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28 Dec 03 - 07:45 AM (#1080867) Subject: Lyr Req: UK Old Time music festival, February From: nickp Here's some advance notice... The Friends of American Old Time Music and Dance. FOAOTMAD (for short) is a UK based organisation catering to the tastes of like-minded old time music fans, be they musicians, Appalachian cloggers and those who just like to listen. Our major event of the year is the Gainsborough Old Time Music and Dance Festival. This is currently staged at Castle Hills Community School in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and the date for 2004 is the weekend of 13th-15th of February. This will be our 10th Anniversary festival and we have an impressive guest list. From America we have Tom, Brad and Alice (Tom Sauber, Brad Leftwich and Alice Gerrard), Debby McClatchy, Dwight Diller and Dave Bing, all highly respected performers both sides of the Atlantic. From Eire we have the Rough Deal String Band and from the UK we have Sara Grey, Kate Lissauer, Sue Torres and the New Deal String Band, featuring society President Tom Paley, all proving we also have the talent closer to home. For more information on the Gainsborough Festival, FOAOTMAD membership or any of our activities, try email here - please dont PM me as Im not always cookied-up or - when its updated - check out our web site FOAOTMAD web site FOAOTMAD members should be getting details snail mail in a day or two (are you watching for the mail man BanjoRay?) |
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28 Dec 03 - 07:46 AM (#1080868) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: UK Old Time music festival, February From: nickp B****r - didn't mean to put in the Lyr Req - can a Joe Clone please amend it. Sorry!! |
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28 Dec 03 - 03:14 PM (#1081054) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Peter K (Fionn) nick, the best way to seek a correction is to go to "help" at the top of the page, and create a thread which contains your request. Joe and his clones don't always manage to read every post in every thread, but they do act fairly quickly on the ones in the help section. I "rediscovered" Gainsborough (which is only 30 miles away) last year, where my daughter and I went to see Eric Bogle - and discovered quite a lot else that we wouldn't otherwise have heard about. I've made a note of the Old Time dates. |
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29 Dec 03 - 08:29 AM (#1081448) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz Theres lots going on in Gainsborough! Extremely friendly Folk Club and Festival not to mention great gigs at the Trinity Arts Centre. |
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29 Dec 03 - 03:56 PM (#1081745) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: UK Old Time music festival, February From: fiddler WE aim 2 be there! |
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01 Jan 04 - 10:19 AM (#1083843) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge The North Derbyshire contingent will be loading the pack horses as usual and hacking across the moors in the snowstorms to the festival. We have booked the equipment store in the sports hall as our "rough camping" base and intend to arrive early to secure it and repel all boarders particularly those that "fiddle" 'till dawn! Super line up with "wall to wall" sessions and workshops and of course the bar. Not to be missed by any OT fans. E |
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02 Jan 04 - 05:05 AM (#1084426) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz I hope your sense of smell is defective Eugene! |
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02 Jan 04 - 01:21 PM (#1084665) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Sooz I'll be too "drunk on the music" to notice any "sporty odours"!!! |
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03 Jan 04 - 08:12 AM (#1085174) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz We'll try to get the place well ventillated in advance just to be on the safe side! |
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03 Jan 04 - 09:53 AM (#1085212) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Linda Kelly We thought after talking to John Yeaman that we might give it a bash this year-don't play but do sing. Might go B & B -any recommendations is it a centrally based site and do we have to join the FOAOTMAD ? Also how much does it costs. The website tells me nothing. |
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03 Jan 04 - 10:26 AM (#1085230) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Geoff the Duck Linda - you don't have to be a member of anything - you just pays your money. The place - I think it's the same site we went to last year - is a bit of a way out from Gainsborough centre. Quack! GtD. |
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03 Jan 04 - 10:41 AM (#1085239) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Linda A ticket for Friday evening through to Sunday lunch is £35 for non-members. Members of FOAOTMAD and BBMA get a £5 discount. All day Saturday is £18 or £15 for members; Saturday evening only £10. Membership application forms are on the website. The location of the school is only a few minutes by car from the Town Centre. I can't offer any suggestions on B&B but SooZ may be able to help you here. Eugene |
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03 Jan 04 - 01:52 PM (#1085303) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz I'm afraid that Gainsborough is sadly lacking in B&B accomodation. Two pubs in Town Centre (Sun and White Hart) or Hickman Hill Hotel which is nicer, more expensive but quite close to the school. Beckett Arms at Corringham (4 miles) is very nice -also reasonable prices. |
