No not some weird and wonderful 80s band names but my weekend at the 3 wishes Faery Fest 2009. What a great time it was too loads of alcohol a flowing but no yobbery no bad behaviour ...we only came accross nice polite people and kids .......and twanging my bass strings and hearing the reverberation aound the festival area was fantastic!!!!!!!hope we get invited back next year I really do .
Drumming at dawn on summer solstice morning at a Wood Henge beside the lake was a real cool experience too ...there was a lone piper dressed as the Holly king and then as the Oak King upon the rise of the Solstice sun ...he was cool........unfortunately this was where I was surrounded by gnats as I drummed the djembe ...Wifey with hers . Went back to sleep in the morning sun and woke up with a face looking like a domino's pizza........had to do the performance with spots.........It was so bad that at the services on the way back from Cornwall I was given a huge wide berth in a queue......
The Dark Marge was a great help roadying for us and I caught him admiring pixie and faery outfits of the younger adult faeries with extreme interest....of course marvelling at the colourful outfits some were almost wearing.........
Spriggan Mist made their debut at the Fest just after six on solstice day evening playing for an hour and a quarter we did well . I muffed up Lazy Stones but apart from that all ok . There was between a hundred and hundred and fifty people scattered around the hill having drinks in the sun ,,,it was a lovely scene and when we played "The Park "to see them all with hands in the air at the chanty bit was a special moment too......
Unfortunately some halfwit oaf set up the video of the performance right by the main speakers so it's virtually unusable cos of distortion .........ok ok twas me.........
So next is the 5th gig .........The school fete....4th July ...........can't wait I have the gigging bug bad ........look out for photies on these pages very shortly.
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