MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07

Subject: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 24 May 07 - 07:58 AM

Am pretty sure that I've just had permission (thanks Marge!!) to hold a MudGather (with a possible MudRaffle) at Alcester Festival on Saturday 16th June at about teatime! Hopefully I'll be more sure nearer the time and will post definite details here.

But in the meantime, who's going to be at Alcester??? And would you be interested in a MudGather & MudRaffle??

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Dave Earl
Date: 24 May 07 - 04:16 PM

Me,Yes and Yes


Dave

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 24 May 07 - 05:33 PM

What Dave said!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Sue the Borderer
Date: 03 Jun 07 - 03:55 PM

I shall be there - and running Herbaceous Border again. We're probably going to dance in the Holly Bush Garden on both Saturday and Sunday afternoon. I'll put posters up with times etc in the Holly Bush pub and the Greig Hall when I get there.

If the times don't clash, I hope to make the Mudgather.

As always I'm on the look out for musicians who might play for us. Any offers?? Also anyone who wants to, is welcome to come and dance (regadless of whether or not they've danced border morris before)

Sue

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: skipy
Date: 03 Jun 07 - 04:46 PM

Can I waer a dress (or 2) I got rained off at chippers! only managed the one dress!
My 15yo is dancing there with Icknield way morris men.
Skipy

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: muppitz
Date: 04 Jun 07 - 05:53 AM

As long as I'm not playing on Saturday afternoon I'm sure I can find my way to a Mudgather.
Although if last year is anything to go by I won't know when I'm playing until I get there!!

muppitz
x

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 04 Jun 07 - 10:37 AM

Brill!! Haven't been on-line for a while so it's good to see there's interest!! Am one-handed now (carpel tunnel op this morning) so will be grateful for Catter's help keeping this thread high! Really looking forward to Alcester, should have my right hand back by then *grin*

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Selchie - (RH)
Date: 04 Jun 07 - 12:45 PM

Am Alcester FF's Committee & will be there. You can have my two hands to add to yours to help run a raffle Hils.

So it's 'hands up' all you out there Catters, who else is going to be at Alcester?

Love, Good Luck & Best Wishes for the op.

Thinking of you,

Rosie xxxx

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Selchie - (RH)
Date: 04 Jun 07 - 12:46 PM

PS ~ I meant to put I am ON Alcester FF's committee. :-)

Rosie

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 04 Jun 07 - 03:04 PM

I'd love to say I'll be there - but like Muppitz I don't know whether I'm required elsewhere yet ... Will post again when I know more.
Hope the op recovery goes well, Guru; it'll be great to meet up again.

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 04 Jun 07 - 05:54 PM

Fantastic! Thanks Rosie, my right hand Girlie strikes again!

skipy, dress code optional of course....

MM, muppitz & Sue - hope you can make it - Sat teatime is normally a good time!

Thanks for good wishes, apparently is was quite a bad wrist but I didn't realise it - recovery may take a while & Boy, is it frustrating!!

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Jock O' Dreams
Date: 04 Jun 07 - 06:06 PM

Anne and I will be there but no CHOCOLATE for me! After Chippenham I have reached the top end of my wardrobe!! so I am on a diet!!

                Jim

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Sue the Borderer
Date: 04 Jun 07 - 06:24 PM

Hi Skipy - hope you're planning on wearing the dress for the morris not just the Mudgather.
Sue

Subject: RE: Folklore: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS
Date: 04 Jun 07 - 06:36 PM

Splottie and me are not down for Alcester this year but we are coming up for the day anyway. We will be there!!!

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Splott Man
Date: 05 Jun 07 - 04:04 AM

I resemble that remark.

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Mr Red
Date: 05 Jun 07 - 07:40 AM

Can't be there - so if you you see a red man - beware - he doesn't even acknowledge me - let alone pass the time of day.

Some people can't stand competition.

he lives in a pretty little house. Top end of town.

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: alanww
Date: 05 Jun 07 - 09:33 AM

Hi Hils
Yes, I'll be there with Shakespeare Mummers on Friday and Shakespeare Morris Men on Saturday and I'm running a SAR in the Holly Bush between 7 & 9 on Saturday - please all come!
I will try to make MudGather if I'm not elsewhere! (And the Herbaceous Borders if I'm free, Sue.)
"... or take again my homeward road!"
Alan

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: webby
Date: 05 Jun 07 - 01:04 PM

Hi Hilary

Hope to be there for the day (Saturday)with my son who is getting
into folk again (hes only 36) Be gteat to see you all again!

Dave

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 07 Jun 07 - 04:19 AM

It's refreshing for MudGatherers!

