Jack in the Green
Jack in the Green is a May Day festival celebrated around the UK, but the best one happens in Hastings. This year was the 25th anniversary, and now Pete and I were in Sambalanco, we were to take part in the procession through the streets of the old town, dressed up in our purple and yellow “uniform”.
Sam-ba-lan-co!
After the street parade we headed up to the castle where we had a stage set before the Jack was ‘killed to release the spirit of summer’. We finished playing at 6pm with a jamming session in the Chess Square, George Street.
Jack in the Green Street Parade starts at the net huts at Rock-a-Nore
The sun was shining all day, we had a fantastically fun time and was sorry when it was all over but we were exhausted by the end of it.
Our next parade is in Rye next Bank Holiday weekend.
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