I had a great time at Sidmouth
Hats off to George for his work at the Volunteer and it should be a very large hat to reflect all his hard work and persistence just so the rest of us can spend a lunch time in the very best of company, singing and music.

It was very good to have the Ballad Sessions back but the venue is important it needs a quiet undisturbed room where people can sing and listen with the level of concentration that these fine old songs deserve. It is a minority sport but at each session there were enough singers to fill the two hour slot and people just there to listen. The Ballad Sessions have a long history at Sidmouth it will be a sad day when a small quiet space can't be found for them, long may they continue.

Downside, the timing of events during the day seemed to lead to far more clashes of events and especially across lunch time.

Finally my do something different activity was joining the John Kirkpatrick festival band workshops, I really enjoyed it and much to my surprise enjoyed the performance at the end.
malc