Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?

Subject: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 09 Jun 11 - 01:42 PM

Anyone?

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 09 Jun 11 - 01:48 PM

Yes, running morning singarounds in the Faulkner bar of the Royal York and Faulkner hotel on the Esplanade!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Jun 11 - 02:34 PM

I would like to be there but relatives are in the country from Australia and it would be rude of me to abandon them (particularly since they are staying in my house).

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: GUEST,Ebor_Fiddler
Date: 09 Jun 11 - 04:52 PM

Yeahh!!

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: MikeofNorthumbria
Date: 09 Jun 11 - 07:15 PM

I'll be there for the whole week, dancing with Hexham Morrismen (provided the old knees don't give out first).

Will try to attend Kitty's morning singaround at least once, and will certainly be visiting the lemonade waggon regularly.

And if the little pasty shop down the side street is still in business, then that's lunch sorted.

Wassail!

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 09 Jun 11 - 07:24 PM

To the best of my knowledge , Gerry Milne and friends will be in The Newt as usual for the best mixed session in Sidders , daily 12 - 3pm an 8 til closing !

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 09 Jun 11 - 07:35 PM

Hoping to be, all being well. Not booked any tickets in case we can't make it after all.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: GRex
Date: 10 Jun 11 - 04:40 AM

I'll be there, mainly for the singarounds.

    GRex

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Dave Earl
Date: 10 Jun 11 - 08:47 AM

I'll be there!!

Either working in the box office or in a sing session

Dave

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: John J
Date: 10 Jun 11 - 09:44 AM

Me.

JJ

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: GUEST,Morti at work
Date: 10 Jun 11 - 11:50 AM

we will be there, gods willing

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: GUEST,Jo the Fiddler
Date: 10 Jun 11 - 02:20 PM

I'll be there until the Thursday then heading along the coast to the Wickham Festival in Hampshire and then onto Broadstairs. Three great festivals. Lucky me!

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Mrs Scarecrow
Date: 11 Jun 11 - 01:45 PM

I'll be there with the Ironmen and Severn Gilders dancing for the first weekend and after that I daresay I will be found in the Middle Bar or the York and Faaulkner or anyother place I can sing
cheers

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 11 Jun 11 - 01:50 PM

TheSilentOne and I have been accepted as stewards, so we shall be there.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: PercyBysshe
Date: 11 Jun 11 - 01:56 PM

Me! Stewarding again, in the Bedford (as last year) I hope.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: JHW
Date: 12 Jun 11 - 05:24 AM

Sidmouth hardly needs a 'who's going' thread to publicise it!
Because I spend many evenings in the York & Faulk I apologise again here to Kitty and Tim for not coping with a lunchtime there as well. Shame about the theatre bar because those sessions somehow picked up a uniquely broad cross section of folks - a seaside feel maybe. Mind I'm feeling the Anchor strenuous now in that upstairs room and the Volunteer ever more inward looking. Maybe I'm just past it and should sit in a deck chair all week?

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: BanjoRay
Date: 12 Jun 11 - 06:50 AM

I should be in the right hand bar of the Bedford for much of the week - or anwhere else there'll be an Old Time session.

Ray

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 17 Jun 11 - 12:48 PM

Refresh for Freda Underhill

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 17 Jun 11 - 02:37 PM

Welcome to the escapees from thread Sidmouth Folk Week 2010!!
(Search fir Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 should have brought it up!)

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Bonecruncher
Date: 17 Jun 11 - 04:42 PM

Has anyone heard about Steward's tickets yet?
Sent my application off months ago, it was acknowledged but nothing morwe heard.
Can anyone help?
Colyn.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 06:17 AM

We intend to dip our toes in the water this year both literally and metaphorically :) We won't be there for the whole week but are sure to make our way to the middle bar at some point and if there are old time sessions the banjo will surely follow!

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: The Barden of England
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 08:59 AM

I'll be there in the usual haunts, and taking in some of the fine shows too.
Mrs Duck - The right hand bar at 'The Bedford' has what you want on a daily basis.
John Barden

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: freda underhill
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 09:26 AM

thanks Lf, I'll be there, ticket & accom booked! looking forward tuit!

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: freda underhill
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 09:38 AM

ps, haven't been for 11 years, totally looking forward to it!

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Morticia
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 10:53 AM

whoopeee!!! Looking forward to seeing you, Am!

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Girl Friday
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 01:15 PM

T D L will be there with Ben. None of us have a season ticket this year, so will be in and around the fringe singarounds, and stages.
Hoping for good weather again.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: GUEST,vectis
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 06:32 PM

I am booked into the rugby club and will be around toun all week YADDAH!

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: GUEST,CJB
Date: 18 Jun 11 - 06:34 PM

Haven't been for years - can't afford it.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Acorn4
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 03:54 AM

We'll be there from the Monday, as we're stewarding at Warwick and there's an overlap.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: PercyBysshe
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 04:30 AM

Bonecruncher - I heard ages ago that I've been accepted as a steward, but have heard nothing since.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Lady Policeman
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 01:42 PM

Sad news from Sidmouth! The Old Ship, in the pedestrian precinct, perhaps the oldest pub in Sidmouth, built around 1362 has been sold and is being turned into a Costa Coffee shop. How sad for a historic old building. If ever there was a building that so lent itself to being a pub it was the old Ship, with it's old stories of smugglers.As if we need another coffee shop! For the last few years we have slowly built up a lovely mixed session there with another session going on in the back bar.So another Fringe session bites the dust. Where next?

