A Celebration of Arts and Music

Thursday 12 May 2011 - Sunday 22 May 2011

 

LET'S ROCK THE MOOR  - 21 May 2011


      

Saturday afternoon and the crowds start gathering for Let's Rock the Moor, the weather is warm the ice cream van is busy and the Crown pub is open for drinks.4000 people filled Cookham Moor for the biggest event of the Cookham Festival.
 
From 10am the school children of the Cookham primaries entertained the crowds.
 
The crowds took advantage of some glorious spring weather to bring picnics and meet the friends and enjoy the great music, stalls, human statues, big wigs, and delicious food and drink concessions, while their kids painted the Borough's recycling wheelie bins!
 
 Among the many acts the Stereosonic and Who are you tribute acts got the crowd dancing. Local band the Quotes rocked and the Mean Red Spiders lit up the afternoon. Between the acts  the Rock the Moor Dance skool kept the stage buzzing.
 
But the appearance of Liverpool 70's band The Real Thing proved to be the spark that set the Moor alight. A sensational set of 70s classics had everyone singing and dancing and smiling. This is what we'd come for!
 
Curiosity Killed the Cat - Ben - was colourful, and clearly thrilled to be part of the show; Carol Decker from Henley, brought her 80's magic alive with her well loved T'Pau hits.
 
There was a anxious wait for headline act Rick Astley from Kingston. Technical issues sadly cut his set short but Rick's powerful voice lifted the crowd to a crescendo of Never Going to Give you up! and Cookham revelled in one of the best events of it's kind. A promise from Rick to buy everyone a drink at the Crown was much appreciated and indeed one of the noticeable parts of the day was the large crowds along the causeway and at the Crown Pub enjoying the event and being part of Cookham's great day all in aid of local charities The Link Foundation and the Wooden Spoon!

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Click here for Video Wild Dancing at Cookham's Rock the Moor

Click here for Video of Curiosity Killed the Cat Gig

Review in the Maidenhead Advertiser


   


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