Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Noreen
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 06:17 PM

Well, Geoff, I think perhaps Max would like to join the Scratch Morris tour- we might even get him dancing :)

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Susan of DT
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 07:57 PM

Thanx Geoff. That one.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Les from Hull
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 07:59 PM

If Max wants the full afternoon with Scratch Morris, we meet between 12noon and 1pm in the yard of the Plough (no singing or dancing by order of Humphrey Smith). Or catch up halfway somewhere around the Shambles or East Side Market. Ask anybody where these places are. Most everybody is friendly.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 10:58 PM

Very glad to hear you are fired up and excited about your tour Max.
I am certain you're gonna have a great time in Whitby.

Even though you are a pretty young (compared to me at 55!) and a fit bloke this will indeed be a "whirlwind" tour for you and at times you might feel that your feet hardly touch the ground.
So you will need to pace yourself and build in the occasional 'siesta/nap' in the afternoon/teatime to recharge your batteries.

You have some incredibly good organisers and true stalwart supporters behind you to make this a real dream come true.
'My guru always said' has to be your true hero and has pulled every thread together to sew the full fabric of your Uk tour.
'Susan of DT' and 'Barb'ry' are also obviously key component parts to make it all work like a well oiled machine.
Very well done you folks!

Now to the nitty gritty of your Mudgather itinery during Whitby Folk Week Max. It is looking like we have finally arrived at a concensus for:

1. Mon 23 Aug : Come along to Les from Hull's and Maggie's session in The Endeavour - 8-11pm and introduce yourself to them ( they should be obvious as the session leaders) and Les will introduce you and invite you to do some blues stuff.
It's a fairly big pub with enough space to leave the playaround/singaround and chat to fellow Mudcatters/fringe enthusiasts at will.

2. Tues 24 Aug : Trip on the Esk Belle to Staithes in the very safe hands of 'raggytash'. Should be a good number of Mudcatters on board. You will love the trip and be made very welcome indeed.

3. Wed 25 Aug : According to 'Noreen' and 'Susan of DT' Max you might like to join the Whitby Scratch morris side at about 12pm'ish in the back yard of The Plough and play with the band (or even dance with them!) around Whitby, finishing around 4.00pm at The Board Inn for an 'official' MudGather there.
That's where you will meet me because I can't now get up to Whitby till then because of other family commitments.

I firmly propose the above itinery Max and My guru always said and suggest that we stick with it so that people can plan their diary around it as time is getting short. Hope that is OK with everyone else!

But don't worry Max, other Mudcatters and fair good folkies in Whitby will undoubtedly suggest other 'happenings' during your stay and lead you by the hand to all kinds of new 'adventures' to tickle your fancy.

So by a process of osmosis you will absorbed into the Whitby community.

Don't forget to pace yourself and take the odd nap!

Best regards.

Chris

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 07 Aug 10 - 03:50 PM

Sounds suspiciously like a plan! Mobile phone numbers can also be useful although reception in Whitby can be very patchy. The Whitby Wailer is another good one for conveying information. It will be anothger fantastic folk week and we are looking forward to meeting up with Max again!

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 07 Aug 10 - 07:59 PM

I'm going to repeat this in the hope it can be incorporated into Soldier Boy's proposed schedule:

Spare Parts Concertina Band (that's Bryan TheSnail Creer, Suzanne Higgins and me) are running a tunes session in the Stakesby Arms on Wednesday afternoon; I can't remember the precise time as Bryan's got my copy of the programme. We'd be delighted to see Max and any Mudcatters who feel like taking part in the session.

The three of us will be wearing coats made of Harveys bar towels at least some of the time during the week. We're running concertina part-playing workshops in the mornings in the Conservative Club bar (separate thread).

Valmai (Spare Parts Concertina Band)

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Diva
Date: 08 Aug 10 - 02:11 PM

Drumshanty and I will be floatin aboot somewhere hope to say hullooooooooo

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 08 Aug 10 - 09:35 PM

Hope everyone is happy with my proposed schedule for "Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings" posted on 06 Aug 2010.

If not please PM me or post here to let me know your suggestions, like Valmai above (what time on Wed are you you running the tunes session Valmai?) ,and about any additional ideas and events that you think Max might be interested in.

As I said on 06 Aug 2010, I am pretty sure that Max will get plenty of other suggestions, recommendations and invites from other Mudcatters and the friendly folk people he will undoubtedly bump into and meet and get to know during his stay in Whitby so I can confidently say that he will be in good hands.

