Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Joe G
Date: 04 May 09 - 07:18 AM

Muppett did a great job for us running the singaround at Queensbury Music Festival in March and hope he pops up at Holmfirth over the weekend

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,cujimmy
Date: 04 May 09 - 03:22 AM

Muppet was at the Abbey 2 weeks ago, in fine fettle I,m glad to say. I asked him if he still goes for a pint in the Castle in Bradford which was his local, he answered - occasionally.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Soldier boy
Date: 03 May 09 - 07:04 PM

Like yourselves,GUEST,Tyke and Ray, I hope that Muppett will be at Holmfirth this year.
He seems to have slipped off the radar a bit in recent times and seems to be spending more time with his grandchildren.
He is a unique individual and is always missed when he is not where we would like him to be.
So come on Muppett we would love to see you in Holmfirth next weekend !

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Sarah, Barnsley
Date: 01 May 09 - 06:34 AM

Getting Excited now!!!

String Theory will be there all weekend.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 01 May 09 - 03:44 AM

Be good to see Muppet ensconced in the Nook again, pint in hand!

Ray

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 30 Apr 09 - 06:52 PM

For reasons that it isn't appropriate to go into on here the Simon Armitage gig will only be Friday and not Thursday. Anyone wanting tickets should contact Roger Davies - please don't contact Ged as indicated on the publicity.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 30 Apr 09 - 08:53 AM

Harry is missing Muppet as well. He seemed fine last time I saw him down the Abbey in Leeds.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Apr 09 - 05:14 AM

What's Muppett up to these days, does anyone know if he'll be there this year?

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 29 Apr 09 - 08:45 AM

O good!!

Ray

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 29 Apr 09 - 06:41 AM

They are hosting a session on local songs and stories this time but it will be at 6.00 on Saturday when they would normally be closed so that they don't lose business this time.
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Splott Man
Date: 29 Apr 09 - 03:59 AM

The Sid's Café people couldn't have been more helpful when we did the workshop there 2 years ago. They leant us extra spoons when we ran out (We reckon we had about 100 people!), and borrowed extra chairs from the church.
Unfortunately they didn't do any business while we were crowded around the outside, so it seemed sensible to move since.

Splott Man

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 06:33 PM

They are locking up the cutlery at Sid's Cafe!!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 03:49 PM

Hiya! Looking forward to spooning with you all next week. X

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Splott Man
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 03:44 AM

That's excellent news!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Soldier boy
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 09:03 PM

I have been told by Duggs that there will be extra security on the campsite this year.

Apart from the local scouts (god bless'em) and stewards on the site there will be 4 extra burly proffesional security guards who will patrol the campsite all night(with walkie-talkies),every night, and will ensure that there is no repeat of any unsociable noise or bonfires that could upset people camping/caravaning/campervaning on the field.

That's good news and should allay any fears or concerns of anybody who had any problems last year.

Good stuff!!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 12:00 PM

Rob the Roadie you will need a ticket from the Picturedrome if you want to see Jeanna and Siobhan.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Hamish
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 07:55 AM

I look forward to meeting Taggart, Wright and Rob the Roadie at No 11!

Hamish

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Rob the Roadie
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 07:06 AM

Thanks Cath no doubt they will try for the Open mic at Number 11 and the session in the Market hall.

Got my confirmation and info about the campsite. Great efficiency. Ta.

Hoping to catch Jeanna Leslie and Siobhan Miller , such beautiful voices.

See you there.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 27 Apr 09 - 03:12 AM

Folkies in nappies, they get younger!!

Ray

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Pips
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 04:59 PM

Hi Soldier Boy,

Raving Maes are from Hessle, near Hull, we're only a baby team, two and a half years old. You can check out our MySpace site via the Festival Website.

We'll look out for you - snare drummer with the red army jacket and pith helmet! with the Slubbing Billys (I guess that is that pit helmet??...)

