Nude Publicity Stunt for festival

Subject: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:10 PM

Mark Davies and his wife Joan who run the Bradfield Traditional Music Festival held annually at their farm - have gone for a cheap publicity stunt in order to publicise this year's festival.

You can see the results of their efforts here.

This year's event - which inexplicably Mark and Joan forgot to mention - will be held on the weekend of August 10,11,12th August.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:11 PM

Sorry I forgot to mention - I think it's an Edeophone.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:25 PM

I cannot believe how uptight people seem to be! That article makes it sound like they are ashamed of posing. No one is naked in the photos! They are covered!! Do people over there really make a fuss about this kind of thing?

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Rasener
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:31 PM

Oooh err.Why is that pony or horse in the way. Seems like she is about to do a bit of bare back riding LOL
As for him, well he will find it a bit painful if he gets his curlys caught in his instrument:-)

I'll get me coat

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:36 PM

How many naked US judges have you seen Ron? :-)

And - surely the important thing is what sort of concertina is it?

Edeophone is my guess........

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Captain Ginger
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:45 PM

Good for them! And in a good cause, too.
Trouble is, from Mark's expression, the bellows must have been a bit cold!

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:46 PM

My considered opinion is that she's cuter than he is.

That is only one opinion of course.

My congratulations to them both on putting it "all on the line" for the benefit of their Festival. I find it tasteful (enough) and pleasantly amusing.

John

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:55 PM

Errr.read the article - my headline was ironic......they did it for the hunt....

Dave

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:55 PM

I refuse to answer that question Folkiedave due to my compliance with the witness protection program!!!!!

Obviously this is all in good fun! There is a great calendar photographed by Jayne Toohey that benefits the Folk Alliance as well as benefits for health coverage for folk musicians -
www.nakedfolkcalendar.com

It is a high honor to be include and .... great exposure!

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 02:56 PM

A good cause? The local hunt?

Highly debatable.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:01 PM

Could be a McCann duet.
He has an 'I know what your thinking' look about him.
She looks much happier, but surely it's the rider who should be on the mounting block, not the horse.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: GUEST,The black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:14 PM

Actually the hunt arranged the whole thing for charity, they're not profiting from it themselves (except publicity).

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:17 PM

"Judge Davies was persuaded to pose as Mr July for a nude calendar sold at £10 a time to raise cash for the Pennine Foxhounds, of which he is joint master. "

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Forsh
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:18 PM

If I promise to keep my clothes ON will y'all come to my fest :)
FEST with no nude bloke
(Unashamed plug, yet again...)

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:18 PM

Its an English Concertina,.
Mark Davies is a member of concertina net.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:21 PM

There is a wonderful festival here in the U.S. that is held at a nudist resort!

avalon music fest

I wonder if they sell any t-shirts??

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:30 PM

hunting the inedible chased by the indelible.
the more you ,ban something the more determined people are to do it.
the english are very good at telling people what to do,banning musical instruments in Ireland.,among other things

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: GUEST,The black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:35 PM

The newspaper article:-
"Judge Davies was persuaded to pose as Mr July for a nude calendar sold at £10 a time to raise cash for the Pennine Foxhounds, of which he is joint master. "

Elsewhere:-
"The sale of calendar will enable the Pennine Foxhounds to make a substantial donation to the Kirkwood Hospice,Huddersfield"

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:36 PM

*yawn* And that was a meaningless misquote of Oscar Wilde, BTW.

Foxhunting is barbaric, like bear-baiting and cock-fighting.

The latter were banned is because they were entertainments for the working classes. Foxhunting was allowed to continue because it is the preserve of the higher social stratas. And they're still getting away with it because they are arrogant enough to flout the laws of this country.

There endeth the polemic.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:37 PM

yes apologies, its some class of duet, lachenal generally made triumph or crane system,wheatstone mccanns.
the line should read ,hunting;the inedible chased by the indelible.
yes I know the original quote was the inedible chased by the unspeakable.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:43 PM

it is not a meaningless misquote. It means banning it, will not blot it out. indelible, means blot out.
banning things only encourages people to do it more,

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:45 PM

FOXHUNTING is considerd by many people to be necessary.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:49 PM

Nonsense.

Do you think people will be smoking more in pubs once the ban comes in? Look at Ireland as a case study...are people smoking more in pubs? Of course not. Why? Because the ban is enforced. Unlike the one on foxhunting.

Only people from a particular social strata are arrogant enough to think they're above the law...

