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Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO

GUEST,padgett 10 May 06 - 10:10 AM
andyval 10 May 06 - 09:56 AM
Soldier boy 10 May 06 - 08:41 AM
joshuarobbo 10 May 06 - 03:00 AM
Soldier boy 09 May 06 - 07:08 PM
Tyke 09 May 06 - 05:31 PM
Tyke 09 May 06 - 05:18 PM
Cath 09 May 06 - 04:08 PM
joshuarobbo 09 May 06 - 03:21 PM
Soldier boy 09 May 06 - 03:15 PM
Soldier boy 09 May 06 - 03:11 PM
dozy rozy 09 May 06 - 02:26 PM
panurus biarmicus 09 May 06 - 01:28 PM
panurus biarmicus 09 May 06 - 01:28 PM
Cath 09 May 06 - 10:57 AM
Lady Nancy 09 May 06 - 04:12 AM
Soldier boy 08 May 06 - 08:05 PM
Cath 08 May 06 - 06:37 PM
joshuarobbo 08 May 06 - 04:50 PM
joshuarobbo 08 May 06 - 03:27 PM
BusyBee Paul 08 May 06 - 10:45 AM
alanww 08 May 06 - 10:09 AM
Cath 08 May 06 - 09:50 AM
GUEST,The black belt caterpillar wrestler 08 May 06 - 09:18 AM
panurus biarmicus 08 May 06 - 08:14 AM
GUEST,Uncle Bulgaria 08 May 06 - 08:01 AM
GUEST,raggytash 08 May 06 - 07:35 AM
Carol 08 May 06 - 06:39 AM
Cath 08 May 06 - 05:28 AM
GUEST,The black belt caterpillar wrestler 08 May 06 - 05:06 AM
GUEST,Uncle Bulgaria 08 May 06 - 04:37 AM
GUEST,Ian Burdon 08 May 06 - 04:08 AM
Hamish 08 May 06 - 04:05 AM
HipflaskAndy 08 May 06 - 03:44 AM
Ned Ludd 07 May 06 - 07:25 PM
fi_in_nz 07 May 06 - 06:53 PM
Cath 07 May 06 - 04:36 PM
Alexis 07 May 06 - 04:03 PM
BusyBee Paul 07 May 06 - 02:04 PM
Cath 07 May 06 - 04:12 AM
squeezeboxhp 07 May 06 - 04:01 AM
Raggytash 07 May 06 - 04:00 AM
squeezeboxhp 06 May 06 - 12:39 PM
Cath 06 May 06 - 05:25 AM
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Hamish 05 May 06 - 05:22 AM
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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: GUEST,padgett
Date: 10 May 06 - 10:10 AM

Well I have nearly recovered enough to thank everyone for turning up at the Old Bridge on Friday

Fi in NZ, Alanww and Sandy (mandolin player), Carol, Stephen and Maggie, Raggy tash and the Wombat

Duncan Mc (Hippflask Andy) ty for the pint, George Clarke (as ever)!! Marg and Dave Cowan (nice cello) [FYRISH] arent they nice everyone else who sang came and enjoyed themselves

O Hilary and Ced nice to see yer!

Dave Bottomley, John Platt, Sarah Dobson and roadie Laura from Barnsley Folk Club

had a trad recording session on the Sat pm in the Old Bridge ~ pity bout the power cut, ended up supping Newkie Brahn nice apart from creaking floor boards

Ray


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: andyval
Date: 10 May 06 - 09:56 AM

Must confess to being one of alanww's ' twiddly people ' who over-ran the session in the Nook on Friday night. ('twiddly person' would have been a good Mudcat name !) I say over-ran slightly tongue-in-cheek as it turned out to be a good session with all kinds of music being played though I suspected Alan and Sandy might not exactly have a good time when they said that 'they were English and didn't see the point in playing tunes from other countries when there were plenty of good English tunes'.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Soldier boy
Date: 10 May 06 - 08:41 AM

Sounds like a song...


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: joshuarobbo
Date: 10 May 06 - 03:00 AM

peter got the cloth out of the bin


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Soldier boy
Date: 09 May 06 - 07:08 PM

It's called temporal/spatial distortion accentuated particularly by excessive and ritualistic alcoholic imbibition. Mick is a good study-case for this particular condition but the trouble is I think I might be coming down with it too! But I refuse to smoke a pipe and interupt singing sessions. Da da da da da da da da....


