Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?

Subject: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 23 Apr 09 - 08:12 AM

Its on Spring Bank Holiday weakend 22nd - 25th May.

Meself, the Gloom Band & piles've other local folkies'll be there, anyone else from further afield?



http://www.chesterfolk.org.uk/festhome.htm

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Aeola
Date: 23 Apr 09 - 04:54 PM

Not that far away, Merseyside

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: greg stephens
Date: 23 Apr 09 - 05:19 PM

I am coming

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 24 Apr 09 - 05:27 AM

Great, so there'll be at least 3 of us!!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Aeola
Date: 24 Apr 09 - 06:13 AM

Make it 4 Dave Lord said he'll be there!!!!!!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 24 Apr 09 - 07:12 AM

Brill!

Dave's tongue in cheek stuff'll cheer up the Glooms!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mo the caller
Date: 24 Apr 09 - 07:56 AM

Naahh.
I'm heading down south.
To Chippenham. The dancing's better.
But I would come to Chester too if they didn't clash.

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: GUEST,AmandaLynne Music
Date: 25 Apr 09 - 11:09 AM

I'm coming providing I don't have to work !

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 07:36 AM

Any more?

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: GUEST,bigdrummergirl
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 02:48 PM

we are coming as usual have several friends who are coming for the 1st time

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 02:52 PM

Any singarounds??

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: mandotim
Date: 28 Apr 09 - 06:09 PM

We're going to try to get to some sessions. Any recommendations Mr Happy?
Tim and Ann

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 29 Apr 09 - 03:25 AM

'Any singarounds?? '

They always have piles!

**********

Tim and Ann,

Main seshes will be Royal Oak, the pub's big enough to support several of 'em.

Last year, there were four simultaneously in different parts've the premises with no interference from one to another.

Other seshes at Morris Dancer pub on main site & weather permitting in the beer garden round the back, also various sings & seshes on other parts of the pub's periphery.

The Farmers Arms also has seshes, but mostly instrumental ones.

Mrs Happy & the Fiddle-dee-dee group will be doing several performances there.

Always lots seshes onb the camp field too

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 12 May 09 - 09:48 AM

Its next week!! - Yipppeee!

I start work on site from next Wednesday, helping with the set up team, erecting fences, gatehouses, laying out pathways & so on.

I look at it each year as the 'Folk Kibbutz'!!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 12 May 09 - 10:11 AM

Latest news - included: no noisy funfair machines this year - hooray!


http://www.chesterfolk.org.uk/festnews.htm

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 12 May 09 - 10:18 AM

Cheers, Mr Happy - a jaunt down to Chester is long overdue...

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Aeola
Date: 12 May 09 - 02:53 PM

Session usually held in the Marquee after the evening concerts. Hope to see you on wed evening Mr. Happy. I will probably spend Thursday morning helping to fill the barrels with water at the variuos fire points. But I will spend wed & thurs nights getting the feel of the place!!!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 May 09 - 09:14 AM

Mr Happy & the Gloom Band will form part of the advance party & will be setting up camp from Wed 20th May.

Consequently, our sinaround at the Carlton in Chester won't be on there that night, instead we'll be holding our soiree at one've the Kelsall pubs.

Can't yet say which one, hopefully the Morris Dancer, or if not, either the Oak, or the Farmers

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Red
Date: 15 May 09 - 07:21 AM

Funfairs are a pretty modern version of what folks do, and that is what folkies are about, surely? Would a victorian funfair be more in keeping. Steamboats and Tunnels of Love (who said the Victorians didn't have a subtle smutty sense of humour?)

But yes they are noisey and always were, as I recall from my relatively recent youth.

Sadly I can't do Chippenham and Chester and the 1 hour drive v 3 hours rather clinches it.

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Brian Peters
Date: 15 May 09 - 07:49 AM

I'll be doing my Child Ballad show on Monday at 4 pm, and hope to have a tune with Greg Stephens at some point, if I don't get sucked into an argument with Suibhne O'Piobaireachd about the 1954 definition!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 May 09 - 07:56 AM

Seek out Mr Happy & the Gloom Band's seshes- guaranteed all sining - no squabbling!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 15 May 09 - 09:30 AM

Napper and I will be there on Saturday: workshop on rearranging the tradition in the morning, main stage in the afternoon and folk club in the evening - see some of you there.

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 18 May 09 - 08:37 AM

Only 4 days to go!!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: GUEST,Rob the Roadie
Date: 19 May 09 - 06:03 AM

Sorry cant be there.
Say HELLOOOO to everyone from us way up here in Scotland.

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 19 May 09 - 07:44 AM

GUEST,Rob the Roadie,

Will do & regards to you two too!

Only 3 days to go!!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Emma B
Date: 19 May 09 - 07:52 AM

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Emma B
Date: 19 May 09 - 08:00 AM

ooops! hit the wrong button - but, anyways, hope to see some old and new friends from behind the desk in the office.

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: GUEST
Date: 19 May 09 - 08:19 AM

I'm hoping to be there for at least the Sunday, hopefully Monday also.

Really looking forward to this, it sounds like a good bash.

cheers
Ged

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Gedi
Date: 19 May 09 - 08:23 AM

That was me above, sans cookie!

Ged

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: jeddy
Date: 19 May 09 - 11:00 AM

unfortunatly. we can't come, coz the vans fucked and we need to put a trolley jack under the door just so we can open and shut the door. not sure that would work on that big hill. say hello to all for us and we hope the weather gets better so no-one gets stuck. heard there's going to be some changes to the lay out of the site let us know how it works will you? have a fab wkend!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: jeddy
Date: 26 May 09 - 04:36 PM

so how did it go? was the security good,did the local lads behave and how was the new site layout?

i hope you all had a brill wkend!!!!

please let me know

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 26 May 09 - 04:39 PM

Didn't make it either - any singarounds in Chester other times??

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: jeddy
Date: 26 May 09 - 04:45 PM

i have no idea. i would have thought that if there is it would be in the royal oak

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Marilyn
Date: 27 May 09 - 03:58 AM

Not the Oak that I'm aware of but there is a monthly Folk Night in the Farmer's Arms in Kelsall on the second Tuesday - next one Tue 9th June, starts around 8:30. There is a regular core of around 10 people and others drop in now and then, usually a good night.

There may be a Sunday lunchtime/afternoon session in the Morris Dancer but not sure whether that still runs. Will try to find out and post back. Lots of things going on in Chester itself - probably the Folk Orbit website is the best place to find out.

The festival was superb - must get my feedback form filled in and sent off!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 27 May 09 - 09:47 AM

Two new seshes started recently in Chester catchment area.


The Bridgend pub
Ruabon, Nr Wrexham
North Wales
Every Wednesday

Me & my new band Mr Happy & the Miserichords will be appearing there tonight!

The pub's got no telly so we won't be overwhelmed by the big match's fans bawling etc!!

Also

The Miners Arms Music & song sesh
Maeshafn
Nr Mold

1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month



Our regular sinaround will resume at the Carlton Tavern, Handbridge, Chester from next Wed 3rd June from 830 ish.

Free butties & Mysery Gust every weak!!!

Subject: RE: Chester Folk Festival09,Who's going?
From: Aeola
Date: 27 May 09 - 04:07 PM

A good festival, just a couple of tricky manoevrings up the hill, even the tractor got stuck but the weather improved, some late night sessions on site, plenty in the pubs. Mr happy must have enjoyed the Morris Dancer's happy hour 5 -- 7, and £2 per pint!!

Layout tight but use of 2 overflow sites was ok. Very little trouble. Just two incidents which were nipped in the bud very quickly but very safe feeling on site.