COLIN CURTIS PRESENTS A TASTE OF DINGWALLS WE OUT HERE FEST LOVE DANCIN SUNDAY 18TH AUGUST 18 2019

DINGWALLS in a Tent, We Out Here Festival 2019 - Love Dancin' Tent
BIG LOVE & THANKS
Ok here comes the ramble. Some 30 serious plus years ago i stumbled
upon a Musical World that was to change & shape my life
forever. Sounds dramatic, evangelical, well yes it was, it is. I
had found my purpose, my mission, my family! I clubbed 3/4
sometimes 5/6 nights a week, no distance was too far in my little
2CV6, sometimes It was overloaded with other clubbers, or I was on
my todd. It didn’t matter, because I knew I would be sharing a
space with others who like me needed to dance, to immerse
themselves in this incredible music, played by people who felt the
same way about it as us. It was about sharing the passion & it
was so tangible, you could taste it. They were magical times &
pretty intense and they set many of us on a path that we never
truly came off. In 2007 we decided to resurrect The Talkin’ Loud
Sunday Afternoon sessions at Dingwalls that ran from 87 - 91, as a
one off celebration, it was a risk, clubbing had changed, it had
evolved, was more diverse musically, which was great on one level
but on another had lost that musical family feeling of what
“Clubbing” meant to me. But like us it was still important to those
that had experienced it and this time they came with family and so
our one off - happened every year and recently twice!! The reason
I’m going over old ground is that Gilles’ new Festival We Out Here
evoked those very same feelings for me, It gave me that sense of
belonging - it was a giant club! combining the passion, knowledge
& inspiration of the legendary Club sessions & musicians of
old, with the new musical visionaries continuing to spread the
Musical World we love in their own inspirational way to the next
generation.
Wow it was truly 4/5 days of none stop joyous pleasure, meeting
friends from time and current. We danced & sang with our kids,
their friends and our wellies :) The Love Dancin’ tent run by the
wonderful Colleen Murphy & husband Adam along with the amazing
Mr Scruff nurtured us and our sound. Our guest DJ’s the brilliant
Kev Beadle and legendary Colin Curtis read the vibe perfectly &
made my legs & face ache from the continuous dancing &
smiling. Gilles who spent the 4/5 days being absolutely everywhere
at the same time gave us an eyes closing deep Love set and Mr Forge
from his first record at 12noon to his last at 7.10pm not only was
he pitch perfect, every tune touching your head, heart & legs
(I’m so broken