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Sidmouth Folk Festival - Sat 5th - Fri 11th August
2023 |
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Sat 5th August |
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At the team reception,
Rhys demonstrates his advanced warm ups |
In the afternoon dance
show, Sally's new nuts prove somewhat fragile ... |
... either getting
stuck together ... |
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... or rapidly
disintegrating |
Later on at
Port Royal, strong winds caused ribbon problems... |
... which we
rose above |
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Sun 6th August |
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On the Esplanade |
Ambitious
stick throwing at Port Royal |
Teams
assemble at Port Royal, Compass Roses ready to perform... |
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... so Rhys fleeces the
audience while they dance... |
2 sets for
Sucking The Monkey... |
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high kicks at the front |
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Jig competition - James and
Emma reprise last year's winning double |
In the solo,
Robert rises high ... |
... as
does Charles |
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Mon 7th August |
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Devil's Highway on the
Esplanade |
At Port
Royal, a lively run through of the Sword Dance before LNE |
Princess
Royal at Connaught Gardens |
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LNE! ... |
... 2 sets of 1-6 |
The Sword
Dance... |
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... more Swords |
Fairies to finish |
Good lines! |
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Tues 8th August (our day off...) |
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Ace snapper Ben, camera
always at the ready... |
... and as
his alter ego, along with Sel for their fabulous electronica extravaganza
album launch |
Connaught
Gardens in the foreground during an afternoon dance show |
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Wed 9th August |
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Back at Port Royal |
In the Market Square,
someone mentions it's Happy Hour in The Anchor |
Jameson
shows how it should be done |
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Cor blimey guvnor, what's
this on the bus into town?... |
Why I do declare! It's some
Pearly Kings and Queens at the Morris Party! |
Who could these be? |
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Where Did You Get That Hat
dance (as first seen in 1994!) |
The Pearly King Wheel of
Death (which went surprisingly OK) |
Hoy! Who's
got a hat left? |
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Thur 10th August |
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Schrodingers at Port Royal |
The afternoon procession -
obligatory tour of the mini roundabout |
Afternoon
dance show - Highland Mary... |
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... and 2 sets of Cavalier |
All up |
Later that
evening, Robert auditions on the drum... |
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... during an
impromptu mini stag evening for Rhys, including brother Owain... |
... and Emma Laister - an
ambitious RTB demonstration during Flowers of Edinburgh |
Rhys
and Will at the Sailing club, before the sambucas kicked in (and later
kicked out) |
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Fri 11th August |
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Last day, musicians at Port
Royal |
Port Royal from behind |
A final Port
Royal flourish |
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Fairies to finish at
Connaught |
All on stage after the
final mini procession round the gardens, ably led by Will and BB |
In the
Market Square, an ambitious final 1-6 |
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Waiting to start the
torchlight procession |
En route,
Ben enjoying the lime(torch)light |
Waiting for
torches out and the end of the Festival (sob) |
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