Apple Day at Stanmer Park

Brighton Apple Day at Stanmer Park was, despite the weather, a huge success!

Loads of stalls with – apples! Apples to buy, apples to study and apple identification. Plus apple juice and cider. There were apple tree tours as well!

Actually it didn’t rain much and for our two singing sessions we were bunched inside a gazebo, put up especially for all singers and musicians, with chairs set out for the audience. So thoughtful.

Tina did an amazing job as leader and kept all 20 of us together – spatially and vocally. During the first 40-minute set we had some drizzle, but still an audience appeared and many stayed to watch. We sang The Bee Boy’s Song especially for Cat’s 3 year old son, Rhion, as it’s his favourite song. Rhion sat on his father's lap and quietly watched the whole first set before closing his eyes…

There was no rain for the second set and we had a really good audience plus plenty of through traffic, most of whom stayed for at least a little while. The organiser, Neil – such a nice man – thanked us all very much and has asked us back for next year. There were lots of very positive comments. I think the South Downs Folk Singers did the Apple Day proud and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, too!

Amaryllis