Harrison Festival - Day Two
Monday, July 12th, 2010The second day of the Festival offered slightly milder weather and alot of the same great entertainment and activities. The Art Market and beach stage were packed all day with warm and enthusiastic crowds. A wonderful example of the audiences appreciative nature was the last outdoor performance of the day, Vancouver group Dehli 2 Dublin (D2D) whose energetic blend of electronica, Bhangra and Celtic flavours had the whole crowd dancing and cheering. The evening concert in the Memorial Hall offered similiar high energy with the big drum sound, African rhythms and amazing harmonies of Montreal’s H’Sao. Tonight the Festival takes a more mellow tone with their increasingly popular Literary Cafe co-sponsored by the University of Fraser Valley Continuing Studies. This year’s theme is ‘Bridging the Human’ featuring live readings by BC writers Leona Gom, Elsie K Neufeld and Joan Macleod with music from local singer/songwriter Marilee Jones and Vancouver fiddler Sheila Allan.