Two things combined this past weekend to make today’s music offering completely self-obvious, self-evident and virtually unavoidable. For one, it was the Glastonbury Festival. I didn’t get to go, but I watched my favourite bands avidly via the ongoing, almost real-time and therefore quasi-life footage over on the Beeb.
For another, the amazing Jane Risdon wrote an outstanding piece of flash fiction titled Summer of Love and published over on Morgen Bailey’s blog last Friday. Well, after reading this, I was so very much in the mood for a festival and nostalgic for an era I didn’t get to experience that I simply had to bring you this song…
That about captures it, don’t you think?
Have you ever experienced nostalgia for something you didn’t even get to experience in the first place?
What can I say? It was AWESOME. I have a million photos of the amazing Festival of Romance last weekend. Not all of them came out too well owing to some very pink lighting… but here are the highlights. Oh, and in case you haven’t heard/seen: I sang. Yup, my friends, I sang a bit of a favourite rock song to introduce my reading of Sophie’s Turn. And to prove it… there’s videographic evidence!
Friday night:
Romance and Award Gala
Getting ready to party with my room-mate, Sheryl Browne
Carol Wyer, Linn Halton, me and Kim Maya Sutton waiting for our dinner
The Romaniacs!!!
C’mon, shake a leg!
Give it up for Lady B and her amazing award!!
Ole! Photo courtesy of the lovely Sheryl Browne ~ thank you!
Me and my writing buddy, the lovely Sue Fortin! (And yes, those are magic hands!)
The Romance Fair
Loveahappyending.com ~ we’re here, for sure!
Ooooh, and look at our romance shelf! AWESOME!
UK Sapphire Star Publishing Sisters ~ having a fantabulous time!
…and there were random skits, of the Regency persuasion. Fantastic! They kissed!
Delighted to finally meet my Twitter and FB friend, Joanne Phillips….
… as well as fabulous reviewer and blogger friend, Dizzy (aka Carol Wright)…
…and the wonderful Talli Roland!
The Rock Star Party!!
Mandy, Sheryl and I ~ ready to rock!
Hooray! Connecting with outstanding blogger and super-strategic writer, the one and only Morgen Bailey.
Kate Allan, Festival organiser extraordinaire, reading at the Rock Star party
And finally… I couldn’t help myself. I had to sing!
I didn’t know I would burst into song when I picked up the mic at the afternoon reading. Honest! It just… happened.
…and here’s me, doing the same thing again at the Rock Star party at Rock City Art. Oh yeah! Photo courtesy of Linn Halton ~ thank you, sweetie!
Don’t believe me? See for yourself!
Video clip courtesy of Morgen Bailey: thank you for recording, uploading and sharing. You rock!
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