Thursday 2 August 2012

Too Crazy for the Goons

"Lovely to see you," said Tim the Gardener, as he entered Kilverts. "I'm going to take my trousers off."
And he did, right there and then, to change into a hospital gown for his performance as Mosey (recently escaped from hospital) returning to his shrink (New Zealand Ros) to discuss Michael Bentine, the Barclay brothers on the island of Brezhou next to Sark, and wellies!
A flight of surreal imagination, and great fun!

This was not the only delight of the evening, as the first performance was by a local bluegrass band - a lady with a double bass, a lady who works in Hay Wholefoods on guitar (both of them also doing vocals), a man on a bluegrass mandolin and another who played guitar or banjo. They were very good indeed.
And after Tim's play, there was Les on guitar - which led to another slightly surreal conversation as a lady sat on the end of the bench where we were both sitting, and was introduced to Lesley and Les.
I had to go early, but someone else was getting up to perform as I left, and Anna Fry's piano was about to be brought out.

Meanwhile across Hay, the Open Mic at the Globe had about fifty people there, and a great night was had by all.

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