Dog Days Afternoon (UK)

Subject: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Leadfingers
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 06:17 PM

Ten years of Dog Days weekends will be remembered on Sunday 14th March
at the Seven Stars,Knowl Hill,on the A4 West of Maidenhead. Just a sing a round and session starting at 2pm. Bring your Voices and your Instruments, but Admiral informs me he will not be running the Fine
Tankard. See you all there!

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 06 Mar 04 - 05:51 AM

Thanks Tel

I'm missing Hitchin because I'm visiting my mother today, so will try to arrange next weekend's visit so I can get to the Seven Stars!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: My guru always said
Date: 06 Mar 04 - 07:28 AM

Will definitely try to get along to this one!!!
Thanks Terry...
Hil

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: fiddler
Date: 06 Mar 04 - 12:52 PM

Date in Diary

Andy

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 07 Mar 04 - 12:18 PM

Only a week to go...

Kitty

PS Have still got the gnome from last year's auction (thanks Trayton!). Any suggestions for recycling gratefully received.

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Leadfingers
Date: 07 Mar 04 - 01:27 PM

I am reliably informed that there are NO plans for an Auction next week - Just a good sing and play.

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: GUEST,skipy
Date: 07 Mar 04 - 01:47 PM

See you there

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: vectis
Date: 07 Mar 04 - 06:33 PM

Kitty
Borrow a gun and shoot the little sucker to smithereens or do what I did and put it in an auction.....
Mary

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: The Admiral
Date: 09 Mar 04 - 03:12 AM

No, No! Not an Auction! Mary, Carl the Landlord has one of your Gnomes from last year and is quite happy with it! (Mind you, he is from Birmingham)

Tony

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: alanww
Date: 09 Mar 04 - 12:48 PM

LOL! :o)
Shame I cannot make as I will be in Mossley, near Manchester, for the Morris Ring AGM, then a family do in Ross-on-Wye. Hope you all have a great time and say hello to everyone for me, paricularly those going on the narrowboat trip in May!
"There are goblins, trolls and demons – in the dark ...!"
Alan

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Zorg
Date: 09 Mar 04 - 02:05 PM

Thinking about it, hope to get a pass out

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Leadfingers
Date: 09 Mar 04 - 08:33 PM

I suggest that Mudcat Badges be worn so we know who is who. If you want a badge then PM Badger - One will cost you fifty pence plus postage, if I remember correctly.

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: GUEST,skipy
Date: 10 Mar 04 - 12:55 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: BB
Date: 10 Mar 04 - 02:13 PM

Re recycling the gnome. Send it down to us in Devon, Kitty. Our Christmas Shammick Acoustic Session sees Father Christmas handing out presents to everyone, and it's a great way to recycle unwanted possessions, providing they're in good condition - or even last year's recycled presents!

Barbara

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 11 Mar 04 - 03:37 PM

The little gnome is still in its bubble wrap!

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Morticia
Date: 11 Mar 04 - 04:04 PM

that's it Kitty, suffocate the little sucker

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Cllr
Date: 12 Mar 04 - 03:41 AM

LOL Morty you are a woman after my own heart,Cllr

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 12 Mar 04 - 07:18 AM

Might be able to make it - Linda will be busy though.

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Micca
Date: 12 Mar 04 - 04:38 PM

Cllr, she is only after your heart to stuff it with herbs and onion and cook it in white wine and cream!!!

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 12 Mar 04 - 04:52 PM

Down with serious case of the snots. Won't make it. Nursing myself in readiness for coming Friday...

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Morticia
Date: 12 Mar 04 - 07:17 PM

Don't listen to my uncle......I never cook with white wine

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: My guru always said
Date: 13 Mar 04 - 07:46 AM

Problem with getting it to go into the pan Morti? LOL

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Cllr
Date: 13 Mar 04 - 01:05 PM

I'm a tory, the problem is finding it.

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: GUEST,skipy
Date: 13 Mar 04 - 01:48 PM

refresh - less than 24 hours to go!

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Phot
Date: 13 Mar 04 - 08:16 PM

Not fair! I'm bloody working again, bloodynavymuttermutter.......

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: My guru always said
Date: 14 Mar 04 - 06:51 AM

See you all there....

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 14 Mar 04 - 03:38 PM

And a cracking good session it was too! - Many thanks to Admiral and Mrs Admiral and the 7 Stars. Catters in every corner - Micca, Khat, Morty, Pixie of Doom, ColK, Wandering Minstrel, Leadfingers, Trayton, MGAS and Fiddler too, I think..

Kitty

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: fiddler
Date: 14 Mar 04 - 03:43 PM

How did you miss newbie stepper!

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 14 Mar 04 - 04:06 PM

Andy

I didn't, but you were hiding behind her!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 14 Mar 04 - 04:09 PM

Oops, and so was Dave Bryant! Must give up this orange juice and lemonade lark, it's clearly destroying memory cells....

