Film and Piano in Wantage, Folk in Oxford

Last night (Saturday), saw a Film and Piano Double at Wantage Parish Church. The evening started with a piano recital by Mark Viner - an outstanding young pianist from Faringdon who played three Chopin pieces. This was followed by the film "Bright Star" about the last three years of the life of the poet John Keats, which was organised by Abingdon College & District Film Society. This was the first pre-festival event for the Wantage Betjeman Festival, which is planned for September 2011. Interestingly, the pew that John Betjeman used to occupy in Wantage Church was pointed out during the evening - a few places from where I sat. Using the church as a cinema worked very well, except next time I must remember to take a cushion.

Over the weekend, it was also the seventh Oxford Folk Festival and today (Sunday) I happened upon some of the Morris dancing in Cornmarket Street and at the Castle as shown in the photos.