The First Annual Orwell Bluegrass Festival
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SEE WHAT WE GO UP TO last year |
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Here are some of the photos from last years festival
which should give you a taste of what is to come this year. There
are also a few snippets from the reviews we got.
New
Essex Bluegrass Band: Although this was the first Orwell
Bluegrass Festival, you'd have thought that the organisers
had been running festivals for years as everything worked
well. They even arranged wonderful, warm sunny weather in
April. The site was well chosen, having hard standing for
the affluent folk with the RVs and caravans, and a flat
field with no undersoil stones for us paupers with our
tents. Also imagine a festival with hot showers available
all day and never a queue. Add to this hot food available 24
hours a day and a bar that opened early and closed late, and
you can see why we all loved it, even before a note was
played.
We played formal sets in the Friday and Saturday night
concert, and particularly enjoyed hosting the Gospel Session
on Sunday morning - many thanks to everyone who contributed
songs. It was also good to catch up with so many friends and
make many new ones.
Bill Johnston:
Thank you to Chris, Ralph and team for
organising what is hopefully the first of many such
festivals. The truckstop was an ideal venue with camping and
facilities reassigned to the task. We were at the festival
for Saturday, Bill did an impromptu open mic spot in the
morning, and Bill and Sheila did an open mic spot together
in the afternoon. On Sunday the New Essex Bluegrass Band led
a session of gospel songs which was well supported. One of
the most enjoyable festival weekends for a long time, very
welcoming and friendly. Fingers crossed for next year
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