Kitty

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: fiddler
Date: 14 Mar 04 - 04:11 PM

After Morticia called her skinny = you must take more watrer with whatever you were drinking HK

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Leadfingers
Date: 14 Mar 04 - 08:19 PM

AND Hovering Bob and Wandering Minstrel. There was a fifty per cent Catter turnout by my count. And it was a cracking session - Good songs , good Tunes and some good dancing too >

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 02:48 AM

I had a bottle of sparkling mineral water on top of the orange and lemonade - but I was watching stepper's feet, not the audience behind her! ("Good dancing" a bit of an understatement, Tel..)

Kitty

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Micca
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 03:06 AM

Yeah Kitty!!, havent seen such a demo of Terpsechorean skill for ages!!
Good to meet some new catters, and of course the "ususal suspects" This was catsPhiddles first "real" outing, (thanks to ColK who drove us there and back) since the Op, and it did her LOTS of good!! As mentioned above, a splendid session, lots of music and song and good companions, what more could you ask for? (and the beer was Breakspears!!)

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 04:36 AM

Yes - Great session - pity Essex Girl couldn't make it. Only one complaint about the beer - I think it was evaporating or something - my tankard kept going empty !

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 05:44 AM

Thank You Admiral and Mrs Admiral for a wonderful session. I really enjoyed myself thank you Col K for being my personal driver!!. It was great to see so many catters there. I have NEVER seen Morty corpsed in the middle of a folk song......I think it might have had something to do with the 'air maraccas'.....piccies will follow shortly!!!

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Morticia
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 07:05 AM

yes, thanks to the Admiral and Mrs Admiral......it did me good to go out and be with others of my kind for an afternoon, even if I did go with a hangover that could have felled a buffalo.Lovely to see everyone again.....that'll keep me going until the Yorkshire gathering,I hope.

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: GUEST,A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 09:06 AM

A cracking good session. Good to see everyone there with instruments both real and imaginary. Me bodhrans nicely loosened up for the coming season!

must get this cookie fixed :)

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Morticia
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 10:02 AM

Me bodhrans nicely loosened up for the coming season....dear God, is there a more fearsome phrase in the english language? *G*

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Zorg
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 11:05 AM

It seems I missed a 'jolly' good session.

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: My guru always said
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 03:37 PM

You certainly did Zorg - hope there's another one next year....

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 03:37 PM

Pictures HERE!

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: fiddler
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 06:50 PM

Good set of pikkis.

Had a brill time even if playing was a bit iffy - nothing new there though .....

CU all Soon

A
XXX

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Leadfingers
Date: 15 Mar 04 - 07:45 PM

Dont worry fiddler - Steppers dancing made up for any lack of Fiddle Skill

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: GUEST,Mrs Admiral
Date: 16 Mar 04 - 04:11 AM

Excellent Photo's catsPHiddle - I even liked the one of me with Micca.
Unusual as I hate my photographs normally!
Thank you to everyone who came and supported the event - both Admiral & I really enjoyed ourselves and it was a wonderful warm atmosphere with excellent singing and playing.
Who know's maybe we will do it again next year!
Mrs Admiral

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: fiddler
Date: 16 Mar 04 - 08:34 AM

Leadfingers - you are now supposed to agree with me - or smarm up to she who thinks she must be obeyed!

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: Noreen
Date: 16 Mar 04 - 01:24 PM

Lovely pics Khatt!

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: InOBU
Date: 16 Mar 04 - 01:58 PM

Well the REAL dog day afternoon happened here in New York, on 9th street and Bway... quite close to 23rd street...where....SORCHA DORCHA will be at the HALF KING restaurant and pub, this Wends. Saint Patrick's Day on 23rd street between 10th and 11th Ave. from 7 pm to 10 ... As expected Lorcan Otway on vocals uilleann pipes flute whistle bodhran and the great Jane Kelton on flute whistle and key board, Seanin An Fear on Mandolin, Joe Charupakorn on guitar... the joint is already rumbling, so stay from Give us a drink of water to An Phis Fluich, all yer ol' favs...
Cheers, Is mise, le meas, Lorcan Otway

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: skipy
Date: 16 Mar 04 - 03:04 PM

Well done Mr & Mrs Admiral, hope it will continue, perhaps you could develop it into a three day event!
By the way Kitty I was there as well!

Regards Skipy

Subject: RE: Dog Days Afternoon (UK)
From: The Admiral
Date: 17 Mar 04 - 03:19 AM

We'd like to say 'thanks' to all those who turned up and made it work. The Morris were the drivers on this one until about three weeks before when we received an email to say they didn't like the pub(after all those years of dancing at Dog Days?!) and therefore were cancelling. We thought of cancelling then but we'd already told too many people so we had to go with it.
And thanks to the magic of email and to the mighty Mudcat we had a great afternoon, good music, good beer, good company and a great atmosphere as witnessed by the photos.

Love and Regards; Tony and Pearl