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: skipy
Date: 07 Jun 07 - 04:32 AM

Sue, it's for the gather!
Skipy

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Splott Man
Date: 07 Jun 07 - 07:59 AM

Oops, we got the wrong weekend. See you there Sunday.

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: GUEST,Col K
Date: 07 Jun 07 - 07:15 PM

I will be there as well
Looking forward to it.
See you all soon, and i hope your op goes/went well Hils

Col
Still cookieless

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 08 Jun 07 - 05:09 AM

Thanks Col, all went well but am getting very Pi**ed off at only being one-handed - and the wrong one at that!

Really looking forward to seeing everyone at Alcester, with or without chocolate!

Skipy, I might wear a dress meself!

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Jun 07 - 07:52 AM

We're stewarding - hope we can get to the Gather

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: GUEST,SussexCarole
Date: 08 Jun 07 - 07:53 AM

oops last post was me!

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Malc Bedworth
Date: 08 Jun 07 - 03:51 PM

Hi Hils,
Hope to see you at the meet - programmed spots permitting!

Malc.

PS - Bedworth Mudgather is a yes, I'll mail you off list

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 05:06 AM

Thanks Malc, Bedworth's another Must!!

Still haven't heard back from Alcester (what a lovely laid-back fest it is) re time & place but going on what Marje & I discussed we'll be trying for Saturday tea-time in one of the rooms above the Sports Hall (new venue I think). That's to the left of the Greig Hall as far as I can remember from our discussion.

Have got lots to do this week before Alcester (Sister arriving from USA, stitches out, Big Brother's funeral and will probably attempt replacing my Hard Drive again tomorrow) so may not get the details on here before we set off for the Fest. So keep the loose arrangements shown above in mind please. I'll try to get the time & place onto posters which I'll put at the campsite arrivals, Greig Hall and the pub with the beer festival - the pub name escapes me, can't imagine why!

Anyway, Mudgather format (as long as we can all get together in the same place & time) will be Meet, Sing, Laugh, Drink (pretty sure Marge said there's a bar downstairs), Chocolate & MudRaffle - oh, and lots of hugging but no hand-shaking for me please!!

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Dave Earl
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 05:19 AM

"pub with the beer festival - the pub name escapes me, can't imagine why!"

Tis the Hollybush Hils.

Will look out for your posters.

See you there (or will we overtake you on the Motorway like last year?).

Dave

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 06:43 AM

Dave, we'll do the roundabout thing a couple of times just in case *grin* (thanks for the pub name!)

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Dave Earl
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 06:50 AM

Ah Hils just remembered!

We left some stuff at your place after "Not Miskin"

Can I just remind you to shove the stuff in your carryvan or whatever so that we can reclaim it sometime over the weekend.

Thanks

Dave

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 11 Jun 07 - 07:08 AM

Already sussed & in caravan Dave, no problem!

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 13 Jun 07 - 06:22 AM

Back on-line after installing another new hard drive, all seems OK for the moment.

Had word from Marje via Selchie that Mudgather time is 5.30-7pm on the Saturday in a room inside the Sports Hall - there will be direction notices! Be there or..... be somewhere else....

I've got a few raffly prizes (including some chocolate) in a bag in the caravan, anyone else bringing prizes?

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Green Man
Date: 13 Jun 07 - 07:16 AM

I will be there and so will Blue Lady. As we are both part of t'management we hope to meet you all at the MudGather.

See you and bring yer snorkels.

GM

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 15 Jun 07 - 05:00 AM

It's tomorrow *grin*

Snorkels Dave? Anyone got an inflatable?

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 17 Jun 07 - 03:27 PM

Thanks, MGAS, for running the Mudgather, and how nice that we were able to gather outdoors!

Kitty

PS Sadly, I missed seeing Skipy's dress

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Splott Man
Date: 18 Jun 07 - 04:45 AM

Sorry we didn't make it.
Her Dameship's gone down with the flu, so we had a fallow day.

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Doktor Doktor
Date: 18 Jun 07 - 11:14 AM

Echoes appreciation - just home. The ole 'bus just rolled off site, no worries ... and burnt its clutch out at Eastwick ... did the last 3 miles on the back of an RAC transporter .... ho hum ......

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 18 Jun 07 - 02:01 PM

May I add my thanks, Hilary. Excellently organised, once more.
And I got a purple one!
It was very tasty.
Though the crunchy ones were mooriest

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Doktor Doktor
Date: 18 Jun 07 - 05:48 PM

Odd pix here: Scroll slightly & click the text - sadly none of the mudgather, but if anyone has some & wants to add them, do please let me know ..
PS - I got a yellow one.