Whitby Scratch Morris side; would you like me to join you with me snare drum and soldiers tunic on Wednesday?
The last time I played with you you were carrying a coffin through the streets during the procession. Hope the coffin has gone!

Chris

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 02:13 AM

Having got my paws on the programme again, I realise I'd got confused - Spare Parts are running a music session on Monday, not Wednesday, in the Stakesby Arms, from 5.00 - 7.00 pm (event 214). On Wednesday afternoon we're in event 416, Sussex concert in in the Metropole ballroom, 3.30 - 5.30.

Yesterday afternoon we were practising hard.

Valmai

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 05:57 AM

Chris, Scratch always welcome musicians and dancers. The coffin that was used in the procession is definitely a thing of the past. wednesday is shaping up to being quite a party!

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: My guru always said
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 08:03 AM

This all looks fantastic, huge thanks to Chris and Les & Maggie!! How can we get events into the 'Whitby Wailer'??

Could someone please check the programme for a 'Blues Workshop' I've heard mention of?? I'm hoping it doesn't clash with everything we're proposing for Max!!

Please let's bear in mind that he might want to go to a concert or two, or on the bus to Robin Hood's Bay, or on the steam train perhaps.... I've got a ticket reserved for the Esk Belle for him, but that's pending seeing the programme really.

Max, giddy??? I doubt it *grin* But isn't it exciting!

Richard & I hope to join you all in the Endeavour on Monday. Lots of you will already know Richard Atkins from years ago but I've not met many Catters from 'oop North. My Piccie is here so you can recognise me, I might be in need of a hug!!

Max will have a UK mobile phone with him, but I'm not sure that I should pop it here or he could be inundated with calls! I'll have his number (mine is 07740 348614), as will his hosts, but maybe a few 'Whitby Catters' should have it too and act as liaison. Suggestions?

Do I recall that the Fireworks will be on Monday too?

Apart from all that, would anyone be interested in an Escapade Tshirt if I got some sorted? They'd be basic, white, various sizes and would be £10, that would give £3 each back to MudCat funds. I might have time to sort it if there's enough interest. I'd need to decide by tomorrow really....

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: GUEST,Tig
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 05:43 PM

To get stuff into the Wailer you have to turn it in at the Office as early as possible. If it is wanted in an 'ongoing' way make sure the DAY and DATES are on it to make life easier!

Photo ready stuff makes it easier still - check as soon as you get there exactly what they want.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Jack Campin
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 06:38 PM

Valmai - your picture is only visible to concertina.net members.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 09 Aug 10 - 10:08 PM

Thanks Tig, I will do my best to join you on at some point on the Wednesday scratch outing.

My guru always said, have you not got a Whitby Folk Week programme yet to help you to firm up Max's itinery?
If not, is anyone able to help Hil out by generously sending her a full programme asap?

I think Max would love taking the bus trip to a half a day session at Robin Hood's Bay and a trip on the steam train and definately the Esk Belle trip to Staithes but it all depends on his wants and desires and how much he can cram into quite the short space of time he is in Whitby.

I fully support My guru always said in her idea about a "Max's Grand Uk Escapade 2010" T shirt available to sell to Mudcatters during Max's UK tour. Please save me one Hil when I can meet up with you at the scratch morris/Board Inn happening on the Wednesday of Whitby Folk Week. I will buy one for definate.

I would think that many Mudcatters would be interested in buying such a T shirt as a lasting momento of Max's UK tour and the fact that they had met him so they can wear it proudly and say "I was there and I met Max!".
So if I was you Hil I would go ahead and do 'lots' of T shirts because I would be astonished if you couldn't sell them and didn't make a good earner for the Mudcat funds.
My main worry would be that you did not have enough and that people would feel let down.
So I would suggest an initial order of 100 with a rider that the supplier can do more by request and deliver to you during your touring travels with Max around the UK. I think you will sell far more than you think you can sell.
I really do.

Chris

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 02:32 AM

100 Chris??? I was thinking more of 30, I'm not that cash-rich *grin*

Anyway, I think I'll get a batch set up today with a variety of sizes. I'll save them for whoever PM's me with size required. If they all get reserved quickly I might be able to get a second batch done before Whitby, possibly...

If people want more than I've got then I can always order & post them afterwards perhaps. Might need to store them down in town to save lugging them to & fro Moor & Coast.

