2007
30th Anniversary Weekend
29 Jun - 1
Jul - a celebratory weekend with guests from Chinewrde, Flag & Bone,
Gog Magog, Ouse Washes and the Witchmen
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The
full line up of sides outside Henley Town Hall |
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The
celebratory cake |
Bob
checking in early arrivals at Polehampton School in Twyford, our weekend
base |
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Friday
evening and the weekend is under way |
Saturday
morning in Twyford and - what's this - some rain? on Berkshire
Bedlam? |
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Ouse
Washes, this one to vocal accompaniment |
The
Flag & Bone Gang with a boney one |
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Must
be easing off
now |
Chinewrde
at The Fisherman's Cottage by the Kennet & Avon Canal, in Reading |
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And
Gog Magog .... |
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with their soberly dressed musicians |
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The
Witchmen at The Oracle centre display area, Reading |
Ouse
Washes with their cheerful hanging dance |
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Gog
Magog danging ... |
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and resting |
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Flag
& Bone |
BB
with a Wheel of Fortune ... |
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Witchmen |
Hang
on, one of their dancers is an imposter ... |
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and not very well disguised |
Is
this the look that says ""Simon's gone wrong again ..."? |
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Must
be that magical time of day, time for ... |
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Dance of the Little Fairies |
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Back
at the school for Sports Day, Flag & Bone are selling sick notes |
Paul
and Lee show everyone how the wheelbarrow race should be done |
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After
a hard afternoon's sports, Yorkshire win the (nicked) trophy, and aren't
those young chaps (over) excited? |
Later
on its ceilidh time with the wonderful Geckoes |
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Halfway
through, the frozen puddings are ready at last |
The
boys in white turn into the Men in Black for their spot |
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Jameson
and Simon pay homage to Blood Brothers, the Blues Brothers and Reservoir
Dogs |
Sunday
morning in Henley Market Place, the Withcmen Big Band supplemented by
Yvonne ... |
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..
and can you spot that imposter again? |
Ouse
Washes |
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Chinewrde |
And
almost all the BB line-up |
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Down
by the River Thames, its time for a Berkshire Bedlam knees-up |
Osue
Washes |
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Flag
& Bone |
Witchmen |
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And
a final Dance of The Little Fairies ... |
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followed by everyone through The Magic Arch (aah, the power of mass
hypnosis ...) |
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Back
at the school with the guests gone there was time for a Northwest
practice in the pool |
It
was going quite well ... |
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....
until someone joined in unfamiliar with the protocol of Northwest .... |
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