Rob and I had enjoyed our time at the Alcester Folk Festival last summer and the organisers had been kind enough to invite us back for a slot in their concert agenda for the second day of their Winter Festival.
On a glorious Sunday morning, it was a pleasure to get in the car and set off for the very lovely town of Alcester. We arrived in plenty of time and, after checking in with the organisers, had a quick walking tour of the village and grabbed a bite to eat. We returned to a packed Swan Hotel, the venue for the festival, in plenty of time to catch the afternoon’s concert. This is a singers’ festival and there was a lot of talent on show; favourites would definitely include Hilary Ward , shantymen Sharp as Razors and the excellent Les Sullivan, particularly his final song with friends and wonderful performers Christine Connolley and Steve Last from Herga Folk Club joining him.
We had an enjoyable half hour slot and covered the range of our material – self-penned material, translated French material and some of our songs of the Spanish Civil War. We received a good reception and had lots of excellent feedback afterwards from audience members and the wonderful MC for the day, Tony Barrett.
Despite receiving an invite to do so, we will not be able to attend the Alcester summer festival this year as we will be playing at a festival in France – which we will say more about once the details are finalised!
Thanks to Marge and all the organisers at Alcester for being so welcoming!