Thanks for the thought about the program Chris, but I'm sure that Max will enjoy browsing one himself when he gets to Barb'ry, so don't worry about me getting one. Think the Blues Workshop is 11.30 - 12.50 on Sunday at the Conservative Club bar, hope someone can loan Max a guitar!

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 02:47 AM

I think 30 is a far more realistic number. In fact I would stick to pre orders plus half dozen spares.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: mouldy
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 04:43 AM

Well I'd be up for one - Large please.

Wednesday Scratch sounds like a plan at the mo, concerts/workshops/family permitting. stripey_camel may be persuaded to get the fiddle out too, as she is there all week.
The other daughter with the Mudcat name I cannot remember - it's penicillium something or other (damn smartarse pharmacist) will probably be going home that day.

Andrea

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Susan of DT
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 04:54 AM

Do NOT make 100. Mudcatters do not buy a lot of tee shirts, patches, etc. We still have lots of patches (catfish in frying pan banjo). I'll bring some along.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 07:54 AM

The suggestion is that Bill could keep any not reserved on his stall. Will post definite details when I've sorted it all out. Gotta order them tonight!

Actually Susan, I've had a good response to this, but I agree, I won't order 100 *grin*

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: GUEST,Noreen
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 10:10 AM

T-shirts have more appeal than patches, Susan. I bought a patch some time ago to 'support the cause' but haven't got anywhere suitable to put it.
When I was a child I used to sew patches onto the sleeves of my anorak...

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 03:14 PM

So, are we sorted on Max's main MudGathers as Les & Maggie's session in The Endeavour on Monday evening and in The Board after the Scratch Morris from 4pm on the Wednesday?

And will Max be able to do a floorspot somewhen if he can get hold of a loaned guitar?

Just ordered some Escapade t-shirts in various sizes so I hope Catters will want them (£10 each including £3 to Mudcat funds), some are already reserved. I'll be bringing a batch to Whitby, I'll have the reserved ones & spares will be with Bill in the craft-fair - thanks Bill!!

Am sticking to basic white ones and there's a piccie of the design on my photostream on flickr. I think it's kinda tasteful!

If you want one, PM me with size required and let me know whether you want me to bring it to the Endeavour on Monday (Les & Maggie's session) or the Board on Wednesday after the Scratch Morris.

If I run out of them I'll take orders for posting them, not sure yet if I'll need to add P&P.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Susan of DT
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 04:21 PM

Noreen - We have been selling mudcat tee shirts for many years: Dick designed them. We have ordered all of the printing runs. Bill Sables gets them from us. The patches were a small secondary line we tried once.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 10 Aug 10 - 09:31 PM

Sorry 'My guru always said'!

I had PM'd you about confirming on this thread about Max's main Mudgathers on Monday (8-11pm) in The Endeavour at Les and Maggies session and also at 4.00pm in The Board Inn on the Wednesday after the Whitby Scratch morris had finished dancing for the day, without checking this thread.

So you beat me to it!
Well done chuck. This now confirms and firms up that we are in agreement about Max's 'Mudgathers' itinery in Whitby. So these are now DEFINATE 'Gatherings' and you can plan your visit accordingly.
Good stuff. Put them in your diary folks and come along to meet Max and hear him sing and play.

I've ordered my Max's Grand UK Escapade T shirts with 'My Guru always said' for me and special friends as a momento of Max's visit to the UK. Have you? Just PM her to place your order.

And can someone reassure 'My guru always said' by confirming that Max will be able to get hold of a loaned guitar to do floor spots at both 'Mudgather' venues mentioned above?
Thank you very much.

Cheers folks.

Chris

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Chris Partington
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 06:21 PM

So the musicians who usually inhabit The Board as a place to escape the singing in all the other pubs (not that there's anything wrong with singing, of course) will just have to clear off on Wednesday evening? Or will you going to concerts later?

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Noreen
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 06:37 PM

People who want to 'escape the singing' can always go to the Plough...

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 06:39 PM

Not if they're musicians, though!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 11 Aug 10 - 09:45 PM

Hey, chill out Chris P! You come across as rather bitter and twisted and patronising to folkies in general ("Or will you (?) going to concerts later?")! Tut tut!

This thread is all about Max who is spending the bulk of his stay in the UK at The Whitby Folk Week Festival on his Grand UK Escapade this Summer.

The title of this thread should give you a clue!

