Mudcat 2004 Alternative British Folk Awards - Voting!

2004 sees the second year of the Mudcat Alternative British Folk Awards. Not a prestigious event, but one which celebrates the past year in the world of cyber-assisted folk music. Last year, a completely undemocratic and non-representational group of Mudcat members voted to pick a winner in each of the categories below. Your votes are now sought for this year's folk spectacular.

Here are this year's nominations ...

(A) PUB/CLUB FOLK SINGER OF THE YEAR
1. Duncan McFarlane
2. Noreen
3. George Papavgeris
4. Sally (Mrs Lemon)
5. Steve Tilston
6. Ronald Wells

(B) PUB/CLUB MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
1. John Breeze
2. John Kirkpatrick
3. Simon Ritchie
4. Wild Rover

(C) BEST "NON COMMERCIAL" GROUP / DUO
1. The Gloworms
2. Mary Humphries & Anahata
3. Mawkin
4. Pig's Ear
5. Mick Ryan & Pete Harris

(D) BEST "NON COMMERCIAL" CD
1. "A Little Bit Off The Top" Den Giddens      
2. "Guide Cats for The Blind" (compilation)
3. "Some Auld Favourites" Dave Auld
4. "Thumb Twiddling" Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
5. Laurel Swifts one (anyone know what this is called?)

(E) HORIZONTAL AWARD (Best drinker)
1. Barden of England
2. Danny Crump from Mawkin
3. Hilary Ward

(F) BEST FOLK CLUB
1. Bothy Folk Club, Southport
2. Everyman Folk Club, Benhall Green Nr Saxmundham, Suffolk.
3. The Great Knight Folk Club in Northampton.
4. Islington Folk Club
5. Llantrisant folk club
6. Mad Nanny (aka Baldock & Letchworth)
7. The Moorland Folk Club near Wotter, Plymuffway
8. Musical Traditions, Foley Street, London
9. St Albans Windward
10. Sharps
11. Sutton Folk Club, Sandy, Beds

(G) BEST PUB SESSION (REGULAR)
1. Borough English Music Session
2. The Bull in Barton-Le-Clay
3. Cats, Finsbury Park.
4. Fagans, Sheffield
5. The Fox at Pirton (near Hitchin)
6. Greyhound, Maidstone
7. Guest House, Southport
8. The Old Rose And Crown, Thaxted
9. Red Lion & Sun, Highgate

(H) BEST PUB SESSION (FESTIVAL)
1. The Bedford at Sidmouth
2. The Middle Earth, Whitby
3. The Radway at Sidmouth
4. Tap and Spile , Whitby

(I) BEST FOLK FESTIVAL
1. Bromyard
2. Ely
3. Dartmoor Folk Festival
4. Dunstable
5. Warwick
6. Whitby

(J) BEST FOLK DRAMA (the "We do it in the road award")
1. Belchamp Morris Men
2. Cornwall Songwriters for The Cry of Tin as the best folk drama?
3. Pace Egging at Lancaster Maritime Festival

(K) BEST REGULAR DANCE EVENT
Unicorn Ceilidhs, Hichin.

(L) BEST LOCAL FOLK MAGAZINE
Unicorn (Beds, Herts, Bucks)


SPECIAL AWARDS THIS YEAR

(M) Special Session Award
George Garside's beginners session at Whitby
The Traveling Session - every Friday a different pub
Windward in St Albans - with 6 addresses in 2 months

(N) Worst Jumper worn by a folkie
Bernie Kedge of the Mayflower Club in Cambridge

(O) Lifetime Achievement Award
Malcolm Douglas, for revising the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs(now published as "Classic Enlish Folk Songs")

Please PM votes to me in the format A3B4 etc (obviously, you don't need to vote for K, L, N and O. Any comments in support of your favourite artists etc. HERE PLEASE.

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