when it came to performing in front of the real Agnetha.
She said: "I thought I'd better not look at her in case I just froze .
"But in the middle of Dancing Queen I couldn't resist. I just looked down and there she was right at the front dancing with a guy about 20 years younger than she was. She looked beautiful and she smiled at me, put up her thumb and touched her heart."
And that wasn't the end of the night for Diana.
"After the show Agnetha came to see me and gave me a really big hug and said how much she had enjoyed herself. It was a very special moment."
Bjorn Again are starting a nationwide tour in February and they will be guests of honour on Graham Norton's One And Only tribute act talent show tonight on BBC1. The band are due to appear on the live show between 8.30pm and 9pm.
The full article contains 376 words and appears in Sheffield Star newspaper.
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Last Updated:
11 January 2008 3:24 PM
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Source:
Sheffield Star
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Location:
Sheffield