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Thread #137079   Message #3269987
Posted By: tweetiepie
07-Dec-11 - 03:22 PM
Thread Name: Butlins Great British Folk Fest 2011
Subject: RE: Butlins Great British Folk Fest 2011
1....comperes dreadful
2....queing atrocious
3....Fairports cronies forget it
4....Poor steve got half his set.
5....heat terrible
6....no seats
7....Seth and Cara brilliant
8....Get someone who knows about folk to compere..have already sent a pm to Mike Harding he is looking into it.
9 ...as self catering food venues were dire.
10...open both venues and alternate so if you missed you you had another chance.
11...get up to date acts like Bellowhead and Lucy ward instead of wurzels and pentangle and peggy
12...do it at Mineyhead.
13....shoot the soung engineers
14...Rusty Shackles introduced as an unknown quantity were BRILLIANT.
15..Chumba brilliant.
16....Churchfitters brilliant.
17...Only paid £44 each..no food..brilliant.
18...Butlins staff were brilliant.
19...not going next year..queues and bad to get to.
20...great to see so many lovely folk entusiasts..well behaved and happy apart from some who did not think they needed to queue and just pushed in.

My view in bullit points....XXX