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Sat 29 Aug 2020
Alternative Cultural Crawl
This years Cape Cultural Crawl is slightly different....we have to create our own Culture! (And I don’t mean the Covid type)....knights and guests are invited to gather at the Waverley Bar at 14:00.... from there we shall proceed to Craig’s Close in Cockburn St....at this famous Cape venue... those who wish, can give a 2 minute show, speech, poem, dance etc (if you don’t want to you don’t have to)..... please blame Sir Brougham for this suggestion :) . Also Sir Meadows shall be visiting from Denmark so an excellent chance for a catch up.
Meet in The Waverley Bar, St Mary's Street between 14:00 and whenerver: we'll likely be there for a while. Guests welcome
Report
What a great turnout. Not only a lot of Knights but also a few guests and a 'long-lost' Knight. Phil, Rob, Martin, Dez, Helen, Anne, Nick, Terry, Helena, Steve, Colin, Mark and Ali all congregated in The Waverley bar (a former workplace of barmaids Helen and Anne) and spread out across the upper floor enjoying the throng and catching up with old friends. On a more intellectual note, there was also 'lively' debate on 'Diversity in the Cape Demographic' (discuss). Time here was all too short as a whisky tasting was to commence at 17:00 and none of the Cape crew was invited. So, after a few jars, it was off to Craig's Close to put on a show: this was the Cultural Crawl after all. Hats off to Martin and Steve who came bearing bags of entertainment in the form of a poem by former Knight Roddy Lumsden and a letter from Sir Macaroni begging for entry to the 18th century Cape Club. Unfortunately, Steve put too much faith in technology and lost access to the letter: time to dig around the entertainment bag and pull out a rendition of The Gambler; 'enjoyed' by all in the close and a few passers-by. When the curtain fell, Knights and guests were faced with a problem: how to gain access to a pub for so many bodies, in times when so few may pass an inn's threshold (bit like The Nativity). A period of 'true Cape tradition' ensued and, for a while, Knights became split in to two factions; one in Tiles in St Andrew Square and the other heading for the Star Bar. Without going in to too much detail, Helena saved the day by enquiring of a few bods outside the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Club in Broughton Road if The Cape could come in for a few drinks. The Navy club was very hospitable and the Tiles splinter group soon appeared to take advantage of the very reasonable bar prices. The Cape wallowed in the Navy club's welcoming atmosphere and helped boost the coffers by enthusiastically participating in raffles and other fund-raising activities. As the evening wore on, a little too crapulous, Ali revealed his inner circus clown and entertained the crowd with his headstand: que the taxi! As Colin watched on, Ali bundled himself in to the cab and the remainder of the crew, Martin, Helen, Anne, Helena and Steve all bade farewell and headed off to their various abodes. All in all, a top class day worthy of, and in fact probably surpassing, any normal cultural crawl.

The Show Must Go On
Diversity in the Cape Demographic (video available on request)
Sir Duke Spills the Beans Pints (video available on request)

Thanks to everyone who came along and joined in the fun.
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