Norwich is blessed with an embarrassment of busking richness from the totally bonkers (the senior citizen who makes Rod Hull and Emu look positively benign) to the truly mesmerising (the fit young man who gracefully rolls a crystal ball around his nubile body as if it were floating in thin air). The city elders encourage it and street performers need only obtain a free licence and promise not to obstruct the Queen’s highway. Come rain or shine, the catholic mix is a colourful sight most weekday lunchtimes and weekend afternoons but none are more colourful than the Peruvian pan pipers dressed in their vivid threads and feathered finery. I don’t know if their livery is authentic or a Disney pastiche but they certainly brighten up a dull day.
I love the street entertainers!
My only reservation is the invasion of the P.A. Systems that blast the performance out so loud that you can hear it from Marks & Spencer’s right down to Jarrold’s at the cost of the other performers.
It’s supposed to be busking, not a rock concert.
Now Mark, I thought we had this out in the wine bar? 😉
Agree with Mark, Buskers SHOULD NOT have sound systems
I deleted your first comment on the assumption that you agreed with Mark! He’ll be delighted 😀
Just can’t please everybody, eh??
Ain’t that the truth? 😀
I like street entertainment but n.o.t. ear-piercing music or talking. Have a lovely weekend, Jack. 🙂
. . authentic as Tinsel Town – but then, I’m a mardy git! ;-(
I’ve always been curious about Peruvian pipers – they seem to be everywhere. Maybe we’re old fogeys but I’m with the controlled sound system crowd😊
I enjoy street performers. I don’t enjoy them if they’re too loud, though!
The general consensus seems to be no ear splitters!
I think some of your readers would welcome a photo of the nubile young Slav, Jack.
Wot, not Rod Hull and Emu? 😀
Norwich seems like such a neat place to live.
We have our problems like everywhere but it’s a pretty civilised place to lay your hat.
Yeah, buskers should definitely not have sound systems. Love a good busker but not when they’re blasting the whole street away! 🙂 We have a lot of ‘Pans People’ in Turkey at the moment. We were a bit upset to see one group in Istanbul without their pan pipes. What’s that all about?!
Love the new look blog by the way. 🙂
Julia
Ta very much!