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03 Jan 04 - 02:08 PM (#1085325) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: nickp Thanks to the kind Joe Clone who fixed my errant title. Linda - your questions have been more or less answered by Sooz, Eugene and Geoff. If you want forms etc. email me a snail mail as above (don't PM - rarely logged in). Cheers, Nick |
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05 Jan 04 - 07:37 AM (#1086298) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay Linda - The indoor camping is not too bad. It's in a large school gym with showers nearby. What I always do is pitch a tent on the soccer pitch round the back, so I can't hear the snoring. It is february, so I put a gaz lamp on in the tent for half an hour before I get in. Warms it up nicely! After the festival, Tom Brad and Alice and Debby McClatchy will be starting a tour (called The Gathering, I think) round the country, for which I'll be a driver for the first two weeks. I'll start a thread about this when I can get some good details. It should be great. Cheers Ray |
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05 Jan 04 - 09:15 AM (#1086361) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: fiddler I'm with Ray - Last year I slept in the car (and got it stuck in the mud) this year tent but on top of the vehicle. A great weekend! A |
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06 Jan 04 - 04:31 AM (#1086904) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz Mud is a major feature of our everyday lives at Cassies. Some may say we rival Glastonbury! Seriously though - its OK if you keep off the "grass". |
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06 Jan 04 - 12:48 PM (#1087175) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,cookieless Nickp Now Sooz, you know there's no smokimg inside the school... |
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06 Jan 04 - 04:15 PM (#1087296) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Linda Kelly Thanks guys-definitely giving it a whirl - have managed to get sme more info in the meantime -so I'm out there practising as we speak!!! |
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07 Jan 04 - 12:17 PM (#1088030) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny Nice to see Li'l Ole Gainsborough being put up there on the map! For anyone who's not been here but is thinking about it, the Old-Time Festival and the Folk Festival (later on - October) are renowned for their friendliness and the high quality of the performers. And contrary to rumour, we only have the usual standard number of fingers and toes, and we don't habitually have affairs with ruminating quadrupeds :-) Johnny |
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08 Jan 04 - 04:50 AM (#1088526) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz Thats what goes on in Market Rasen isn't it Johnny? |
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08 Jan 04 - 04:58 PM (#1088944) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: oombanjo Looking forward to it, the first of many this year(I hope) Ray let me know if T.B.&.A. will be in our part of the desert its getting pretty dry over here, and its a long time to June.Chee3rs Oombanjo. |
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09 Jan 04 - 10:32 AM (#1089402) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,cookieless Nickp For details of the T.B.&A. tour with Debby McC check out www.emergingmusic.co.uk and follow the link to Deb's tour dates. Its fairly well scattered. |
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09 Jan 04 - 11:39 AM (#1089441) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay I've put the details of the DMcC and T,B & A tour in this thread |
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09 Jan 04 - 12:22 PM (#1089483) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Strollin Johnny Sooz, I shudder to think of the things that go on in Rasen (they can't touch you for it, as they used to say in 'Round The Horne')! See you tonight, but I've got a steaming cold so I may not be giving vent. |
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10 Jan 04 - 01:34 PM (#1090018) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,cookieless Nickp Just thought I'd mention to anyone planning to come that the workshop numbers are filling up fast. Anyone who has been before will know that the workshops are in school classrooms and therefore small. The FOAOTMAD web page - see first post - has uptodate info and also new additions to the resources page which feature banjo tab from Diane Jones' workshops in 2003. JPGs or Tabledit (link to download this reader on the relevant page. Plus there's still examples of fiddle chords from the workshop given by Tim Rogers in 2002. |
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12 Jan 04 - 08:59 AM (#1091048) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz refresh |
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15 Jan 04 - 01:28 PM (#1093479) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST refresh |
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16 Jan 04 - 07:37 AM (#1094025) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST |
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16 Jan 04 - 07:39 AM (#1094027) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST Oops, I meant refresh. |
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16 Jan 04 - 01:32 PM (#1094288) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge |
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16 Jan 04 - 01:37 PM (#1094292) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Oops a click too quick! I meant to say "My cheque is in the post" and the flop eared mule is grazing in the garden looking forward to the long trek across the moors. EWJ |
