Les,

Could be. It's difficult for me to comment, too.

As a former committee member (and, indeed, one of the founders of MFAB) any criticism of the current set-up I make is always open to (very mistaken, I assure you ) accusations of 'sour grapes'.

I left the MFAB committee for personal reasons and hoped it would continue to thrive and prosper.

Which it has until recently.

It may well be that the festival, in common with many other similar events, has fallen victim to circumstances beyond its control but, sadly, I think that the current committee did a litle bit of 'throwing out the baby with the bathwater' in sidelining Dave Thompson, the original festival director.

I feel sure he had a lot more to contribute to MFAB but, from what I gather, no longer has much input to MFAB.

Which is a shame.

But these things will always be subjective.

If Mr Happy thinks that MFAB is still brilliant, well that's just fine.

But a lot of people I have spoken to think that it's now past its best and needs a bit of a boost to bring it back to its former glory.