Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)

Subject: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 11 Jul 10 - 03:30 PM

Hi Everyone,
like many others we mourned the ending of Lancaster Maritime Festival and the gathering at Easter which was always such a brilliant start to the season.
Trimrig and a Doxy and Loctup Together have joined forces to organise a festival next Easter and hope it can become an annual event. The festival organisation is called Shanty UK and the web site is here www.shanty.org.uk (sorry I can't do blue clicky things) We have the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port as a venue and already have some great artists expressing an interest in being there. Keep an eye on the web site for further information and we'll up date here too.
Fair Winds
Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: nutty
Date: 11 Jul 10 - 04:27 PM

That's great news Julie - I will certainly try to be there.

Easter 2011 Maritime festival

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: nutty
Date: 11 Jul 10 - 04:29 PM

Not sure why the link is not working - perhaps some techy can sort it out

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: DebC
Date: 11 Jul 10 - 04:31 PM

Better Link

Deb Cowan who cannot make 2011, but maybe 2012

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: Emma B
Date: 11 Jul 10 - 04:37 PM

Sounds great! just 'down the road' too :)

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 12 Jul 10 - 02:52 AM

Hi Nutty,
Great to hear you'll be there.
Deb sorry you won't be able to come this time, but you'll be very welcome in 2012. Thanks for sortint the link.

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 12 Jul 10 - 06:09 AM

I am afraid Ihave another booking that weekend, but hopefully I will be available in 2012, if I am still alive.Dick Mileshttp://www.dickmiles.com
best of luck with 2011 , and I wish you every successs

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: Sailor Ron
Date: 12 Jul 10 - 08:58 AM

Wonderful news, I'll do my best to be there. Ron

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: sciencegeek
Date: 12 Jul 10 - 09:15 AM

wonderful news... can't keep shanty singers down for long

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,hissyfit
Date: 12 Jul 10 - 10:03 AM

as discussed in your van -were in!!!

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 12 Jul 10 - 11:34 AM

I'm game ... any chance of counting me in too then Doxy?

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: RoyH (Burl)
Date: 12 Jul 10 - 11:49 AM

Hello Doxy, It's very good to hear of this festival. I'd like to be on it but when I apply via the Shipping Office I can't get the check work to come out correctly. After twelve tries I am now saying HELP!
Cheers, Burl (Roy Harris)

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jul 10 - 01:05 PM

Mike O'Leary-Johns
Splendid News.............Have visited Web Page and Sent a Pidgeon out!.... Mike.

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 12 Jul 10 - 07:03 PM

Moorley Man,
no maritime event would be complete without your presence. Try the shipping office link and send us an email and we'll keep you in the loop with what is going on.

Burl,
link at shipping office should be working now. We have lots of others coming through. Make sure when you type in the letters to show you are a really truly man and not a demon spammer (there be dragons out there)that you use capitals. If that fails go to the trim rig and a doxy site and send to us from there.

Mike,
Pidgeon arrived safely. Message in a bottle on it's way to you.

Hissffit,
Your documents have been stamped. Hold tight for orders.

We've had a great response to the idea of the festival already.

Cheers Everyone

Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 02:51 PM

Hi Everyone,
Well now we're excited. The initial response from artists to the festival has been BRILLIANT. Have a look at the web page www.shanty.org.uk . Great line up of UK stars. Some from The Netherlands and one to go on from Norway................looks like it's really going to happen!!!!!
Phew!!!
Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,old git
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 07:49 PM

Derek and Julia already know that The Roaring Forties are on board..just sharing that info with everybody else.
geoff t

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,Mike O'Leary-Johns
Date: 19 Jul 10 - 08:15 PM

I shall Look forward to seeing you there Geoff.It's been a long time.How are you keeping and How is Dave these days..... Mike[mainbrace}

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: r.padgett
Date: 20 Jul 10 - 05:53 AM

Noted that easter Maritime is on!!

Barnsley to have a look at what to do, probably have a different focus and venue!

Cheers

Ray Padgett

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,old git
Date: 20 Jul 10 - 07:42 AM

Mike,
I've been reading posts from Mike O'leary-Jones on other threads and didn't realise it was you!!
yes it will be good to see you (and others) again.
Dave has had a bit of a tottering time end of last year and beginning of this but he seems to be bearing up well at the moment..and his singing is back to full strength.
geoff

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: 8_Pints
Date: 20 Jul 10 - 12:54 PM

Any room for us?

Bob & Sue vG

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 20 Jul 10 - 03:15 PM

Went to Ellesmere Port once. I was out on the canals with a bunch of steam railway preservers. We went in the waterways museum. One of the number was very impressed with the display of different varieties of coal...
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 20 Jul 10 - 05:08 PM

Hiya Geoff,
they not only have coal but dust and sacking too.............
Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 20 Jul 10 - 05:14 PM

Hi Bob and Sue,
drop us a line on the festival email
Fair Winds
Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: migginz
Date: 22 Jul 10 - 02:54 PM

Just what I've been looking for; I've marked it off in my diary and am passing the web address round

Kathy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 23 Jul 10 - 05:42 PM

Hiya Kathy
glad you're coming. The event is just growing by the minute. We can't believe the good wishes and the offers of help and support we've received. More artists on the web site today and a couple more been in contact to be added over the weekend. WOW!!! We never dreamed we could have a line up like this when we started thinking about the festival. THANKS TO EVERYONE

We've just started a NEWS page. You can add comments and ideas to this. Te festival is for everyone so get on there.................

