Celebrating St George’s Day – A Day at the Festival in Leicester Soundwalk

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I went along to the St. George’s Day Festival to help as a volunteer for Soar Sound Radio.  This gave me the opportunity of practising interviewing people and using a microphone to listen to what they said.  Then I took up the offer to go around the festival recording the sounds that I heard.  I wish I had taken more photographs with my mobile to enhance this  sound walk recording.  However this was a create opportunity for me to take on the role of a roving reporter for Soar Sound, our local radio station.

The festival this year took place around the Heritage area of Leicester around the Guildhall and Cathedral area.   People of all ages came together to visit the stalls and enjoy all the reenactments, music, good places to eat and so on.  My sound walk began in the courtyard of the Guildhall with a visit to the Maypole dancing area.  Moving on I came across a Scout band warming up their instruments, I listened for a while and then moved on to watch a Viking coin making workshop.   Here, visitors could see how the coin discs were cut and then stamped.

I walked into the cathedral and interviewed the Verger, who was pleased to see the public enjoying visiting the Cathedral.  I walked past the tomb of Richard III, the ‘King in the Carpark’, and I still like to tell people that I was at his funeral.

St George’s Day Festival was a great success and made history come alive with the stories actors told from the various re-enactment societies.