Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 17 Dec 13 - 10:56 AM

Mr. Red, you said something about the band called "Steal Outspan".

Did you actually mean Steel Ice Band? It's a famous Scottish group, or so I understand.

Georgiansilver, thank you for the directions. Be sure to tell the committee to put up 2 or 3 of those signs which point to several other villages but never reveal where the reader (and the sign itself) are at the present time.

Of course, Blitherscrum won't be on the signs, since it isn't a village, it's a state of mind.

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: GUEST,Jon Heslop
Date: 17 Dec 13 - 09:44 AM

Sorry, I'll be washing my hair that weekend.

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Dec 13 - 08:24 AM

I will be offering my usual workshops:

1. Macrame your own cat hair

2. Acupuncture - what's the point?

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: Vic Smith
Date: 17 Dec 13 - 08:10 AM

One of the long-term problems of this festival has always been the safe and reliable delivery of advance tickets.
You will be delighted to know that this is a thing of the past! The six of us have been appointed to sell the early-bird tickets this year. You don't even have to bother your heads about the financial details or the total bill. All you have to do is to send a PM to us giving us your complete banking details and we will do the rest for you. It could not be easier!

BLITHERSCRUM FESTIVAL ADVANCE TICKETS GROUP -
Hugh J. Ripoff
Issy Joe King
Count R. Fate
Robb M. Blynd
Dodd Gee
Kent B. Trusted

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: GUEST,Gail
Date: 16 Dec 13 - 06:42 PM

Don't be drawn into this discussion. It could be a scam. Communications from the genuine Blitherscrum are always full of mistakes and poor presentation, in keeping with the genuine festival itself. This looks too good to be true. Only when they start asking for money will we know it's the real thing.

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: The Barden of England
Date: 16 Dec 13 - 03:44 PM

Ah - the mighty Blithersrum rides again. I hope they're holding the 'Whats Ale?' as this years was a complete p**s up for sure.

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick
Date: 16 Dec 13 - 03:10 PM

Vic. If Uranus is showing perhaps you should cover it up.

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: Harmonium Hero
Date: 16 Dec 13 - 12:28 PM

Vic: If people knew when it was, it would give them a sporting chance of making other arrangements, which would never do....

Regarding suggestions for guests; we at Folk Bandwagon Agency represent some of the finest Pseud-Folk acts in the country (and quite a few in the town as well), including :
Rick O'Shea and The Bouncers
Robin Getz and The Thieving Bastards
Claude Balls and The Lion Tamers
Jacques Hughes and The Prosecutors.
and many more. For a fee, we can arrange for any or all of these to be elsewhere (if only we knew when....)

John Kelly (dates available...contact the above agency)

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: Vic Smith
Date: 16 Dec 13 - 11:58 AM

I'm not sure that GeorgianSilver's directions are that clear.....
However, either is the way that they settle on the date each year. I'm told that Blitherscrum will always be on The seventh weekend after the third equinox of the year when Uranus is showing.
Why can't they have something simpler like, for example, The sixth weekend in June?

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: Mr Red
Date: 16 Dec 13 - 11:08 AM

they want you to think that.

I have never been invited but to paraphrase an old Grouch "I wouldn't sing at a Festival that would invite me to sing"

But I am waiting for "Steal Outspan" to be booked - they are on Orange (or is it EE?)

Subject: RE: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick
Date: 16 Dec 13 - 10:34 AM

I've got bad news for anyone intending to visit next year's Blitherscrum. After many long years of searching, I finally located the location of this famous cultural event. And, guess what? It wasn't there.

Subject: Blitherscrum Festival 2014 A new start!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 16 Dec 13 - 10:24 AM

Some new people have PM'd me re the directions for getting to Blitherscrum but sadly I have a map and it doesn't show Blitherscrum on it....so:-
I assume all UK members know where Birmingham is..........well it's nowhere near there so that's a start. It is so easy to get to!
Turn left at the 'Beastie and the Pig' and go about four miles before turning right at the 'Crab and Organ'. Take the fork in the road a you might need it to eat with if we are short at camp. Left again at the 'Nude and voyeur' and immediate left following the sign which says 'Blitherscrum Folly'.....This road takes you direct to the campsite which you can't miss as the sign outside says 'DEAD END'.....which I hope doesn't put too many off. Any further difficulties please phone me at Naffhall 121212.... The committee has already met with a view to discussing who to invite for the main performances next year but have reached no conclusions yet...... well...... actually they had a few drinks..... and a few more and so on until they were eventually unable to come to any sort of decision anyway.... so a further meeting is planned. Suggestions please as to which performers to invite or re-invite if they have ben before.