A Wonderful Festival yet again, thanks to Malc & all the Bedworth helpers!!

Thanks too Malc, for the big tin of Choccies, it certainly kept us going at the Mudgather & we passed the few remaining ones at the bottom of the tin to the bar staff to polish off *grin* Mind you, there were plenty of chocolates & chocolate concoctions brought along to share & I think everyone went away well-stuffed. All hail to JudeL and her 200 handmade biscuits which went down very nicely, thank you very much!!

The MudRaffle raised a brill £46 for the MudCat which will be winging it's way across the pond asap. Thanks to all who brought prizes, bought tickets and endured my demanding raffle drawing experience. The most thanks have to go to my Lovely Assistant, Selchie-(RS) who spent the whole Gather persuading people to buy tickets, what a Fab Girlie she is! Maybe next time we'll persuade her to sing to us aswell.....

What an excellent venue the Black Bank was!! The Landlord seemed to be delighted to have a Folkie presence & was falling over himself to look after us.   The venue certainly helped to make the Gather such a success but the main ingredients were all the Catters who made the journey away from the town venues to come & join the Gather. It was really good to put more faces to names and I understand that there is a multitude of photos being prepared for our delectation!

And here's the proof taken from the Register of attendees:

my guru always said
Selchie-(RS)
Richard Atkins
Mr & Mrs Scarecrow
wuzzle
Jock O'Dreams
Soupdragon & JudeL
EmmaB
John J & Helen J
Dame Patti Smith EPNS
Splott Man
marion.h & steve
Menolly
Ian MacFlute
Herga Kitty & Derek Burgess
Maisea & Naimairsea
IWTATBM
Moses
Singing Referee
RWJ
jojofolkagogo
Snuffy

Guests too as follows (some who may be Catters soon):
Boh Wasgliw (think that's spelt right?)
Liz Kemp
Lynne & Trevor Paris
John Fellows
Lefty
Dave Bradley
Roy Louis
Dave Maskell-Glynn
Corinne Male

Apologies for non-attendance (duties & distance) received from:
MalcBedworth
Merek'n'Dary
Zany Mouse
MCP
Alanww
Dave4Guild
SortyBrenda
Noreen
Buddug
KAB
kitchenpiper & Jonny Dyer
Sue the Borderer

Catters also spotted at the Fest:
duellingbouzoukis
moonunit
Muppitz
joules
mandotim
George Papavgeris
Col K
Leraud
Verna
Flatnote

What a wonderful place we've found here - thanks to Max and all the MudCat elves!

Hope everyone had a good time & a safe journey home! Roll on next Bedworth.....