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: JennyO
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 01:53 PM

Rob and I will be there the whole week, staying at a nice place a bit out of town with freda underhill, who will then come back home and stay with us for a few days after.

We decided to bite the bullet and get season tickets because we know we want to do some of the workshops and there are some acts we want to see, but we also expect to spend a lot of our time in the Middle Bar and the Radway, and this year I'll probably borrow Rob's extra pair of river sandals so I can go singing in the sea. I'm afraid I can't get used to walking on stony beaches in bare feet - I'm used to the sandy beaches in Sydney.

MikeofNorthumbria mentioned the pasty place in the little side street. That's The Filling Station. We were regulars there last year - the pasties were wonderful - but when we went to the reunion in February, they seemed a bit different - a little too much pastry. I hope that isn't a permanent change. We'll certainly give them another go this year just to find out.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 03:26 PM

I think stewards had their assignments by this time last year and the volunteer organisers were working bugs out of a new system.

We are a bit worried. The caravan's tap exploded 2 weeks ago at Pig's Ear Folk Ale and the roof sprang a pretty scary leak this weekend at Knockholt.

Hope we can get it fixed, because we cannot afford to stay in a B&B (even if one was available) and pay for parking in town to do our stewarding duties.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: GUEST,Lily the pink
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 06:24 PM

Looking forward to festival will be there Wednesday. Hope to meet a few friends in the Swan

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: freda underhill
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 07:31 PM

Singing in the sea? pebbly beaches? I've a lot to learn! and thanks to Leadfingers, who has offered me a lift from london. I'll be going to Maidenhead the night before, as well.

freeeeda :-)

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 19 Jun 11 - 08:24 PM

Sad news indeed about the Old Ship. My in-laws had a wonderful diamond wedding lunch there in the upstairs room - absolutely reeking with character

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 10:52 AM

New page added to the website today:

The Transports

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 02:09 PM

Will there be the pub crawl shanty sing to raise money for Sidmouth Life Boat?

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: GUEST,Costa Coffee Sidmouth
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 05:09 PM

All folk music groups sessions are most welcome during Folkweek. The ship still sails for the people!

Just ask for James the owner and I will sort it out.

I look forward to seeing you all from 29th July 2011.

Guest appearance of Jack Sparrow at 12 Noon on Sunday 31st July. I kid you not.

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 08:14 PM

Well at least any American visitors will feel at home , having a Folk session in a Coffee Bar !
I think I will stay in The Newt and drink beer !

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: JennyO
Date: 21 Jun 11 - 07:03 AM

Freda, I thought you knew about singing in the sea. Not all of us got to do it in 2001 when we were there with the choir, but I know Miguel did. Just ask him. There are photos somewhere.

I forget which day it happens, but at the appointed time, the Middle Bar Singers meet outside the Anchor, and walk down to the beach singing shanties and the like, and a large number of brave souls keep on going down into the water and form a big circle and keep on singing. I didn't go in last year because I didn't have the appropriate footwear, but I intend to remedy that this year :)

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 21 Jun 11 - 12:50 PM

Jenny - also the appropriate yellow t-shirt....

AFAIK, and unless there are radical departures from tradition, swimming in the sea will be on Thursday after the lunchtime silly songs session, and before the Doom & Gloom workshop.

Kitty

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Dave Earl
Date: 21 Jun 11 - 06:41 PM

"Will there be the pub crawl shanty sing to raise money for Sidmouth Life Boat? "

The answer to that is quite definately yes -Isn't it Jeff (Tug the Cox)

Dave

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: JennyO
Date: 22 Jun 11 - 08:20 AM

I'd be happy to wear the yellow t shirt if I could get my hands on one. I asked, but there didn't seem to be any on sale last year and nobody knew how I could get one :( Does anyone know if there will be any this year?

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 22 Jun 11 - 06:24 PM

Jenny - I've forwarded your t-shirt query to the Middle Bar newsgroup!

Kitty

PS is it really 10 years since Miguel and the choir were over....?

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Sue the Borderer
Date: 22 Jun 11 - 07:40 PM

Ruth - thanks for the link to the new page about The Transports.
Sounds fantastic. Although I'm generally not a concert-goer I think I booked my ticket the day after they went on sale in mid May.
The write-up makes me even more convinced that I did the right thing.

I might even wear my yellow T-shirt for swimming in the sea first.
Sue

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 23 Jun 11 - 06:37 PM

Jenny - Mike Gibson (who managed to procure MBS t-shirts for the Boston song and single malt contingent who visited Sidmouth last year) has volunteered to sort some out for this year too, but needs to know how many people will want to acquire one of them.

Kitty

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: JennyO
Date: 23 Jun 11 - 07:16 PM

Well, Rob and I would both like one. One XL and one XXL please! Should I let him know directly?

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 11:19 AM

Jenny - I've passed on your order!

Kitty

Subject: RE: Sidmouth Folk Week 2011 - Who's going?
From: JennyO
Date: 24 Jun 11 - 01:53 PM

Thanks heaps, Kitty!