Thanks very much for your supportive comments. As Miskin Man points out, I'm not at the helm (that's Richard's job), but one of the merry band. We've listened to comments made over the last few years and hope that we've come up with a festival that will appeal to as many as possible. Upton is a friendly and welcoming festival, and long may it remain so. There will be plenty of the street entertainment that is so core to the festival. We appreciate that for many, this is why they come to Upton.

However, last year's 'DIY' was run by calling on a lot of goodwill, for which we were very grateful, but can't necessarily keep calling on for future years. There are also growing numbers who enjoy the concerts and ceilidhs. This generates revenue to keep the festival healthy. For 2007 we're re-introducing the Friday ceilidh (so make sure you turn up to it if you want to keep it going!). There's also a great concert line-up fom Friday evening, right through to Monday afternonon/early evening. (Now that the committee is back to full strength, the concerts are also back.) Again, we've listened to what people want, so we've put together a line-up to suit, without, we hope, going over board and losing the friendly atmosphere.

There will still be lots of song, session and dancing...

Lisa