East Steel at Bilton Gala 2017

Stuart assured us that it wouldn't rain this year but we took the gazebos anyway. We were me [Victoria], Bex, Anne, Lynn, Trish, Joyce, Vicky, Sophie, Wanda. Bex was our kit-player.

There were exotic animals and people diving over vans on motorbikes, and off towers in flames into water.

The weather was mostly lovely with a just a couple of drops of rain. And we were the welcome party, greeting the mayday revellers at the entrance, but then they walked past us and into the main body of the show. Don't know which I would prefer: having too many competing sounds, or having less audience.

Only one pix of Bex as she was drumming, and I forgot to ask, so here is a couple of her, one from last year at Bilton, one from Woodlesford.

We introduced Singing the Blues and massacred Locomotion twice.

And after that the Blue Van expired!

So now the question is how Tardis is my Skoda?

East Steel practises at Swarthmore school term-time on Thursdays. Always room for new members.

East Steel play Bilton Gala May 2016

Well this is what comes of playing in Yeadon; we get asked to play in Bilton, north of Harrogate. And one town leads to another. At this rate we'll be in Durham before the year is out.

It was bucketing down at the beginning. We were me, Bex, Vicky, Wanda, Lynn, Wendy, Pippa, Sophie, Trish, with guests: Ash on kit and Georgia and Patrick. Actually Patrick's role was just to be passed about from person to person. I guess someone has to do it, and he really is the only one small enough.



Becky took most of these lovely photos from all angles.