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Barnstaple Winter Festival
12/12/2008
G-TV Part 5
Hey there Gentlefans!
I should tell you on behalf of the rest of The Gentlemen a little bit about our very Christmassy gig in Barnstaple, Devon. We were invited to play alongside The Saturdays for their ‘turning on the Christmas lights’ event.
One of the highlights of the day was making a card for the girls, which you can see in the video blog. They were very nice and smiley but a little cold as the gig was outside. Josh got a little over familiar with the video camera on this trip and features heavily at the expense of the rest of us. Yet it is still exciting enough to make your head asplode! My personal vendetta against health and safety found new fervour as you can imagine when faced with city centre security officials telling me I had to enter the back stage area ‘the proper way’.
"As opposed to the what?" I wondered, "The improper way?" Apparently some gaps in the security fence were officially sanctioned entrances and others were embarrassing oversights. High visibility vests do strange things to men.
However, the show was brilliant and the people of Barnstaple turned out in force. Despite the strong winds and pouring rain over 10,000 people braved the weather and a good time was had by all!
Nicholas
