The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #113765   Message #2522103
Posted By: Mr Red
22-Dec-08 - 07:39 AM
Thread Name: Review: Sidmouth '08
Subject: RE: Review: Sidmouth '08
Well I have only been going for three years and fatigue has yet to kick-in. Mentally anyway. Last festival there were some new ceilidh bands (like 422) that would make up for another less appealing band (names withheld) and a night that was so popular that most people would demand it returns, like the Cornish night. Mind you I don't do the LNE more than once.

I can think of dancers who have changed from Towersey to Shrewsbury and think it was worth it. To a keen dancer like me that makes no logical sense. Unless you consider that the person isn't being honest with themselves. 20 years and a wish for change may have more to do with the 20 years worth of nostalgia than the stated opinion on content. And you try telling notso young people that................

Grass, greener, 'tother side - you fill the gaps.