The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #111691   Message #2394977
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
22-Jul-08 - 08:37 AM
Thread Name: Folk Proms
Subject: RE: Folk Proms
Just in case anyone thinks otherwise, that was a joke, Jim. The expanded project sounds fab.

I'm put in mind, however, of the aborted project to hold an "inside out" event with the emphasis on workshops, culminating in nightly concerts and ceilidhs. Others stepped in and when it very quickly emerged that what they wanted was a conventional "SoH/Lakeperson headline thing" where punters paid and watched and not a vestige of creative thought, I was out.

The way I see it, a "prom" sort of event is the way out of that stale way of thinking. And last weekend saw the progressive arm of the establishment getting behind it. Hurrah.