His Grumpiness said to me, "I don't expect much from life anymore so things aren't quite as terrible." Classic. It was in this spirit that I convinced him to attend the Huon Valley Mid-winter Festival with me.
This festival is held at Willie Smith Apple Shed about 30 minutes south of Hobart. Holy smokes I love their cider. It is a traditional mid-winter festival where people come dressed in pagan costume with shrubbery and antlers and a vast array of really interesting hats. There are stilts and face paint, men wandering around playing the accordion and creatures unknown and unknowable. There is great food and drink.
To cap it all off there is fantastic music. The first band His Grumpiness and I saw was The Ramshackle Army. Their music just made me want to dance. The came The Dead Maggies. They were not at their best. I think that they were over emotional about this being drummer Bicket's last Tasmanian show.
The following day I went again with The Blonde and Pink Thing. We ate delicious food, drank tasty hot cider and stood around the ridiculously huge and infinitely hot bonfire. We joined in the Apple Wassail and 'howled' to the orchard. We watched fire dancers and listened to The Scrims play great folk music featuring covers from the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly. As The Blonde is wont to say, much fun.
When I set out on my journey to become a 'Patron of the Arts', I set myself the challenge of seeing two live act each week or rounded off - 101 live acts in a year. The Scrims were act 100. I have all but reached my target and it is but June. What next? How can I increase my Arts Patronage status?
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