The Abingdon Arts Festival Ball was last night at the Guildhall. The Band were “Swingtime” and they had three singers, an American crooner who also played cornet.

A young lady who also played a horn I think …

And an excellent new singer who performed for the first time with the band.

George Haslam conducted and played clarinet.

Food was provided by Abbey Foods, and there was a raffle with prizes donated by local businesses. Donating prizes must be a bit of a strain on balances at straightened times like these but despite that lots of people were very generous.

At first most of the dancing seemed to be of the Strictly Come Dancing variety. Balls are a chance for some people to practise their foxtrot and cha-cha-cha,  but there is always room for disco dancing – it is all that some of us know 🙂 .