Earlier, Steve Harris mentioned that Show of Hands were not to his particular taste. Oh No! Steve! Surely Not? This can't be true!!
:-) :-)

I mean, just imagine.... 2005, a hot summer's day, a packed Arena, all of us sitting on the hill, when suddenly....Show of Hands appear on stage!!...Wow!!.....Maybe 'Tall Ships' 'You're Mine' or 'The Galway Farmer' echoing up through the Chestnut trees, the sun sparkling on the sea, away in the distance! The buses going up and down taking colourful, happy people
all around the town! What a PERFECT afternoon! Steve, you CAN'T miss that, you just CAN'T!

And down on the seafront, those Gorgeous Morris Dancers in their wild and colourful costumes, clacking away with their sticks and all those accordian players gently playing, with the sound of the waves in the background! Jacob's Ladder filled with Folkies and that incredible Tea Room at the top that does 'those' cakes, 3 feet high! All this and Show of Hands music drifting gently up to Salcombe Hill!

And Roger Hayes and The Burnley Cloggies, are you out there?

Now listen, you can't leave me all alone in Sidmouth next year! I wait for 51 weeks a year for my town to be filled with loving, joyous, zany, happy, colourful people! You just can't let a girl down like that! I would LOVE to watch The Burnley Cloggies clogging!

Anyway, it's lovely to suddenly start reading all these brilliant posts that are now starting to come in. Sidmouth 2005 will be a One-Off! a Collector's Item! Unique! A time to look back on and say "Ah yes! We were there in 2005! And what a time we had!"

And then it'll be on to Sidmouth 2006! Brilliant! Hope lots of you Morris Dancers are coming!! And all you Singers, Musicians and Ceilidh Dancers! I can see you all in The Bedford Hotel and Blackmore Gardens as I write! And The Sidmouth Fiddler is still waiting for you all up in Connaught Gardens. Just can't wait till you get here! So hurry up, please!!

Lizzie :-) :-)