London Bus time. Very quiet then three gigs come along at once.
Starting Monday with The Boat at Newbold. With our good friends Borderline Crossing as hosts. And with other good friends Brian and Marie Phillips and Malc and Gill playing there also. Sizeable BPS following swelling the numbers and putting lots of money over the counter. Singalonga Parrots until....
Only managed eight numbers-which were very well recieved. Encore demanded but not able to oblige due to change of management in the morning. All over before drinking up time. Odd. At least it wasn't about us, or our material. Apparently. Even though " Poacher's Lament" went a bit awry. More work on that required-relegated to the Sub's bench for Friday (see below).
Friday 25th saw us paired up again back to back with The Borderlines (Mmm. Bagsy being next to 'Chelle!). We warmed up a decent audience for them with about the same number of songs. Once again, demands for "Vacuum Cleaner" overlooked due to time constraints. Good crowd, excellent beer (three from Church End), fine communal whistling and a morale booster after some recent experiences.
Saturday saw us back at Bedworth Folk Festival. A more traditional set than last night. Good sized audience sparked off a good performance from us. Good to hook up with all kinds of people at BFF this time round-from the past, Enchante,Rob Armstrong,Mr. Donnelly and Mr. and Mrs. Melodeon. New friend-Ali O'Brien. All thoroughly nice people. Loved the Craft Fair. And the Appalachian Dancing.