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 03:50 PM

Foxhunting with horses and hounds in only considered necessary by the people who do it. People who live in the countryside, including farmers, know it is an inefficient form of pest control.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: GUEST,Nimrod
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 04:45 PM

In the remote hills of Howden the Penile Hounds may oft be seen in hot pursuit of Reynard, led by their Master in his splendiferous coat of scarlet and buff. The Master is often accompanied by his charming companion who keeps well abreast with him o'er bushes and briars. The Hunt is well supported by the sturdy yeoman farmers and shepherds of these lonely moors who respond alertly to the cry "View Halloo!"

At the end of a long chase the Hunt loves nothing better than to retire to an hostelry where they may toast the success or otherwise of their endeavours in harmonious lyrics. The favourite song above all others is the greatly famed tribute to the Hunt colours; "Here's to the Scarlet and Buff" whose echoes resound repeatedly in the small country inn.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 04:58 PM

my statement, read foxhunting is deemed by many people to be necessary.
I didnt mention hunting with horses and hounds.
if you are a true believer in democracy,you should allow the people to vote in a referendum.
my views on the subject are, dont know,
but I do know that there are a lot of people from all sections of the community[Not just the privileged]who are against this ban,and have not been able to exercise their denmocratic right.
i also know that Mark Davies has a right to his views,and has not had a right to exercise his vote on the matter.
The smoking ban in Ireland,I dont think its had any effect on making people give up,[teenagers are still smoking][[smokers go outsideto have a smoke]]what it has done is reduce people affected by passive smoking,for which I am grateful,HOWEVER no vote was taken on the matter so it too was totally undemocratic.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 04:59 PM

Despicable pursuits, i.e. foxhunting, aside, there does seem to be a tradition on the Mudcat, I think we did three years of semi-nude calendars, and elsewhere, of folkies baring it all for a good cause: click.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:04 PM

The Oscar Wilde version was "the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible", wasn't it?

The Act banning foxhunting was voted by Radio 4's Today programme audience as the one they most wanted repealed - the argument for repeal was made by a former Director of the League against Cruel Sports and I think the reason why 52% of the votes were cast for this particular Act was because neither the supporters of hunting with dogs nor the opponents thought that the legislation is workable. It was badly drafted which is why it isn't enforceable or enforced. And it took up an inordinate amount of Parliamentary time which might have more usefully been spent on other things to help people rather than not effectively protect foxes.

Kitty

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:09 PM

Oh, and this thread should probably be below the line, except that foxhunting has been an important activity in the lives of rural communities, as was singing about it in the pub afterwards, and contributed many songs to the tradition. In the Lake District many people from less exalted strata followed the hunt on foot.

Kitty

PS Where is Greg Stephens when you need a local view.....

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:14 PM

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: GUEST,Nimrod - PM
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 04:45 PM

Didn't the Watersons have a song which goes:

"Hurrah for the Kakhi and the Buff,
Helmets glistening in the sun........."

We used to mek us own fun in them days......

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:18 PM

The sale of the calendar,will enable the pennine foxhounds to make a substantial donation to the kirkwood hospice, huddersfield.
so peoples views on foxhunting are irrelevant.
the instrument in question is not a roundhead or a cavalier,duet or english but a 40 key crabb, anglo in c g made by Geoffrey Crabb.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Captain Ginger
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:24 PM

My local hunt is very much a blue-collar hunt, and boy, can they sing!
Maybe the hunts in Borsetshire are different from those we know in the real world...

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:25 PM

Funny, no-one seems at all interested in the breed of pony...

LTS

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:27 PM

no one has produced any evidence of this. The only source actually linked here says that the money benefits the foxhounds.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:27 PM

He is a Judge..she is a police officer....There is a UK duo called 'His Worship and the pig'...good they are too.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:35 PM

Georgiansilver - well spotted. I hope Dave and Jeff spot it too, because I suspect there is a song waiting to come out....

Kitty

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: jacqui.c
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:35 PM

It's nice to see 'authority' getting involved in this type of event.

A friend of mine, a couple of year's back, sat in a bath of maggots for an hour and raised five hundred pounds for charity.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:44 PM

Captai Ginger, I have most experience of the Cottesmore, the Belvoir and the Fernie - none of which ar ein the least blue collar.

