Well, here we sit on Saturday afternoon - fresh from the lunch time session at the Beer Festival, and reflecting on last night's proceedings; and I have to say - it was pretty damn good!
The sun shone during the day, so it was a pretty balmy (or is it barmy?) night - the Beavers came on at around 8:30, with about half the assembled gathering outside the marquee, which was not the best of situations! However, they did their normal good job of getting the crowd going with their mix of soul and R&B classics, so by 10:00pm everybody was nicely primed!
We had a slight hiccup in that Frank decided (at 10:10pm) to go to the toilet, change his shirt and tune up, which delayed us by about another 5 minutes (he's only had half an hour to do this!), but once we ripped into "Johnny B Goode" and "Summer of 69" the crowd were putty in our hands!
The set seemed to go down pretty well - our really new number "Whole Lotta Rosie" was brilliantly received, and Chrissie's performance really settled her nerves (her knees were actually shaking when she went on!).
So, all in all, a fantastic night, and we're looking forward to this evening - we're on at 8:15pm, so will be sending security out to drag people in from outside, or doing a rain dance! Once we are off at 9:45, we can relax and really enjoy the beer - assuming there is any left!
If you read this, and you've not got a ticket - there's still some left, so get to one of the outlets and get down there for a brilliant night - and it's all for charity!
The sun shone during the day, so it was a pretty balmy (or is it barmy?) night - the Beavers came on at around 8:30, with about half the assembled gathering outside the marquee, which was not the best of situations! However, they did their normal good job of getting the crowd going with their mix of soul and R&B classics, so by 10:00pm everybody was nicely primed!
We had a slight hiccup in that Frank decided (at 10:10pm) to go to the toilet, change his shirt and tune up, which delayed us by about another 5 minutes (he's only had half an hour to do this!), but once we ripped into "Johnny B Goode" and "Summer of 69" the crowd were putty in our hands!
The set seemed to go down pretty well - our really new number "Whole Lotta Rosie" was brilliantly received, and Chrissie's performance really settled her nerves (her knees were actually shaking when she went on!).
So, all in all, a fantastic night, and we're looking forward to this evening - we're on at 8:15pm, so will be sending security out to drag people in from outside, or doing a rain dance! Once we are off at 9:45, we can relax and really enjoy the beer - assuming there is any left!
If you read this, and you've not got a ticket - there's still some left, so get to one of the outlets and get down there for a brilliant night - and it's all for charity!
