Funniest Comment to an Organiser

Subject: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: GUEST,Alan Surtees
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 06:36 AM

I've had some daft things said to me over the last eight years at Bridgnorth, but this year beat the lot. Sandra got out of bed at 1.30pm on Friday night to ask a gentleman in the beer tent to refrain from playing his drum, which, in fairness to him, he did.
We are close to local housing and drumming in the middle of the night is not appreciated. The sound from most acoustic instruments doesn't carry and so we are happy to let people play all night, in the late night areas, if they wish.
On saturday morning the gentleman in question sort me out to make a complaint. His complaint was that the festival was discriminating against drummers. My reply was, that I would happy to help him pack his tent. He strode off with a parting comment...."you'll hearing from my solicitors" I nearly fell over laughing.
Me a drumist? Did anyone see Joji Hirota?
Anyway I'm already looking forward to next year....Hope to see you all there....especially Bodhran players

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: Chris Green
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 06:51 AM

A bodhran player with a solicitor? We live in strange times indeed!

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: Cllr
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 07:06 AM

What do you call a girl on the arm of a drummer?
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a tattoo

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 08:48 AM

The response to the complaint was not appropriate as it could be interpreted as a demand to leave the festival. As he had (presumably) paid for a ticket this would put the festival in breach of contract.

Never risk a smart arse comment when money is at stake.

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: JudeL
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 09:33 AM

If we are going to be picky.....This is a quote from information on Bridgnorth Festival Website (info that is repeated in various forms in the rest of the festival literature)

"Noise:
this has become a major issue with local residents. As organisers we will address the concert noise levels but we will be asking you to keep the noise at after hours parties within a reasonable level. We will retain the late night area but ask you to keep your revelries within that area Parts of the camp site are very close to local residents houses, it is unacceptable for them to be subjected to singing and shouting into the early hours of the morning. Please give them your consideration."

The individual had been told that due to the carrying qualities late nite drumming constituted an unacceptable noise level. Even if (which alan did not) the individual had been told to leave, given that keeping late night noise levels down to an acceptable level can be seen as an implied condition the guy would have even less of a case than the idea that Alan was discriminating against bodram players!

Jude (with tongue firmly in cheek)

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: Blowzabella
Date: 15 Sep 04 - 06:09 PM

How's about a complaint / comment on a questionnaire at a shanty festival that there should be sheets with the choruses on handed round so people can join in! Heavens above - if you don't know it at the start, you surely know it by the second time it's sung! They aren't rocket science!

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: M.Ted
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 11:20 AM

I once booked live music for folk dancing at a now long defunct Folk/Ethnic Arts Fair--one favorite complaint--"The Greek Band didn't play any Scandinavian Dances"--

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: Mooh
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 02:12 PM

To a clearly celtic group, "Yous guys aren't much of a country band are yous." You don't say!

Mooh.

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Sep 04 - 02:19 PM

Sitting on the door taking money.I find peeps coming in at half-time asking if its half price,the answear is always no.

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: GUEST,Gigix
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 06:48 AM

During an excruciating uillean pipe solo: "Gosh, this sounds like the ingrown toenail simphony".
And about the same Irish band: "I thought they were going to play celtic music, not cowboy songs".

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Sep 04 - 11:03 AM

As a DJ, playing Tito Penete and Celia Cruz at a festival "can't you play some Latin music, we like that"

Subject: RE: Funniest Comment to an Organiser
From: GUEST,Art Thieme...
Date: 18 Sep 04 - 10:26 AM

To an organizer who had made three times as many "promises" to performers that they definitely had a job at the festival than he could possibly deliver, I once noted, "I have heard power defined as the extent to which you can inconvenience others. You, sir, seemingly, are a very powerful man !"

This particular festival situation was so bad that a well known group had come over the pond to do the guaranteed job only to find that they weren't booked at the festival. But that was a long while ago...

Art Thieme