Tenterden Folk Festival Day 1

The Craft Fair is upstairs in the Town Hall - there's a great view of the dancers from the balcony:




Several "virtual friends" came along in support - these two twits (oops, sorry, twitterers!) are @HoodenersHorse and @justinnelson_



I loved meeting some of the Morris Dancers I've knitted: two ladies from the Loose Women team



and a lady from Mad Jacks:



Back to the fair tomorrow - do come and say hello if you're in the area, we're open 10 - 5, dancers will be about and about once more.

Tenterden Folk Festival

Tenterden Folk Festival - a Mob of Morris Dancers, a Fantasia of Folk Singers and ... most importantly? ... Niftyknits in person!

Tenterden is one of the most picturesque little towns in Kent all year round, but during the Folk Festival there are dancing "pitches" up and down the High Street where Morris Dancers will be doing their thing in a riot of colour and bells.



The Mayor and assorted dignitaries wave in a genteel manner from the balcony over the Town Hall as themassed dancers process along the High Street whilst behind the balcony in the upstairs hall there are a range of handcrafts - not just Niftyknits but jewellery, hand turned wood, traditional toys, paintings and ceramics.



Pop into one of our local pubs for a pint and you will quite likely be competing for the barman's attention with Morris Dancers, complete with tankards and likely to burst into song at the drop of a hat!

Wander down to the station - no commuters here, we're still in the steam age in Tenterden!

Tenterden Folk Festival next weekend!

We picked up the programme for next weekend's fair yesterday and flipped through excitedly to see my name in print!



Shutting the programme, I noticed an ad on the back for our local steam railoway. "Oh look, there's a photo of the Morris dancers I blogged about a while back."

Then I looked more closely:



and more closely still:



Yes - it's Mr Nifty and I sharing a "moment"!

If you're in the area, my stall is upstairs in the Town Hall - discount to anyone who claims to know me through blog / twitter / facebook /wherever!