No specifics yet, but I can most assuredly say that we will be back
down in our beloved Tasmania in January, in a nice big way :-)
Listening to 'Melody' by Sharleen Spiteri
Sent by iPhone from somewhere windswept & interesting
Monday, August 11, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Childers
What a weekend!
Despite me getting sick and developing a mild case of narcolepsy...
Day 2 of Childers was incredible. Once again we caught up with our panpipe friends Walisuma, who just get better and better every year. The boys just couldn’t pronounce the name properly either. Mannie called them his friends 'Wally Su' and Paul called them 'Walimasuma'. Note to my sister Hayley who came with us to Childers last year –the shakers they have that look like peanuts on a string are actually goat toenails (pointed out by my percussion expert friend Kristie)! I wonder if they get the urge to paint them?
Mannie was feeling fine despite the ‘enormous’ gash in his nose. Shadow the female 5 pound puppy attacked him with an unprovoked vengeance. I offered to camouflage it with concealer, but Mannie declined -I think he wanted to arouse sympathy. The first gig went really well –despite playing at the inexcusable hour of 9:45am! Mannie was ready to cry because his foldback was so loud, but he slipped the sound guys a tenner with sweet whispers and soon got his way. It was a tough gig, playing outside on a cool winter morning meant our hands were freezing and we couldn’t play very quickly. Hello coffee! Between gigs Bridget & I abandoned the boys and explored the markets. It was brilliant –there’s nothing like two gals on a serious shopping mission! We came away with jewellery and more clothes –Mannie tried to enforce a rule that forbade us to stop spending our hard-earned band money on gig outfits, but he immediately backed off when we both stared him down, with Bridget giving him her best Teacher Look and me nearly freezing him out of orbit. Don’t even go there.
Our second gig was, using the wonderfully-coined term, a corker. Playing at the much better time of 12:45pm (I was actually awake here), the street was packed and we played massively overtime at the request of the audience. I must mention my wonderful friend, Brisbane Sunas photographer and salesperson extraordinaire Kristie who at every gig walked around selling our album like hotdogs at a baseball game. We’ve never seen anything like it –a big hello to our new fans and thank you for buying an album! She was also the groomer, fixing things like my unruly hair and adjusting the boys’ collars on their shirts. Thank you Kristie for your help, it was greatly appreciated. You are a champion!
Afterwards, we crashed and had a healthy lunch with the lovely Jan & Col (who looks so much like the guy from Jim’s Mowing it’s incredible) and Kristie & Brad. Little Shadow was so tired out at this stage she just snoozed in Brad’s arms. We like her when she’s tired, she’s very cute and far less bitey. Thanks especially to Jan & Col for letting us take over your house again –that massive fry-up breakfast won’t be forgotten in a hurry! All in all it was a wonderful festival, and catching up with great friends made it all the more special. Our next festival is at Neurum Creek from the 12th – 14th September. We can’t wait!
Listening to 'Les cousinages' by Genticorum
Despite me getting sick and developing a mild case of narcolepsy...
Day 2 of Childers was incredible. Once again we caught up with our panpipe friends Walisuma, who just get better and better every year. The boys just couldn’t pronounce the name properly either. Mannie called them his friends 'Wally Su' and Paul called them 'Walimasuma'. Note to my sister Hayley who came with us to Childers last year –the shakers they have that look like peanuts on a string are actually goat toenails (pointed out by my percussion expert friend Kristie)! I wonder if they get the urge to paint them?
Mannie was feeling fine despite the ‘enormous’ gash in his nose. Shadow the female 5 pound puppy attacked him with an unprovoked vengeance. I offered to camouflage it with concealer, but Mannie declined -I think he wanted to arouse sympathy. The first gig went really well –despite playing at the inexcusable hour of 9:45am! Mannie was ready to cry because his foldback was so loud, but he slipped the sound guys a tenner with sweet whispers and soon got his way. It was a tough gig, playing outside on a cool winter morning meant our hands were freezing and we couldn’t play very quickly. Hello coffee! Between gigs Bridget & I abandoned the boys and explored the markets. It was brilliant –there’s nothing like two gals on a serious shopping mission! We came away with jewellery and more clothes –Mannie tried to enforce a rule that forbade us to stop spending our hard-earned band money on gig outfits, but he immediately backed off when we both stared him down, with Bridget giving him her best Teacher Look and me nearly freezing him out of orbit. Don’t even go there.
Our second gig was, using the wonderfully-coined term, a corker. Playing at the much better time of 12:45pm (I was actually awake here), the street was packed and we played massively overtime at the request of the audience. I must mention my wonderful friend, Brisbane Sunas photographer and salesperson extraordinaire Kristie who at every gig walked around selling our album like hotdogs at a baseball game. We’ve never seen anything like it –a big hello to our new fans and thank you for buying an album! She was also the groomer, fixing things like my unruly hair and adjusting the boys’ collars on their shirts. Thank you Kristie for your help, it was greatly appreciated. You are a champion!
Afterwards, we crashed and had a healthy lunch with the lovely Jan & Col (who looks so much like the guy from Jim’s Mowing it’s incredible) and Kristie & Brad. Little Shadow was so tired out at this stage she just snoozed in Brad’s arms. We like her when she’s tired, she’s very cute and far less bitey. Thanks especially to Jan & Col for letting us take over your house again –that massive fry-up breakfast won’t be forgotten in a hurry! All in all it was a wonderful festival, and catching up with great friends made it all the more special. Our next festival is at Neurum Creek from the 12th – 14th September. We can’t wait!
Listening to 'Les cousinages' by Genticorum
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