Cracking night. The room stuffed with bodies and Hamish & Lorna at their best (so where was that sore throat Lorna?). Once Breezy took control of the rabble and they quietened down, H&L produced a well thought-out 1st set to show off H's great guitar technique and soulful singing, with L coming in to add sparkle and vibrancy.
I did 3 "gee-up" numbers to start the 2nd half, Mike Sparks gave us the "St Albans Anthem" (John Ball), Chris Flegg once more came close to having his fingers broken (Hamish: "Your guitar has more chords than mine, Chris") and Tim Brooks (1st time at St Al's but well familiar to Herga-ites) showed off some of the best trad fiddle playing around - to the right tempo and with loadsafeeling. And then another cracking set from H&L (we should have turned up the heat more though, insufficient number of clothing items discarded).
A great night to show the King Harry lot what they will be missing to the Duke of Marlborough's gain from now on...