They performed in the largest tent that took over three thousand people.
Beforehand, I watched 'Shane Howard' and other Australian folk musicians. He drew a bigger crowd than the Saw Doctors. They were involved in a tribute to to a recently deceased Aboriginal activist and received long rounds of applause and a standing ovation at the end. I had met Shane in Crossley on St Brigid's Day when he asked me to teach Irish to some local kids-I had better brush up on my Irish!
I moved right up to the front before the Saw Doctors came on. All the rules were broken as a large group gathered there and as their song says 'danced and danced and danced and danced...'I jumped up and sang with the best of them. Tommy K got me going and then there was no stopping me. As they say here' it was all good.' Got some photos afterwards and Leo and Eimhin came to the pub with a gang of us Irish. Sound, down-to-earth people both.
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