Thanks to all for contributions so far - all very interesting and some which I'm sure can be taken up.

However, having been to the Shepley meeting, there is no chance of working together with the 'old guard'. They moved out of Holmfirth because there was insufficient camping and B & B accommodation and lack of support from the local businesses, they said.   Whether they will find what they want in Shepley is to be seen. They also stated that they would not be trying to run in competition with Holmfirth.

We don't think you need a huge festival and the attraction is Holmfirth so we tried to cut our suit to fit our cloth to use a local textile metaphor. Most people seem to think we succeeded to some extent. We were also doing it for the benefit of the local community and businesses, hence the absence of outside caterers and food stalls either in the town or the camp site. As pubs were open well into the small hours there seemed little need for a bar at the camp site which was only likely to cause disruption to those who wanted to sleep. The generator was noisy enough without having a tent full of drinkers!!

We don't know yet what we plan for next year but we are having a look at it tonight. The great thing about not having the Civic was that it makes everything much more manageable and considerably cheaper. Having managed the Civic events in the distant past I know how tying and tiring it is to do that properly and it was nice this time to be able to see what was happening.

I think people, particularly locals, appreciated the fact that you could go in to a pub and enjoy the music and then move on if you wanted to without having to fork out lots of money. The feed back was very positive. The concert lovers were well provided for in the Picturedrome.

All being well we shall have full use of the Old Bridge and the White Hart next year so they can take care of small and more personal concerts which is what a lot of people like.

That's it for now.