Wednesday 6 August 2014

Dave Haslam House Party

At about 11pm we snuck off to the House Party to catch Dave Haslam. Nick had introduced us earlier in the day and this seemed like too good an opportunity to miss. A legendary Manchester DJ playing the House Party tent? Yes please!

We arrived, admittedly after getting a bit lost, and wormed our way to the front. Advantage of being small: turn up at whatever time and people will still let you past... just watch those sharp elbows! Dave took to the stage, dressed in casual clothes with his mud splattered wellies, as indeed we all were wearing. He had a relaxed attitude and was clearly there for the music too.

Classics such as 'You've got the Love' were played and after a few songs we took off into the crowd to see how everyone was responding.

Wow! It was chaos. Everyone was bopping up and down, twisting and turning to the fabulous beats. There wasn't a stationary person in sight, especially Dave's wife, who bounced the highest of them all. This is definitely telling about Dave's DJ style, highlighting his energetic nature and ability to keep the dance floor in full swing all night long.

At one point, the crowd became so wild the roof was blown off!...

Well, there was a small hole which meant we got dripped on anyway.

All in all, this was a fantastic set. We left the tent buzzing and headed back to Tim Peaks Diner. We knew we had to catch Dave in Tim Peaks on the Saturday and we did. It too was ace. (We saw Dave a lot over the weekend... we promise we weren't stalking him!)

Further write ups of Dave coming soon. Stay tuned to find out his favourite moment of the festival!

Bye for now.

Kendal Calling Rocket we happened to find whilst
lost and searching for the House Party

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