What a weekend...

...that was. My first Glastonvicki here in North Cyprus and it did not disappoint. I arrived too late for last years event but if I'd known about Glastonvicki before hand, I would have left the U.K. a month earlier. All the acts were superb but the highlight of the day had to be young James on drums, what a star! There is no story to tell a such, as the pictures say it all. Things kicked off with the youngsters and progressed to the adult acts as the afternoon wore on. The weather too was hot, the day being the hottest of the year so far, peaking at 104f!

This was Take 7 who started the proceedings with half an hour of classic rock songs, kicking off with Sweet Child of Mine, originally made a hit by the American rock group Guns and Roses.

A mother and son duet calling themselves Why so Serious.

These youngsters called themselves Toxic Rockers but toxic they were not.

This young eleven year old bass player playing with Toxic Rockers, certainly knew how to rock.

Another Toxic rocker making sure she hit the right chords.

This duet called themselves Karma and were excelleent.

And here is young James, down on the running order as 'Drumming James' performing a twenty minute drum solo. For someone who has only been playing the drums for less than twelve months, he is on his way being star quality.

Here is a little star of a different order. This little puppy gate-crashed Glastonvicki and everyone thought he came with one of the festival goers. He was in fact a stray and was given a new home at the end of the day by an adoring fan.

This was a local band calling themselves Fireballs and performed rock songs from the sixties.

Two of four youngsters performing a couple of songs with Charlie Berry, a local ex-pat

Here are the other two, the one on the right being Ezel, Vicki, the organisers daughter

Here they are all together

Now, this is Ed, for one day only, as Jimi Hendrix and listed as Purple Haze. This young man oozes talent and has just been accepted into Music College in Nicosia. He has a bright future ahead of him on the music scene. I also have to mention his delightful girlfriend Ingrid, who is expecting a baby in the middle of next month

And here is young James, again, drumming with Purple Haze

Jimi Hendrix fans eat your heart out if this is not a true likeness of the famous 60's star

On June 18th 1967, legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix smashed then burned his guitar on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival. Here on June 16th 2012, two days short of the forty-fifth anniversary of that piece of musical history, Ed re-inacts that scene

Stamping out the flamed flamed Strat that was a Fender

This tight outfit call themselves the Foreign Nationals. The drummer is of course James. The four young lads, all being different foreign nationals, hence the name, performed a set so tight, a cigarette paper could not be sqeezed in between each note!

The bass player thought the original Glastonbury Festival was held every year in Scotland, hence the kilt. We had to forgive him as he hails from America

And yet again James with the Foriegn Nationals beating those drums to pieces

This 'old boy' has to have a deserved mention as he was the compare, as he was last year, for Glastonvicki. He is a talent in his own right and kept the proceedings flowing

This is my friend (Well, I hope he's still my friend after Saturday) Mr Barry Snakes to you and me. He is a guitarist extraordinare and he supplied the P.A. and expertly mixed the sound for all the bands who performed on the day

And to close (This is Glastonvicki herself, Vicki Karaca) caught in the act of taking a few pictures. The look on her face would indicate she has been caught in the act of doing something really naughty! This amazing woman works tirelessly to make The Black Olive and Glastonvicki the success that it is. Without her and her dedicated husband Unal, the local music scene would not be what it is today here in North Cyprus. As the Romans would say, Hail Vicki Karaca.

'Hey vick's, perhaps by next years festival you will have learnt to play the bass to at least one track and even more ambitously be on stage with Ezel and your boy Ozan, who from what I've heard so far, is coming on strong with his guitar playing.