The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #79847 Message #1453126
Posted By: Don(Wyziwyg)T
05-Apr-05 - 07:34 PM
Thread Name: Sidmouth Silence
Subject: RE: Sidmouth Silence
Terry Salmond,
I am sure I am not the only one of the Sidmouth sessions supporters who is getting a little tired of posters making unfounded assumptions about my involvement in Sidmouth as it was.
Why do all the supporters of former arena shows automatically assume that a session performer does not buy tickets to enjoy concerts, pay to take part in workshops, and generally support the festival whose loss both you and we are lamenting?
If anything the boot must be presumed, with more telling evidence, to be on the other foot.
If concert fans were in the habit of spending a little of their time attending the odd session, there might be fewer striking Sidmouth 2005 off their itinerary.
So, while some of our funds have supported your favourite festival, we have been the main support of ours.
If we had decided to stay away this year, there might never have been a Sidmouth festival 2006, as a result of the loss of continuity. As it is, we hope that 2006 will see the return of a Sidmouth that will be more to your liking, and, if that is the case, perhaps you may remember who it was that kept the light burning for you, and drop in occasionally.
Who knows? Perhaps you might enjoy what we do, and we might not have to suffer descriptions like "The fringe", or "A few tea dances and singarounds". Many of us are semi pro, or fully pro performers, and good at what we do.
I hope that we will see you in 2006 and that it will be more to your taste. We will be there unless the Sidmouth authorities actually refuse to let us. Our aim IS to bring Sidmouth back to its former excellence, but that will take time.
Don T.