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Thread #133647   Message #3039316
Posted By: My guru always said
24-Nov-10 - 05:03 AM
Thread Name: MGAS gotta Gig Bracknell UK 23 Nov 2010
Subject: RE: MGAS gotta Gig Bracknell UK 23 Nov 2010
I will, Maeve Dear, thankyou for asking!

What a lovely club, it was an absolute pleasure to sing there last night. Though it wasn't crowded (it's a small friendly venue), each person there was a Folkie through and through with plenty of talent amongst the floorspots. Many thanks for your support Terry!!

Despite the remnants of the virus I managed to sing my songs, with the aid of a couple of glasses of port (medicinal of course) and plenty of water to sip. From the reaction of the Folkies there and a couple of emails I received when I got home, it looks like we all enjoyed the evening. I know that I did!!!

Just in case anyone's interested, here's a list of the songs I sang:

Wayfaring Stranger - Trad??
Hunting Witches - Maureen McGuinness (heard from Martin Dent, Unicorn Man on the MudCat)
Beachcomber - Simon Cowe (heard from Jenny Burkitt)
The Bergen - Jez Lowe
Dear Diary - John Warner (heard from Alie Byrne, Daughter on the MudCat)
Scrubbing the Miners Clothers - John Warner (heard from Margaret Walters)
Jenny Greenteeth - Nicole Murray (50% of Cloudstreet on the MudCat)
Battlefield Tree - Lucy Burrow (Hawker on the MudCat)
When Fishes Fly - collected by Cecil Sharpe (heard from Mary Humphreys on the MudCat)
The Snows they melt the soonest - Thomas Doubleday
Thaney - Karine Polwart
The Higgler - Tony Franklin
Searching for Lambs - Trad?
Where Ravens Feed - Graeme Miles (heard from Martyn Wyndham-Reed)

By the end of the evening my voice was considerably weaker than at the start, but hopefully I should be able to manage my sets on Saturday at Bedworth Folk Festival.

Many thanks again to everyone for their support and encouragement, I felt the need of it this past week and have been glad of it.

Hils