I've just PM'd all the Catters on the Gather Register with the following:

We are hoping that an idea could come to fruition, with your help, to help raise some funds to send to Pene Azul. You may have read the thread explaining the fund-raiser started up by catspaw in the USA, but if you haven't, here's the addy:

This thread!

Micca actually recorded the whole of the Banbury MudGather as a souvenir for himself, and now feels certain that a souvenir CD could be made from it. He's going through the material over the next week or so to select items with good resolution, which could be included in it, but we do need to (a) hopefully get permissions from the singers and (b) identify the singers and the songs correctly.

So firstly, if you sang, would you feel OK about your singing being included in the CD? If so, please let me know which songs you sang so that we can try to identify them against the recording.

If you aren't happy about being included on the CD, please just let me know, and tell me what you sang, so that we can ensure that your wishes are respected.

Whether you wish to be included, or not, or didn't sing at the Gather, maybe you would be interested in purchasing a copy as a souvenir? They will be home-produced at a reasonable price, but it will be the content that counts!! Production costs and postage etc will need to be covered, but the balance received from the purchases will be sent to help Pene.

Perhaps you could let me know your thoughts, or perhaps post them (as a Guest if you wish) on the Banbury thread where I will be posting a version of this idea as soon as I've finished sending this mass-mailing of PM's. We will need to set a pre-production time-limit for replies if this CD is to be a viable proposition, so keep an eye on the thread & reply to me asap.
Hil