Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 07:39 AM

Ay,an' hand carved at that !

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: MC Fat
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 07:40 AM

We were poor an all we were down to our last Lambhorginni

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: ossonflags
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 07:44 AM

How I long for the return of those rickets and scabies.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: MC Fat
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 08:11 AM

and don't forget consumption, dyptheria and TB and of course the pox

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: VIN
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 08:16 AM

Suprised yer could afford newspapers. We learnt news from stories and songs handed down from our forefathers in the oral tradition.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 08:19 AM

Forefathers eh .......... we 'ad t' mek do with one .......... if we were lucky ........ some kids even knew theirs ........ i 'ad to share mine wi 'alf the kids on't t'estate

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Mark Dowding
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 08:20 AM

"Tooth brush you were lucky we had to use an old brillo pad to clean our teeth"

Teeth??!!! you had teeth?? - you jammy sod!! - we used to have to soak all our food in a puddle outside so it was soft enough to chew wi us gums.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: MC Fat
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 09:02 AM

gums......you had gums !!!!!and food an all. We had to wait for Lord of't Manor to throw us the odd bit of larks tongue in aspic or a bit of canapes or perhaps some creme bruelet and the odd glass of nice chardonay

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: VIN
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 09:32 AM

Gawd bless us and save us, wot riches you were thrown! Lord o Manor? All we ad wuz a landlord (old septic knuckles) wiv is leather bag, permenant scowl, fingerless mittens and hunchback! Only things we got thrown were pidgeon droppings - - made luvly cus-turd.

(There should be a workshop on this at saddleworth)

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: MC Fat
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 09:45 AM

Workshop you had a workshop.....you were lucky

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Mark Dowding
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 09:49 AM

Septic Knuckles the Rent Man - now we're onto another poem you'll hear at the Harry Boardman concert -
"Drawin' t' Rents - by Harvey Kershaw"

Aw've geet a job o' Friday neet
Of drawin' t' rents in hard up street
It's welly browt me to ruin
Aw start at far end o' t' row
And at each house I pay a call
It teks a bit o' doing.

Come along to t'concert to hear t'rest.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,Judy
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 10:25 AM

Ah, it sounds wonderful.I will be enjoying (and performing at)the festival in Evart, MI this weekend. This is the first I have heard of Saddleworth, and I am definately intrigued.Are there ever any Yanks invited?

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 11:23 AM

Tanglefoot, by virtue of being Canadian come from the North American Continent ........... but they welcome everybody, it truly is the friendly festival. Although not a big festival the artist line up rivals that of any of the larger festivals and does so each year, in fact the festival somehow manages to get better and better each year. Considering that the first one seven years ago was superb, that takes some doing. The small committee do a fantastic job and work their socks off in order that the festival is a success and even over the weekend of the festival they work unstintingly and are approachable at all times over any matter however seemingly trifling. Uppermill where most of the festival is based is small enough to be intimate and large enough to provide a variety of venues to cater for a variety of tastes, it is beautifully located nestling in the Pennine Hills abd is quite well place dfor access, the M62 being just a few miles away.





Alio .......... does that get me a large Jameson's !!!

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: VIN
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 11:43 AM

That's blackmail mark. Oh go on then.
Judy, all are welcome. Enjoy Evart. Sithee at Saddleworth nxt year praps?

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 11:58 AM

Sorry to dissappoint but Tanglefoot went home nearly a month ago!! This years line up will be superb of course - the Shellbacks are good!

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 12:01 PM

Mrs Duck (I'm being a pedant :-) )....... the question was are Yanks ever invited ...... to which I replied Tanglefoot etc etc .....at no point did i suggest that they were performing this year ! I will accept a pint of cider by dint of an apology

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: el ted
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 12:04 PM

You would only spill it all!

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 12:12 PM

Point taken Raggy but to those for whom the mere mention of the name Tanglefoot causes the heart to skip a beat there could have been a moment of serious dissappointment. (Should there be two ss?)

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Red and White Rabbit
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 02:08 PM

my dearest lord raggy - if I get the welcome that I did at Cleckheaton then I am more than happy to share a bottle of wine with you in fact I will need someone to keep me company

I see its Saddleworth weather again - Raggy can you bring the inshore lifeboat?

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,HipflaskAndy
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 04:27 PM

Raggy's tash soaks up all the excess like a giant sponge - be it spilt cider - or floodwater - you'll all be safe if he's there.
Hic! HFA

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 05:05 PM

Ah yes thanks for reminding me - pack hip flask

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Noreen
Date: 15 Jul 04 - 08:01 PM

hey raggy- can i have my clock back please?

