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| battened down for day one © Teresa Newham |
Given that just five days previously torrential rain and gale force winds were lashing the country, I reckon we were pretty lucky with this year's Art on the Common. True, there was a brisk wind - so brisk in fact that on the Saturday Sue, Hillary and I kept everything flat and our greetings cards in riffle boxes - but it was sunny and dry.
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| a Very Big Flag in the Carnival procession © Teresa Newham |
Situated as we were under the road sign by the A1081, we had an excellent view of the Carnival procession, and could hear everything going on at the sound stage outside the Public Halls. Harpenden Light Operatic Society gave us a foretaste of their next show Sister Act and a rock band performed an eclectic mix of songs during the afternoon (Here's to You Mrs Robinson in the style of punk rock anyone?).
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| Serenaded by members of HLOS © Teresa Newham |
I was struck by the amount of people with dogs in tow until I remembered that the Carnival included a Dog Show. We saw all sorts - large, small and everything in between - and so many of them appeared to be art lovers (well, perhaps not the one on the right).
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| doggy art lovers . . . or not © Teresa Newham |
By Sunday the breeze had died down a bit and we put on something more like our usual display, mixing up our pieces to encourage visitors to take a good look round, while we sat in the shade and relaxed. We had spent the last twenty four hours putting up two gazebos and all our wares, taking everything down and putting it up again, after all . . .
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| new layout for day two © Teresa Newham |
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| time to relax © Teresa Newham |
Always an enjoyable and worthwhile occasion xx
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