Bill and Colleen Dickinson are from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, came to Louisville for this ... sixth year for coming to Abbey Road on the River.

They love live Beatles music, and this is where the best bands in the world are, they say. They can see the bands and see other Beatles fans.

They make friends here, and already have run into old friends. Every year they make new friends. "The circle grows," Colleen says.

Bill was the Beatles fan, saw them live in Montreal in 1964 when he was 15. "I saw the Beatles, I didn't hear them. The girls were screaming so hard ... When you see a video, you don't get the reality of what it was like to be at a Beatles concert in 1964. This was in a hockey arena, and from the moment they came out, you couldn't hear a thing except the screaming. It was well worth the $5 and something I paid for the ticket," Bill said.

He's wearing his Abbey road hat (straw with a black band with Beatles faces on it), wears Beatles shirt all the time, have a Beatles plate on their Mustang.

Favorite Beatles songs change ... now it's "Grow Old with Me," performed by Hal Bruce ... Bill says it brought tears to his eyes. They respect the relationship John and Yoko had, she became part of the Beatles.

Colleen says The Return is a new band here, they haven't been here for 3 years, and she says they're worth seeing.

They'll drop back by tomorrow for another update!!!

Pam Platt