Aug 3
2008

Well it’s been a busy week for me, not knowing from one day to the next if I am heading to Portreath to do open-air work and then this weekend I was due at Creation Fest for some camping and a Christian music festival.

Well we went, leaving here at 6:30 Friday morning. We arrived at about 9am and set up our tents. The wind was blowing a gale and the tents were more like kites! The facilities were also quite a way away from our pitches, which was not a good sign, given my sister is disabled, although to be fair we hadn’t really informed the site of this prior to arrival! We then headed to the festival site.

We got our press passes and went to mingle and soak in the atmosphere. At 11 o’ Clock we managed to catch Philippa Hanna’s set in one of the smaller stages. Afterwards we grabbed her for an interview, I know my review of her first album said that there was great potential, and I am fairly satisfied that I am right – she is truly on fire for God, wanting to spread His glory not her own!

After lunch before the main stage started we managed to arrange an interview with Linz West, front man of LZ7 (and formerly the Tribe) and later in the day we managed to hook up with Mark Mohr of Christafari – Look for all these interviews coming soon on the website (or possibly in the magazine!). After all this it was about 9pm so we left to get some tea in Woolacombe – a lovely sea-side town (or village?) that is only slightly marked by the tourist trade. Then headed back to the campsite.

There was a disaster at the campsite though! Well maybe not disaster exactly, but something that was distinctly annoying. My brand new tent which had been erected according to the instructions was not exactly standing properly. In fact it was definitely in something that could be described as a slounch. At first I thought is was just a little blown over, but soon realised it was worse than it looked because one of the supporting bendy bars had shattered, either in the wind, or someone had stepped on it. Whatever it was the tent was unusable!

So what to do? We decided Helen would stay in her tent (with mattress) and I would sleep in the passenger seat of her Volvo. Well I did try to sleep, I was just dropping off when someone tapped on the door and opened it. Thankfully it was only Helen, off to the loo complaining that she couldn’t sleep and the day had taken a toll on her asthma! She went to the loo and returned to her tent. I tried to get to sleep again. It was like trying to sleep on a very uncomfortable dentist’s chair. Needless to say I didn’t sleep too well, or long and I gave up at half three. At which point I turned on the light in the car to check out the days schedule and who was playing and when. The bands that I really wanted to see, Four Kornerz and Electralyte were not going to be performing until much later in the day – so I decided to suggest we head home.

In the dark we took down the tents as quietly as we could and made our exit. I was slightly disappointed, but I did get 3 interviews which meant it was worth going. Next year we’ll B&B it!

Since I got back I have managed to post the Kevin Max interview – finally and other bits of news. One thing to look out for coming soon that I found at creation fest is a stunning album from one of the other singers in Christafari – Avion Blackman – her second album is (from initial listening at least) absolutely fantastic. It’s called “Sweet Life” and I would suggest you buy it as soon at it comes out from www.gospelreggae.com

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