If anyone listened to the Radio Ballads on foxhunting, especially to the list of kit and how much it costs (£1000 jackets and £1200 boots, anyone?), I think they'd be hard-pressed to defend the majority of hunting as a working-class pursuit.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Alan Day
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:48 PM

The Calender was in aid of supporting a Hospice, the fact that it was being organised by the local foxhunting society has nothing to do with this posting.It is a separate issue.Mark and his wife and the other calender posers should be applauded,they are supporting a hospice where their friend died recently from cancer.This information was not quoted by the Daily Mail in their article they chose to ignore it.
For a few lovely years I had the pleasure of two vixens who became my friends and one actually sat near me while I worked in the garden.For this reason I need not discuss my thoughts on foxhunting which is another subject for discussion.
Al

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 05:56 PM

With the greatest of respect, Alan, I was responding to the article as posted. It sounds like a very worthy cause.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Amos
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 06:14 PM

I see no evidence in those picture that the gentleman is actually, as claimed, a joint master, despite the fact that his wife is smiling.

A

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Tradsinger
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 06:32 PM

Good job he wasn't a fiddle player.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Peace
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 06:35 PM

"I see no evidence in those picture that the gentleman is actually, as claimed, a joint master, despite the fact that his wife is smiling."

Yeah, but she's with the horse . . . .

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Peace
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 06:39 PM

"Good job he wasn't a fiddle player."

Or a kazoo player.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 16 Jan 07 - 07:09 PM

There is a lot of ignorance or misinformation being displayed here.

The quote is (Oscar Wilde, I think) "The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable).

There is an Irish song similar to the one cited above, but the one you want is
"Hurrah for the scarlet and the blue
Helmets glistening in the sun
I've ta'en the good King's shilling
And I'm off tomorrow morn".

I joined in with it earlier tonight......

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 03:58 AM

the quote is (Oscar Wilde, I think) "The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable).

And I thought he was talking about Rugby Union.....:-)


to put the complete quote in......

"The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable". And yes it was Wilde.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Alan Day
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 04:08 AM

No problems Ruth you were responding to the information you were given.
On your farm I can understand major problems with foxes killing chickens and they got mine.This was before they became friendly.One person with chickens was so impressed with my foxes that they started feeding theirs and never ever had any problems with them killing their chickens after that.This guy used to mince up tripe for his dogs and the fox sat in the doorway waiting for his portion.They are lovely animals and the vixens bought their babies along with them,one spending the night in my porch until we found it the next day. It stopped long enough for bit of cat food and a drink before running off to tell his mum where he had been.
Al

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Captain Ginger
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 04:31 AM

The Pennine packs are a bit grittier and less lah-di-dah than lowland posing posses like the Belvoir and Fernie. They sing better, too. Not as well as the Welsh packs, but not badly for a bunch of sais!
Anyway, to get back to the original post - well done the pair of them.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 04:37 AM

I deliberately misquoted wilde to make the point that banning foxhunting,Willnot prevent foxhunting from taking place ,BANNING Alcohol in prohibition times,did not stop people drinking,banning smoking in Ireland has not stopped people from smoking,its just sent them outdoors.[it has stopped passive smoking ]
I live in the countryside,and have had very unpleasant experiences with foxes,snapping off the heads of ducks and leaving their bodies behind,taking A chicken and killing the rest,their behaviour can be barbaric.
the question is what is the best way to control them,using poison can also kill innocent domestic animals,shooting is a possibility[but the animal can suffer if its wounded,escape and die in pain]but lkie everything man has interfered with[introduction of rabbits in australia]their numbers do have to be controlled how does Ruth Archer propose to do it.

Subject: RE: Nude Publicity Stunt for festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 17 Jan 07 - 05:04 AM

The biggest population of foxes nowadays is in urban areas and we have one that walks past the top of our road. You can set your clock by him/her.

Do you propose to come through the middle of Sheffield with a pack of hounds? In fact most councils gave up trying to control urban foxes because it is just not feasible. Once they did that the population stabilised - ie the number remained more or less the same. It's what happens when humans stop interfering.

Most foxes are killed by motor cars around here and all scientific studies seem to indicate that hunting has virtually no effect on the fox population.

Here's one for you to read:
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=158534

By killing off the weaker foxes as the hunt odes - it leaves the stronger ones - the more predatory and successful ones alive. Once there is some vacant territory other foxes - some from urban areas - move in.

As for banning it not stopping it - much the same argument was used by the slave owners and the people who sent small boys and girls down pits and up chimneys.

But this deserves a separate thread and we are no nearer identifying Mark's concertina.

I still think it is an Edeophone........