A long but brilliant day. The day of our '10 gigs in 1 day' event in which Claudia, Marcel, Edd and I played...well, 10 gigs, all in Cambridge. Planned meticulously, promoted terribly, but we did it - 12 hours of gigs, a lot of amazing people met along the way. Full credit to Phill for coming to all 10 gigs, whilst Rob came to most of them as well, as did Bryan and Kate...I've got incredible friends.
The gigs started out in a small cafe, before eventually moving up to proper pub venues. In one of the cafes the staff even donated their tips for the day to the cause, in one of the venues we were given brandy and pizza, in another we were just handed beer continually. Everyone is just so lovely; I started the day feeling really down about everything - hence why I wore a Santa hat and beard the whole time, to cover my depressing expression, but by the end I was actually smiling again, because we were doing a great thing for a very fitting charity, it all felt poignant by the end, I was nearly getting emotional.
Throughout the day my fellow musicians worked so hard, having to play 10 gigs is just ridiculous, and get that enthusiasm up each time, which they did. We were so tight, every gig, every performance was fun. And we raised £502 for the cause, too, which was fantastic.
It's gonna hurt tomorrow, but that was a victory, a real proper victory. A special day in the company of some of my favourite people. Amazing work.
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