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Tyke
Date: 09 May 06 - 05:31 PM

Did you here about the Folkey that is turning getting pissed into an art form?
He rang his mates up to find out where they were and they said "the Fleece."
He said "whereabouts is the Fleece?" So they said "Well were are you now?"
So he say's "I'm in the Postcard waiting for you lot to turn up". Still he managed to get to the Moor and Coast by Saturday and a full weekend in at the Holmfirth Festival of Folk on the right weekend.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Tyke
Date: 09 May 06 - 05:18 PM

Missing soldierboys tankard!!!
Make sure to read the Times Ed. their might be a ransom demand!
Shock Horror!!!


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Cath
Date: 09 May 06 - 04:08 PM

No I've got the phone with the office stuff so whose phone has Peter got?

I thought Duggs' cloth ended up in the rubbish bin following a certain person's fit of pique. Was I wrongly informed?


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: joshuarobbo
Date: 09 May 06 - 03:21 PM

duggs peter got your table cloth& phone (i think) so onto the enigmatic deck chair & soldierboys tankard


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Soldier boy
Date: 09 May 06 - 03:15 PM

P.S Is there a lost property shop where you can reclaim both property and memories lost over the weekend ??


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Soldier boy
Date: 09 May 06 - 03:11 PM

panurus biarmicus. I wish you had not mentioned fluid movements................................************!!!!!!!!


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: dozy rozy
Date: 09 May 06 - 02:26 PM

Hello, everyone, and thanks for a fab weekend.
Hope to do it all again, next year.
One slight grumble, however.I was led to believe that there would be sheep and sherry drinking elephants.I feel cheated.
I'm only glad that Johnny Spitfire was at his best.He made up for the rest.
Please give him my regards.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: panurus biarmicus
Date: 09 May 06 - 01:28 PM

i got 175 - will this thread make 180 or even 200 ??


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: panurus biarmicus
Date: 09 May 06 - 01:28 PM

if anyone reading this living near holmfirth sees my deck chair down at sands could they pls retrive it - bit of a puzzler as it wasnt there on sun - we even looked in the river.

think few apols to affected folk are needed re access to both carpark & site - keys proved to be a bit of a 'mare - think we will need a dedicated campsite office next year if we do it again - hope only solider boy was affected to any degree as his movements are so fluid it disnae really matter...

talking of fluid movements i am still off work !


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Cath
Date: 09 May 06 - 10:57 AM

Soldierboy I hope you weren't too disappointed about having to stay another night and enjoy yourself in the Nook!
But seriously I'm sorry about the confusion. At this stage I can't honestly remember what we thought was happening about the car park on Sunday. I think we thought people would have cleared out by the evening but we must try and take account of this for future reference.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Lady Nancy
Date: 09 May 06 - 04:12 AM

Great day at the festival on Saturday; shame other committments meant I couldn't be there for more time.

...........Dates for next year?


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Soldier boy
Date: 08 May 06 - 08:05 PM

What a brill weekend.
I thoroughly enjoyed all of it. The village and pubs etc were buzzing.
I talked to loads of people and every one said how much better the festival has been this year. More relaxed, more fringe stuff going off, plenty of choice and variety and just more laid back and fun.
I hadn't planned to stay over on Sunday night as well but fate decreed otherwise. When I went to pick up my car from Bridge Mills car park at 5.00pm the gates were locked, even though the programme said that it would be locked at 9.00pm!
So what could I do? I returned to The Nook and was delighted to find that other folkie stragglers were also staying Sun night and were in full flow in song and playing music. Much thanks to Bill,Ted,Tracey joshuarobbo,Tyke and Johnny Spitfire to name just a few for a brilliant night.
I also lost my pewter tankard over the weekend (in The Nook I think!)
It's got a leather jacket round it with the Slubbing Billys logo and a picture of a drum and the name Chris. If anyone knows it's whereabouts please PM me.
A big big very well done and congratulations to all the organisers of this years festival. You've all done a stonkingly good job. Respect.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Cath
Date: 08 May 06 - 06:37 PM

Still going - wonderful night, yet again, at the Picturedrome with Seth Lakeman and brother Sean and percussionist Cormac Byrne (from Meltham we are told) doing amazing things with a speaker cabinet!! Was it a speaker cabinet - it certainly looked like one! I'm sorry I didn't get the name of the bass player but he was good too.

