Hullavington HarFest 2006

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The Hullavington  HarFest  took place between the 9th  to 17th Sept. This was a series of  9 concerts and workshops played and performed, in many instances,  to sell out audiences.  Naked Voices  started the ball rolling and what a star performance they gave.  Speaking to one of them them after the gig,  he said how impressed they were with the New Hullavington Village hall and the wonderful reception  they got.   In fact  Chris Samuels, one of the Naked Voices,  plans to start a voice  workshop in the village and, who knows, we may  get yet another first rate choir for the next Hullavington HarFest.

Later in the week we had the Wilde Bunch with   Dani and Will Wilde playing the blues  to a full house and bringing the house down.  But there was still so much  more to come like  the excellent jazz  session  with Eric  Gough and  Jeane Marlowe also playing to a full house at the Star skittle alley. The audience  refused to allow them to stop playing.  Dave, the Star  landlord, plans to invite the Wilde Bunch and Eric and Jeane  back, so keep your eyes peeled for this. 

 The youth choir, Genesis,   played to a large audience in the church and greatly impressed.   And, who knows, we may well have been watching  the  Jamie Cullum's and Dani  & Will Wilde's of the future.  The   Sultanas of Swing, who  the Rev Andrew Evans introduced as the Sultans of Sin  ( I understand their bookings have now trebled),  gave us a wonderful  session of  swing style songs  and  were very warmly received.

  All this and there was yet more quality concerts and sessions to come; like: the dance workshop with Lydia Wheeler, the  excellent performance from the NUBISS  chamber  Choir, the fun of the  Barn dance in Vic's barn. And what about that BandFest;  yes yet another sell out,  with The Rock Of Life Band,  Pete Malaband's  scratch  group to fill in for the Stilts, The Wilde Bunch and, to finish, The HarFest Band  which had  us all rocking in the aisles and roaring for more. 

 On Sunday the church was full to bursting and, to round off the  HarFest, there was  Music on The Lawn at Holly House. What a terrific  9 day festival this was. Full marks to the organizers and performers and let's hope  they can be persuaded to make it a regular thing. Let's also not forget the programme sponsor Serendipity B&B and of course St Mary's Church who provided the inspiration for it all, plus Mt Zion church who provided the Rock of Life Band and so much more. Well done and thank you  all for giving us such  an unforgettable village experience