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17 Jan 04 - 01:05 PM (#1094919) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: nickp Hi Eugene Yes the cheque was in the post and has arrived safely. Anyone still thinking about coming... the workshops are filling rapidly (the more popular ones will certainly fill within the next day or two). There'll be plenty of room if you just want to play, chat or go to the concerts (friday & Saturday nights plus an extra Sat afternoon one). There should be info and a downloadable ticket request on the fOAOTMAD web site. Nick |
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18 Jan 04 - 09:09 AM (#1095449) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Linda Kelly did a 'recky' of Gainsborough the other day, but could not find any accomodation anywhere. Is there a day charge rather than the full weekend charge as this might be an alternative to come on Saturday only. |
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18 Jan 04 - 10:07 AM (#1095485) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Peter K (Fionn) LInda, if Gainsborough's as friendly as they keep saying, I'm surprised no-one's offered you floor space yet! They've obviously not heard your singing. |
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18 Jan 04 - 10:16 AM (#1095487) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Oaklet Or your original songs. Awesome. |
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18 Jan 04 - 10:19 AM (#1095488) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Linda Yes there are day and evening tickets. See my earlier post of 3rd January for details. Eugene |
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18 Jan 04 - 10:56 AM (#1095511) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay Linda - All you need's a sleeping bag, an airbed and a pillow. The indoor camping's in a large school gym, with showers and toilets, and it's free to anyone with a weekend ticket. All meals and drinks are available in the dining room. Fionn - Local floor space is hard to find, hardly anyone from the town goes to the festival, most of the crowd's from the rest of the UK. I'll be in a small tent out on the football field (the other possibility). It's definitely worth staying the weekend - the craic's tremendous. Cheers Ray |
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18 Jan 04 - 01:13 PM (#1095613) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST Hey Ray, whats this small tent in the field? And to all those browsing this thread, Nellies will be hosting the old time session during the Beverley folk weekend in june,I hope we can make it as good,if not better than last year.If the players from york that made the Saturday such a good day last year are coming can they let me know. Chee3rs Oombanjo. |
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18 Jan 04 - 02:03 PM (#1095639) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,cookieless Nickp Thanks for filling in the answers Ray. I don't suppose anyone wants to convince any of the motel chains to build somewhere nearby........ Nick |
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18 Jan 04 - 06:47 PM (#1095821) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay Oombanjo - the small tent in the field is not part of the festival - it's MINE - I'll be camping. Ray |
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19 Jan 04 - 01:33 PM (#1096387) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Nickp Actually Ray, perhaps we could hold a dance in it...... |
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19 Jan 04 - 02:58 PM (#1096447) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay It would have to be horizontal, two people maximum. Now there's a thought.... Ray |
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20 Jan 04 - 08:07 AM (#1096965) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST ooooooooh! |
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20 Jan 04 - 08:17 AM (#1096969) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny Ray, re the lack of Gainsborough's Finest attending the Festival, we hav the same problem getting local people to come to the Gainsborough Folk Festival. They moan all year that there's 'nowt to do in this bloody town', but when we put something on they stay away in droves! Thank God for the good people of Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Sheffield, Wath, Nottingham, Mansfield, Newcastle, America, Australia and pretty well everywhere else on Earth except Gainsborough. Good luck with the Old-Time Weerkend - should be a cracker! |
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20 Jan 04 - 09:47 AM (#1097064) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Peter K (Fionn) Point taken, Ray. I live just about near enough to drive home at night, so won't need local hospitality for my own part - not even of the horizontal-dancing variety. |
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20 Jan 04 - 10:45 AM (#1097122) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Linda Kelly I thankyou for the kind comments even if I did have to pay Oakley to say them. I am not averse to indoor or outdoor camping and it may be that we try it if the weather is ok. Unfortunately the other half is walking wounded at the mo awaiting hosptalisation and campig is not the ideal choice for him. Sorry Eugene I did miss your earlier thread which gave the info I needed. Still hope to see you there! |
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20 Jan 04 - 01:16 PM (#1097257) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Yipeee!!!!!!! My ticket has arrived. Thanks Nick. I'm starting to pack now!! Where's that b****y mule gone? |
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21 Jan 04 - 07:50 AM (#1097741) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST refresh |
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22 Jan 04 - 07:47 AM (#1098610) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST refresh |
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23 Jan 04 - 07:33 AM (#1099562) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST Sooz - can you email me (as first post) with two or three of the reliable local taxi firms please Nick |
