Sunday 28th August 2022
We didn’t get to the festival arena until midday. At exactly 12pm, a two minute silence took place across site, where everyone stopped what they were doing to reflect on the past two years. A powerful idea!
We headed to take part in one of the dance workshops before the Poetry Slam began at 1.15pm. The poetry slam was really interesting to see, and quite different from the one at WOMAD. This time, there were 20 poets in the first round, with three going into the second round. The winner will get to attend Royal Albert Hall to take part in the National Poetry Slam! All the poets were incredibly talented- it was great fun to watch!
We had some very tasty food whilst watching a Balkan Folk Dance workshop. Someone saw our Vegan Camp Out wristband and came to ask how it was, as she was interested in going. After chatting for a bit, she went off, and Mum decided to go and give her Shambala present to her! The organisers of Shambala came up with the idea of giving a gift to a stranger to celebrate Shambala’s 20th birthday! It should be something that they can use or something meaningful to you that you are happy to pass on. Mum’s gift to the stranger was her nut roast recipe that we use every Christmas. I think the woman was really pleased to receive a surprise gift!
We listened to some of a debate taking place in the “Chew On This” tent called ‘The Meat Debate: Healing The Division’. We then headed back to get our things to start our second shift. Strange that most people have now finished all three of their shifts while we still have two to go!
Our shift started at 6.45pm, roaming in the main arena. We were sent to cover break for a venue and for a vehicle crossing before going back to roaming around the main arena. Whilst on shift, we bumped into a couple of other volunteers. One of them had felt a bit down yesterday so we had spent time chatting to her. She came to give us her Shambala present, and I had planned to give her my Pistachio Cake recipe! I received from her a lovely gratitude journal, so shall use it at university! It was nice that we had both thought to gift our present to each other, and I was so pleased with the one I had been given.
Our shift was okay. We missed seeing the Closing Ceremony, but it meant that our area got quite quiet for a time as everyone went to the lake. We could see the fireworks though, apparently there were acrobatics happening- I bet it was amazing to watch! It got busier for the last act on the main stage, and the night time ‘club’ type venues began to open up so people headed to those. We were working until 3am. When 3am came, we were tired! Our shift tomorrow begins at midday. Sad that it is all coming to an end!
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