UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival

Subject: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 20 Oct 99 - 07:45 PM

Glastonbury Medieval Festival

May 27th, 28th, 29th, 2000.

At the end of May we are having the first medieval bash at the Glastonbury Festival site in Pilton, there should be several hundred re-enactors, along with celts, druids etc, all are welcome.

There's a hundred + medieval banquet, menu curtesy of Jon_a and his missus "da boss"

There will be camping from Monday the 22nd and I have ordered 20 tons of firewood. There will also be an official beer tent from the Saturday and The Trolls Bottom (for re-enactors, read as cheap)will be open from the Monday.

All 'catter's are welcome and can get a free pass from [e-mail], or pay to get in, go to the admin tent or Trolls Bottom Bar and you entry fee will be refunded when you mention the mudcat.

There will be several UK 'catter's there by default

We get to muddy the festival site before anyone else

For all you hunters, there is an open season on Ferret's with songbooks, if you see one shoot it and put it out of our misery

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: MMario
Date: 20 Oct 99 - 09:56 PM

ohmygod you don't know how tempting this is....but I'm out of vacation days and can't afford to "cross the puddle". To combine a mudcat event with my re-enactment.....wow. what a possibility!

MMario

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: paddymac
Date: 21 Oct 99 - 04:50 PM

I'm not a "rennie", but this event sounds like great fun! Good luck to all, and a full report will be expected after the event.

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Ferret
Date: 23 Oct 99 - 02:58 PM

Looks like I will have to run like hell! Till you have heard Gint's joke's and then there's a new Target.

all the best ferret

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: jon a
Date: 23 Oct 99 - 04:57 PM

Ferret:- with my "selection box" I do not need to restrict myself to one Target.

Jon

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: jon a
Date: 23 Oct 99 - 05:22 PM

Gint:- please give cost of banquet if you know yet.

Jon

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 23 Oct 99 - 05:35 PM

The banquet will be £20.00 GBP to the public and re-enactors I think will be £15.00 and I have tagged a dozen freebies for stage fighters (me) and obviously musicians.

Oh yes the cost should include a wooden bowl, as Health & Safety would not accept re use.

There will be some Dutch, Germans and Russians there

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Freddie Fox
Date: 23 Oct 99 - 05:57 PM

How far does medieval go ie. would later re-enactors be welcome? I'm ex- ECWS [English Civil War Soc], but I'd still like to come and play!

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: jon a
Date: 23 Oct 99 - 06:35 PM

Gint:- I can fight, honest, and eat! is there foom for a two metre sword? looks good and can collect about 20 nice size chickens on a good pass! well maybe the claymore would be a little more convienient, even if it can take only half a dozen chickens.

Cheers Jon

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 24 Oct 99 - 02:12 PM

Freddie Fox,

Although the show is aimed at 800ad to 1260ad we are there to celibrate the re roofing of the abbey barn (where the banquet will be)and as there is a rich history ie the Monmouth rebellion etc I'm sure we can sort something out.

I should be at the Oxford re-enactors fair in November, I say should because I am meant to be on holliday in a Welsh castle for two weeks

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: KingBrilliant
Date: 25 Oct 99 - 03:51 AM

That sounds good. Is it re-enactors only, or can ordinary 'cats come? & if so do you dress in period, & can you only do music from the relevant time period? Forgive me for being ignorant of these things.... how's it all work then?

Kris

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 25 Oct 99 - 04:10 AM

I'm sure we can fit 'catters in without a problem, dress we can sort something out (no you don't have to wear a dress, unless...)

Throughout the three days, there will be areas for medieval type music, after the show closes anything goes,except garage, house, or any other type of accomodation music, try stopping them singing folk, Irish, (we should have in excess of 100 Irish re-enactors) and you'll have a lynching (true to period of course)

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Ferret
Date: 27 Oct 99 - 04:27 AM

medieval re:1000-1600 or 1700 ish. just any good music and songs. all the best ferret

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: jon a
Date: 28 Oct 99 - 06:40 PM

Gint, I do not remember seeing anything about holidays in your contract, I assume you did not write your own as no-one is paying you for them to do your work for you, or are they?........

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Ferret
Date: 30 Oct 99 - 10:41 AM

if he can get away with it he will. all the best ferret

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: wildlone
Date: 30 Oct 99 - 11:12 AM

Gint, sounds like it could be a good event. You hav'nt said which group you belong to,I belong to the group based at Chepstow Castle and Glaston is only 30 miles from me.
Freddie Fox I am with the ecws.

