The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #45356   Message #670204
Posted By: JudeL
16-Mar-02 - 11:14 AM
Thread Name: Help: Sidmouth Theatre Bar hijacking
Subject: Sidmouth Theatre Bar hijacking
It is Steve Heap's intention to move the lunchtime sessions at the Volunteer to the Theatre Bar. The Volunteer tends to be a boisterous traditional pub session. The Theatre Bar is a sing around which is set up such that even quiet ballads can be heard and appreciated. The same people do not tend to go to both sessions as they are very different types of session something which is emphasised by the very different type of venue. The people who attend and run the Theatre Bar sessions are being left homeless. This seems to be because Steve Heap and the other organisers can't make money out of the Volunteer and now want to charge for it. The Theatre Bar session leaders have always had a whip round at hourly intervals so have been contributing to the Festival. Do people think this is unfair enough to make a noise, write to the organisers etc. about it. Do the Theatre Bar habituees select a pub and move to it en masse and sod Mrs Caseys Music? Ballott for ideas and viewpoints. A good number of Catters go to the Theatre Bar sessions.