Saturday was gig day. Simon spent the morning worrying about playing at La Casa Noble, while Mum and Fran went and did the weekly grocery shop together for the first time in years, most fun! At about 4pm we set off for Aracena. After the ironing of the clothes,we walked into town for the first official gig in years. There was a group of people in the main room of the Obra (hotel bar)when we arrived, which boded well for at least having some kind of audience. The entire affair was very informal much to Simon's delight. Some of the crowd were part of the Aracena Chorus and did great things for Simon's ego by telling him he sang 'muy claro'. Things went well and he was asked to perform on the Sunday also. Sunday morning came all to soon as it seems to be getting harder and harder to get out of bed these days. After a quick breakfast we headed to Los Marines to visit the Fiesta de Mostos. Mostos as far as we can gather is an immature wine, kinda cloudy and very potent, check your license at the door. Unfortunately as with most Spanish festivals, there never seems to be any sort of organised time and we arrived a little to early as most of the stalls were just beginning to set up. We did a quick tour of the village and then headed back to the Manley residence to prepare for the second gig. This was also recieved well and promise of future payment was made by the owner :)) Since then a deal has been struck and 4 more nights of playing have been booked. These will be our first earned euros, which all being said and done is none to shabby. So conludes the weekend.
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