Hello Charlie

I am not an organiser, no, but have been going since I was little, and I do volunteer (am part of the workforce) through the week, and through the week before working on the set up. I agree with your comment that this thread was not being constructive in responding to each other hence my comment above that I would not be responding to the thread other than to discuss the forthcoming festival, not to regurgitate old ground about last years festival.

Your son sounds like my little sister! she is 17 and has so much talent, but just prefers to watch at Folk Week...hopefully they'll realise they have a talent worth sharing soon! Saying that I was exactly the same at their age!


Thanks Romany Man for being so even handed in your last post - Like I say, last year was last year, and the festival is really up against it in the current climate - so maybe once the organisers get back to everyone either personally or as a group, we can make some further feedback.

I just wonder if the pub owners who are really struggling at the moment (i think it's three shutting a week in kent at the moment or something scary like that - read it in the press) know what a potential goldmine us folkies are in folk week --- my morris side and friends alone could drink a pub dry! And that makes landlords smiley :0)

Charlotte x