The organisers of Porthleven Food festival have said they are "devastated" after a breakdown in communication led to a Cornish Choir being interrupted during its rendition of Trelawny.

They say they have apologised to the Cadgwith Singers, an apology which has been accepted and looking forward to welcoming them back next year.

The issue aroses after members of the Cornish singing group had complained that its agreed hour long set yesterday had been cut to 30 minutes then, as they were closing with a rousing rendition of the Cornish patriotic song, they drowned out by a loud soundsystem being switched on elsewhere.

Stephen Polglase said the choir was booked to perform at the food and music festival for an hour yesterday evening in the marquee on the Harbour Head and the festival organisers had agreed to turn off the loud music being broadcast over a PA to allow them to perform.

He says they were scheduled to go on at 6.30pm and perform for an hour but after half an hour he says they were asked to stop and they 'reluctantly' finished with Trelawny but during the last verse the singing was interrupted by a "head banging" beat from a local restaurant which switched on the music again.

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But in a statement issued this afternoon to the Packet, the festival organisers said they we devastated the singers set had been cut short and blamed it on a breakdown in communication.

A spokesperson for Porthleven Food Festival said: “We’ve had an overwhelmingly positive three days at the festival with lots of people enjoying fun and great food. As organisers we put a lot of time and energy into the festival and we’re devastated about the issue that the Cadgwith Singers had with their set being cut short, particularly as it was during the Cornish anthem which we all understand the importance of.

“We always seek to learn from every event and unfortunately there was a breakdown in communication in this instance. We're so pleased to share that they have accepted our apology and we are looking forward to welcoming them back to the festival next year."