9.10. Plenty of time
to give out the remaining twenty flyers. As I stroll down the hill another car
full of our members passes me. Later I see them and one or two others, including
Jeff, sitting outside a café. Sitting outside
a café in Buxton at 9.20? That's a
new one. It's going to be a lovely day.
"Would you like
to come to our concert?" I say to Jeff.
"Oh, yes
please."
He immediately hands
the flyer on to a passer-by. I give him a small fistful to pass on to others.
The last half dozen
go into a vintage furniture and coffee shop. "Just the sort of thing our
customers like," says the assistant.
Outside one hotel
is a sculpture entitled "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". A lady is staring
at it. "We sing that one too," I say as I hand her a flyer. I spot her
in our audience in our second concert.
So, these flyers work.
It's is quite
touching that in several venues where I've dropped off leaflets on my two
previous visits to Buxton they've clearly photocopied a few more. Everyone in this
delightful town is so supportive of the Fringe Festival.
We worry a little about
the football. I even spot one St Mary's regular at the United Reformed Church. Oh
dear. We needn't have worried. At both concerts there were just a few people
fifteen minutes before the start. When we appeared at 11.00 at the United Reformed
Church and 3.00 at St Mary's the audatoria were both two thirds full – slightly
over, perhaps, with just a few more at St Mary's. Ah! Football – you won't stop us.
Our reviewer
picked out that we enjoy singing. Yes, we most certainly do. And it was fun. Read
the full review here.
It was good to sing some old favourites with which we are confident and we also
enjoyed airing Sway and The Blessing.
Of course, there is
the usual group photo, this time accompanied by a cat. Do you spot him?
We are awash with tea
and cake. Gallons of tea. There must be, because we use almost a gallon of
milk. Such a variety of cake. Some good baking and excellent choices in
shopping. This allows us plenty of time to chat to our audiences.
As I go back to my
car, I spot the group that followed us at the United Reformed Church.
"How did it
go?" I ask. They had performed a short murder mystery play.
"Quite well,"
they say. "We had a decent audience
in the end."
I suppose we did
cater for people who don't like football.
Yes, another
superb day at Buxton. Thank you to Mary at the United Reformed Church and Eric
and Eric at St Mary's who made us so welcome and helped our events to run
smoothly.