This must all end soon.

But there's Janis Ian on Thursday. . . . .

Times Ed readers amongst Mudcatters might like to know that they are doing a bit on the festival either this week or next. A team of local head teachers formed a Morris side in addition to working with the kids to perform at a packed concert on Saturday lunch time. A photographer was in attendance so look out for it shortly.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: joshuarobbo
Date: 08 May 06 - 04:50 PM

hi duggs dont no were chair has gone it was there this morning might have gone back with the toilet i have got your tap at the nook dont no about table cloths speak soon seeya later


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: joshuarobbo
Date: 08 May 06 - 03:27 PM

HI every one had a fantastic weekend at the nook a little bit crazy & alot of beers too many but what the heck , fatigue kicking now but survived . like to thank one & all [ well a couple exceptions]met some lovely people & put a few mudcat names to faces . see ya next time. ps sorry about the dodgy burger duggs.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 08 May 06 - 10:45 AM

Alan,

The evening session in the Old Bridge was advertised as a singing session. Rather than just asking the musicians to stop what they were doing so that it could get started, them what was running it just let it gradually develop into the singaround, thereby keeping everyone there happy. As you said, an enjoyable evening!.

BBP


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: alanww
Date: 08 May 06 - 10:09 AM

Very well done, Cath and everyone else involved in the organisation.
What a lovely venue for a festival!
I enjoyed meeting some old friends and new, eg Ray Paggett, Raggytash and the Green Oak Morris Men. I attended two sessions run by Marjorie Paterson & Dave Cowan - what a lovely couple! Also, Sheila Mosley & Pete Burnham performed well, as ever. In addition, I had not seen Duncan McFarlane before and I thought that some of his stuff was very good.
The venue at The Old Bridge was great in the function room and fun in the bar (if a little noisy but what can you expect!) But I was pleased with the audience participation in the singing I did - which was pretty loud too!
There were only three problems for me. As a stranger, as I arrived at 4pm on the Friday I found it very hard to find any directions for where to go!
Also, I was a bit disappointed that I didn't manage to find any English music session during the Friday & Saturday. Sandy (who plays a mandolin) & I tried to start one in The Nook on the Friday only to be completely overrun by the twiddly people! I did find the makings of one in the bar at The Old Bridge early evening on the Saturday when several other wandering musicians happened to find themselves together but it proceeded to turn itself into a singaround (which incidentally I did enjoy).
My other problem was that I couldn't make use of the camping tickets I had bought (numbers 7 & 8 no less). Having driven round the town, I parked in the Coop Car Park to try to find out where to go. But just ad I did so, my campervan managed to break a fuel line, so I was stuck there for the duration! It also meant that I could not stay to help out at the Holmfith by t'Sea session on the Sunday, as I had to catch a low loader home! Shame!
More strength to your arm for next year!
"A bold fusilier came marching into ...!"
Alan


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Cath
Date: 08 May 06 - 09:50 AM

A couple of responses - the map was the very back page in mine - a simple street plan with venues marked.
To Carol - it was very much a team effort and everyone worked hard, some harder than others of course and some in opposite directions. Those in the know, know what I mean.
But thanks from me for all these very encouraging comments.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: GUEST,The black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 08 May 06 - 09:18 AM

I must have bought a duff program then. I was expecting a map in it and looked though it several times - but no map! Just my luck!


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: panurus biarmicus
Date: 08 May 06 - 08:14 AM

hiya - thanks for all the positive comments. Me and Carol sorted out all the dance sides and they all said what a great time they had, loads of peole said how it felt more friendly and less formal - like the goood old days ...The streets did seem busier esp when sun was out on saturaday. Early projections of cash collected would confirm that too.

I had a great night on Sat in the Nook with the Free Sandwiches- was good to see so many non folkies around all weekend and the sessions seemed to all go down well.

Sunday saw rain & showers but the dance sides still turned out and danced till after 3.00. I struugled all day sunday after getting food poisoning from a kebab that i consumed in the nook sometime after 02.00 that morning - so wiped out that i couldnt get to Doonan's gig and am off work today !

