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Thread #71923   Message #1234843
Posted By: Nick
27-Jul-04 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: Blacksmiths Arms nr York Sept 3 w/end
Subject: RE: Blacksmiths Arms nr York Sept 3 w/end
To give a taste of what our recent gathering was like I have posted a couple of pictures to give you a flavour of things. A few people you may recognise.

As you'll see we were quite busy. Over the course of the evening there were something in the region of 30 people who performed either singly or together so there were few breaks between when we started at about 7.30 and when we finished at half past whatever. About 13 or 14 sang, the balance were instrumentalists.

About a third of those there from where I was sitting...

... and a few more of them ...

And there is still very minimal information as to where the pub is at Blacksmiths Arms, Farlington, North Yorkshire

Hope that is some use. About a dozen have confirmed that they are coming so far so we have quite a lot of room left. Hope to hear from a few others soon. Let us know if it is of interest or if you need more information.

There is plenty of space to park, room for campers to park and sleep overnight and limited space for tents (there were four last time). Let us know early if you do want to say.

The intention is to start Friday night c.8pm and go through till c.1am so that we survive the rest rather than stay up till 5am and paralyse livers.

Saturday lunch and BarBQ (if weather is half reasonable) and a more relaxed bit of playing and singing.

Saturday evening much as Friday.

There is food Friday and Saturday evenings which people who had it last time enjoyed I think (special spaghetti is my favourite). It's not mass catering so an idea of demand in advance would be helpful or the wait will be l-o-o-o-n-g. Still the beer is VERY cheap. And of the 700 pints gone through in the evening I would guess one or two were drank by the singers!