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23 Jan 04 - 12:26 PM (#1099782) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz Have done Nick! |
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24 Jan 04 - 03:10 PM (#1100507) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST Refresh |
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26 Jan 04 - 02:01 PM (#1101890) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Refreshing. |
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28 Jan 04 - 05:44 AM (#1103261) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull |
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28 Jan 04 - 06:06 AM (#1103276) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz Yippee Castle Hills Community Arts College is closed today because of the snow. It will all be gone long before the festival! |
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28 Jan 04 - 02:59 PM (#1103676) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Nickp Lets hope so Sooz otherwise I shall get cold standing 'guard' at that gate. For anyone who hasn't got tickets - virtually all the workshops are full. Still room in the concerts and sessions though! Nick |
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29 Jan 04 - 07:37 AM (#1104181) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Sooz(at work) We're back at work today! |
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29 Jan 04 - 08:11 AM (#1104210) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny Bloody good job. They should dock you a day off your three months a year holidays. (Sorry, wrong thread..................!) Love Johnny PS Sorry about 'No Smoke Foke' tomorrow - we industrials have to work! |
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30 Jan 04 - 05:05 PM (#1105460) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge I need refreshing so I'm off for a pint Only two weeks to go! |
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01 Feb 04 - 10:52 AM (#1106530) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz Can us Gainsborough Folk come for the Friday evening? |
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01 Feb 04 - 02:20 PM (#1106630) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST Yes indeed, Friday evening tickets are available at £10 although not actively advertised (it just gets too complicated) Current timings for Friday evening are (and they'd better stay that way cuz I've printed the programmes): 7:45 Rough Deal String Band 8:30 Tom, Brad & Alice 9.10 Debby McClatchy 10.10 Dwight Diller & Dave Bing and at a guess finishing about 11.15 although we won't throw you out until we lock up at 1am! Nick |
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01 Feb 04 - 06:40 PM (#1106815) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay I bet if you asked 24 people to put those acts into order of preference you'd get all the possible orders. If you asked me N times, where N is less than or equal to 24 (the number of possible combinations), you'd get a different sequence each time. What I suppose I mean is, how did you pick that running order, Nick? (not why - I can't argue with it). OK I'll stop gibbering now - what I really mean is - they're all great, and I can't wait to see them again, and play some tunes with those that are up for it. Cheers Ray |
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02 Feb 04 - 10:23 AM (#1107285) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Hootenanny If I'm coming along for the week-end just for the pickin' and grinnin' do I need a ticket in advance? |
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02 Feb 04 - 01:02 PM (#1107414) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay No, Guest Hootenanny, you can buy one at the gate - £35 for non-members, £30 for members (of FOAOTMAD). You're too late for the workshops, but the sessions and concerts are all there for you all weekend. Cheers Ray |
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02 Feb 04 - 02:18 PM (#1107453) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,NickP Well Ray... you see..... There's a little Yellow Idol to the north of .... etc etc. And you haven't seen Saturday yet. Should I tempt you by listing it? Well...... maybe not (unless provoked). It's a case of working out an approximate equivalent number of minutes for each act, weighted slightly towards our American guests, then trying to spread them out relatively fairly... and bearing in mind those who won't get to town until the Friday night late and so won't be available for the evening... and so it goes on. It could be worse, I could be a teacher trying to program a curriculum! Thank heavens I gave up teaching all those years ago. Hootenanny, as Ray says, you can just turn up. We try not to encourage it (we have to have a rough idea of numbers for logistics like catering) but there'll be a modest few who will. Nearly there... nearly organised... well, sort of... Nick |
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03 Feb 04 - 01:45 PM (#1108385) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Claymore NickP, thanks for the links. The group I travel with (O'Hurleys General Store String Band, Shepherdstown, W. VA) are planning to play at a Hammered Dulcimer Festival in Cork in June, so I would be interested in any Old Time Festival in Britian during that period. Then we could try to slip across sometime during our trip. We have four people who also teach clogging and contra dance so if there are any of those events, I would also be interested. Incidently, both Dwight Diller and Dave Bing have played Shepherdstown during our Appalcahian Festival in Sept., and Bing has sat in on a couple of our Thursday night jams at O'Hurleys. Good folks both. |