I am missing a beer tap, a yellow table cloth and a deck chair that i lent to the security guys at the campsite and the mobile phone i lent to festival office - cath / sheilia/ peter can you let me know if you got any of these by email- my email has gone down !

I guess/ hope something will happen next year - but til we have had some adult debate with old ctee, and a debreif with the gang that worked on it this year i dont think we should set a date or even guess as to which organisation will be the driving force - I would be interested if people have a view to preferred weekends - i think if we could move it more away from Mayday and after the end of the football season we could get more dancers, more punters, better camping and poss better weather too.

I know may / june & july are all mad busy months festival wise - but to be so close to Moor & Coast seems a bit daft.

anyway... we have a meeting planned in a couple of weeks so please give us any more feedback via this forum so we can take all comments into account- many thanks


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: GUEST,Uncle Bulgaria
Date: 08 May 06 - 08:01 AM

Cath - good point about the dates, I tend to agree with what you're saying there. I still can't agree about the drummers, though!


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: GUEST,raggytash
Date: 08 May 06 - 07:35 AM

Thanks for the concern about Wombat Black Belt, I presume you are from Scotland or Yorkshire as if your arms had been longer or your pockets shorter you could have purchased for a very reasonable £1, a programme which had a very useful map in it. Sorry that I missed most of the Festival it seems to have been enjoyed by one and all


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Carol
Date: 08 May 06 - 06:39 AM

It was a great atmosphere throughout the whole weekend - hope it happens again and thanks to Cath and co. or perhaps it's just Cath for all their hard work.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Cath
Date: 08 May 06 - 05:28 AM

An even better idea - if THEY are going to proceed away from Holmfirth how about THEY choose another date as it will in fact be a NEW festival as you really can't have Holmfirth Folk Festival anywhere other than Holmfirth no matter how much they protest that it is the Pennine Festival of whatever.
After the weekend we have become Holmfirth Festival of Folk, the People's Festival (just so that we can cause an apostrophe problem). Actually that's not true but I think it's a good idea and it's based on a comment from yesterday's Memorial concert.
I don't agree with the comments about the drummers - I thought they were excellent. What was particularly good about them was the fact that the group was made up of drummers of all ages, not just the usual middle aged types.   I thought they were great.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: GUEST,The black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 08 May 06 - 05:06 AM

As a first time visitor to Holmfirth (ever, not just Festival wise) it was difficult to find things. Don't you have maps in Yorkshire nowadays? I've seen some of Captain Cook's originals so I know you used to have them!
Hope Wombat is OK, she sounded good on Friday night.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: GUEST,Uncle Bulgaria
Date: 08 May 06 - 04:37 AM

Seems like it went Ok. I passed through town long enough to watch some dancing have a pint in the Nook and the atmosphere was good - could have done without the drum group, though. If the Folk Festival group go ahead with a festival next year away from Holmfirth, how about repeating the weekend on a different date to them so we actually gain another festival?


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: GUEST,Ian Burdon
Date: 08 May 06 - 04:08 AM

Just a brief note of thanks to all involved in putting the Festival together especially Carol who provided me with B and B for two nights and didn't mind me spilling beetroot on her kitchen floor and Cath who took us under her wing. I thoroughly enjoyed the event which was much more geared to participation than simply to performance and was the better for it.

We were up first in the Picturedrome on Sunday with some Jake Thackray songs and the sound was a bit, er, eccentric but then so were we.

Nice to meet up with the other artists including particularly Marjorie of Fyrish whom I last saw in 1979 when I was University with her! We spent several minutes in the Barnsley FC session in the Bridge on Friday night looking at each other and both thinking "Is that..? No it can't be.." etc.

Ian


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Hamish
Date: 08 May 06 - 04:05 AM

As I trudged back up the hill in the peculiarly insistent rain with my gear, I was filled with that warm, rosy glow of a Grand Day Out. I had, not to put too fine a point on it, a fabulous time. So thanks, Cath, for booking me; thanks to Peter and all the others who worked so hard at making it all work; and thanks to the punters and fellow-performers who were all so friendly - cos that was what put the rosy glow there. Looking forward to meeting up with as many of you again as possible!

