Stone Soup!


Carnival Dancers!, originally uploaded by the13thfairy.

The sunniest I’ve seen for Britannia’s Stone Soup festival. The soup was hot, the tostadas were fabulous, spirits were high and the band was out in force: probably at least twenty-five showed up in fabulous carnival attire to jump, honk, and thump our gratitude for the community centre that so generously hosts our weekly workshops. One of Britannia’s Directors sought us out after our set to thank us for bringing the spirit of the day.

Honk if you HONK!


More cowbell!, originally uploaded by the13thfairy.

An epic border lineup defeated our best plans to arrive in time for the festival opening (and Gregg Moore’s fabulous “Hawaii 5-0” workshop), but we pulled it together in classic Carnival Band style, with the group forming, growing and changing from one set to the next.
Wild dancing, fabulous guest percussionists, a joint set with the Yellow Hat Band, and a couple of impromptu jams in local businesses (Carnival Band in a barbershop? More pics later!), and that was all before 10pm.