See you there :)

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 08:28 AM

Holmfirth Festival of Folk

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 26 Apr 09 - 07:28 AM

I think all the information you could want is now available. The guest list, timetable and workshop programme are on the web site, programmes are on sale in various venues around the town, tickets for the Picturedrome gigs are available at the Picturedrome, tickets for the Old Bridge concerts and the ceilidh are on sale at the Old Bridge Hotel and tickets for the Simon Armitage/Roger Davies are available from Ged on 01484 687315.
If there's anything else please feel free to get in touch.
See you in a couple of weeks.
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 25 Apr 09 - 05:10 PM

Don't forget Flossie as well!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Joe G
Date: 24 Apr 09 - 07:22 PM

Just looked at the programme again and I see Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts are on at the same concert - it just gets better!!!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Joe G
Date: 24 Apr 09 - 07:18 PM

I'm sure you will sell more than we managed to at Queensbury, Cath - especially as we only got it out just in time for the festival itself.

Hoping to catch Gerry McNeice & Jez Lowe on Sunday as well as several other artists new to me. If anyone who is going hasn't seen Gerry before go and see him solo or with the band - he's a great singer, songwriter and guitarist.

That must be worth at least a tenner :)

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 24 Apr 09 - 05:24 PM

The programme is out!!
Even more fascinating pages and still only £1.
What a bargain.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Soldier boy
Date: 23 Apr 09 - 06:24 PM

Where are the Raving Maes from GuestPips?
We are looking forward to welcoming you all to Holmfirth.
If you have'nt been before you'll love it (and if you have been before you'll love it just as much if not more!) - including the brilliant weather we have ordered specially for you.

Chris
(Slubbing Billys - the snare drummer with the red army jacket and pith helmet!)

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 23 Apr 09 - 03:34 PM

I'm sure all 24 of you will have a smashing weekend. I have just been talking to Deric from Darlington and I have talked him into Holmfirth FF didn't take a lot of doing he has been before.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Pips
Date: 23 Apr 09 - 03:01 PM

Hi from the Raving Maes dance team. We're looking forward to coming, dancing out and joining in the jolity. There's 24 of us (at the last count) that will descend on Holmfirth for the weekend (!)

See you in two weeks!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Soldier boy
Date: 23 Apr 09 - 01:45 PM

Only two weeks to go tomorrow !

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 01:06 PM

Didn't look like Scrag End to me Ray! Ted seem to get the best view judging by all the duff chords he started playing.His excuse was that his glasses had steamed up whilest he was playing.If they turn up again I'll try to get them to join your Wibberly Wobbly Walking Workshop Ray!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 09:36 AM

Sorry to not be responding to the banter from Tyke et al!! [he's a good lad that al]

I think most of what's necessary has been said!

Shoulder of Mutton is in the centre of Holmfirth, round the corner from the Nook

Not heard anything re Theresa yet

I really must get my eyes tested I thought I was at the butchers, not the sex shop George!!

Ray

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 06:07 AM

Well Rob the Roadie there will be an Open Mic at Number 11 and a session in the Market Hall.
For anyone local the programmes are due to be collected from the printer on Friday afternoon. Can this be right? The programme out 2 weeks before the event. Surely not!!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Rob the Roadie
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 05:55 AM

Just finalised logistical arrangements of getting the infamous Taggart and Wright to Holmfirth for the weekend. Talk about clocking up mileage and a large carbon footprint.
Angie will be driven down from Blairgowrie by the roadie while Anne will be chauffered in by Dixie from Chester. They hope to meet somewhere in a session or singaround or open mic on Friday where they will sing together for the first time in about three years . God help us. They may even practice a few times at the campsite before venturing out but then again they dont like their performance ruined by practice or talent for that matter.
Have pity on me as I carry all their stuff around for them. Just watch for the T-shirts or listen for the screams.
I have just put the campsite booking form in the post with the cheque so they will be there!

Angie was at the great GLENFARG FOLK FEAST last weekend taking in the sun while the roadie tried vainly yet again to win the World Puff-a-Box Championships. Despite being a World Champion Powerlifter (twice)
only came about 10th. Jim Malcolm won.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 20 Apr 09 - 10:19 PM

Holmfirth Festival of Folk

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Soldier boy
Date: 19 Apr 09 - 09:20 PM

I forgot to mention that the 'campsite' for tents/caravans/campervans etc is but a short stroll from the heart of the village of Holmfirth and that this weekend also hosts one of the biggest gatherings of morris sides in the UK so there is sure to be lots of colour,entertainment and spectacle throughout the weekend.

