The Village of Wark

Those of you who made it to John Kirkpatrick’s performance before Christmas, would probably agree with me that Carolling and Crumpets was a real treat. What you might not have realized that we were very lucky to have been early in the series of concerts in the North of England: I understand the performance at Haydon Bridge on the following Saturday was cancelled because John wasn’t well enough to perform. At the Wark preformance the Hall was well filled and people were in pretty good voice, joining in with the choruses from the very start. Mr Kirkpatrick is clearly a very accomplished concertina and accordion player, but his lyrics are pretty special too. There were great wassailing songs from Shropshire and Gloucestershire as well as more well know traditional carols such as the Boar’s Head Carol and the Holly and the Ivy. All in all another fantastic evening of traditional music, thanks to the wonderful Highlights programme.