The Biggest Little Fetes in Hampshire!

Don't be a-Llama-ed! It's only a Llama!

The village fetes we were performing at this weekend had it all – hog roasts, helicopters, bouncy castles, burgers, cream teas, cider, spinning tea cups, Llamas and even the dog grand national… what more could you ask for to feel absolutely 100% quintessentially English?!

Despite the sudden downpours of torrential rain and strong gusts of wind, Wet Picnic didn’t let the weather get the better of us and we were out there serving tea, cake and having biscuit competitions  with the local people of Medstead and Bighton. One girl managed to get down four rich tea biscuits in 30 seconds – her mother was very proud. Medstead’s fete was in honour of their brand new shiny village hall, which was very exciting, and there was even a big ribbon on the doors that was cut to declare the building open and everything! Our favourite moment was when one lady, was asked for ‘a word in the corner’ by another lady, where she was asked her to remove her handbag from the table due to security reasons like it was the biggest and most top secret-est thing in the whole world, haha.

We had a slight panic on Sunday as we were setting the trollies up, when suddenly the rain came down like a storm and did not stop for a good hour or so – by which point everyone setting up their stalls and organising the fete had ran back to their homes to seek shelter so we were alone, in our van,  in a muddy field, in the poring rain. Luckily the weather suddenly turned and the sun came out like a beautiful summers day, as did all the people of Bighton that emerged from their homes and continued as if nothing had happened. Thank goodness for the bag of croissants Graeme had brought with him that morning, and for classic FM which made our time in the van very dramatic but soothing at the same time.

That is our Hat Fair Out There gigs over for this year but everyone wants us to come back and visit next year so hopefully we will be back to the fetes in 2012 with our new show The Birthday Party which we are starting to make next week – keep tuned on the blog to read about the R&D!