It is Max's very first visit to the UK. And as Chief Exec and founder of MUDCAT I would have thought that as a Mudcatter yourself you would have some respect for the guy and would give him some space and might even want to meet him.
He is also a very fine musician (and singer).

The Mudgather in The Board Inn on the Wednesday is arranged from 4.00pm and might only go on till 6.00pm or 7.00pm at the latest so it will hardly invade your 'evening' for musicians "who usually inhabit The Board"!

Unless some of us decide that your posting here has really annoyed us and decide to 'inhabit' The Board Inn for the whole evening and make it an all night session just to REALLY annoy you!

We will see.

Chris

P.S : Can you loan a guitar to Max at this session so Max can do his stuff???

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: My guru always said
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 02:54 AM

As Soldier Boy says, our invasion of the Board for a MudGather to meet Max will probably only last for a few hours. I'm sure many of the Singers will want to decamp to go to Les & Maggie's session in the Endeavour later and musicians will probably stay for the session. I shouldn't think there'll be a problem, Whitby has room for us all doesn't it? (Actually Chris P, I think you have a very valid question and I hope that you'll forgive our enthusiasm, our words in black and white can come across as a bit determined) Anyway, no-one wants to be annoyed, do they?

BTW - looks like the Tshirts will be delivered to me in a couple of days, Medium is already sold out!!

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Chris Partington
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 03:44 AM

"You come across as rather bitter and twisted and patronising to folkies in general"
Really? Me, come across as bitter and twisted.....?
You come across as bombastic, which I'm sure you're not really.
Though your threat to crowd out the musicians session anyway suggests that you do like to get your own way.
What the hell was patronising "to folkies in general" about it? Or is that a rhetorical gesture?
"("Or will you (?) going to concerts later?")"
That was a typo, I missed out "be" and only saw it now. Replaced by your ironic "(?)"
And the simple answer to the question is that it is timed to be there over tea-time, when there are not usually any musicians there.
I'm off on me hols now, no more banter for a day or two.
BTW, until you mentioned it I had no clue who Max is. Why would I? Hi Max, thanks for Mudcat.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: My guru always said
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 04:29 AM

Looks like huge hugs are due at Whitby for both the Chris's!!

It's so easy for black and white words to get out of hand when people don't know each other and you can't see faces. I may be naive (how on earth do you spell that?) and relatively new to this Folk Family, but I know that we all have a common bond in music and singing and no-one really wants to be annoying or annoyed, do they?

I am so looking forward to Whitby and meeting old and new friends *grin*

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 09:02 AM

Of course, turning up at a pub is not a guarantee that there will be any space. The Scratch have often found people eating meals in the corner we head to. Sometimes they finish and move on. Other times they enjoy the crack and stay there, maybe joining in. Thankfully nobody has taken offence yet.
Extra mudcatters in the pub might make it difficult for ALL to fit in a limited space, so we could end up spread into more than one part of the pub, but that can offer the opportunity to chat, which does not present itself when there is wall to wall song or music.
It is never the intention to spoil someone else's fun, but an open pub is a "posession is 9 tenths" situation, and we could just as easily be the later arrival. I don't see a problem jigsawing into someone else's session should there be one already going, as long as people are sensible and don't try to crowd out and take over.
Personally I see a Mudgather as an opportunity to meet and have a chat, and time away from any singing can be more valuable than that spent listening to a performance.
Quack!
Geoff.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Barb'ry
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 09:07 AM

Guitar, guitar, my kingdom for a guitar - or Max's kingdom - for a guitar that he can use during Whitby! If all else fails I have one of those bright blue ones that I know nothing about... are they ok? He's welcome to use it, but I rather thought his abilities may require a half decent instrument.

bx

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 09:44 AM

Fine wise words from My guru always said and Geoff the Duck.
Sorry Chris P for coming across as so bombastic and biting your ear off. It was just a gut reaction because I have come across conflicts of this kind before.
And I shouldn't have presumed that you would know who Max was, should I? So thanks for saying Hi to Max and thanking him for Mudcat.
At the end of the day, as My guru always said says, we all have a common bond in music and singing so I am sure we can all get along with each other and have a really good time.

Chris

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Leadfingers
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 11:45 AM

When I got to my first Getaway in 2005 , there was a concern voiced that the Mudcatters would be a major clique and would not mix with the 'Ordinary' Society Members . In fact , it was JUST a couple of hundred 'Folkies' having a damn good time playing Good Music , and I am sure the same will happen at Whitby ! Max is an easy going guy , and as already stated a fine musician and singer , though his inclination is VERY Blues Orientated , he thouroghly enjoyed the eide variety of Folk , even when a hoard of us were at his Band Gig on the Monday after Getaway . Lighten up , and Enjoy Whitby , and be Thankful that I wont be there to lower the tone !

