A seriously good evening had at the Bird in Hand.  Probably our largest and most enthusiastic audience so far this year; this most likely due to Pat's arm twisting in his home village - an invite with menaces I think.

Driving into the car park... we witnessed an example of what I suppose must be called Normal for Norfolk parking... some chap squeezing his car into an impossibly small gap between two others in a car park full of spaces.  However, I digress... driving into the car park we were greeted by a large sign declaring "Worth the Wait" - a promising start when the publican orders in a barrel of our sponsor's beer from Beeston Brewery.  Hopefully the audience would think of Kemp's this way as well.

Dancing got off to a brisk start with Salty at the helm for a stack of well known tunes and dances. Tim, having recovered from a funny turn, took over part way through and called for a load of less familiar tunes and dances and a fair bit of head scratching.  

The return of Luke to the side for a flying visit was a welcome distraction and cause for some amusement (read why here and imagine the scene). Perhaps throwing him into Starry Night for a Ramble was a little unkind (but very funny).

Landlady, Lizzie, sent out jugs of Worth the Wait at half time and this was much appreciated by all.

Good weather all evening ensured that we stayed out dancing and playing tunes until a slight nip in the air finally drove us inside... just for a few tunes before heading home. A few turned into quite a lot as the audience didn't throw any rotten fruit or complain too loudly.  Stewy, Salty and Gary had a go with their vocal cords and the Koblenz "bad boys" gave the Bluebell Polka a good thrashing in memory of a boozy weekend in Germany

Time to go home (and get it in the neck for being late); thanked Lizzie for getting in the Worth the Wait, "No problem", she said, "it's selling very well - we're on the second barrel"!

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