It was the 14th of August 2009, a warm and balmy night when Grendon Manor, near Bromyard in Herefordshire became the latest place to experience Salvador Dali.
Having driven down the very long drive to a field next to the manor, Dali saw a huge marquee, this must be the place he thought. Inside were the good folk of Bromyard and its surrounding, raising funds for the local church as well as other good causes. By 9.00pm there were about 150 people waiting for the ‘entertainer’.
There were not expecting Salvador Dali. He strode in and announced himself in Spanish, jaws dropped at the sight of the world’s most eccentric artist. Soon his life was unfolding before them like a Pandora’s box of genius, madness and very weird art. People began to rush to the front to become characters well known to Dali, these people were very bizarre. Some staggered around on one leg, others, while reciting indecipherable surrealist ideas, ran around flapping their arms. The audience laughed so much they could barely control themselves.
As Dali brought the evening to a close the audience rose to their feet and cheered. For a moment Dali was taken aback, but eccentric genius’s are rarely overwhelmed. He simply turned and strolled out into the night amidst a blaze of lobsters.
