Saturday 23 August 2014

Boogie Night at the Museum - Inspired Fringe Fun

Sound checking in the stately vault of Chamber's Street Museum for my slot on their main stage I was dwarfed by the immensity and splendour of it all and to hear the guitar booming out into the galleries beyond the atrium in such an enormous resounding way made me feel somewhat shy. I chose to do my 2 Sindo Garay Cuban bolero pieces followed by Choros No.1 and the Paco Pena 'Herencia Latina', to end on a rousing note. There was a quiet dressing room up on the top floor where I was honoured to meet the extraordinary Movin' Melvin Brown, who was also on the bill.
Performing in such a lively and glorious setting was a tremendous experience although with so many people all having fun I couldn't exactly hear what I was playing. But I enjoyed myself and I had lots of lovely people coming up to me afterwards, as I explored the exhibitions, to say how much they had enjoyed it. So it was very rewarding.
The National Museum of Scotland - Chambers Street

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