I hope you all had an amazing time :) I certainly did.
Woodford Folk Festival was crazy. Had I known it was fancy dress, I would have made more of an effort. I'm not sure I can remember it all in chronological order but I'll try and give you an impression of what it was like.
On the festival site were hundreds and hundreds of stalls; food stalls, coffee shops, art and craft stalls, galleries, workshops... you name it, they had it. I especially liked the carve your on didgeridoo stall but as I didn't have a spare $145 to hand, I had to content myself with watching. There were meditation classes, a circus workshop with a performance at the end of the day, dance classes, magic displays and even an interactive fake Italian marriage! I spent a good couple of hours wandering round the stalls without even coming close to any musical performances. And given that there were five different music tents, it just goes to show how big the place was. My personal favourite was 'Blues Town' where I encountered Tom Richardson and later in the evening, Mister and Sunbird who gave me a good solid hour of music to dance to.
Other highlights were buying a tree for the Woodford Forest, a lady with a VERY large yellow feathered hat, a rendition of Mock the Week, the hat I bought (it was a decision between the hat and dinner - I maintain that I made the right choice), the enormous $2 mango (which saved me from a rumbling tummy after my hat purchase), a girl dressed as an Amazon, the 3 minute candle lit silence to contemplate the past year and the coming one, and the fireworks which marked 2010.
I haven't thought of any resolutions yet, so feel free to suggest some...
Happy 2010!
Woodford Folk Festival was crazy. Had I known it was fancy dress, I would have made more of an effort. I'm not sure I can remember it all in chronological order but I'll try and give you an impression of what it was like.
On the festival site were hundreds and hundreds of stalls; food stalls, coffee shops, art and craft stalls, galleries, workshops... you name it, they had it. I especially liked the carve your on didgeridoo stall but as I didn't have a spare $145 to hand, I had to content myself with watching. There were meditation classes, a circus workshop with a performance at the end of the day, dance classes, magic displays and even an interactive fake Italian marriage! I spent a good couple of hours wandering round the stalls without even coming close to any musical performances. And given that there were five different music tents, it just goes to show how big the place was. My personal favourite was 'Blues Town' where I encountered Tom Richardson and later in the evening, Mister and Sunbird who gave me a good solid hour of music to dance to.
Other highlights were buying a tree for the Woodford Forest, a lady with a VERY large yellow feathered hat, a rendition of Mock the Week, the hat I bought (it was a decision between the hat and dinner - I maintain that I made the right choice), the enormous $2 mango (which saved me from a rumbling tummy after my hat purchase), a girl dressed as an Amazon, the 3 minute candle lit silence to contemplate the past year and the coming one, and the fireworks which marked 2010.
I haven't thought of any resolutions yet, so feel free to suggest some...
Happy 2010!
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