After the Doubtful Sound trip, YIC wandered into Te Anau for a quiet drink and to watch some of the Super 14 rugby. In The Moose pub, he found that a band was playing called "Fiddler on the Hoof". They were a folk duo with a very animated fiddler - Dave Fountain - who jigged round the bar as he played the fiddle with a remote pick-up to keep him in time with Charlie on the guitar. They played numbers such as Dirty Old Town and Fairy Tale of New York. Naturally, YIC didn't enjoy this at all, and most definitely did not join in all the songs. As he left after midnight, they were still going strong and were rocking the place with The Proclaimers' 500 miles hit. During the evening, YIC also chatted to Sarah & Michael from the US - 2 fellow trampers whom he had met when they were volunteer DOC wardens at Siberia Hut. All in all, the planned quiet drink was rather overtaken by events.
Check out the band at www.myspace.com/davidfountainfiddleronthehoof . The online version of Danny Boy is pretty similar to the one they played on the night.