Guy Fawkes was a co-conspirator in the 1605 attempt to blow up the British Parliament while the King and other principal leaders were there. The plan was to fill a cellar beneath the parliament building with kegs of gunpowder and set off the charge at the appropriate time. Guy Fawkes was caught guarding the gunpowder and, after being tortured, confessed to the crime and revealed the names of other conspirators. The British celebrate the foiling of the plot annually on the 5th of November. Celebrations tend to include fireworks, burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes, or the pope, or someone else like Margaret Thatcher.
Guy was not a very common name at the time and became the origin for our word "guy". The British adopted the use of the word "guy" to mean anyone who is unusually dressed. Americans later came to use the word to mean any male person.
The weather for the Guy Fawkes Festival was cool and overcast, so the temperature did not drop much during the evening. Three bands performed, The Brook Meggs Band, Tomzap, and The Adventures Of...
The Brook Meggs Band consisted of
- Brook Meggs - Guitar and vocals
- Karen Rusk - Bass guitar
- Tina Marie - Lead vocals
- Steve Hall - Drums
The Adventures Of... band consisted of
- Brook Meggs - Lead guitar and vocals
- Michael Wimer - Bass and vocals
- Peter Treece - Rhythm guitar and vocals
- Perry Banty - Drums
Tomzap played these songs:
- Come and See the Show by Tom Penick
- Start Again by Tom Penick
- Take On Me from a-ha about
- Never Say Goodbye by Tom Penick
- Go Go Power Rangers by The Mighty Raw Played by special request for young Chris.
- Wear Your Love Like Heaven by Donovan Leitch
- Shape of Things to Come by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil about
- It's Beyond Me by Tom Penick about
- Sueles Dejarme Solo by Gustavo Cerati of Soda Stereo about
- One Day at a Time by Tom Penick with Steve Hall on drums
- Vortex by Rodger Hutchins with Steve Hall on drums
- Talk by Cold Play with Steve Hall on drums
- Killer Foam by Rodger Hutchins
- Get Together by Tom Penick
- De Música Ligera by Gustavo Cerati of Soda Stereo about
Brook Meggs Band
Tomzap
The Adventures Of..