Cheers. And did I say "thanks"? Well, just in case I forgot: "Thanks"!!!   ~8^)

Hamish
www.hamishcurrie.me.uk


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: HipflaskAndy
Date: 08 May 06 - 03:44 AM

Dear Ned and fi_in_nz,
glad you enjoyed the Brian Lawton concert...
Yep, the sound was 'weird' at times Ned, the sound crew were more used to 'doing' rock bands as resident PA men for the Picturedrome, but bless 'em - they too, like all the artists on in that concert, gave their equipment and services totally free of charge for the occasion. So we can only pat 'em on the back and say 'cheers boys'.
Sorry it was 'loud' for your little one fi_in_nz!
We were totally in the hands of the sound crew on that score and had a different mix from the monitors on stage and could not hear what you all got 'out front'.
I did ask after the first piece we did if it was too loud out front and would the audience like it up or down, but 'no' was the apparent consensus.
Sounded better than our heroes S S?
Heck, I somehow doubt it, but we'll take that plaudit gratefully, bless you!

Cath, I've already emailed you personally, but here's the gist for public airing...
First off.
No need for apology re Friday. Faced with a very noisy bar full of 'non-folkies' (mostly locals out for a drink, very loud chatter and much smoke!) totally acoustic, no PA system - Anne on fiddle and I played to the wee gathering of interested folkies that gathered close to us and soldiered on regardless. We gave it our best shot for the full hour and half as per program and can certainly say those near enough thought we were doing OK - and it sure was an experience!
I had a great w/e, met old friends, made new ones (Hamish, Fyrish, yer good self and others) - it was great to see Holmfirth alive with 'folk' and all credit and power to you, your team and the local traders involved for making the whole thing happen.
Also, to the folk who turned out to support it all. Well done one and all.
All the best - Duncan McFarlane


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Ned Ludd
Date: 07 May 06 - 07:25 PM

Great Festival, Seemed just like the old days, everyone muckin' in.
My thanks to everyone involved! I particularly enjoyed the Brian Lawton concert, and He would've too! (Prob'ly watchin from up there)
Sound was weird at times but what the heck...it was a folk festival!


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: fi_in_nz
Date: 07 May 06 - 06:53 PM

Great festival. We had a lovely time at the Barnsley Folk Club on Friday. On Saturday we sat and ate our picnic in the sunshine (yay) and then I went to Waking the Witch (great, lovely harmonies and interesting songs) in the afternoon while the boys babysat in the Nook - (don't think they were too impressed (with having to babysit that is)). On Saturday eve my other half reported a lovely session in the Bridge (my turn to babysit) and on Sunday we made it over for Fore n'Aft and a good Shanty sing and the family Ceilidh which our 15 month old thoroughly enjoyed. We popped in quickly to the picturedrome but it was a bit loud for our little one - we both agreed though that the Duncan McFarlane Band sounded better than the last Steeleye Span concert we went to ;-) All in all a great weekend of music and dance. Thank you to the organisers who have done a sterling job to put all this on. F


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Cath
Date: 07 May 06 - 04:36 PM

Well we've been there, done it and some have even got the tee shirt!

The response has been very favourable and everyone has had a jolly good time and say it's like it used to be and how they want it to be.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Alexis
Date: 07 May 06 - 04:03 PM

A reet good do.
As a dancer and so called musician, thanks to Cath, Peter Carol and Duggs for all their work.
looking forward to next year.
many thanks


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 07 May 06 - 02:04 PM

I know I've already told you this Cath, but here it is in writing - A great Festival - thanks to all the organisers. Thoroughly enjoyed my first trip to Holmfirth and it's nearer than I'd imagined so hope to come back again.

Well done everyone.

Deirdre


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Cath
Date: 07 May 06 - 04:12 AM

Unless anyone knows anything different, all is going very well. Lots of very positive feedback from locals and visitors alike about the atmosphere and the amount of things happening.
The White Hart was packed for Treebeard and Silverwheel and the Jake Thackray Experience. Dave Burland and Brian Ledgard really enjoyed the John Martyn gig and Herveys and Old Bridge were host to excellent singarounds. I didn't make it anywhere else - there is only a certain amount a body can do!
Van Dunk Brothers are hilarious, still chance to catch them today.
Let's hope we can give Brian Lawton a fitting memorial this afternoon in the Picturedrome from 1.00 - 5.00.
And what more could you ask than the Doonans to round it all off?


