I've had a lovely festival, my first time stewarding (but not my first Shrewsbury). Thanks again to all the orgainsers and stewards for making it all possible.

I found the site was well run, the (very important, this) showers were warm and clean and the loos of a good standard. There was a varied choice of food and a lovely shop for fresh produce.

Regarding the entertainment, I did ejoy some of the 'bigger' artistes but my main interest is in more intimate settings and I agree that the singarounds were somewhat thin on the ground and didn't always fit in with my shifts or they clashed with concerts I wanted to go to.

Just a suggestion (not a moan) but I agree with the comment about the small room at the end of the Berwick Pavillion;- it would seem a good choice for a late night sing. Maybe starting around 11.30pm and going on till 1am(ish). I think it would be a popular event if it were programmed so that people knew when it would kick off and that there would be someone running it.(Much better than wandering round the site looking for an impromptu singing session).

I know one MC who said he would volunteer to do extra duties to help run it and I certainly would also offer to help. It wouldn't cost much, if anything, to run and judging by the number of people who have mentioned to me the lack of many programmed 'sings' would make quite a few of them happy.


Christine (Moses)