Illuminating York
Fantastic Festival of Lights on in York, ‘Illuminating York’. The principal spectacular is in the Museum Gardens where from 5pm to 11pm there is a lighting and sound event with the whole of the Yorkshire Museum facade used as a screen and also St. Mary’s Abbey so one can see and listen to two shows at once, awesome. This is on till 2 November 2008 so get down there quickly, not much time left. And it’s free.
Yesterday evening I was at a Creative York meeting in the Hospitium where the various artists and curators involved gave fascinating talks on there work and how they made these spectacular shows.
Then it was back to Whitby which, in spite of a North Easter blowing up the River, was at least two degrees warmer than York. I managed to make the Whitby Folk Club at the Friendship Rowing Club by 10pm. There was a good turn out, a visit from ‘The Pirates’ and also Mike Lydiatt from Sheffield.
I sang ‘Young William’s Tale’ and ‘John Hodgson’s Song’ (Also known as ‘The White Horse Song’).
I’ll make a note to tell you about the stories behind these songs in a future blog.
Tony Morris
www.tonymorrispoet.com
