The Board has been used as a post dance sing snd play by Scratch for a number of years now and has also been a former venue for a Mudcat gathering. Fringe events are as much a part of any festival as official ones as they add to the over sll atmosphere. Mudcatters are not an outside group invading Whitby they are the people who are always there but who also sign in here and would like to meet up with friends. The fringe is the public face of the festival and the fact that the landlord of the Board welcomes us back year after year is enough for me.