Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.

Subject: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Green Man
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 09:05 AM

Greetings,

As all us Brits know, last years festival season was more of a monsoon than a summer idyll. The wet caused punters to stay away in droves and consequently our finances took a beating. I know that several festivals are in the same boat (geddit?) and, some alas are not going to run in 08 because of it.

We need more cash so we are holding an extra event. It will be at the Grieg Centre in Alcester just like the main festival. The difference is that there will be indoor camping at the sports hall opposite the festival site (with showers and toilets) and there will be limited space for camper-vans and caravans.

Here is a link Alcester Folk Festival

Some of you will notice a change in the link, this is because we are a not for profit ORG. all monies are reinvested in the festival. Of course this year it means that little money will be invested unless we can GET SOME!

That's where you come in. Come to the weekend, buy a ticket, or come and perform for those who buy tickets.

Contact details will be on the new website probably tonight or Tuesday night. Help in any form will be appreciated.

Have a good week.

Green Man

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Banjiman
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 09:07 AM

GM,

When is the weekend fundraiser planned for?

Thanks

Paul

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 09:11 AM

Greetings,

apologies for the oversight. 23rd/24th of February 2008

The dates and more details are on the website.

Festival Website.

Cheers

Green Man

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Carol
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 09:37 AM

I'hve been on the Website but it doesn't have a programme yet? Just wondered wha the arrangements would be for singarounds or even sinarounds? Bye the way Hi Marje

Good Luck Carol

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 09:41 AM

If the tide goes out they could be sinagrounds.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Snuffy
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 09:56 AM

Although the Alcester Folk Festival in June is renowned for numerous free fringe events, the mini-festival in February is basically a fund-raising event to ensure the future of June festivals. Therefore I don't imagine that the committee will be giving much (if any) priority to events that do not contribute financially.

However, if anyone would like to put in a tender for a singaround franchise, I'm sure we'd look carefully at the highest bid! :-))

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 12:23 PM

I will bid £11 then.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 12:24 PM

And there's me, thinking, well Dave's kindly booked me at the club, so why don't I chip in with a spot at the A&A fundraiser. So I goes looking in the diary to see what I'm doing that weekend...

Doh! Playing Dave's club!

(And I'm at Shammic on the Sat which rather rules out a daytime spot as it's a fair drive... unless you'd like to reschedule the BTMC gig, Dave)?

Tom

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 02:41 PM

Green Man - that's the weekend of the Sidmouth Middle Bar Singers and Radway Musicians reunion...

Kitty

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 02:44 PM

Have now reset cookie, too!
Kitty

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Tig
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 02:47 PM

Sounds like fun! I'll have to consult the diary.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Emma B
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 02:48 PM

Darn! it's Chester Folk Day too.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Snuffy
Date: 05 Nov 07 - 07:37 PM

We are aware that it clashes with several "can't miss" folk events, and in an ideal world we might have chosen a different date. (In a really ideal world we wouldn't have needed to hold the fundraising event anyway!)

Unfortunately that weekend was the only time that the venue was available, and beggars can't be choosers.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: muppitz
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 08:11 AM

Sadly I'll be down south in the company of Alistair Russell recording my first CD (How exciting!!), otherwise I'd have loved to come!

Hope it goes well in my absence!

muppitz
x

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Doktor Doktor
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 09:31 AM

Well there's an incentive for mending the 'bus ... :-)

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Mick Tems
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:51 AM

I, for one, intend to come and do a spot, indeed several spots. Marje and Dave have always been good friends of mine, and I just could not turn away and see Alcester Festival die. Remember when I was recovering from a major stroke, Dave, and you still booked me? I shall always be grateful to you for that. please pm me - I'm sure we can work something out.

Mick Tems

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 06:54 PM

Thanks all for the positive responses.

Please contact Marje as I am sure she will be pleased to hear from you.

GM

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 07 Nov 07 - 08:12 AM

Keep the help coming.

BUY TICKETS we need the money. :)

Anyway with all of this willing talent it should be a 'cracking weekend' (Gromit)

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: My guru always said
Date: 07 Nov 07 - 04:45 PM

Sadly I'm afraid we won't get along due to dates clashing, though I would encourage anyone who can to go along and support this event. Alcester is a wonderful festival which we really can't afford to lose!

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: paula t
Date: 07 Nov 07 - 05:53 PM

We played as a family at this festival last year.It was a lovely experience. Stuart and I would be delighted to perform at the weekend if that will help. Kathryn has a german exchange trip at some stage ,and we don't have a date yet,but we know it is round about then.If the girls are free I'm sure they would love to help too.

Paula Tindall

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 07 Nov 07 - 07:07 PM

Well Dave and I have done the sensible thing, so I'll be there - and at the BTMC some time later in the year :-)

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 07 Nov 07 - 09:30 PM

Well I could come to this one!

Sal

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Hamish
Date: 09 Nov 07 - 06:43 AM

Hoping to be there, too. Maybe I can eventually meet the multi-named Sal.

~8^)

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 09 Nov 07 - 06:56 AM

Ahhaar,

well there it be, sheets set fair for the 'Folkie Sleep Over' event. Make sure to wear outrageous pyjamas.

