Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST,Leila..
Date: 23 May 08 - 11:39 AM

See you on Saturday.....

Looking forward to it!

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Graham and Jo
Date: 23 May 08 - 12:13 PM

Ged is quite busy and hopes to make it but is not sure.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Betsy
Date: 23 May 08 - 12:51 PM

Hi Graham and Jo , can you tell Ged I've PM'd him - obviously I haven't got a phone No for him , I'd appreciate THAT.
Cheers
Betsy

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Graham and Jo
Date: 23 May 08 - 01:56 PM

Have texted him Betsy.

Bank holiday Monday
If anyone wants something interesting to do on Monday 26th,
Beverley Minster are doing tours of the roof.
It's interesting and a lot of fun.
Cost is £4 (in aid of the minster up-keep)
and tours are at    10, 11:15, 12:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST,Steve Gardham
Date: 23 May 08 - 05:30 PM

That Minster trip reminded me to change my earlier note. The £4 charge did it! Since I posted the details of the Bank Holiday trips on tug Wheldale at Goole Waterways Museum, the price of this has gone up to £4. It's the price of diesel that done it. So you can either stand on the roof of a church and look at Beverley or stand on the deck of a tug and look at Goole docks.

Steve

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Willa
Date: 24 May 08 - 04:55 AM

Off to a great start at the Meet and Greet. Thanks to all concerned!

Weather fine today so get yourselves there, folks.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Tyke
Date: 24 May 08 - 09:05 AM

hissyfit have kicked off the session at the sloop. Hurry down to the sloop as the are about to return to the stage. This is george clarke live at the sloop.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Tyke
Date: 24 May 08 - 11:47 AM

its dave and julie everson now for the next hour. Unless monkeys fist who are still here try to burn the sloop down again!

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Graham and Jo
Date: 25 May 08 - 05:06 AM

Simon and Bruce's Irish music session is on tonight in the Tiger.
It's on every Sunday, Irish music, think it starts about 8pm.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST,jOhn
Date: 25 May 08 - 04:07 PM

it was really nice, well done and thanks to mick ossonflags, and everyone else waht was involved in organising it.

I would of stayed longer , but had to go to work.

PS=thanks Mick for lending me your phone.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Rasener
Date: 25 May 08 - 04:26 PM

I managed to get along this afternoon and really enjoyed it. Well done Mick (a lot of hard work).

Managed to get to see the Boat Band (Greg Stephens Band), HissyFit, Trim Rig & Doxy and the Young Ens.

Met mudcatters harriWatts, Les & Maggie (from Hull), Bassic

As well as John Conolly, Shanty Jack.

Felt right at home. :-)

Thank you

Les Worrall

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Soldier boy
Date: 25 May 08 - 05:26 PM

I just popped over for one night (saturday) to visit this festival in its first year of conception.
Being its first year it was a bit quiet in terms of numbers of people but there was lots going on in the programme of events. The thing that struck me was that a hard-core of all the 'right' people were there so it worked.
I am sure that with these people involved working hard to stage it and continuing to attend and support it it will just grow and grow in the years ahead.
It has a lot going for it:
The right people (as mentioned).
All the venues and camping are all in one compact and easily strollable location (this really was a big bonus to me wi' me bad back).
The location itself at Beverly beck is like a seperate little community in the town with lots of interest and history.
It's nearly in the shadow of the Minster itself.
There are 7 pubs all within a stroll of each other and all were used to host informal concerts,workshops,singing and muso sessions
- That's good organisation!
The leisure centre is near all the pub venues, has all the facilities needed and tons of room on its surrounding fields for caravans,campervans and tents for only £8.00 per night.
Loads of parking space also available near leisure centre for non campers coming to the festival.
Because of all the folk friendly pubs in this small locality there is lots of potential to accomodate and further grow 'fringe' singing and muso sessions.
I wasn't there long and didn't go to many sessions in the programme but my impression was that because of all the above this could grow into a real diamond of a festival.
All the right ingredients in the cake are already there. All it needs now is a good stir of publicity and word of mouth and it could become a real cracker and a 'must do'event in the folkie calender. Look out for this festival next year.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST,buspassed
Date: 26 May 08 - 04:54 AM

Sadly couldn't make it owing to a certain football team playing at Wembley [What a result!]. However did try to get 36,000 black & amber clad supporters to sing Lal Waterson's great Hull anthem 'Some Old Salty' but without much success!

Look forward to making it in 2009.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST
Date: 26 May 08 - 05:28 AM

great weekend. thanks mick. highlight of the weekend was the young'Uns..........fantasic. well worth the trip from the south just to see them! cheers lads

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: old git
Date: 26 May 08 - 05:53 AM

The Roaring Forties had a ball!1 (Pity you didn't get to see us Les!!)
It was great to get to see old friends (and young friends) again. As mentioned above , when all the little hitches which are natural for a new fest are sorted out this has the potential for a great festival.
Well done to all the organisers and performers,,booked or not. Will PM you soon with some comments Mick...but I think that the big need for next time (and I hope there'll be one) is more Publicity.

geoff t

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Rasener
Date: 26 May 08 - 06:00 AM

I was just too late (I think) Geoff.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: old git
Date: 26 May 08 - 06:00 AM

p.s. it was worth the trip just to hear Hissyfit again! They still have the ability to move an old softy like me, though on Saturday night I managed to sit through the whole of Sweet Minerva dry-eyed!!