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: squeezeboxhp
Date: 07 May 06 - 04:01 AM

could be worse halifax would add more miles


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Raggytash
Date: 07 May 06 - 04:00 AM

Sadly couldn't make yesterday my little Wombat is poorly, (never use NHS Direct, it took 6 1/2 hours to get her to hospital using that system, we only live 3 miles from HRI). Also unlikely to be able to get out to-day


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: squeezeboxhp
Date: 06 May 06 - 12:39 PM

5.30 pm so far so good some good sesions without having to enter the irish one in the nook. shame about the power failure (could it be sabotage by HFF)
one drum if you must but a team of them at length is testing to say the least.
see you all Sunday


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Cath
Date: 06 May 06 - 05:25 AM

Further to my earlier posting the sun is almost out so get yourselves over here before it's too late.
And the egg and soldiers were delicious so I'm already for the rigours of the day.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Cath
Date: 06 May 06 - 04:24 AM

As I sit by my lonely garrett (!!) window the sun is trying to break through the gentle haze in preparation for another sunny day.

Everything seemed to go well yesterday unless someone tells me otherwise. There are lots of familiar faces around and a lot of people happy that the festival is on.

The Nook was heaving (literally at one point but Sheila is her mother's daughter and coped admirably), the Strawbs were going down well in the Picturedrome and Ray and the Barnsley people were hosting what looked like a popular participatory session in the Bridge. Duncan had a hard time in Carniceria without PA but took it in good part and we will learn from that experience - sorry Duncan.

I didn't make it to any other gigs - there is only a certain amount a body can do on a Friday night.

I have unmasked everyone now but Soldier Boy and I intend to do that today.

Right now time for the boiled egg and soldiers - see you all later today.


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Hamish
Date: 05 May 06 - 05:22 AM

Have a great Fri/Sat, and I'll see you Sun.   ~8^)


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: panurus biarmicus
Date: 05 May 06 - 04:05 AM

morning all - have we forgot owt ??

best bring yer so'westers its gonna piss itdown - well so says all the forecasts.

But i have lived on the edge of the pennines for the last 15 yrs and we always have different weather to the rest. So when it shines for you it is chucking it down here - equally when it rains all over the north this weekend the sun will be cracking t'flags in Holmfirth.


And long may it shine !


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Soldier boy
Date: 04 May 06 - 08:22 PM

Night night panarus, raggytash, dosy rosy, holmfirther, alexis, r.padgett. I can put a face to all these names.
As for the rest of you rascals whose faces I cannot put to names/handles/micheivous disguises I look forward to unfrocking you over the weekend ( no sexual innuendo intended !)
You can't miss me. I'll be alongside Panurus. B thrashing my snare drum with the Slubbing Billys Morris side and wearing a very obvious red soldiers jacket with a pith helmet.
So introduce yourselves to me and reveal you mysterious mudcat ghosts on't t'internet.
It's been fun. Let's have a grand and very memorable weekend.
Long live Johnny Spitfire !!


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: panurus biarmicus
Date: 04 May 06 - 07:41 PM

still up tho on duty tommorow - just watching outcome of local elections - dunno why tho as we can be sure a bunch of knobs will get in - just hope that the BNP are not on the up !

if you get lost round town you can blame me as Cath has done a host of signs and after i have found a cool cellar for the dancers beer i will stick the arrrows up - looks like some of t'committee will have marshall badges but no mudcat names. As most of you have sussed now I am the bass drumer with slubbing billys, poss the most portly performer on the programme. Comedy beard and a full head of hair.

see you all round over the weekend

Wassail

Duggs

STOP PRESS

One more dance side confirmed - rhubarb tarts ! and it looks like we deff have a festival first - a dance side made up entirely of head teachers so come along and heckle !


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Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk TWO
From: Tyke
Date: 04 May 06 - 07:10 PM

Hooray it's Holmfirth Festival of Folk today
TGI Friday in the UK.
HOLMFIRTH FESTIVAL OF FOLK CLICK HERE!


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