To reiterate or repeat myself as I am won't. Please contact Marje, for tickets. The email address for this event is :-

[e-mail]

Marks given for best pirate outfit?? Whadyer think?

Green Man

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 09 Nov 07 - 07:35 AM

Pirate? What, like this?

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 20 Nov 07 - 10:47 AM

Bump,,


;-)

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Rasener
Date: 20 Nov 07 - 10:54 AM

Tom
Since you posted your picture, nobody is posting anymore, other than Mr Bump.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: HipflaskAndy
Date: 20 Nov 07 - 02:22 PM

I'm a-goin' Sat & Sun - but don't reckon on many pirates so far inland. - Duncan

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Fortunato
Date: 20 Nov 07 - 03:24 PM

Green Man,

I've PM'd you about your mini.

cheers
Chance

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: GUEST,old girl
Date: 20 Nov 07 - 05:57 PM

With luck and NO SNOW we will try to get there sounds like it will be a good weekend. WE will leave the Sheep at home. Rose & Dave

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 22 Nov 07 - 11:35 AM

Hi Chance,

I have replied to your PM. Here is the website address again.

Alcester Folk Festival

Cheers,

GM

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Snuffy
Date: 27 Nov 07 - 06:19 PM

Tickets are now on sale - only £15.00 including indoor camping or caravan/camper parking. (Sorry, no tents). Available from ALCESTER FOLK FESTIVAL, PO BOX 12619, REDDITCH, B97 9AU.

And just look at the great line-up already confirmed, with more artists being added daily.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Rasener
Date: 27 Nov 07 - 06:42 PM

That looks like a really good down to earth festival and well worth the money. Some really nice acts on.
Good luck with it. Just sorry I won't be there.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 10 Dec 07 - 05:28 AM

Sorry you won't be there The Villan, it looks lik snuffy and myself will have to drink the beer we ordered especially for you.

GM

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 19 Dec 07 - 10:14 AM

Its nice to bump things sometimes.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Green Man
Date: 30 Jan 08 - 08:07 AM

I am an unrepentant 'nudger.

We are hoping to see all our friends and any new friends who would like to come along.

I might even play the melodeon. :)

GM

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Wild Flying Dove
Date: 30 Jan 08 - 08:17 AM

Bubbyrat and I will be coming, we've booked caravan in, just haven't got round to buying tickets yet but will soon!

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: My guru always said
Date: 30 Jan 08 - 08:38 AM

Looks like Richard & I will be along too as we've decided we'd like to support Alcester. Really looking forward to it!

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Billy Suggers
Date: 30 Jan 08 - 11:36 AM

Mudgather?

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Mrs Scarecrow
Date: 30 Jan 08 - 03:39 PM

Shame it had to clash with the middle bar reunion

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: My guru always said
Date: 30 Jan 08 - 03:59 PM

You're right Anne, we weren't at all happy about missing Reunion, but felt that supporting Alcester was the right thing to do this year after the all the weather problems last year. We had to think long & hard, it's such a difficult clash. Please pass Hugs to all the Middle Bar Singers for me!!

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: OldFolkie
Date: 13 Feb 08 - 08:52 AM

Looks like a great line-up. We're hoping to get there.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: GUEST,OLDNICKILBY
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 06:44 AM

Alcester is always worth supporting as it is one of the affordable Festivals,Family friendly, kids are free and tickets are cheap.
In my view it is what Folk music is about inclusive.
Dave and his gallant crew do a great job.
There is a good line up and we are all doing it for free to help make sure that this Festival stays alive and kicking.
So, come on me ducks(this a term of friendship and nothing to do with wet weather) and get behind this fundraiser

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 04:56 PM

Greetings All and thanks for the positive thoughts. We look froward to seeing you all there.

As I don't have a tree growing out of the top of my head I suppose I will have to wear my Mudcat Badge. Now where did I put it??

GM

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: My guru always said
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 03:28 AM

I'll be wearing my badge!! Assume there'll be some beer somewhere so will see all Catters in the bar for a Hug!!

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Singing Referee
Date: 15 Feb 08 - 06:41 AM

Sure will!

Moses and I will be there.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 17 Feb 08 - 05:55 PM

I've just sent hugs from the Middle Bar reunion thread... really sorry about this clash! Would have loved to have been in Alcester too.

Kitty

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help
From: Green Man
Date: 18 Feb 08 - 10:00 AM

Green Man says, yew will regret not being there, :-)

Anyway I look forward to renewing old acquaintances and making some new friends.

If I feal antisocial I can alway play the melodeon :)

Arhhh.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 18 Feb 08 - 10:06 AM

You can renew me any time, Dave - I could do with a makeover.

Subject: RE: Review: Alcester Folk Festival needs your help.
From: My guru always said
Date: 18 Feb 08 - 11:55 AM

There's a question I hadn't though of: Are we all turning up in our caravans during the day on the Friday? Is it OK to do so? And if so, what's everyone planning on doing during the evening? Must admit I hadn't realised that the Friday evening wasn't programmed!