After a couple of days rest on Okseoerne
Island we headed back to Korsor in Denmark to spend a few
days with Helge & Ann Marie. While we were there we played
at a great little pub called the Bagergaarden - the place
was packed and it turned out to be a wonderfully intimate
concert, perhaps a turning point for us because we've become
a lot more settled and used to each other's songs and we're
now building on our repertoire. We've even learned a song
in "plat deutsch" and were able to sing it at a
special 70th birthday party for Helge's parents. It was sad
to leave Denmark but it's the nature of touring and it's like
that everywhere we go - "folkies" are such wonderful
people all around the world, just like a big family! We arrived
back on Okseoerne Island (for the 3rd and last time - what
a place!) on Tuesday 3rd August, gave an acoustic concert
for all the visitors in the island pub the next day, then
had to say farewell to our friends there for the last time.
On the Thursday night we played in The Shamrock, an Irish
pub in Flensburg. The publican was a musician himself and
also a sound technician. The event had been publicised very
well (thanks to Rudiger Fleck) so all the ingredients were
there, lots of people, a great sound and we were really firing,
so it turned out to be a very successful night and nobody
wanted it to end. Still, we had to tear ourselves away once
again to travel to Vegesack for the Festival Maritiem which
started on Friday evening. We arrived there a bit later than
intended because of delays on the autobahn. We eventually
got there with only an hour to spare before playing at the
opening concert - a bit unnerving but things worked out okay
and we made a big impression it seems because people kept
coming up to us the whole weekend to say how much they enjoyed
our music. More news about
Vegesack next week!
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Pete.
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