BY The Springers | Improve People's Lives | 18/07/2017
Several Springers made the short trip over the weekend to enjoy the music, comedy and more – here are their experiences of Latitude 2017:
Halcyon: My Latitude involves serving around 3,000 cups of tea! I attend in my capacity as a volunteer at The Loft Youth Centre – a Southwold based youth centre – to run the Parent and Baby Chill Out Tent in the Kids Area of the Festival. We provide free tea, coffee and squash for parents and their pre-schoolers who are need of somewhere to sit and a few minutes peace and quiet away from the business of the festival. In return for providing this service, Latitude makes a charitable donation to The Loft.
George: This was my 12th year at Latitude, I’ve made it my mission to not miss a year. It’s a great opportunity to discover some completely unknown acts – the Solas stage was a highlight for me this year where we got to watch Leo Standard play, a young up and coming musician with bags of talent. I would definitely recommend (although my musical taste is often frowned upon in the studio).
Erika: We saw more science than music – my science-mad son spent hours in the Faraway Forest counting his heart beat and finding out about the Unlimited Space Agency. I loved that what started as a story turned into an ambitious and audacious pursuit to get a 3d printed man onto the ISS with Tim Peake. My personal music moment was when Divine Comedy gloriously broke into Blue Monday by New Order midway through Indie Disco – it was uplifting and hilarious, which is pretty much Divine Comedy all over.
