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West Country Ho-Down delights Crouch End Revellers
For those lucky enough to have been invited, the West Country Ho Down, held in Crouch End N8 on Saturday, marked the first event of its kind to take place in North London in January 2009. Attendance was strictly by invitation only, attracting a glamorous line up of guests from as far afield as Bridgwater, Somerset. The evening saw much fun and frolics; straw, wellies, and flat caps abounded, and the event been declared a resounding success by its organiser and co-host, known only to his friends as ‘Tater Pete’.
Never one to shy away from the limelight, Pete has been on the speciality parties circuit for some years now, catering to the varied tastes of the rich and famous, and even the odd celebrity. Notable past events have included, the ‘Pets Party’, where party-goers were asked to bring along a pet, the ‘Pants Party’, where guests were asked to wear only their underwear, the self explanatory ‘Free Alcohol Party’ and the less successfully received ‘Alcohol Free Party’, which reputedly lasted only 2 hours before people realised that they really had nothing to say to each other, and neither were they particularly enjoying the sound of their own voices.
While guests made headwind into the gallons of the specially sourced organic farmyard cider, Pete declared that it was time for a good old fashioned west country ho-down. Although the majority of the crowd had no idea what this meant, the local people soon showed them the way, and in a one-for-all-and-all-for-one spirit, the ho-down commenced. Barn dancing is among the most popular past-times in the West Country, alongside drinking, cow-tipping, and making crop circles.
"I’m not sure how you Londoner’s do it", laughed Pete, "but back in Bridgy, we put the Wurzels on, pour as much cider as we can down our throats, have a good old dance, and see if we can’t find a loverly girl to snog" before demonstrating his well practiced technique on a pretty blonde bystander.
Despite a few technical issues with the sound system, true West Country resourcefulness shone through; the ability to enjoy oneself in the absence of any entertainment whatsoever. The rapidly deployed harmonica player didn’t last long; stating that he ‘couldn’t work out the tune’ he was being asked to play.
As a last resort, the party moved to dancing around the television as old party faithfuls MTV Base and Top 20 Garage Anthems kept the punters dancing until the small hours of the morning.
On the whole, party-goers were well behaved and appropriately dressed, and straw related injuries were kept to a minimum. Disappointingly there was no police involvement to speak of, and even less paparazzi interest. Although calls are being made for a repeat performance in the near future, the event’s organiser was unavailable for comment. He was rumoured to have spent the whole of Sunday sweeping up straw.
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