Then whilst spending most of this month doing admin duties (which I detest) I played at a local fundraiser for Cylch Meithrin Glan y Fferi. A fun event that raised over £500.
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| Glan y Fferi fundraiser |
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| Dai aged 10. My first guitar. |
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| Dai in a theatre production 1980 |
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| The 'shed heads' join me for a local Jam night |
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| Dai guests with 'the Empty Shed Experience' on radio tircoed |
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| Stuart and Andy at radio tircoed |
Then mid May 'road trip' - off to the city of London to play at The London Welsh Centre. These Huw Stephens sessions are great fun. I had a warm Welsh welcome from their Cultural development officer Iain Richards, who incidentaly is a valleys boy like myself and played a great set alongside Talmai, a rocking band iaith Gymraeg.
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| That's 'Rock Paper Scissors' |
The next day I proudly played at Gwyl Pili Pala festival, Swansea. The venue - St.James' church, uplands. I got there early to meet up with my good friend and mentor Amy Wadge where we had a coffee and a large Cup Cake with a chin-wag and made some plans for my album then I played a strange but enjoyable set in the dramatic setting that is St.James's.
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| Event Manager Angela Muir |
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| St. James' church |
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| Sharks in Choral crooning |
A slightly exhausted Sharkey then ran home and snuggled under the duvet and unfortunately didn't want to get back out.
The end of the following week I did a bit of sound engineering for Plank Promotions where The Empty Shed Experience, Rob Lear, Cut Ribbons and Us contributed to a most successful evening of Acoustic Psychotica.
The following week, bank ho;iday Monday, I played at Tavernrock '13 festival, Swansea. A mid afternoon slot that I really enjoyed. It's nice to have the times where the pressure isn't on, I relax and feel that I play, sing and perform better, connecting with the audience in a more personal way, sharing my stories and anecdotes. Really enjoyed this one. (cheers Chris Woodman for booking me. )
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| Uplands tavern, Swansea |
And then on the Saturday I was off to Carmarthen to support Oxjam, a musical festival fundraising for Oxfam, but that's June...I'll share those details with you all in the next posting.
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Big Hugs. Dai.x
