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Thread #80961   Message #3262766
Posted By: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
24-Nov-11 - 01:06 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Siwsann George (06 May 05)
Subject: RE: Obit: Siwsann George (06 May 05)
I met Siwsann at the Aust Festival in 1999 when (if I recall rightly) she chose to sleep outside in the graveyard with only a sleeping bag between herself and the stars. I remember her waving at me across the gravestones... We hit it off as kindred souls rightaway and one of my fondest ever musical memories was an impromptu performance of a Welsh RC carol (?) on which she requested I accompany her on crwth. A true honour & a spellbinding experience. She was very taken with the romantic crisis of my life at the time - living I was in a castle pining for my lover who had recently joined the lay community of a Benedictine order. Still - turned out okay in the end, Siws! There was talk of doing some recording together but it never happened; the idea is enough though, and the memory of beautiful & courageous woman who I think of whenever I play my crwth.