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: muppett
Date: 16 Jul 04 - 04:10 AM

Anyone know how to get there by public transport from Bradford, I supose it involves going via Halifax.

Cheers

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 16 Jul 04 - 04:14 AM

Noreen .............. I will try and remember !!

Muppett .......... there is a train station at Greenfield, walking distance from Uppermill.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: muppett
Date: 16 Jul 04 - 04:34 AM

Cheers Raggy may see you sometime Sat. night

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Raggytash
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 01:43 PM

Wonderful as always, this is just a superb festival, wash, change, survivers session beckons ................

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 02:57 PM

hope it went well and didnt ran as much as it did at the Bluegrass in Silsden -God it was wet!!

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 18 Jul 04 - 03:54 PM

Got back from a great festival. Well done!! Lost my mobile phone but it apparently took a trip to Oldham and will be coming home in the next post - see there are still some honest folk about! This morning Sunday sing was outstanding and I thoroughly enjoyed the song in a hat workshop with Theresa. Can we come again next year please :0))?

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 04:12 AM

Forgot to say THANK YOU to all the organisers and stewards for all the work they do

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: nutty
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 05:29 AM

I second that Raggy, only hard work and amazing organisation can result in such a superb festival, it really does continue to get better and better and is amazingly good value for money.

The atmosphere in Uppermill is second to none and even the rain failed to put a damper on proceedings.

Thanks to everyone who came to my workshops and a special thankyou to the Librarian and staff at Uppermill Library who made computers available so I could give a practical demonstration of things people didn't understand.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: wiggy
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 05:43 AM

Had a great time even with the mud thank you all for your welcome and singing wherever it was I ended up.
Missed out on the Cheese orgy maybe next year.
See you all again,
Frank.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 06:55 AM

Festival, Festival... You had a festival you were lucky all we got is an ol bloke wi a banjo wi three stings and he pinched t'string from t'allotment.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Red and White Rabbit
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 12:00 PM

Hi Raggy thanks for the cheese and wine evening on Friday night - very pleasant evening despite all the electrical problems

Alio I have some photos of the children's musicians workshop both that and singing/signing went well.

I enjoyed doing it all again at Stainsby Festival on Sunday but really missed the Saddleworth singing and the survivors sessions.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 12:41 PM

My kids thought the children's workshop was brilliant. Maddie now wants to play mandolin as well and the littlies are having mini melodeons for their birthday - yes one each so help us!!!! Anyone who takes my kids away for a couple of hours and keeps them so well occupied deserves a pint next time I see her :0)

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: 8_Pints
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 06:12 PM

Thanks to Ali and the rest of her crew for another great event!

A special thanks also to Steve, Clive & others for their added impetus in helping get the 3-ton 'Party Bus' out of the mud this morning.

I managed to get home, changed and into my 10.00 am meeting with 3 minutes to spare. That's what the Japanese call 'Just In Time' technology!!!

Bob vG

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: RichardP
Date: 19 Jul 04 - 07:13 PM

Let me add my thanks Ali, it was our first time at Saddleworth but definitely not the last. A truly great little festival (but its growing).

Glad you made the meeting Bob, the PartyBus moved easily with four of us on the back, and you even managed to avoid covering us in mud, but they'll need a few barrer-fulls to fill up the holes you left behind. Its fun camping on the bottom of a lake isn't it? Well Ok it might not be fun but it's certainly different.

Richard

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Alio
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 06:40 AM

Thank you so much, all of you - I'm quite overwhelmed with all the praise we received. We actually did enjoy it ourselves this year! Even the 1 hour power cut on the Friday had everyone pulling together. (Reminiscent of the blitz I believe - not that I would remember!!)

I didn't see a great deal, but my "highs" were the Meet The Artist with Martin W-R (which I gave to myself to MC!!), the amazing Sunday Sing, and the emotive singing at the Survivors Session (which had me crying my eyes out).Oh, and all the kind people who praised my Sounds of Folk programme, plus the numberous Jamieson's.

Yes Jane, the Shellbacks are coming back - they're friends, so I couldn't do it without you!!

We're having a committee meeting at the Waggon tonight, and a review meeting after; we actually do go through all the evaluations and comments every year, and make changes as necessary!

Ken Hall proposed the toast to Saddleworth 2005 at the Survivors session - his speech set me off again!!

See you all soon - probably Whitby is the next.

Love, Ali xx

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: VIN
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 07:26 AM

Another grand festival. (What rain?). Thanks to ali and all the committee.

