Ely Folk Festival (in pictures)
December 9th, 2009Could take up a lot of space describing the event, but they say pictures speak louder than words, so….
Beer! Good real ale at this festival… Home sweet home
The kitchen The neighbourhood
The Oyster Morris
Ely & Littleport Riot?
(open to correction!)
Green Dragon Morris
”Childrens” maypole workshop Stephen the maypole anchor
(yes I did have a go!!) (where did the bells come fro!m?)
Home-made burgers for tea Cotswold Morris workshop
Rockingham Rapper
Sword dance Quicksilver (Grant from “Thats Life”)
Adrian Nation
Eric Bogle & John Munro
I seem to be missing a lot of photos, I think the battery on the camera didn’t last the weekend, which was a shame.
Highlights of the weekend….
Beer! An excellent small real ale bar with a good variety of beers and ciders for us to sample.
Bands - favourites were Something Nasty in the Woodshed (folk rock), Flossie Malavialle (a geordie french lass!), Peatbog Fairies (so much energy), Eric Bogle & John Munro (witty), Adrian Nation and the last act of the weekend, Tanglefoot - actually their last British gig before quiting the business, and included an amazing acapella version of one of their songs performed off the stage at audience level.
Ceilidhs - two this year! And this year I actually made it to the border morris workshop run by the Witchmen, so plenty of dancing going on.
Ely - its a great place to hold a festival - the field is good, there is a shuttle bus into the city, but its not too far away anyway, and the city is a great setting for the various morris sides to dance in on the Saturday - also it has good pubs, and cafes, and an interesting farmers market.
Roll on next year!