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Ferret
Date: 30 Oct 99 - 12:28 PM

'gint', 'jon a' and my self are with 'The Gun Company' and the 'Northland Mercenaries'who's show it is. all the best ferret

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: gint
Date: 30 Oct 99 - 06:41 PM

No the days of getting people to pay to work for me are long gone, your all wise to it

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: gint
Date: 30 Oct 99 - 06:43 PM

Although when I sugested a show in the Canterbury area I got a really slow reaction unti I decided to call it "fleece the French"

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 22 May 00 - 02:58 AM

Well after my long absence I am back one of the reasons for my dissapearance was organising Glastonbury

The beer tent "The Trolls Bottom" is 130ft x 60ft and a lot of beer for the UK catters who are interested directions are to be found

http://www.eurolog.org/Glast_R.html

I know no blue clicky thing

I will give you a report after the show

Laurie

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Peg
Date: 22 May 00 - 12:09 PM

Hey Gint;
I assume you are still speaking of the medieval festival..but what of the folk music festival there the weekend of June 24th? I will be visiting the UK for a spell then and will likely be in the area and was thinking of checking out the music festival (in addition to all the druid and pagan haunts/sacred sites I can get to). Do you know anything about this? I used to date a guy (British) who had been there a number of times and he said it has declined somehow in recent years...any thouhgt on whether this is worth attending?

Thanks,
Peg (who will be going 'cross the puddle on June 14th)

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 24 May 00 - 01:35 AM

If you mean the main festival check out the Glastonbury web site you will find it is on and as big as ever.

After I finish the medieval fayre I will be having a bit of a break until a show we do in Tintagel August 4th, 5th & 6th, if youre still about you are more than welcome.

I will get back to you after the show.

it is now 06:30 and I have to load up £3,000 worth of mead for the show

back on tuesday night

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Peg
Date: 24 May 00 - 10:24 AM

Gint: wow that's a lot of mead!!! I love the stuff...Several of my friends brew their own (including Berta, my travelling partner) and we talked of bringing some over as host gifts for people who are letting us stay with them but we figured customs would give us a hard time about it...

It would be great to see your performance in Tintagel (we are planning to spend some time there) but we are leaving June 26th so alas we won't be there any longer...

:(

best of luck with the festival! and have fun (duh)

peg

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: hrafn
Date: 30 May 00 - 02:56 PM

Boohooohooo, do not talk to me about Tintagel please guys!!!! Okay, this is not Raven actually, this is the Lady Nain, also known as Snakes.... and I cannot make it to Tintagel unfortunatelly.... most likely neither can... ehm, I don't think I'm supposed to tell you that.... anyway, how was Glastonbury? Did you get rained out? And Gint and Ferret!!!! Do this crazy birdy a favour and send him some post so now and again!!! He's withering to next to nothing since he arrived here in Ireland!!!! Would be lovely to hear from either of you..... And Little Jon!!! Before I forget you!!! NO, you are not getting away with it huney!! Don't try to hide, I've seen your name somewhere in this list, so you are visiting as well... Anyway guys, pretty soon this puter will have to shut down for a bit, because I'm moving to Leitrim, that is why I can't come to Tintagel... Any of you coming over to Bru Na Boyne or Boyle or any other show here in Ireland? I somuch want to see all of you again.....!!! Take care and might see you somewhere on the battlefield this year.... Lots of love, Nainseadh (Raven's friend)....

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: jayohjo
Date: 30 May 00 - 05:38 PM

Peg - random thought re customs - I think (but dont hold me to this, I wouldn't want you to be arrested or anything nasty like that) if you can prove it's not for resale you're okay - ie don't have the bottles fully sealed, and drink a bit from each bottle! But like I said, I'm not completely sure, ok? jayohjo X

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: hrafn
Date: 31 May 00 - 06:57 PM

huh? did I miss something there? (Nainseadh, Raven's friend...)

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Peg
Date: 01 Jun 00 - 12:02 PM

Thanks jayohjo! good to know. In other words, this is for our consumption on the plane! (Beats dramamine) It would be lovely to quaff some of Berta's homebrewed pomegranate mead at sunrise on solstice at Stonehenge...

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: hrafn
Date: 07 Jun 00 - 05:42 PM

In two weeks time we have the Bru Na Boyne, the Battle of the Boyne, and from that site you can see Newgrange on the other side of the river here in Ireland..... Worth seeing as well, it's only a little do at the moment, still growing, and I am very very sowwy to hear that none of the NM or Gun Company are able to come over this year.... as we all know, all the shows are planned, right guys? Where do I go this year? Well, I have to stay close at home unfortunately...... Ehm, Ferret, when you do come online..... what is this that I hear you are flying over at some stage or another? Let us know more please? Thanx!!! See ya all soon...... Nainseadh (Hrafn's friend....)