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Leadfingers
Date: 26 May 08 - 06:05 AM

I'm half way home - logged in from My Old Mom's on my way - Smashing weekend , and good weather apart from the wind , and some good singing ! Well done Ossenflags and then rest of the crew

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Rasener
Date: 26 May 08 - 06:47 AM

Oh I forgot to mention that I saw Leadfingers as well :-)

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Les from Hull
Date: 26 May 08 - 08:37 AM

Maggie and I had a brilliant time - it was a wonderful way to celebrate my 60th birthday! Thanks to everyone who helped to make this an event we'll all remember, and already people are wanting it in future years.

A lot of local singers, musicians and dancers contributed to making this a success so thanks to them, and particularly to the organising committee.

Les

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Abuwood
Date: 26 May 08 - 08:40 AM

Home now, still with that warm glow you get when you've had a really good weekend's singing with lovely people.
Young'uns were amazing, John Conolley too, Hissyfit - well I'd come back just to see them!
Campsite perfect and so close to venues. Steve appreciated the basqued morris! My 3 wishes for the weekend all were granted - to hear 3 Day Millionaire (Thanks Mik) and I'm at home by the old muddy Humber (Thanks Geoff) and for Tigers to get through, wish my Dad was still here to see that one!
Hope to see you next year - we think you should charge us a bit of money - not £80 obviously but we don't want to deprive the opera of too much Lottery money...
Love Ali & Steve

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 26 May 08 - 08:47 AM

Hiya All,
Well we had a brilliant weekend. Great place, great company, great singing!!!!!
Roll on next year. A must do on our calender

Thanks to ALL who worked so hard to make it a success and to everyone who came along and supported the event.

Fair Winds
Trim and the Doxy

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST
Date: 26 May 08 - 09:35 AM

Back home - tired but happy. What a cracking weekend.

Thanks to Mick and the team (and the artists).

Obviously there are little blips to be sorted but for a first try it gave a flavour of what an amazing success this event could become.

I'll definitely be back

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: nutty
Date: 26 May 08 - 09:40 AM

the last posting was me - without cookie

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 26 May 08 - 10:21 AM

Back home and back at the pc , and like others above with the feeling of a fabulous weekend in good company, made to feel thoroughly at home and welcome, all folks working together to make it a success but importantly, all enjoying it tremendously in the process.
Great to meet up with all those too numerous to mention who I'd not seen for a while, including many fellow-Catters.... Thanks especially to Maggie and Les, Hissyfit, John & Zeke, Anna Shannon, the Young'uns, Monkey's Fist, Roaring Forties and Ossonflags (the Guv!) hisself, but let's face it, eveyone was a star!
Considering it was a "first time" with its inevitable little things to sort out, Mick and his team got so much so right (good onya mate -massive well-dun there!) and with a bit more tweaking (and better publicity) this event has all the ingredients to be a regular fixture on the calendar. The dates are already in my diary for next year...

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST,danensis
Date: 26 May 08 - 02:53 PM

Those girlies on Crane Wharf were amazing - best desccribed as Rocky Horror meets Morris Dancing!

If anyone didn't fill in a feedback form, please let me know and I can email one to you - the more feedback we get the better we can make it next time - and we're all adamant there will be a next time if we can get the funding,

John

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Willa
Date: 26 May 08 - 04:12 PM

Can't possibly name names for fear of missing someone out!! Thanks to you all - Committee, artists, singers, dancers and instrumentalists AND of course the all-important audience.
A great weekend.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 26 May 08 - 04:14 PM

back home-the 3 minute journey was a killer ! Many many thanks to the Beverley Barge preservation Society for sponsoring the event and to Ossonflags for all of his hardwork. We had a ball, the last night was as memorable as any in a major festival -what a singaround! Thanks to the wonderful John Connolly for allowing us to join him on his set, to Trim Rig and Doxy, for the same, we love singing with you guys! - just so many great voices. The Young 'uns were a revelation and asking them to sing with us, just blew me away -Hartlepool is indeed blooming!!! - my stepson and grandchildren don't 'do' folk but enjoued the afternoon on the Beck and the singing in Hodgsons so much they are now thinking of coming to a full weekend festival!!!!!if tey start planning next years tomorrow as they said -it will be storming!!!

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Graham and Jo
Date: 26 May 08 - 04:38 PM

We had a great time, what a success! Sorry we didn't we didn't make it to the Hodgeson's survivors session. The Irish session ended up in the Foresters and we were so tired out we staggered home after. Hope you all had a good time, and a happy birthday to Les!

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: danensis
Date: 26 May 08 - 06:05 PM

I've now posted the first set of photos:

http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c48/danensis/Shanty%20Festival/

John

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: danensis
Date: 26 May 08 - 06:12 PM

and for the benefit of Lester Simpson, "Spider T" is a super sloop!

