Well said Cats.

To those who keep going on about no invites to the 23rd. October meeting I'd just like to point out that Herga Kitty posted something to this very thread as follows:-

Subject: RE: 51st Sidmouth festival
From: Herga Kitty - PM
Date: 19 Sep 04 - 12:28 PM

Jim Martin
There's a meeting on 23 October,in Sidmouth,to plan next year's festival. If anyone wants to contribute to arranging an interim festival next year, please contact sidmouthfringe05@aol.com.
Kitty

So did you do that? If so where were you, as I managed to get to it from here in darkest Kent? I went not as an organiser but as a person who enjoys Sidmouth as a place as well as just for the festival. I thought the group that were there, including the much maligned Stuart Hughes, were working towards the continuation of the festival in the best way they know how. In my recollection Mrs. Caseys website for Sidmouth never showed who was going to be on next year at this time the previous year so why all the mud slinging? Give them a chance, and instead of being harbingers of doom and gloom, get positive and join in what could be a great new beginning. By the way these people are trying to do this without monetary help from EDDC who have withdrawn the 60,000 ponds for 2005, and also for 2006. That should at the very least please those of you who live in East Devon as there is an immediate saving of 120,000 pounds. I'm sure that very soon there will be some sort of press release about what has happened so far, so I won't go on here as I might well get it wrong and give you all wrong advice. Suffice to say that I'm sure you can all help by joining in rather than knocking. It's a human trait I know- kick someone while they're down, but is that in the best interest of the festival? I for one hope not.