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wateroverstone) wrote2023-09-11 11:56 am
wateroverstone) wrote2023-09-11 11:56 am
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A slightly mixed twenty four hours. I spent the afternoon at the Maritime Festival: it has a different name now but locals are fond of the old one. This consists of fairground rides on the verges, a street market mainly food based running along the harbourside and live music. Friday night and Saturday night were Jake Bugg, The Vaccines, Sophie Ellis- Bexter Tint Tempuh et al but we were there for the Abba tribute band BJorn Again and Boney M.We'd taken my wheelchair as that made more sense than me limping on sticks whilst someone carried a fold up chair for me so we were all booked into the disabled area, a raised dais giving a good view of the stage. For some reason, despite being wris-tbanded, there were no passouts. Once you were in , that was it. Luckily there was a large beer counter and (unusually) more than sufficient portaloos..
It was warm and overcast as Boney M opened at lunch time. I wasn't quite word perfect for every song but close. They chose Brown Girl in the Ring for the big audience sing a long then somehow managed to get a respectable mosh pit going to Rasputin. They should really have been the headliners.
It was raining by the time The Real Thing came on stage and it was obvious that their songs weren't as well known to the audience but they worked hard to get an atmosphere going.
Bjorn Again were very rehearsed with fake Swedish accents. They belted out the hits nicely but it wasn't really like watching a live band interact naturally with the audience. It was all scripted. A fun sing along, though and it was nice seeing audience members who had dressed up in seventies clothing .
All in all, it was a fabulous afternoon and I'm very lucky to live in a place where volunteers organise an event of this scale. The Harbour Commissioners carpark is just the right size for live music once they'e built the stage at one end and put the beer tent/ food stalls in and its nice to be right by the sea. A shame that it was the day the weather broke but probably better wet than burnt.
Wet was what I was this morning when I woke at 6am because water was dripping though my bedroom ceiling onto my face investigation showed that this was because the workmen who had been installing insulation for the past few days as part of a government sustainable warmth scheme had left all the attic bedroom windows open - velux ones in the roof. The carpets are sodden: real bucket of water spilled sodden. They'll have to send a man round to close the window they opened at the top of the stairs as that's only accessible with a ladder I've not opened it for the 14 years I've lived here.
It was warm and overcast as Boney M opened at lunch time. I wasn't quite word perfect for every song but close. They chose Brown Girl in the Ring for the big audience sing a long then somehow managed to get a respectable mosh pit going to Rasputin. They should really have been the headliners.
It was raining by the time The Real Thing came on stage and it was obvious that their songs weren't as well known to the audience but they worked hard to get an atmosphere going.
Bjorn Again were very rehearsed with fake Swedish accents. They belted out the hits nicely but it wasn't really like watching a live band interact naturally with the audience. It was all scripted. A fun sing along, though and it was nice seeing audience members who had dressed up in seventies clothing .
All in all, it was a fabulous afternoon and I'm very lucky to live in a place where volunteers organise an event of this scale. The Harbour Commissioners carpark is just the right size for live music once they'e built the stage at one end and put the beer tent/ food stalls in and its nice to be right by the sea. A shame that it was the day the weather broke but probably better wet than burnt.
Wet was what I was this morning when I woke at 6am because water was dripping though my bedroom ceiling onto my face investigation showed that this was because the workmen who had been installing insulation for the past few days as part of a government sustainable warmth scheme had left all the attic bedroom windows open - velux ones in the roof. The carpets are sodden: real bucket of water spilled sodden. They'll have to send a man round to close the window they opened at the top of the stairs as that's only accessible with a ladder I've not opened it for the 14 years I've lived here.
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I am glad the rest of the weekend was fun!
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