John

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 27 May 08 - 03:18 AM

A Festival of most excellent fancy. Well done Mick. The three young chaps singing in Hodgsons late sunday afternoon were a revelation, never caught their name.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST,danensis
Date: 27 May 08 - 03:54 AM

The Young 'Uns

John

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST
Date: 27 May 08 - 04:26 AM

They were fantastic weren't they! No wonder they got a standing ovation by many! The highlight of the weekend

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Black Diamond
Date: 27 May 08 - 06:58 AM

we could only make Saturday, but thoroughly enjoyed the day the boats were good to look at, and the singing was excellent (not being singers ourselves we didnt know what to expect, and we were delighted by the Roaring Forties and Jim Eldon and Hissyfit and Dave and Julie Evardson. The Roaring Forties were kind enough to ask me to play my tunes when I pointed out I dont do "singing", and even clapped - greatly appeciated.
Congratulations to all the organisers
just one thing .. didnt Beveley read the weather forecast??? it was supposed to be warm!!!!!
Lin

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Pistachio
Date: 27 May 08 - 07:47 AM

Lin, it was dry! Thank goodness.   What a brill weekend.

Thanks 'danesis' for all the fantastic photos. I missed "Those girlies on Crane Wharf" "Rocky Horror meets Morris Dancing" but your pics showed some of their energy.

All this within 2 miles of home - it was great to see how popular this first festival was and to know that so many travelled far to join in and that Cleethorpes loss was our gain! Great to hear Dave and Julie Evardson again, on fine form at the end of a long day.

Nev and Co - all the boat crews - please come again. I didn't get the chance to get on board the 'stunning' Spider or chat about the vessels.

Having the chance to join forces and harmonise with Trim rig and a Doxy, John Conolly and "the young 'uns" (in order of occurrence) Wow, what a treat - a different dimension which must be repeated.

Congratulations Old Git for drying your tears. Has t'other Geoff got his voice back yet? Apologies from me for my tearful tiredness on Sunday afternoon - the emotion of the song and the virtual hug that envelops this sort of event simply got to me.
The survivors session was 'something else'! Ali and Steve delivered a sound I'd never heard from them before and Hazel Bolton chose the perfect 'harmonise-along' Eileen A'roon(sic).

Like Willa said, "in fear of missing someone out I'll not name any more names"- but all who were there were on finest form. Thank you.
See you next year - if not sooner. Hazel.x.x.x

PS Happy Birthday TODAY to Les (60) Ward and Linda Kelly (lots less) than Les

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: the button
Date: 27 May 08 - 08:09 AM

Nice pictures. Garland dancing wasn't like that when I used to play for a side in the 80s. *sob*

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 27 May 08 - 12:23 PM

My understanding was that Mick (Ossonflags) was heading out to the Emerald Isle early on Monday so he won't have seen all of your appreciative messages - I doubt that he would log on whilst away either so, hopefully, he might see them when he returns.

R

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Rasener
Date: 27 May 08 - 01:50 PM

So he is going to get guinnessed is he :-)

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: greg stephens
Date: 27 May 08 - 03:50 PM

Many thanks to Mick Ossonflags and the organising time. We had a great time. The Young'Uns were a great discovery, fantastic singers. And loads of other good songs as well. And the Beverley Minstwer carvings were something else again, never seen anything like it.
Love
The Boat Band

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Les from Hull
Date: 28 May 08 - 08:41 AM

In my thanks earlier in this thread I should have included the publicans and bar staff. In particular Maggie and I would like to mention the Mariners, where we were working, for looking after us so well, even putting on a wonderful spread of free grub!

Les

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 28 May 08 - 01:05 PM

I'd second that Les, the staff in all the pubs were fantastic and entirely supportive. Cheers!

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST
Date: 29 May 08 - 05:58 AM

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST,buspassed
Date: 30 May 08 - 11:22 AM

Outrageous story in the Hull Daily Mail about the lock keeper on the Beck refusing entry to a boat coming to the Festival because they hadn't booked 2 days ahead!

If E.Yorks Council are serious about making the Beck a tourist amenity they'd do well to get rid of all the 'jobsworths' first!

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Les from Hull
Date: 30 May 08 - 11:35 AM

Read all about it!

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Pistachio
Date: 30 May 08 - 07:16 PM

Thanks for the link Les, I hadn't heard anything about this. What a shame for them.
The week has flown by and I'm still 'singing' Hartlepool is bloomin' - courtesy of 'the young uns'.
Just think, we were challenging the disco this time last week!
Hazel.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GUEST
Date: 31 May 08 - 06:55 PM

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 01 Jun 08 - 08:29 AM

Thanks to Mick and the other organisers. There were some great singers there. The final 'Survivors' session was a tremendous event. And it was all free! Fast Forward to 2009.

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Leadfingers
Date: 01 Jun 08 - 04:32 PM

I hope I will be available in 2009 - Twas indeed a good bash !

Subject: RE: Beverley Beck Shanty Festival May 2008
From: Leadfingers
Date: 01 Jun 08 - 04:33 PM

And 200 !!!