The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #127934   Message #2976482
Posted By: the lemonade lady
31-Aug-10 - 03:30 AM
Thread Name: Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Subject: RE: Shrewsbury Folk Festival
I came for the day on Monday because my son was a sound techie all wkend in the Sabrina tent. (He was the ginger dreaded chap who sorted out Chuck's sound probs yesterday). I heard a lot of mutterings about not enough singarounds. I sat in on one in the pavilion, I didn't get a chance to sing,   it was far too short and didn't get around the room. The 3 young lads running it got bored or had a gig to go to maybe, but the room was empty all afternoon after they left. Also many people said the volume from the main tent had been interfering with other tents and attempted singarounds over the wkend, so much so that they had to be stopped. I got the general impression that the trad folkies are being squeezed out in favour of the young and those who like loud booming music. Also there were very few familiar faces, when I was wandering around.
Sal
{i also saw a caterer selling lemonade at £2 a cup and it WASN'T freshly squeezed!!}