This is going to be an event that you shouldn't miss. The cream of UK maritime performers will be there as well as some great people from Netherlands and Norway.
The performers are on board..............fingers crossed for audience!!!!

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival Lancaster
From: Snuffy
Date: 23 Jul 10 - 07:03 PM

Not sure why the thread title has had Lancaster added to it, but

THE FESTIVAL IS NOT IN LANCASTER

REPEAT NOT IN LANCASTER

IT IS IN ELLESMERE PORT

If you don't belive me, check the Festival website


------------- Alright, alright. Enough already! ;>) JoeClone------------------

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 24 Jul 10 - 03:47 AM

Hi Snuffy,

is there a bit of the title or something on the cat I don't know about or can't see?
We carefully put Ellesmere Port in the thread title so there would be no confusion.....................
We can't replace lancaster but hope we can be a great and fun gathering of like minded people who love the music and want to keep it alive!

Fair Winds
Doxy

PS The big link to the festival site is great!!!!!!. Someone will have to teach me how to do big writing and blue clickies

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: GUEST,ossonflags wivout cookie
Date: 24 Jul 10 - 04:04 AM

great site and great line up Jules!!! Owd Chyvers are all signed on awaiting orders!!!

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: John J
Date: 24 Jul 10 - 04:17 AM

Sounds like fun: what's the beer like?

JJ

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: Crane Driver
Date: 24 Jul 10 - 05:03 AM

The beer will be like brown liquid with froth on . . .

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: My guru always said
Date: 24 Jul 10 - 01:37 PM

Would have loved to join the fun, but daren't leave 50+ Folkies unsupervised at Old Keepers over the Easter Weekend. Sounds like you're getting a Fab Festival sorted out though, keep up the good work!!

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 25 Jul 10 - 04:08 PM

Hiya All,
We can confirm the beer will be wet. The Boat Museum Society do a run up to Chester and bring barrels of real ale back. They are there in strength at Eastter with narrow boats and some interesting competitions!!!!! Tug o war acrosss the canal locks, suggest we put together a shanty team and decide what long haul shanty to use while we're tugging.
We'l mention to them that they might need an extra barrel or two........
There are a couple of bars at the museum and we're talking to the site manager about preferences for proper beer. No reason why people can't bring their own and there are local hostelries that purvay the amber nectar............
And I thought it was all going to be about the music.
Cheers and Bottoms Up (referring of course to your glasses)
Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: GUEST,Skipper Jack
Date: 26 Jul 10 - 04:28 AM

With the sad demise of The Lancaster Festival, it is great to learn that Ellesmere Port will be hosting the Easter Maritime Festival next year.
I shall contact my crew in the hope that we can participate if invited??

Skipper Dave Robinson
Baggyrinkle Swansea Shantymen.

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: Mr Happy
Date: 26 Jul 10 - 08:41 AM

No mention of camping - will there be any?

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 26 Jul 10 - 03:56 PM

Hiya Skipper Jack,
we sent Baggywrinkle an email asking if you were interested. has it gone astray???? We Give is a quick word on [e-mail] and I'm sure we can sort something out.

Mr Happy
this http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=2189is a web page for camp site a couple of miles from the museum it's called chester fairoaks.

There is hard standing in the car park outside the museum.............

Fair winds

Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: greg stephens
Date: 27 Jul 10 - 09:29 AM

Well I'm hoping to come, have sent you a message Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 29 Jul 10 - 02:18 PM

Hi Greg,
good talking to you. Keep in touch,
Fair Winds
Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 04 Aug 10 - 02:02 PM

hi Everyone,
we've popped a couple more artists on the web page. Also there is new stuff on the news page. it works like a blog so you can post on it!!!
Fair Winds
Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: GUEST,Doxy
Date: 28 Nov 10 - 03:36 PM

Hi Everyone
Breaking news.............the museum is agreeing to put on real ale (YES REAL ALE)
We are confirming with artists at the moment and will be posting here and on the web site information about who will definitely be on the program.
Watch this space............
The news feature on the web page has a place on it where people can comment. Do keep an eye on the news and tell us what you think. If you click 'view all' a box for you to comment in will pop up. We're applying for funding at the moment so a show of public interest would be a big help.
Cheers
Doxy

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: MartinRyan
Date: 21 Apr 11 - 11:51 AM

Ha! Gonna try and get there - I'm in Chester for the weekend.

Regards

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 21 Apr 11 - 12:16 PM

Anyone coming to this thread for the first time is advised to check out the one headed Easter Maritime Festival instead, which has all the uptodate gen therein.
It's gonna be a great weekend!

Subject: RE: Easter 2011 Maritime festival (Ellesmere Port)
From: Noreen
Date: 21 Apr 11 - 12:22 PM

See current thread:

Easter Maritime Festival

Martin, have a great time- it'll be a blast!