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03 Feb 04 - 06:00 PM (#1108566) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay Guest Claymore - The Cork Hammered Dulcimer festival is 25-27 June. I don't know how much flexibility you have either side of those dates, but here goes. 1. The A1 Festival - June 11-13 A1 Fest. A lovely mix of Bluegrass, Old Time, maybe Cajun, dancing, and superb sessions at a fine camp site with barns, with many types of well kept English beer. 2. The Bath Banjo Festival - June 18-20 with Bill Keith and Ken Perlman and people from other banjo music (jazz, classical etc). Bath Banjo Fest. 3. The Conwy Bluegrass Festival - July 2-4 Conwy Fest - usually plenty of Old Time jamming and dancing. Concerts are mostly Bluegrass. 4. The Yorkshire Dales Bluegrass Festival July 18-20 - Mostly Bluegrass, good jamming and camping. Hope this helps. Ray |
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04 Feb 04 - 05:23 PM (#1109465) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Nickp Thanks Ray, that probably covers it. Nick |
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05 Feb 04 - 03:33 PM (#1110150) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge The A1 is a very refreshing festival Off to the session for a pint and a bash at the banjo! Eug |
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07 Feb 04 - 06:57 AM (#1111295) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz We advertised the Festival heavily at the Folk Club last night. |
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07 Feb 04 - 07:36 AM (#1111306) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Sooz I trust you will be able to bung the caretaker a couple of quid to secure the accommodation for the North Derbyshire tribe. We don't need any special arrangements for the mules they will kip down with the vaulting horse! The weather is looking good for our long trek across the moors. Hope to see you there. Eugene |
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07 Feb 04 - 10:31 AM (#1111375) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Nickp I have to say I reckon we're in for a packed weekend - packed full of great guests and packed full of people. All I'll need is a packed lunch when I'm doing my turn on the gate....... |
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07 Feb 04 - 11:22 AM (#1111402) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz I'm sure Rob in the canteen will do you a pack-up Nick. Oh, and perhaps something for the mules, Eugene! |
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07 Feb 04 - 11:49 AM (#1111412) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge A "six pack" and a bale of hay will be fine. |
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10 Feb 04 - 04:07 PM (#1113546) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Nickp Sooz, watch out for an article in the Standard (?) this week. ALso hopefully they're sending a cameraman at the weekend for next weeks issue - if so can you save me a copy, I'm too far away otherwise! Nick |
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11 Feb 04 - 08:28 AM (#1113937) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Sooz(at work) Damn - some pupils have eaten the hay. (Managed to save the six pack though) |
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11 Feb 04 - 01:48 PM (#1114195) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Sooz Nick, I'll bring a camera just in case. The Standard will take my pics if the photographer doesn't make it! |
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11 Feb 04 - 03:27 PM (#1114279) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Phew - good news about the six pack! Don't worry about the hay the damn mules have bunked off out of the paddock. It must have been when the damson tree keeled over in the gale on Sunday. I think they may have had a helping hand though. I'm sure I saw Old Joe Clarke lurking in the bushes the other night. It's too far to walk so we'll have to come in the motor if I can find the starting handle. Roll on Friday. Ps Is there a handy telly? Some may want have a squint at the Six Nations rugby on BBC on Saturday. I'm sure Colm will want see Ireland trash France - and so say all of us. |
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11 Feb 04 - 03:39 PM (#1114291) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,niCKP Rule seven - no TV's. Rule eight - no animals... I shall refrain from wondering where Colm fits into that... |
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11 Feb 04 - 03:44 PM (#1114293) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Here Rule 9 -no snoring! |
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11 Feb 04 - 07:39 PM (#1114468) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay Nick, If last year was anything to go by, Colm fits in the cupboard. He was at Mark and George's last weekend, thoroughly jet-lagged, having just got back from California. Played some nice fiddle. Ray |
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11 Feb 04 - 07:45 PM (#1114477) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge Ray Find him that cupboard so we can get a good night sleep! God bless him. See you Friday Eugene |
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12 Feb 04 - 08:28 AM (#1114791) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Sooz(at work) Strange, Eugene - I thought I saw Joe nip behind a tree only this morning! Telly is a bigger problem - aren't the matches only on Sky Sports? No such facilities here. (It'll be on at my house down the road) |
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12 Feb 04 - 08:36 AM (#1114797) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge It must have been Bill Cheetham then! All the rugger is on BBC. As Nick has invoke Rule 7 we'll have to go for the 5th amendment and pop up the road to the pub. One has to have a rest from the festivities sometime. |