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Les from Hull
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 01:33 PM

The musicians (I presume the old time session) and Scratch Morris occupy different ends of the pub and have never got in each other's way up till now. Still, I like a challenge!

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: GUEST,Selby
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 01:33 PM

Don't want to dampen anyones enthusiasm but has anyone thought to ask the landloed of the Board if you are welcome. Regatta is clashing with folk week again and space could be at a premium.
Also worth mentoning that you are will be seen as representatives of Whitby Folk Week even though this is a fringe event and heaven forbid anything untoward will be attributed to folk week not Mudcat. By all means enjoy the day butremember folk week needs to function with the locals year on year.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Noreen
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 02:06 PM

What are you suggesting is going to happen, Selby?

How strange! This is just a group of folkies, the same people who normally meet up in Whitby and other places at festival time, getting together to make music and make friends.

If the Board or anywhere else is too full, then some people will have to stand outside or go elsewhere- you know, like happens normally at a festival...

What on earth are you imagining??

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: GUEST,selby
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 02:58 PM

exactly as you replied thats what i am imagining

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: GUEST,Malcolm Storey
Date: 12 Aug 10 - 10:25 PM

Dick
I am not aware that you are a regular alternative year attendee at WFW. You were not on the database of ticket buyers when I ran the festival. I am not trying to be disrespectful or rude but I have a vague memory of a brief introduction to you about ten years ago when I was very busy running the event. At that time I had no idea what Mudcat was and I am still not sure!

Noreen
Guest, selby (who is not me) makes a valid point. You and your friends do not represent WFW but the locals would not necessarily know this and there is a certain element locally that would use that uncertainty to cause problems for the hard working volunteers who enable the festival.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 13 Aug 10 - 02:25 AM

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.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: My guru always said
Date: 13 Aug 10 - 03:52 AM

Hi Malcolm,
Good to see that you're getting into the swing of things here on the MudCat! I'm sure that when you meet Dick Greenhaus of Camsco Music and the Digital Tradition, and Susan too, you'll click that they have been coming over to Whitby from the USA bi-annnually for the past 10 years. They're huge fans of the Festival and they always take back a good review to our musical friends in the USA and that's one of the reasons Max (Founder and Owner of the MudCat) will be coming to Whitby.

As for me, well this is my first Whitby Week although we did manage a New Year a few years back and Richard always used to go and is well known. Luckily I'm booked at Moira Furnace Folk Festival again this year which means that we will be half-way to Whitby and can come along to join the fun. We very rarely get the chance to drag the caravan 'oop North all the want from sunny Surrey (price of diesel you know), so it was an ideal opportunity for us. Our visit to Whitby has worked well with Max's very hectic itinerary during his UK Escapade and we'll be taking him down South to meet with more UK Catters.

Richard and I are regular festival-goers (we scarcely have any time at home) and we count many Festival Organisers as our good friends (Banbury, Bedworth, Folkstation, Bude, Moira etc.) and we are all very well aware of the value of the Fringe to any festival, as I'm certain you are. The MudGathers that I've organised over the past 5 years have generally been programmed into the Festivals by the Organisers and this has worked well for all concerned, bringing additional ticket sales and goodwill.

The majority of MudCatters are regular festival-goers too, usually ticket-holders, and are generally well aware of the need to respect the 'locals' and the venues. As far as I can tell, the only 'uncertainty' about MudCatters is the fact that you can't always tell who they are from their MudCat names. Just like 'geocaching' there are probably serveral of us within a mile of you at the moment. Dozens if you live in Hull *grin*

Sorry to waffle on, I'd have PM'd you if you were a Registered Member. Looking forward to meeting you at Whitby!
Hil

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Wyrd Sister
Date: 13 Aug 10 - 11:14 AM

I buy a full ticket, do fringe stuff as well, and lurk around here, so I'm not sure where that places me. I'll carry on doing what I've done every Whitby for the past eighteen or so years (I know, a newbie - but my sister was at the very first one) and hope Whitby will let me back in next year, as accommodation is already booked

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 13 Aug 10 - 09:12 PM

GUEST.selby, there shouldn't be a problem.

