Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 April 2012 - Apollo Bay Music Festival, Apollo Bay (#42)
Unbelievably, Apollo Bay Music Festival has come and gone. What a great weekend - a real eye-opener to be part of a real music festival, and probably for the first time many of us felt like real musicians. We held our own, performance-wise, in front of about 1000 people on Saturday evening in the main tent, and a packed house of 200 in the Mechanics Institute on Sunday morning. Lots of nice comments from members of other bands.
The newly painted pan bus (thanks, Rita) got a good workout on the trip, while the new "stickmen" t-shirts (thanks, Lisa) looked great. All good practice for the 1st Australian Steelband Festival to be held in Marysville on 12-14 April 2013.
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On the Saturday evening, Pans on Fire played on the Almost Nearly Main Stage in the main tent. While everyone was a little nervous, the show went well, with Lennox Jordan casting an approving gaze from back of stage.
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On Sunday morning, after many of the band had stayed late to watch and hear the Melbourne Ska Orchestra, we fronted up as first act at the Mechanics Institute, and to a standing room only crowd, we performed again.
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The video clip below appeared on the Apollo Bay Music Festival Facebook page after the Festival.