THE CRIER CLIMAX.
THE FIRST PART OF THE COMPETITION HAD BEEN RUDELY INTERRUPTED BY THE NEED TO AVOID GIVING MORRISONS MY MONEY BUT IT HAD BEEN SUCH A DELIGHT THAT I RETURNED FOR PART TWO. SADLY , THE WEATHER HAD CHANGED .IT WAS RAINING.... FOR A CHANGE!! HOWEVER , THE SHOW MUST GO ON AND CROWDS REMAINED FAITHFUL. THE KIDS WERE STILL ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
PART TWO GOT UNDER WAY AND THIS TIME THE CONTESTANTS WERE REQUIRED TO RELATE SOME INCIDENT FROM LOCAL HISTORY.. CONSIDERING , AS ONE TOLD ME , THEY HAD TO RESEARCH IT THEMSELVES, I BELIEVE THEY DID VERY WELL. SOMETIMES THE RENDITION WAS IN VERSE WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN DOUBLY DEMANDING!!
THE BELLS CLANGED AND THE VOICES ROARED
AND I COULD NOT HELP THINKING THAT IF
OUR TOWN CHARTER HAD BEEN READ SO
VOCIFEROUSLY THEN MORE LOCALS WOULD
HAVE BEEN AWARE OF IT .
THE LADIES ONCE AGAIN SHOWED THEIR PROWESS BUT ONE DID
PUZZLE ME.. LOOKING MORE LIKE A DRUID AND SPORTING A
TAMBORINE RATHER THAN A BELL SHE WAS CERTAINLY
DIFFERENT.
THEY WERE STILL GOING STRONG AS I DEPARTED SO I CANNOT YET SAY WHO WON THE CONTEST.
COMPETITION WAS FIERCE SO THE JUDGES HAD THEIR HANDS FULL IN MAKING A DECISION. THE PAPERS WILL
TELL US SOON. BUT WHOEVER DID WIN THEY ALL MADE IT A GRAND DAY DOWN AT THE HUB.