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 29 Jun 00 - 02:03 AM

O.K I'm back and will be able to log on most days again so in answer to some of your questions

Peg: if you are bringing in your own brew and you don't have cases and cases of it you should be OK

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 29 Jun 00 - 02:30 AM

that was weird I just pressed tab followed by space bar and it posted the half written bit

I hate this computer, I think I'll sell it, it doesn't do what I want Just what I tell it

Hrafn: we haven't forgotten you jsut a bit shell shoked after the Glastonbury Mudd-i-evil Festival(tm)I will be sending out a newsletter soon 'onest guv.

The gist of it is as follows, we had 14mm of rain in 3 days, the average rainfall for the month. Temperatures with the windchill factors reached -3c

A for instance, I brought with me 200 portions of fish which I covered with Ice and topped up from a black sack full of ice.

On arrival on the wednesday I dumped the black sack outside of the trailer and on the friday night I was able to use the ice in drinks

we had to cancel the show on the Saturday and I cancelled the rest of the show on the Sunday as the site was too wet.

The guys were brilliant until the Sunday when I informed them that I had been allowed to pay out £1,200 in cash (about $2,000)on the day,on top of the £4,000 ($6,000) I had paid out on the two year run up and that I was not going to be paid.

After I stopped them going down to "have a word" the site cleared in 1 1/2 hours.

I will not bring more of this bitch to the 'cat I will be putting up a humourous and possibly scathing but truthfull site shortly.

I will get my money as I had insured against my loss (it's a business thing)

Pictures will be following shortly

On a posative side the banquette for 200 people went well all but one of the entertainers organised by the Festival people cancelled the day before the banquette.

So we improvised the offer went into the bar that if anyone wanted to do a turn there would be a free chicken (pousin) and warmth, the warmth did it and we put on 4 hrs of ad lib entertainment including jousting on hobby horses etc. see Dermot for more of the evening.

They had a shorfall in numbers and said re-enactors could have the spaces so we did.

Vivo sang without amplification and were excellent and should be at Tintagel for the evenings

Must go work calls (quietly) I will update you soon Laurie

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 29 Jun 00 - 09:46 AM

from ferret i do get on from time to time but not as much as like. i was going to fly over for Tara but as it was canceld i did not but i will be at tintagel and tewekesbury. all the bset hrafn hope to see you soon Ferret

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Gint
Date: 29 Jun 00 - 09:48 AM

that was from the dyslexic lizard hater see bud ad's

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: hrafn
Date: 29 Jun 00 - 06:04 PM

good to hear from you guys!!!! And to know that yous are actually online... Raven says hello but has to dash off to work right now!!!! And he wants to know Gint, why you are not answering his emails.... you lazy so and so.... hehehehe.... only kiddin..... This is Nain again by the way, but you probably guessed that already... Sorry to hear that we missed you Ferret because Tara was cancelled, it was a bit of a disappointment for us as well. Never the less we had Newgrange last weekend, and I don't think Raven wants me to tell very very much about that... I'll leave that up to him. For yous to decide what you do with what he wants to tell.... which is nothing he says... thanks..... nah, doesn't really matter. Crashbar and Doormouse were at Newgrange and most of the people from the North went back home because of the trouble Clive had with the G.A.A. and the Battle-continuation. There nearly was no battle at all, but Clive decided to go ahead with it anyway, sew as they may. As for me, I became a bit wiser about certain people while there, much to my sorrow I must say, but Raven advises me to shut up about it, we'll deal with it when the time comes..... Anyway, the next big thing that will be happening here is Moytura, which will be on the same weekend as Tintagel unfortunatelly, but at least it will give Raven and myself an alternative to go to without spending too much money, since we are moving house soon. I would have loved to come to Tintagel, but it'll have to wait until next year I'm afraid, too many things on my mind.... Anyway, I hope to hear from any of you pretty quick again, and so does Raven. Take care you guys. Lots of love, Nainseadh......... and my email address is [e-mail] gimme a buzz sometime? Thanks.....

Subject: RE: UK:- Glastonbury Medieval Festival
From: Peg
Date: 30 Jun 00 - 01:28 PM

wow, sounds like this was a blast! Plaese keep me informed, I may want to attend next year (as god a reason as any to jump the puddle)
re: mead--we did not end up bringing any over but we did snag a couple bottles of homemade elderberry country wine from a pub in Banbury (drank one of them at a solstice ritual at the Rollright Stones--yum).
we were in Glastonbury on June 22 and 23rd; it is a very interesting town and a very magical spot! we hung out at a local townie pub and met some rarher fascinating individuals (including a tattoo artist, a folk singer and a professional shaman).
Ran into lots of traffic and tourists attending the big music festival at Pilton; sounded like a nightmare, muggings and rain and way too many people to deal with...

peg