Wednesday, July 11, 2007

To the gig!

As the lovely Lady Hilaria (age 99!) said to us this morning on the way to her former house/castle (which is now owned by England's National Trust) ... "To the gig!"

Over the past few days we've been staying at Ben's Great-Aunt Penelope's house prepping for the tour. Penelope and company (they have quite a large family... a bit tough to keep track of them all...) fed us, gave us shelter, bathed us (or at least offered their showers to us), drove us around, showed us the sites, etc. I don't think we can even began to thank them enough for their hospitality! For our last afternoon here we played a completely acoustic set at the amazing Mt. Edgcumbe, for an amazing small group of family, friends, and tourists. The building was completely mind blowing. The history of this beautiful estate can be found HERE.

Tomorrow morning we head to London where the real party begins. MAke sure to watch us live from The Bedford tomorrow night around 4pm EST, 9pm london time at The Bedford's website. Just head to the site and click LIVE WEBCAST... it should work ok! In the mean time, here's a couple pictures from our day at Mt. Edgcumbe.


On the way to Mt. Edgcumbe...


Mt. Edgcumbe in all its glory.


Performing at Mt Edgcumbe


So all in all, a succesful stay in Plymouth. We played at a castle, sang for an Earl, explained the word "gig" to a 99 year old lady, and had a jolly good time.

-Seth and Ben

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi there,

My mum and dad were there at Mount Edgcumbe to see the 'gig' - they took a few photos if you would like them? One with Lady Hilaria in her arm chair..

Email me on fuzzyphelps@hotmail.co.uk

chk
Andrew