to countess richard,this year I was booked at lancaster maritime festival,scarborough sea festival,captain cook festival whitby.
I have never been to CAMBRIDGE FESTIVAL,BUT HAVE guested AT THE FOLLOWING FESTIVALS, WHITBY FOLK FESTIVAL[5TIMES]REDCAR[TWICE]SIDMOUTH,CHIPPENHAM[4 TIMES]FOUR FOOLS[3TIMES]Upton on Severn.LANCASTER MARITIME[13 TIMES].KENDALL FOLK FESIVAL,ALLsince 1980, PLUS OTHERS.
So countess richard your a bit off mark.I dont know when cambridge was the only one, about 1956,perhaps, Iwas only five and was not a child prodigy. I know all the advantages[ AND DISADVANTAGES] of festivals, but they cant build a local community feeling in the same way.as a folk club can.
people who have organised clubs for 46 years like the Pooles [ AT SWINDON]And all the other long running club organisers deserve recognition for their hard work .DickMiles