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Final touches made to folk festival event


CARDIFF SHOW: 5 Seconds Of Summer


THE Sunday night following two evenings where two One Direction concerts had taken place in Cardiff probably could have been quiet, but no- one had told the fans of 5 Sec- onds of Summer that. From the moment the count-


down to the main event start- ed the whole of Cardiff’s Mo- torpoint Arena auditorium was at fever pitch with excite- ment to see to the four boys take to the stage. We were certainly not disap- pointed with the tantalising way the band hit the stage, starting with Ashton Urwin followed by the rest of the band coming on from dif- ferent directions, the use of lighting charged the atmos- phere even higher. From the opening song (End


Up Here) the band didn’t put a note out of place. There was plenty of audi-


ence interaction as the band worked through their cata- logue of music with the ma- jority of the audience know- ing every song but this only helped build the excitement.


Review: 5 Seconds ofSummer, Motorpoint Arena


The warm up band, Hey Vio-


let, played a few numbers in- cluding a cover The Game as well as finishing on their free download You Don’t Love Me Like You Should. I liked the way they introduced them- selves at the beginning which helped to build up a rapport with the audience which meant by the end of their sec- tion the audience were really responding to them. A final mention for the set


and lighting design which worked really well to create different atmospheres de- pending on the song and with the big screens projecting the band it felt like you were in a much bigger stadium than the Cardiff arena. Rachel Howells


GOOD FOLK: CoCo & The Butterields


WITH just 6 weeks remain- ing, the organisers of the 4th Edition of the Village Pump Folk Festival, to be held in the spectacular setting of the White Horse Country Park, are putting the finish- ing touches to what promis- es to be the best festival yet! The main stages, club stage


and children’s programmes are now complete with hun- dreds of performers booked to appear from Friday after- noon to Sunday night. This year, festival patrons Show of Hands will be making an exclusive live album of their Saturday night concert – this will only be available to those in the audience that night! This marks a unique


Folk Festival


first for the festival (credited as the first festival Show of Hands “cracked”) – and a nice payback for our Pump- ers who create such a fan- tastic atmosphere that our performers revel in. In a festival of firsts there


will be premiere perfor- mances by the pride of Scot- land – twelve piece band Treacherous Orchestra; Welsh ambassadors Calan; Jim Moray & Sam Carter’s loud folk rock band False Lights and good time party bands such as CoCo & the Butterfields and Mad Dog Mcrea. But it isn’t just new- comers to the festival who


will be creating a stir. The Village Pump is delighted to be welcoming back folk royalty in Barbara Dickson OBE & Nick Holland; Oys- terband, the Strawbs, the re- formed English Folk/Reggae fusion band Edward II plus Martin Carthy MBE and Dave Swarbrick – celebrat- ing 50 years of creating bril- liant music together. This year multi-award win-


ning duo Megson will not only be performing their “Out of the Box” set but also featuring their “Family Folk Show” – designed and road tested with that most discerning of audiences – 4-5 year old children. Apart from Megson, entertain- ment and activities for these “apprentices to the pump” will come from Noisy Oys- ter, Wolly, Professor Eek, Francis Maxey, Kooky and Mr.Brown’s Pig. As is usual at the Village Pump, chil- dren and minders can also participate in Kate’s Crafts and Gill’s Parachute Games. It wouldn’t be the Village Pump Folk Festival without the appearances of Morris sides local to the festival so it will be great to welcome back both Holt and White Horse Morris. Spooky Men’s Chorale will also add a twist to the Sunday line-up. Away from the music pro-


FOLK STARS: Spooky Men’s Chorale


gramme, this year the entire traders’ offer has been to- tally revamped in response to many helpful suggestions and comments from our pumpers. The food stalls will be offering the widest possi- ble range of great eats – and they are proudly flying the flag for low food miles and


terrific West Country pro- duce. There also seems to be a theme of the adaptation of perhaps familiar looking vehicles from which to serve great food. Look out for Top Deck Tatties splendidly re- stored open topped double decker bus, while All Ter- rain Caffeine serve barista coffee from a restored Land Rover Defender and you can stop a Garbanzo Ice Cream Tricycle for that all impor- tant summer-time treat. Among the local crafts-


workers with us for the first time this year will be Trevor Pictor of the White Horse Pottery leaving his estab- lished pottery, a Victorian School House on the Bratton Road, for a marquee on site. Other crafts on site include Wiltshire Guild of Spinners, Hannuman Kites of Bath who sell the world’s small- est kite and Buzzards Field Basses of Trowbridge with the essential but not often seen bass ukulele. A special addition to our services on site for campers this year will be the Village Pump Shop. Who better to offer that service than the volunteers who successfully operate the Steeple Ashton Village community shop. Festival weekend tickets


are available from village- pumpfolkfestival.co.uk or via Bath Box Office; Trow- bridge Information Centre; Sound Knowledge, Marl- borough and The Cheese & Grain Frome. Festival day tickets are also now avail- able from villagepumpfolk- festival.co.uk


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