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Richard Atkins
Date: 18 Jun 07 - 07:38 PM

Brill outside sing others join in as they pass by. Even the Kid on the Scateboard stopped sang and a clapped !
The Holly Bush was great in the past, such a shame The Beer Fest has taken over a great venue ,and I love beer !!

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 05:42 AM

I'm sorry I missed all the fun. I was at the Leamington 'Peace' fest. Did meet up with Nine Penny Marl which was nice.

Had to take yet another brand new tent back to the shop on Monday, this time due to exsessive condensation. The first tent I took back was after Chippenham, brand new again and let in water. What's going on? Is it really not possible to buy a good tent for £100 these days?

Discuss? (sorry bit of a thread creep)

Sal

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: GUEST,Noreen
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 07:59 AM

Stewart and I enjoyed it too, Hils, thanks, particularly being outdoors on the lovely day that it was (before the rain came, anyway). I had a Crunchie one!

Was lovely to see hear everyone, some I have not heard sing for a long time.

We also had a nice sing in one of the back rooms of the Holly Bush earlier, which is still a lovely venue even though the "beer festival" beers were disappointing and more expensive than the beers at the bar. The Black Sheep at the bar was as good as ever, though Stewart preferred the Pig :0)

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 04:05 PM

What a lovely weekend & a fantastic MudGather!! Many thanks to all who came, stayed, sang, missed their turn, bought raffle tickets & claimed prizes (and those who didn't) *grin*

We raised £60.00 for the Mudcat and eventually got people to take all the prizes away. (note to self - must issue guidelines for raffle participants) I've just transferred the funds across to teh Friends of the Mudcat account & they will make their way across the pond in due course. Thanks again!!

Just got a couple of minutes to put up the list of Attendees (or those within 10 metres of the Gather):

Frog
Frogette
Doktor Doktor
Billy Suggers
Guest, Derek Horologist
Herga Kitty
George Papavgeris
Nessie
MalcBedworth
Breton Cap
SylviaN
Derby Ram
Leraud
Guest, Pat Turner
Crane Driver
SussexCarole
Moorley Man
Jock O' Dreams
North/South Annie
Sue the Borderer
Snuffy
Selchie - (RS)
Noreen
my guru always said
Richard Atkins
EmmaB
Strat-abuse
Guest, Tania Opland
Guest, Mike Freeman
Col K
Badjelly
flatnote
Guest, Margaret Bushnell
muppitz
ShortyBrenda
Guests, Susan & Kevin Sexton (aged to perfection)
Green Man
Blue Mama
Guest, Kate Guest
skipy (in spirit, in a dress)
Lady Elizabeth
RWJ
Guest (?), Shez Wright
Guest, Dick Dixon
Merek'n'Dary (in the Bar)

Also at Festival:

kab
Dave4Guild
Jules
English Jon
Old Girl
Alanww (Mumming elsewhere)
Alexis

Go on - have I missed anyone?????

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: TommysDaddy
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 05:30 PM

I woz there !

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: LesB
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 07:55 PM

So woz I, but busy dancing.
Cheers
Les

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Janet Elizabeth
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 08:36 PM

Great fest, great mudgather. Did it rain? I didn't notice?
I got a white one.

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Moses
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 03:28 AM

Slapped wrist for me - I arrived late and didn't sign in. AND I didn't get 'one' at all, crunchy, purple or yellow :-(

Did have a good sing though:-)

Christine

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: My guru always said
Date: 20 Jun 07 - 06:45 AM

Moses, how could I have missed you off the list? Slapped wrist for me too *grin*

And LesB, yes! You did say you were dancing, but I regret to say that the Attendance list was mulled oved at the Gather & in various pubs afterwards and I fear you have been greatly neglected, apologies!

Now then TommysDaddy, where have you been hiding then? Did I miss you completely at the Gather, or were you in disguise?

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: TommysDaddy
Date: 21 Jun 07 - 05:57 PM

New to mudcat so nearly missed you. Arrived late with buggy to catch the "cuckoo" ! Enjoyed festival. Friendly & Good singing ! A little scary camping on flood plain with 2-year-old & all the rain ! Disappointing beer at the Holly Bush given the quantity & variety on offer ! But nevertheless looking forward to next time.

Subject: RE: MudGather Alcester UK Sat 16 Jun 07
From: Green Man
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 06:56 AM

Rather an apt title MUDgather at this years Alcester.

Nice to see you all even though I know few of you personally.

Do come again, next years fest is already in the planning stage.

GM