who cares about all the ffffing politics so long as the show goes on !!
I applaud the fact that some individuals, no matter what their artstic,cultural, traditional OR commercial interests are willing to step in and rescue a very sad and I'm sure a very avoidable situation. If you cancell a very well established festival (something like 27 years old) for whatever supposedly practical reason it is going to die and will take years to bring back to its former glory. What is being proposed this year is to keep the festival going with a far more limited ( but by no means insubstantial ) line up of artists. Lots of morris dance teams and Ceilidhs will also bless this weekend and even more importantly the so called fringe folk element (the ever glorious wandering musicians and singers ) will have all the more reason to happily invade the village between 5 and 7 of may 2006. Afterall, we all know that it is this happy army of true folk amigos that bring income, prosperity, colour and happy memories to an event of this kind and not the rather boring, non-drinking,stuffy, sheep-herd of concert going anoracks that contribute little to mankind or the local economy. Need I say more ? Let the festival live on and prosper.