Yes, I thanked the Shrewsbury ceilidh sound desk. I did not need earplugs. And I noticed the sound meter at the sound desk.

The general rule is the bigger the festival the biggeer the egos and the bigger the volume.

It is a warning to any festival organisation. The trusty stalwarts will frift away when numbers, noise and nuisance reach their particular threshold. There will always be a trickle of new steards/helpers but they will not have the expereience, it has to be managed rather than deplored helplessly. The nnn triumvirate is a problem at Towersey by all accounts.

There will be an element that haven't had their inconsiderate noses put out of joint yet and they may spoil it for some of the Yoof that are a credit to Folk. It is the price of the current success that Folk is enjoying.