day nine.two

what a stunning evening we've had here. Joe Stilgoe had everyone in the palm of his hand with a roaring crowd down at the Garrick, and up at the cathedral the evening ended with a standing ovation, not a common occurance at all here in Lichfield. Jon Lord and co were absolutely brilliant, and the audience came from far and wide (I met one person who had driven five hours from Kent and another who had flown in from Copengahen). Many photos were taken at the rehearsal, and many more were taken at the gig, both officially and unofficially, so no doubt footage and image will gradually become available. Would be great if people popped links below. If things went according to plan, the entire evening was also recorded. Not sure what we'll do with it...

Full playlist was
As I Walked Out One Evening
De Profundis
Miles Away
Sarabande
Pictured Within
From The Windmill
The Telemann Experiment
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Evening Song
Bouree
Air on the Blue String
Unsquare Dance
Soldier of Fortune
Gigue
//encores
Wait a While
The Sun Will Shine Again
Child in Time

day one.two

staging is coming in after successful get in to the cathedral last night, and the wine tents are going up on the South West lawn. For the first time, Worth Brothers, wine merchants who run their business from amazing and ancient cellars just outside the Cathedral Close, will be running the Wine Tents after nearly three decades of dedicated, behind-the-scenes work from the Lichfield Festival Association Wine Committee. Even if people are not going to come to a concert, I would strongly recommend swinging by any evening from 6.30pm for some excellent wine (and food provided by nearby Doveston's). If you happened to swing by between 7.30 and 9.30 on Wednesday 15 July, they'll be doing summer wine tastings for £5 a head.

three days to go

three days to go and the visual arts boards are going into the cathedral, and the pace in the office has picked up a bit. Most of our lighting rig is actually in already, thanks to the Lichfield Mysteries over the weekend, which will make bringing in all our production kit on Wednesday evening quicker than it has ever been. We are using JTV Production for the first time, but they know the cathedral intimately having produced events in there for over a decade.
In another first, a lucky selection of our volunteers are about to troop on down for some Front-of-House training at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre.