Whitby Folk Festival

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,old git
Date: 06 Sep 11 - 10:20 AM

I thought John Connoly always went down well,Raggy!

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,old git
Date: 06 Sep 11 - 10:22 AM

Conolly!

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: nutty
Date: 06 Sep 11 - 11:25 AM

"I think even JC would get a hard time from some if he decided to put in an appearance"

They would certainly be upset by what he could do with a few fishes.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Guest - John Conolly
Date: 06 Sep 11 - 12:12 PM

. . . (weepy nostalgic sigh) - So glad to know Whitby fans haven't forgotten me. . . (and I don't care how you spell me as long as I get a mention). . .

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 06 Sep 11 - 01:02 PM

Too much competition on the fish supply front at Whitby, Nutty.
Then there's all those loafers too!

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 06 Sep 11 - 01:08 PM

never mind JC he is only treading water,Mahomet is also due an appearance.
Hinduism with its spiritual laws,I find the most interesting.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 07 Sep 11 - 11:14 AM

We have a cottage available for nect years Folk Week in the town centre just off Church Street which can sleep 4 people. For more info please email me [e-mail]. Cheers, Col

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Dennis the Elder
Date: 07 Sep 11 - 11:21 AM

Could you confirm please, Is that station inn or station 1nn?

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 08 Sep 11 - 08:05 AM

It is the number 1 yes. [e-mail] Cheers

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Jack Campin
Date: 10 Sep 11 - 03:10 PM

Videos shot by a friend of mine:

Euro session, Resolution (I am not the guy with the sax)

Elsinore session (very short but better)

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Ann N
Date: 10 Sep 11 - 05:05 PM

There are a few familiar faces on those clips :)

.... who was the guy with the sax ?

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: bfdk
Date: 10 Sep 11 - 05:54 PM

Some videos from the ceilidhs and morris are up now. More will go up as I get them processed.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Jack Campin
Date: 10 Sep 11 - 06:05 PM

who was the guy with the sax ?

... and how can we thank the nice men in white coats who let him out to play with us each afternoon?

I had considered bringing my own sax (a C melody which can go MUCH louder than that) but don't generally go in for decibel arms races. Though for this eventuality maybe I ought to just learn the bombarde.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,eliza c
Date: 10 Sep 11 - 06:54 PM

We had a rest from the ceilidh this year. But two strong contenders for next-James Bond or Disney? All good tunes, and fancy dress options of course...
xe

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 10 Sep 11 - 09:33 PM

The fancy dress seemed to go OK without the expense of a theme or extra band!

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Dom
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 01:41 AM

re: man with the sax,why reference to 'men in white coats'? I think he sounds great.If he lives local to me I would like to offer him a place in a band.who is he then?

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Ann N
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 02:52 AM

:) the man with the sax was a very 'expert' player but rather loud, volume control always at maximum, which made it difficult to hear the quieter instruments :(

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 03:20 AM

There was a theme to the Hawaiian night. The clue is in the title.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Ann N
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 03:49 AM

James Bond for next year please :) Men in evening suits and bow ties with the ladies in posh frocks ....... and the immaculately turned out villains with assorted scars/cats etc.    :D

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,PeterC
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 04:21 AM


Men in evening suits and bow ties with the ladies in posh frocks

IF my DJ still fits that sounds like a great idea. If it doesn't then its rubbish!

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 05:04 AM

I find disc jockeys expand with age!

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Tatterfoal
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 10:05 AM

James Bond DJ,s a must though it may get a bit hot for me how about gold ladies in bikini,s for the women.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 10:37 AM

Would that not make you even hotter?

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Splott Man
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 12:24 PM

I've always felt that Madness's songs would be good for a ceilidh. How about a 2-tone night?

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Ann N
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 12:51 PM

"how about gold ladies in bikini,s for the women."

...... not with my shape dear, that would frighten the horses :D ... however the men could turn up in those rather fetching swimming shorts as worn by Daniel Craig ;)

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Megan L
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 12:57 PM

Oh please Ann considering the average male age here that is not a pleasant thought *shudders* lass its enough tae gie ye nightmares

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Ann N
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 01:02 PM

... but they'd be dressed for the weather if there was a repeat of this year's rain on the Friday :D

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,PeterC
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 05:45 PM


"how about gold ladies in bikini,s for the women."

...... not with my shape dear, that would frighten the horses :D ... however the men could turn up in those rather fetching swimming shorts as worn by Daniel Craig ;)
Not with my shape either - I'll stick the the tux.

A pirahna pool might make the caller's job a little easier. Just press a button and dispose of any sets that fluff the walk through.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Jack Campin
Date: 11 Sep 11 - 06:08 PM

the men could turn up in those rather fetching swimming shorts as worn by Daniel Craig ;)

Why not go the whole hog with a Borat theme?

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Ann N
Date: 12 Sep 11 - 03:14 AM

"Why not go the whole hog with a Borat theme?"

Aaaargh No!! That would frighten the horses (and everyone else) :D

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,eliza c
Date: 12 Sep 11 - 04:23 PM

Green Borat cozzies...eek!
xe

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Graham O'C
Date: 12 Sep 11 - 04:59 PM

I realise that I have joined this thread rather late, but would like to make a response to some of earlier discussion.

