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Sunday, July 06, 2008
Ooooh it's just like Glastonbury
I'm seeing a pattern emerge when it comes to Rio 5 gigs, whenever we go out and play, it throws it down with rain! check the previous posts if you don't believe me...
So the idea of playing outside at Thornbridge Hall, Ashford-in-the-Water (no pun) for the NSPCC in the pouring rain, went down about as well as having to get up at 9am on your first Sunday off in 2 months... hmm
But it's an outdoor gig, in the country, in the fresh air and we don't have to take the PA system, so lets load up the van and get this show on the road.
That'll be a country lane then, a single track, to the wonderful place that is Thornbridge, a really nice country pile with a wonderful view over the peak district.
We were the first of 4 bands throughout the day, Rio 5, Junkyard Dogs, Frank White and Stoned Angels, so we had to deal with all the obstacles: the rain coming sideways, the lawn being sodden, the fact that there was only one side on the gazebo, I'm kinda glad we got there at 10.30am.
But a helpful groundsman found us some sheets of wood to put the drums on so Symon didn't sink into the quagmire, and an end for the gazebo and when that was sorted it was positively tropical, so we set up our mini kit, watching the rain come down in sheets, the boy scouts playing "splat the rat", listening to the brass band playing in the courtyard.
Then the best bit, rdf media were filming a documentary for Channel 4, I'll keep an eye out for it and let you know, and the host (some woman I didn't recognise in a pink dress) came and head a look, then we had to pause so they could record "a piece to camera" and then we rocked on!
Seriously, if the weather had been nice it would have been a wonderful gig, we enjoyed it and appreciate the people that stood their in their wellies with their umbrellas and applauded us, thankyou very much, and to South Yorkshire Entertainment for giving us the chance to play - then when we'd packed down and were coming home, the sun came out.
I'm seeing a pattern emerge when it comes to Rio 5 gigs, whenever we go out and play, it throws it down with rain! check the previous posts if you don't believe me...
So the idea of playing outside at Thornbridge Hall, Ashford-in-the-Water (no pun) for the NSPCC in the pouring rain, went down about as well as having to get up at 9am on your first Sunday off in 2 months... hmm
But it's an outdoor gig, in the country, in the fresh air and we don't have to take the PA system, so lets load up the van and get this show on the road.
That'll be a country lane then, a single track, to the wonderful place that is Thornbridge, a really nice country pile with a wonderful view over the peak district.
We were the first of 4 bands throughout the day, Rio 5, Junkyard Dogs, Frank White and Stoned Angels, so we had to deal with all the obstacles: the rain coming sideways, the lawn being sodden, the fact that there was only one side on the gazebo, I'm kinda glad we got there at 10.30am.
But a helpful groundsman found us some sheets of wood to put the drums on so Symon didn't sink into the quagmire, and an end for the gazebo and when that was sorted it was positively tropical, so we set up our mini kit, watching the rain come down in sheets, the boy scouts playing "splat the rat", listening to the brass band playing in the courtyard.
Then the best bit, rdf media were filming a documentary for Channel 4, I'll keep an eye out for it and let you know, and the host (some woman I didn't recognise in a pink dress) came and head a look, then we had to pause so they could record "a piece to camera" and then we rocked on!
Seriously, if the weather had been nice it would have been a wonderful gig, we enjoyed it and appreciate the people that stood their in their wellies with their umbrellas and applauded us, thankyou very much, and to South Yorkshire Entertainment for giving us the chance to play - then when we'd packed down and were coming home, the sun came out.
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