So, ladies and gentlemen, who was that masked man behind the microphone on the hockey pitch stage on Friday at Dotty’s?   One thing is for sure, it wasn’t the Lone Ranger, or Batman either for that matter.  A Superhero was not required.  No one needed rescuing on this 114^th edition of Folk Club Bonn.  Or was it the 2nd edition of Folk Club Bonn Lite?  Historians are feverishly working on this conundrum as I write.  They will be in agreement at any rate that it was a relatively warm breeze which blew across the Hockey Pitch and that when raindrops did fall occasionally, they were generally warm, soft and far between each other.  Much better in fact than an evening pre-named ‘Woodstock Revisited’ had any right to wish for.  Again, I say unto you: God is a Folk Club fan.

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Another beautiful start of Autumn Sunday (that seemed like more of a mid-Summer SUNday) outside the Parkrestaurant Rheinaue.  This afternoon’s guests were the Stefan Ulbricht Boogie Trio, who answered all of their description perfectly – being a trio and playing boogie piano.  No complaints from me then, or the many people enjoying a cool beer or glass of wine on the trestle tables that seem to stretch far into the distance and beyond.

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