Also if you are a real ale fan you will be spoilt rotten - especially in THE NOOK (pronounced Nuck) and The Old Bridge Hotel. Enjoy

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 17 Apr 09 - 11:45 AM

Well Glueman you have obviously heard about the cloning workshop on Saturday morning!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 17 Apr 09 - 08:13 AM

If you are reading this Theresa Tooley aka treaties1 we are missing you and I for one will be thinking about all the fun we have had in the past at Holmfirth Festivals in the past.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 17 Apr 09 - 08:04 AM

Nice to hear from you Soldier Boy we were worried about you but you know I was just trying to take the Pith.

Has there been some difficulty in including Ray Padgett's Wibberly Wobberly Walking Workshop in the official timetable as promised last year Cath?

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: glueman
Date: 17 Apr 09 - 05:23 AM

"this festival has one of the most vibrant 'fringe' scenes"

True, it can seem like a 3-ring circus and impossible to choose where to be at any given time. I intend to bilocate this year like St John of the Very Cross Indeed and be in two places at once.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 17 Apr 09 - 05:07 AM

Welcome back to the world!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Soldier boy
Date: 16 Apr 09 - 10:23 PM

Speculative rumours of my demise on a bonfire are grossly exaggerated!
I'm alive and kicking and only just emerging from my winter chrysalis to face the world and dazzle you with my charm and wit at the Holmfirth Festival of Folk ( I wish!)
As I have said in my PM to Tyke I am very moved about your concern for my health and continuing existance but worry not fair friends I WILL BE at HFofF and will be on the sreets in my full colours as 'Soldier Boy'.
This is THE FESTIVAL to be at this year (just check out the programme on one of Tykes blue clickety thingamygigs on this thread)-and also remember that this festival has one of the most vibrant 'fringe' scenes of any festival where the tight cluster of pubs and hotels in this village host many briliant sessions for both singers and musicians alike, all over the weekend.
If you have'nt been before dear folkies come and join us for a weekend to remember. You'll love it.
Chris.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,ned ludd
Date: 16 Apr 09 - 06:27 AM

So- you can see G.C. and friends with possible scantily clad ladies on saturday, and have an evening of non p.c. songs with the U.M.J.B. on friday at the Postcard! Sounds like a Plan!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 08:48 PM

Holmfirth Festival of Folk Programme Click Here

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 06:12 PM

Phew the correct (at least 99%) is now on the web site and the workshop programme is on the same page.
Tickets for concerts in the Old Bridge and Ceilidh are being produced as I write so get your orders in. The Ceilidh is £7 (£4 conc) and the main concerts at the Old Bridge are £5 + conc (I can't just remember how much but it's not a lot) and there will be tickets for the Jake Thackray Experience and the Guitar Wizardry events on Saturday afternoon at a bargain price of £2.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 10:17 AM

Are you suggesting a typographical error Splot Man?

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 08:05 AM

It's one thing after another first we lose Soldier boy and now we can't find the Shoulder of Mutton. I think a search party is in order for the Shoulder of Mutton.hic

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Splott Man
Date: 15 Apr 09 - 03:22 AM

Where's the Shoulder of Motton, please?

The only one we can find is in Richmond. are we doing Outreach for the festival?

I'll get me boots.

Splott Man

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 14 Apr 09 - 06:24 PM

It has to be said that the Landlady has witnessed some raucous nights in the Bar of the Elephant and Castle. Her regular customers seem to have enjoyed the lively fun that has been the focus of those evenings. Yes they were noisy so it not a session for the faint hearted.

However three or four Guitars, Mandolins, the odd Banjo player Melodeon and a fiddle player doing some well known Chorus Songs with everyone joining in has been enough to raise above the chatter for some great nights.

As I think about last year I wonder if the two scantily clad ladies who they told me ran a Sex Shop in Barnsley will be paying a return visit. They told me last year that they were told how great The Holmfirth Festival of Folk weekend was from Ray Padgett and had decided to give it a try.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 14 Apr 09 - 05:43 PM

And the Landlady is very happy to welcome you aboard despite the fact that they don't want to be officially part of the festival!!