List of highlights would be too long but its great that up-coming young (and very talented) artistes were once again featured.

I think Stan Ackrington must have a poem for all occasions - his post power cut tome was amazing!

Nice to meet you nutty!

Criticism? Can we have the heat down a bit in the civic next year - phew!

Thanks again folks and roll on 2005!

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,Woodchip
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 05:51 PM

Highlight for me was the resounding cheer as the Duncan McFarlane Band re-entered the cafe after their 'walkabout'
while playing their last instrumental round, out and back in .
That then followed by their encore, where they hauled a young tamborine weilding lad up from a
morris-dancing-garbed family to play along with them - and his final leap to the last chord (rock style!) with Duncan. Fab!

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,Judy
Date: 20 Jul 04 - 08:14 PM

Sounds like a really good one! Evart was really wonderful as well. A beautifully run thing. It started as a dulcimer festival, but they share quite well with all sorts of acoustic music.This was the 32nd year. It is an (almost) totally free thing. $3 to get in for the full 3 1/2 days. Access to all the wonderful workshops. It does cost $10 a nite to camp. We played the Friday nite concert (with other acts) it lasted 3 1/2- 4 hours with intermittant rain and lightning and thunder, and very few people left. Most sat on hard stadium benches and the others on the ground on folding chairs with umbrellas.We also played a more spontaneous thing sunday morning.Sold out all our CD's. They were the best audience I have ever palyed in front of! Hung on every word, got every "joke". A total high!

We are already invited back. Does your festival always take place on the same weekend?

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: VIN
Date: 21 Jul 04 - 03:58 AM

Glad you had a good time at Evart Judy. Saddleworth usually falls around the same time each year, next year its on the 15th, 16th, 17th if i'm not mistaken. Hope you and friends can make it if you're in England.

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: John Robinson (aka Cittern)
Date: 21 Jul 04 - 05:31 AM

I only popped over from Bradford to drop off some Julie leaflets, have a beer and a wee sing but the Sat night line up looked great so I stayed. A great night - a little puzzled as to why so many people left before Last Night's Fun - they missed the usual fantastic performance.

I thought Cara were also excellent and Pete Coe was another I had previously only read about but will be seeing again.

Dunc McF and Last Night's Fun in one night - grinned all the way home!

All the best
John Robinson
http://www.JulieEllison.co.uk

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: VIN
Date: 22 Jul 04 - 08:26 AM

I have to confess i left the civic before the end of Last Night Fun's set (sorry to them for that - bit ignorant of me). I'm sure i missed some good stuff. The reason was that i wanted to make sure i got into the late night session at the con club (as i suspect was the reason for some other early departures). This session has got so popular over the years that the club gets packed out quite quickly.

I beleive that it may be re-organised in some way next year. Perhaps there should be a 2nd session running simultaneously at another venue?

(Have to say the singing in the camp-site food tent was a bit damp this year, bit like the weather).

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: Alio
Date: 23 Jul 04 - 06:56 AM

Yes, next year's festival is July 15th - 17th. I'm hoping to get John Tams and Barrie Coope for that, if possible.

I was really sorry about people leaving the hall whilst Last Night's Fun were on - I think they're brill, and lovely with it! We're going to have a rethink about the Late Night Eztra before next year. It IS popular, as you say Vin, but something will have to be changed. I might move it to the Masonic Lodge, which holds more people.

As for Duncan, he must have lost pounds whilst he was on stage on Saturday night - the energy!!!! Brill!!

Off to Spain now, to recover, and dry out!! (Not from the Jamieson's, I hasten to add!!)

Ali x

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: VIN
Date: 23 Jul 04 - 07:40 AM

Enjoy Spain Ali. Great to here you're trying for John Tams & Coupe. Saw em recently in Birkenhead - brill!

Hey, how about Alan Bell, if you can get him, for next year. He's recently celebrated his 70th and would be great i'm sure for saddleworth.

(Agree about Duncan, i felt knackered just watching him, great stuff!)

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 23 Jul 04 - 08:49 AM

Have a great time in Spain, Alio - you sure deserve the break after what was another fab festival this year, well dun to you and all the committee.
M

Subject: RE: Saddleworth Folk Festival - July 16-18th
From: GUEST,DMcF
Date: 23 Jul 04 - 09:24 AM

Have sent a PM to you Ali - but wanted a 'public' airing for this sentiment too....

HUGE thanks to organisers, stewards, MC's, artists & paying public - to ALL!
Everyone was soooo helpful and friendly.
What a grand festival!

My wee band and I had a WONDERFUL time!

All the best to one and all - Duncan