Panic among the Fairtrade committee as we found out that Alex Valentine had come down with pneumonia - so obviously wouldn't be singing on Friday evening. Fortunately, a substitute was found - Jess Childs, and her guitarist Julian, a local singer/songwriter who recently played at the Hollybush. And very good she was, too. We also had films about Fairtrade producers playing upstairs, and stalls for Nepal Bazaar (Adele is just back from Nepal, and they managed to get into Tibet, too, which was fascinating, but also quite harrowing as they met several people who had been tortured by the Chinese), Julia with her Fairtrade bags and toys, and Jump4Timbuktu (Chris is just back from Timbuktu, with some marvellous photos and more silver jewellery).
I had a lovely long chat with the Mayor's wife Ann, who belongs to several local choirs. Peter Lloyd said that he felt that he should come along to events like this one, to show encouragement for all the good things that are going on in the town.
There weren't quite as many people as we'd hoped for, but it was still a respectable turnout, and a good time was had by all.
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Please give a hearty hello to our good friends Ann and Peter Lloyd from Marc and Jill (the Virginians)!
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