My friend and fellow Celtic Woman fan Glenn Skinner aka Rott'n Rebel passed away last night.
My first contact with Glenn was on Facebook back in 2007. I didn't meet him in person until March 2009 when I picked him up at the airport in Boston for the first Maireadfest in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Glenn and I were good friends. We spent many hours on the phone together, traveled the country seeing Celtic Woman shows together and had many good times.
About a week and a half ago I called him at the hospital to see how he was doing. He didn't sound good but I was hopeful and expected he would recover from his illness. I wasn't aware just how bad he really was.
The last time I saw him was last summer for the Celtic Woman shows in Washington State, Portland and Vancouver B.C. Scott Manke himself had been in the hospital and couldn't make those shows so he gave Glenn his concert tickets and I bought Glenn round trip tickets to fly up to Seattle to attend those 4 shows with me. I never would have thought it would be the last time I would see him.
He had a great sense of humor. The first morning we woke up at the hotel we were staying at in Manchester he said..."Oh my God!!! I can't feel my legs!!!! I will miss him as he was a very good friend.
My first contact with Glenn was on Facebook back in 2007. I didn't meet him in person until March 2009 when I picked him up at the airport in Boston for the first Maireadfest in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Glenn and I were good friends. We spent many hours on the phone together, traveled the country seeing Celtic Woman shows together and had many good times.
About a week and a half ago I called him at the hospital to see how he was doing. He didn't sound good but I was hopeful and expected he would recover from his illness. I wasn't aware just how bad he really was.
The last time I saw him was last summer for the Celtic Woman shows in Washington State, Portland and Vancouver B.C. Scott Manke himself had been in the hospital and couldn't make those shows so he gave Glenn his concert tickets and I bought Glenn round trip tickets to fly up to Seattle to attend those 4 shows with me. I never would have thought it would be the last time I would see him.
He had a great sense of humor. The first morning we woke up at the hotel we were staying at in Manchester he said..."Oh my God!!! I can't feel my legs!!!! I will miss him as he was a very good friend.