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12 Feb 04 - 12:50 PM (#1114975) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Geoff the Duck I'm not going to be able to get there as we are going to the Mudcat Guisborough Gathering at Magician's pub. If anyone knows Cyril Wickham, and sees him about, please tell him that I'll track him down some other time. Quack! Geoff Gilday. |
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12 Feb 04 - 02:23 PM (#1115037) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,NIckp My last post... get out the bugle!... all ready to load everything in the car early tomorrow. Gonna be lots of people... See you there, Nick |
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13 Feb 04 - 04:09 AM (#1115191) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Eugene Judge "Tally ho" we're on our way........................ |
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13 Feb 04 - 04:10 AM (#1115192) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay Just a brief glimpse at NEXT year's festival - apparently we're definitely getting Alan Jabbour, one of the guys who helped start the Old Time revival when he was with the Hollow Rock String Band and collecting tunes from Henry Reed. Still a superb fiddler - I heard him playing with Bertram Levy on banjo under a tree at Clifftop in 2002. A wonderful hour. A definite probability (work that out!) will be Gandydancer, who were with us a year or two back, and generated an instant large fan club. A wonderful West Virginia string band, with many direct contacts with the best of the old guys. Dave Bing (with Dwight Diller this year) and Gerry Milnes play fiddle, Ron Mullenex plays mandolin and clawhammer banjo, Mark Payne plays Guitar and three-finger banjo, Jim Martin plays rock solid bass fiddle, and the harmony singing is tremendous. But this weekend is all primed ready to blow me away. WooHoo! Ray |
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14 Feb 04 - 05:52 AM (#1115726) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Sooz We were there last night - amazing! I went for a walk round during the (well attended) concert (the hard seat was not good for my bad back) and found five sessions going on in odd corners and classrooms. One of them had 15 players and was still growing. Great atmosphere and so much enthusiasm. Well done Nick. |
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15 Feb 04 - 04:27 PM (#1116504) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge I'm back home - head buzzing with all that music-sore fingers as well! What a cracker! Well done to all the team for organising it and also to the performers for their stunning and tireless contributions, not only on stage, but at the many workshops and endless wall to wall sessions over the weekend. Congrats to Bajo Ray for his elevation to high office as the Chairman of the FOAOTMAD. Roll on next year. |
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16 Feb 04 - 07:31 AM (#1116863) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay Thanks Eugene - I'm still suffering from shellshock. Now I know what terror really means. I have a lot to do to try and measure up to the standard set by Chairman Bob - who's going to be much missed (especially by me!). NickP had an interesting weekend as well, as just to add to all the pleasures of organizing the major Old Time UK festival of 2004 - beautifully done, with Claire - he was landed (no, blessed) with a new grand-daughter on Friday morning, which delayed their arrival from the West Country by a trifle. Our American and Irish guests were stunning, which is as it should be - these guys are the best there is, and thanks partly to the hard workshop work put in over the years by some of them, the standard of the sessions full of members was extremely good. I remember some superb driving fiddle tunes that just kept going and going, being thrashed out by people with ecstatic expressions on their faces. The only sad part of the weekend was the illness of Joe Locker of the New Deal String Band, who had to be hospitalized during Saturday Night. We all wish him and his family a good and satisfying recovery. I now have to gird up my loins and drive Tom, Brad and Alice with Debby McClatchy round the country for their tour- For details see this Thread. Cheers Ray |
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16 Feb 04 - 03:42 PM (#1117184) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: fiddler A Damm good weekend as usual, but |I've never had to doff my fore - lock to a BANJO PLAYER B4 |
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16 Feb 04 - 04:15 PM (#1117207) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: Eugene Judge I'm sure I saw you "doffing" to me as we stood side by side in the Slow Jam! Watch out we banjoers are increasing rapidly so you might have to scurry up your ladder to be the "fiddler on the roof"! Didn't we all have fun. See you next year. Eugene |
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16 Feb 04 - 05:16 PM (#1117228) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: GUEST,Nickp Thank you all, and yes it was an interesting start to the weekend - although it was a grandson (Joshua) whom we have just returned from seeing and all is well. It was a good - no, great! - weekend and Claire and I enjoyed it despite the involvement in keeping it rolling. At least we kept Colm out of the cupboard (although I reckon we could have done without the early alarm call from the electricians to rewire the gym this morning. Once again, thanks to you all for coming, and to all our guests - and to fellow Catters for keeping this thread going during the 'run up' Nick & Claire |
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16 Feb 04 - 06:59 PM (#1117286) Subject: RE: UK Old Time music festival, February From: BanjoRay Sorry about Joshua's sex change Nick - you shouldn't have elected a chairman with Alzheimer's Disease. Maybe a good night's sleep will cure it.... Night all! Ray |