Headington Festival 2011

The Festival has been running for several years now and is gaining its place as a fixture on the Headington calendar – right up there with the open gardens (this week and next). All credit to Headington Action for being the driving force behind this.

A children’s brass ensemble performed today, to general admiration all round. They were great little performers ably lead by their conductor who wore a general, restrained air of anxiety right up to the final, warbling note. A tremendous achievement …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iPhone video)

January gigs: Mama Rosin and Richard Thompson

Mama Rosin (Cajun/Zydeco music from Switzerland) at the Brasenose Arms, Cropredy, 28 January

Not quite Fred’s Lounge in Mamou, Louisiana, but arguably the next best thing on a January night in Oxfordshire.

And the next night we saw Richard Thompson at Warwick Arts Centre, part of the Dream Attic tour.

What a star.

At The Spotted Cat on Frenchmen Street, New Orleans

^ The Jazz Vipers

< Between sets

Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival 2010 | New Orleans #2

Plenty of refreshments down by the old US Mint

Minolta Vectis S-1 | 28-56 mm zoom | Kodak Advantix 200 converted to B&W | 1/90 s @ f/6.7 @ 31mm

Stage awning

Minolta Vectis S-1 | 28-56 mm zoom | Kodak Advantix 200 | 1/180 s @ f/13 @ 56mm

Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival 2010 | New Orleans #1

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys on the Cajun stage

Minolta Vectis S-1 | 28-56 mm zoom | Kodak Advantix 200 | 1/125 s @ f/8 @ 32mm

 

Sound engineer at the Zydeco stage

Minolta Vectis S-1 | 28-56 mm zoom | Kodak Advantix 200 | 1/125 s @ f/11 @ 28mm