My
family and I enjoyed another great August Bank Holiday weekend of entertainment
courtesy of the Gretton Music Festival.
Despite
rain of Biblical proportions on the Saturday afternoon - which resulted in the
hog roast having to be rescued lest it be swept away in the flood - all the
events were well attended.
My
favourites of the weekend were the Musical Marquee on Saturday afternoon, where
we were treated to a variety of singers performing - yet again Kara Hamer
provided 'goosebump' moments with her stunning interpretations of Snow Patrol's
'Run' and Josh Groban's 'You Raise Me Up'.
Hard to believe that a 15-year old can sing like that, she's amazing.
Mark
Thompson entertained the crowd with his Rat Pack set Shades Of Sinatra, and was
also the lead singer of The Top Banana Band charity fundraiser gig on Sunday
night, as well as MCing the open mic event at The Hatton Arms on the Monday
afternoon. He was certainly kept very
busy!
At
the Open Mic event we listened to a wide range of performances - stand-out acts
for me included a rock band of youngsters called Unpredictable, who were brilliant. I'm not sure, but they must have all been
aged 16 or under.
They
performed Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall', which seemed quite
appropriate coming from kids that young, and also the Red Hot Chili Peppers'
'Under the Bridge', a very-rocked up version of Nina Simone's 'Feeling Good',
and encored with Bon Jovi's 'Living on a Prayer' which they encouraged us to
sing along to, something in hindsight they may have regretted!
We
were also entertained by a trio called Post Hatton, who provided another
'goosebump' moment with their version of Adele's 'Hello', and a folk band who I
think were called Soundbase who played a variety of violins, guitars, mandolins
and a box.
All
very different, but all very talented. Thanks
to all the venues and the organisers, and especially to Terry Forsey who's now
stepping down after seven successful years at the helm.
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