Wet Anundshög show

Margaret and I got free tickets (from VLT, our local paper) to an outdoor show at Anundshög on Friday evening. The show was very good, but spoiled by the torrential rain, and technical problems, almost certainly caused by the rain.

Lena Willemark, folk group Väsen, choir Singoalla and a dance group performed a newly written work in the grounds of Anundshög an enormous Viking burial ground which is a well known landmark in these parts.

I'm not a fan of Lena W, I just don't like her singing, however good at it she is! Väsen are very competent, as were Sangoalla. For me however the best was the dancing. These youngsters combined traditional Swedish folkdans with modern styles, which particularly considering the wet grass they had to dance on, was very impressive, and most enjoyable.

They were so good that for moments I could almost forget the rain. I had nothing to put on my head, although I did have the rest of me well covered. I'd forgotten that I'd taken off the hood part of my rain suit and left it at home!

It had stopped raining before the end of the show, but I was very glad that we were able to get out quickly. A Whiskey-Mac when we got home helped restore me!

Here is the VLT article translated by Google (who obviously don't know the word for evening!)