The first official Mudgather, 8-11pm on the Monday of Whitby in The Endeavour at Les and Maggies session and the second official Mudgather in The Board Inn at 4pm on the Wednesday of this festival are well clear of the Regatta weekend, so no clash.

We are all well known to the landlord of The Endeavour and The Board and very welcome to spend our hard earned cash over the bar.

"The fringe" element of Whitby Folk Week brings a lot of revenue to the town and the true folkie 'fringers' never cause any bother and in over 15 years of coming to this festival I have never heard of any aggro or upsets with the locals or the organisers or stewards.

I believe that 'The Fringe' element of this festival is very welcome indeed by both the organisers and the local population and gives a real buzz to the pubs and clubs throughout Whitby.

Chris

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 14 Aug 10 - 06:30 PM

And for those that don't know. Max (the subject of this thread) is the founder and owner of Mudcat, Your favourite folkie website. So if you can, come along to meet him in Whitby.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: skarpi
Date: 14 Aug 10 - 06:47 PM

heyja all , its only Max who is coming not the king of Spain ....
Max is just a normal man from USA .
So folks treat him nice and well :O) Max play well there .
one song for me .

Sorry I won´t be coming at all

all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: My guru always said
Date: 15 Aug 10 - 03:36 AM

Oh, skarpi, I was hoping that you were coming over too *sigh* Another time perhaps, I'll have to wait for a hug with you!!

And yes, skarpi, you're so right! Max is just an ordinary bloke from the USA, I don't know what all the fuss is about really *grin*

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: skarpi
Date: 15 Aug 10 - 05:37 AM

ja well , I can´t come becouse I am trying to save my self from getting bankrupt ......so I know that after few weeks ..

the crisis here are not good and its getting worse ..

all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 15 Aug 10 - 01:52 PM

If it helps Malcolm's recollection at all...

In 2000 I went along to a programmed workshop run by Graham Moore, about using the internet as a resource for finding songs and music. Graham mentioned the Digital Tradition, based in the US, and then discovered that his audience included Dick Greenhaus who had been instrumental in setting up and maintaining the DT, which had also linked up with the Mudcat Cafe site. Graham just handed the rest of the workshop over to Dick, to explain how it worked....

The next year at Whitby, I was introduced to UK Mudcatters and the whole Mudcat network thanks to Tyke and the Ducks' Mudcat BBQ. I'm very grateful to have met many Mudcatters since!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 15 Aug 10 - 10:09 PM

I fully agree Herga Kitty, 'Mudcat', as a site dedicated to Folk music and all it's off-shoots and variations on a theme, has a very special meaning to many of us here.

I also discovered Mudcat through talking to the likes of Mr and Mrs Duck and Tyke etc probably about 8 or 9 years ago at Whitby Folk Week.

I am so glad I discovered this site because over the years it has meant a great deal to me both intellectually and emotionally.

As a bloke I wouldn't dare to get too emotional, but I can express that 'Mudcat' has allowed me to meet and get to know so many Mudcatter friends ( my 'extended family'!) and allowed us to keep in touch even during the darkest times of winter.

It has meant that I can look at what is coming up and plan ahead so that I know I can meet up with my old buddies.
I can consider new venues by recommendations and meet new and lasting friends thet keep on growing my very special 'extended family' year on year.

I can source new songs and monologues and start to contribute more in sessions. When before I would not have had the courage and just mumbled along and joined in the odd well known chorus song that I half knew. So my confidence has grown to take part and even to personally create a few songs from scratch.

I can engage in often intellectual and stimulating debate on many Mudcat threads and sometimes get roused to anger or tears.
I can do all of this and post in a split second to anyone on this fair planet.

I find it hard to imagine a time when I couldn't do all of the above and not feel connected to a wonderful Folk fraternity.

So yes, as people have said above, Max (as founder and owner of 'Mudcat') is just an ordinary regular guy from the USA and is not the King of Spain or some kind of demi-god.

But to me he is a hero for creating Mudcat in the first place so that so many of us Mudcatters can do so much that I have only touched upon above and have derived so much benefit and extended our horizons because of his creation.

Let's support him and thank him and do all we can to ensure that Mudcat will prosper and keep rolling along to keep us all entertained and enlightened for years and decades to come.

Chris.

Subject: RE: Max's Whitby Folk Week MudGatherings
From: Soldier boy
Date: 15 Aug 10 - 10:24 PM

Ok. Let's make it 100!