Superstar Sting Visits Many Local Shore Attractions After Concert

Sting, the Grammy winning, superstar recording artist from England, performed on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant this past weekend. When he wasn't on stage, however, he and his wife Trudie really enjoyed their visit to the area. Locals reported that for big celebrities, Sting and his wife were just "regular folks."

Sting was seen at a local diner having breakfast. "When he came into the diner, I couldn't believe it was Sting," said server Leeva Tipp. "I offered him coffee and he said, 'I don't drink coffee, I take tea, my dear. I like my toast done on one side.' Then he had pork roll, egg and cheese on a roll, just like a local! Good tipper, too!"

Later, Sting and Trudie were sighted on the boardwalk. Their first stop was the aquarium. Sting, who is known to be a nature lover, seemed particularly enamored with Lucy the seal. As he watched her swim, he was overheard saying, "What a beautiful creature. Every little thing she does is magic."

Trudie then wanted to try a game of chance. She asked Sting if he wanted to play but he told her he would just watch. "Every game you play, I'll be watching you," he was heard to say. When Trudie failed to win any prizes, Sting suggested they take a romantic boat ride. 

The two celebrities squeezed into the children's boat ride on the boardwalk for a leisurely cruise in circles. Sting seemed a bit nervous before the ride began. As the operator was about to start the ride, Sting called out, "Stop before you start! Be still my beating heart!" Fortunately, Trudie was able to calm him down and Sting thoroughly enjoyed the ride

Sting was also spotted in Bay Head. He and Trudie made a stop at the bakery for some sweets. When they were leaving the bakery, a couple of overzealous fans got a little too close to the celebrities. Luckily two Bay Head police officers were nearby. 

Officers Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland of the Police intervened. "We offered to arrest the fans," said Copeland, "but Sting didn't want that. He said, 'Free... free... set them free!' He and his wife were really nice. They even bought us some donuts!"

Later in the day, Sting and Trudie spent some time on Bay Head beach where they met local 6-year-old twins Roxanne Sumner and her brother Gordon. "We didn't recognize him, but Grandpa said Mr. Sting was famous, so he didn't mind if we played with him and Miss Trudie," said Roxanne. "I had made a heart in the sand and Mr. Sting suggested we build a sandcastle. He said he could build a fortress around my heart and encircle it with trenches and barbed wire. We used seaweed for the barbed wire. It was a lot of fun!" 

As the sun started setting, the twins' grandfather had one last activity for them. He gave them a glass bottle with a cork and some pieces of paper. "Grandpa said we could write messages and throw it in the ocean for someone to find," said Gordon. "We drew pictures of our day on the beach and wrote our names on the bottom. Even Mr. Sting and Miss Trudie wrote messages and put them in the bottle. Mr. Sting said it was very smart that we used glass and not plastic. Then Grandpa threw the bottle way out into the ocean. Mr. Sting said he hoped that someone gets his message in a bottle."

Like most people who met Sting and Trudie this weekend, the twins were sad to see them leave. "We didn't want them to go," said Roxanne. "But before they left Mr. Sting said, 'You'll remember me when the west wind moves among the sands of Bay Head. You can tell the sun in its jealous sky when we played on sands of gold.' I'm not sure what he meant but it sounded really pretty."