Hope you enjoy it! We are looking forward to it, and to meeting up with the lovely people from Fishguard and the Festival. October We have one of those busy little spasms that seem to occur from time-to-time. Our new CD! Yes, our new CD!! September Where have we been? What have we been up to? What day is it? Thanks to George for inviting us, and to the organisers for providing us with excellent food and wine. The evening had a tinge of sadness as the original line-up had included Nik and Fiona Vickers Harlequin.
The Festival seems to be growing year on year, and although the weather was a bit of a challenge there were still plenty of people around. Thanks to Geoff and Esta Bielby for the invitation, and to the brilliant sound engineer who solved our usual demands perfectly. Rapsquillion Putting It About! Kay and Trevor have carried on with their aim of annoying as many sessions as they can.
The last few months have seen visits to clubs in Beverley, Cottingham, Spalding and Chichester β thanks for the lovely welcomes. Whack It Smack It! We were also joined by a great samba band from Church Stretton School. The Walker Theatre was full as happiness was distributed via bins, buckets and bowls. Fishguard Fishguard Folk Festival was excellent, possibly the best yet. We were very busy with workshops, concert sets and singarounds, as well as an excellent sing at Gwaun Valley Brewery which came as a bit of a surprise β we thought we were joining in with a singaround, we actually did a couple of sets, and had a really good time.
It really is a great weekend and we defy you to find a better festival where the vast majority of the entertainment is absolutely free. OK, there are a couple of ticketed concerts with artists of international repute β people like Les Barker, Alaw, The Hut People fantastic! The venues are excellent, especially, in our view, Ffwrn right in the middle of town and The Ship Inn Lower Town and the music is continuous from the time people emerge yawning and sniffing the good sea air to as late as you can survive β singarounds, playalongs and sit-and-be-entertainedalongs I think we just invented a word!
On Sunday we have a full set of songs in Ffwrn at 2. The whole thing was a bit of a giggle, and an excellent experience. We were honoured to be invited as the inaugural guests and we were joined by a very enthusiastic and skilful audience for an hour and a half of singing.
