AFTER 8 MONTHS OF HARE-FEST 2013 ORGANISATION, JIM & NAOMI, MICHAEL & SANDRA and THE TEAM WERE DELIGHTED THAT THEIR OPENING NIGHT WAS SUNNY!
MICK HEWETT & ANDY POULTON, SUPERSTAR SOUND CREW at the SOUND DESK
The FESTIVAL GIRLS with MICHAEL & SANDRA on OPENING NIGHT
JOHN MILLER, OMJ KEYBOARDIST & COMPOSER OF FESTIVAL BACKGROUND MUSIC with WIFE, LINDA SETTING UP THE OMJ JAZZ ORCHESTRA
GRAHAM COOK LEADER/SAXOPHINIST of ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN JAZZ & OMJ SOUND CHECK. LATER POWERFUL SOUNDS OF 20 MUSICIANS WERE LIT BY NATURE! FULL-ON SUNSHINE TIL DUSK: A FULL MOON BEAMING DOWN TIL 11 pm! DOES ANYTHING BEAT GOOD MUSIC IN THE OPEN AIR? WAS FANTASTIC!
JIM'S STAFF GET READY TO WELCOME GUESTS TO THE BEACH BAR BASH!
MICHAEL PIPE MEETS HARE-FEST SPECIAL GUEST, TOM SCUDAMORE, TEENAGE RADIO PRESENTER & PRODUCER WITH SECKLOW SOUNDS
LEIGHTON BUZZARD CHILDREN'S THEATRE OPEN HARE-FEST 2013 AND SWING MAGNIFICENTLY INTO SONGS FROM HIT MUSICALS INCLUDING LES MISERABLES & BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!
HARE-FEST 2013 WAS DELIGHTED TO WELCOME POPULAR LOCAL MP, ANDREW SELOUS FOR SHORT VISIT. WE WONDER IF DARA O'BRIAIN WOULD HAVE SATIRIZED A VERY SMALL TWEETED TYPO, IF MOCK THE WEEK PRODUCERS HAD PREVIOUSLY MET OUR LOCAL 6'6" GENTLE GIANT!
KEITH ALLEN, PRESIDENT OF EASTERN COUNTIES ROLLER HOCKEY ASSOCIATION, GURU TO MANY NEW CLUBS OVER 35 YEARS SHARED HIS PASSION ENTHUSING LOCALS TO CONSIDER RESTARTING THE TIDDENFOOT CLUB ENJOYED BY MANY IN THE PAST. ANDREW SELOUS, MEETING KEITH, MENTIONED THE MAJOR MAKEOVER OF TIDDENFOOT LEISURE FACILITIES! Contact Keith if interested via http://www.ecrha.co.uk or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com
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ANOTHER ESSENTIAL IRREPLACEABLE HARE-FEST TEAMSTER IS SALLY WEBB: COORDINATOR OF THE FESTIVAL GIRLS WITH VICKIE, OF UTANGE ORPHANAGE MERCHANDISE, PRIZE DRAW TICKET SALES AND BUCKET COLLECTIONS! £800 MADE!
BACK TO THE FUTURE - and setting up the first day of HARE-FEST2013 - PTSD RESOLUTION representatives set up their stand in the BOOKCAMP!
Clients and supporters shared the weekend with star fundraisers, Jim and Naomi Woolley, selling copies of SHELL SHOCK by a client author.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE - Utange Orphanage supporters set up their stand with Voices from Africa poetry books and Handle with Care CDs, the wonderful work of fellow supporters, Irene & Tim Grant-Jones. Yet another supporter of Utange Orphans, festival co-promoter, Sandra Dudley, knew her prayers for a sunny weekend had been answered.
THE FUTURE IS IN OUR HANDS - and after 8 months of exciting searches for sponsors, artists, donated prizes and widest publicity on a budget OUR FIRST WEEKEND AUDIENCE ARRIVES! Special thanks to John Verity, Max Milligan, Cherry Lee Mewis and Giles Robson for website endorsements and to superb HARE TASTER GIG MUSICIANS WHO CREATED OUR FIRST AUDIENCES!