2nd July 2008 : The Sunrunner, Hitchin

Thanks to our good pals Alan and Sue Hewson, na-mara played a two hour set at the Sunrunner pub in Hitchin town centre. On a balmy night, the pub was packed inside and three deep outside. Alan and Sue provided the p.a. and many of our friends form the Baldock and Letchworth Folk Club came along to support us – which was really nice and gave us a wonderful lift. There were also some friends from my workplace who live in Hitchin, some people that I had met at a party a few weeks before who seemed interested in hearing us and had made the journey to Hitchin to do so and our very good friend Robert Taylor travelled up from St Albans.

Two hours worth of stuff is pretty demanding on the old brain cells but, again, allowed us to try out some new material . Rob has been working on a couple of Greek tunes which are real toe-tappers (and a sod to play). So, they had an outing. Thanks to Alan and Sue for an excellent job on the p.a. and, as they say, a good night was had by all. We hoped we might follow the gig up with a slot at the Hitchin Rhythms of the World festival but somehow, it never came to pass.