These
next three pics were taken back at the Siam tent as a band from Senegal,
known to all true Gooners as the place where midfield maestro Patrick Viera
originally came from, even though he plays his inernational football for France
("...he comes
from Senegal/and plays for Ars-en-al/Vi-er-a, wo-o-o-oh!" as the song sung
on the Highbury terraces goes). The scans aren't blinding, but the music
heard on the stage was.
I'm not sure
what the instrument below was the guy that you see was playing, but it sure
was coming out with some wondrous melodies, it has to be said.
Another pic
of the band's vocalist.
Not a great scan,
if I'm honest.
I took this
next photo right down at the front of the main open-air stage, and it features
a singer-songwriter who'd come all the way from Hawaii to perform doing
a tune he'd written as a love song for his girlfriend (ahhh!).
Walking back
to our tents, Dawn and I came across some capoeira dancers. Here they are
putting in the moves on a Friday afternoon.
I took this
next snap as I was about to head off to do a spot of shopping outside the
campsite. The sun was starting to set, so I thought I'd get a pic of it
and the tractor lane. As I was about to head off, a lady named Valerie (how's
it down in Tufnell Park?) with two young
boys in tow came up to me and complimented me on the T-shirt I had on (a faded old Echobelly one I'd gotten years
ago at a concert they'd done down at Dingwalls, in Camden).
"You don't see many of those
worn these days," she said with a strong French accent. It turned out that she
used to work with Glenn (Echbelly's guitarist) some years ago on a magazine and
still kept in contact with him from time to time. As she and her boys walked off, I got the sunset
you see below.
Two snaps taken of the big Ferris wheel that was part of the funfair in the
open field. As I
whizzed past, there on a a small stage were Seize The Day performing 'With My Hammer'.
I'd have loved to have stayed a little longer, but I had things to pick up
outside, so off I went.
Having gotten
back from the shop, I dropped off the bits for Dawn with Kasia and then
headed off to the Whirl-Y-Gig spot to see what they had on for the evening. The
place was rammed, and I found Marcia (hello!) from Italy who I introduced to
Dawn and Kasia when she bumped into us the previous night, at the entrance doing
some stewarding work. Once inside, I took in the surroundings and enjoyed the
sounds coming from a band by the name of Digital Bled. Here they are going at it
below...
....and here's the audience enjoying what they heard. Valerie came up and
told me that some bloke from the Midlands had just been voted out of the 'Big
Brother' house. I'd come down to WOMAD to escape all of that stuff, dear!
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