The Bequia Music festival
Chiscos - Atlantic Cruise
John Simpson
Tue 31 Jan 2012 19:11
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We returned to Bequia on Thursday for the start of the
Bequias music festival. We managed to get a great mooring just off the
Gingerbread hotel in the bay.
 Bequia it self is a pretty quiet place and the town
centre looks fairly traditional
 But I think we have discovered where all the Mini Mokes
have gone!!
 Night one (Thursday)was a steel band, Friday night was a
whole evening (until 2am) of jazz and blues which the skipper really
enjoyed.
Saturday lunch and afternoon was a 'jam session' It was
set in the beautiful Bequias Beach Hotel. The stage was right on the beach with
the hotel grounds given over to the music lovers(!) There was about 300
people there.
We talked to the organisers when we arrived. We
eventually did two turns - one with Mikaela and I playing together
  and then I played with one of the jazz/blues
bands.
   We had a great time!
That evening we went back to the main concert
venue and had another good evening of more modern music.
There was then a Sunday lunchtime session which we also
attended.
On Sunday evening Mikaela and I gave another little
concert on another boat called Spirited Lady.
On Monday we left Bequia having picked up two additional
crew - Nico and Sophie (off Spirited Lady as it happened!) and had a great
sail to Mayreau.
Tomorrow we plan to visit the Tobago
Cays
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