A good start

The first ZanzéBards session on Tuesday October 9 got off to a good start (though I was a bit upset when two young ladies got up and left as soon as I decided to kick off the proceedings with a song; everyone wants to be a bloody critic!). This was a pity, since one of them had promised to read her work.
We were a small but quality gathering: Bruce Barnes, Gloria Dallas, me, Joe Ogden, Jim Saville, and Thom the World Poet.
It's a lovely venue, though a bit noisy when the espresso machine gets going.
It attracts a lot of Asian youth, who go upstairs to socialise and smoke their hubble-bubbles. They seemed interested in what was going on, and expressed particular appreciation of Bruce and Thom, both of whom were really on form. Bruce compered.
We meet next on Tuesday November 13. Stella, a Greek lady who serves behind the bar has promised to come and perform some Greek poetry.
The place stays open late, but we left about ten. Probably on future occasions, with more people, we'll keep going longer.