I remember in about 2002 when the old 3 piece Steamchicken were at the Anchor with Martyn Harvey, and the heavens opened. The PA bloke switched everything off and walked away, so we wedged ourselves under a pub brolly in the middle of the car park and got on with it. Seemed to work too, although it did bear a strong resemblance to the ceilidh in the ford which has definitely never taken place!

I was there and it was excellent (if a trifle soggy), although I must confess I'd forgotten it was Steamchicken who did such a sterling job.

When I'm in Sidmouth I always try to play for the CitF (not that it happens of course), so it was my first and only experience of what the CitF must be like to dance in (were something like that ever to happen, which, of course, it doesn't) ...