I had been a regular fan and visitor to Whitby FF for about 15 years. I was flattered to be regularly booked at the festival under one guise or another so this is from a performers' viewpoint. The unique quality of the festival which Malcolm took so much time to promote and protect was that all the artists who performed, whatever their musical genre, all got on with each other, were willing to work hard for the festival and enjoyed each other's company. It was a wonderful example of 'the sum is greater than all the parts'. Malcolm had a gift for bringing together performers of all backgrounds who 'as a whole' delivered a wonderful festival ... not only for the ticket holders and supporters, but also for the artists themselves. Thank you Malc.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 12 Sep 11 - 06:37 PM

Amen!

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Liberty Boy
Date: 12 Sep 11 - 06:53 PM

Hear Hear!

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,SteveG
Date: 12 Sep 11 - 06:53 PM

Both of my sons now in their thirties were brought up with Whitby Festival as one of their annual holidays and though I wouldn't describe them as hard and fast folkies (most of the time they were into heavy metal)they thoroughly entered into the spirit of the festival, such that even though they now live in London with high-power jobs it takes a great deal to cause them to miss their annual pilgrimage. Okay a lot of this is to do with Whitby itself which is a wonderful place to be, and part of it was their involvement in the fringe activities, but they also have totally fond memories of Malcolm, and the festival wouldn't have been anywhere as good without his stewardship.

This doesn't take anything away from the team he had working for him, and indeed the current team who are doing their best to maintain a similar ethos.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Richard Gardham
Date: 13 Sep 11 - 09:28 AM

>>but they also have totally fond memories of Malcolm<<

Sorry dad, but my main memories of Malcolm are of him swearing at me during the cricket matches. I wouldn't mind, but I was playing alongside him for Yorkshire at the time.

But to be serious (just to stress: the above isn't serious. I genuinely don't remember anything but good-natured banter during the highly enjoyable cricket matches in the decade or so I played in them. I do remember, however, John O'Hagan once catching me after he'd strolled onto the pitch for a spot of fielding while out walking his dog. Oh the shame...), Whitby Folk Festival has always been and remains about as enjoyable week as you can spend in a folk setting in my opinion. And this is down to the way that Malcolm and others built up the festival, and subsequent organisers have thankfully carried it on (though I do miss the Bop Till You Drops. And Roy Atkinson's wonderfully bonkers fringe competition. And the Salami Brothers. And... ah, you get the idea). Being a 14-year-old in a rough Hull senior school explaining to your friends why you were going to a folk festival for a week instead of joining them in the rush to get to Torremolinos or Benidorm was never easy but always well worth it, as Whitby was, without fail, special. Malcolm is the chief reason for that and will always have my eternal thanks. Though I'd never tell him to his face. Obviously.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Tatterfoal
Date: 13 Sep 11 - 06:32 PM

Could not agree with the sentiments expressed in the above , although I am an old folkie explaining to friends you had a great holiday dashing about in Whitby to one event and the other staying up till 3am after late night extras is a mystery to most of my contempories on the golf course.   But I would not swap Whitby for any of the "fashionble " hot resorts it pales into insignificance with meeting up with old friends and being just another folkie at Whitby, happy days long may it thrive.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 13 Sep 11 - 07:34 PM

None of the above alters the fact that the present committee knows perfectly well where Malcolm is if they want to ask his opinion.
Neither did I ever say that Malcolm had done a bad job.

I have had at least Three bad experiences with Malcolm, but I have never said that he did not run a well organised festival.
Every other festival I have played in England,Chippenham ,Sidmouth, Warwick, Tenterden,Redcar,Saltburn,Broadstairs, Towersey,FourFools, Lancaster,Fylde,I have been treated well by the organisers.
Yes he organised the festival well, but I am not shedding Crocodile tears
I am pleased that the festival is continuing to make Whitby a success,and that the present committee are doing an excellent job of running the festival,long may that continue.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 13 Sep 11 - 08:25 PM

Tatterfoal

Did you miss the word "more" out after the first three words of your posting?

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 14 Sep 11 - 01:28 AM

Steve Gardham .
Back in the late 1970s,before Malcolm was running the festival, I along with a number of other singers, who included The Wilson Family,John Knight, Anne Gregson,Chris Timson,Pete Stephenson, decided to start the singing session in the pub then known as The Cutty Sark, this very successful session continued for many years.
We started this session originally as a fringe event, It was so popular it became part of the Official Whitby programme.
I do not need you to tell me about what makes Whitby the festival it is, as I was one of the people that was instrumental in starting that singaround and have contributed to this festival a fair bit over the years.
Richard Gardham, your cricketing experience was quite different from mine,Malcolm shouted right across the cricket pitch, it was not friendly sledging, but unpleasant abuse [after he had caught and bowled me], it was unnecessary, aggressive and extremely rude, and not the sort of behaviour,I expect from anyone least of all a Folk Festival Organiser, It typified the disrespect,lack of consideration bad manners and boorish behaviour,,that I experienced on 2 other occasions.
I must have done at least fifteen to twenty other festivals over the years,and by contrast every other organiser treated me as they would have expected to be treated themselves, with courtesy and good manners.
Yes,the festival was efficently organised, and yes he did a good job keeping it going,now there is a new Committee they are also doing a good job they need to get on with the organisation in their own way.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Tatterfoal
Date: 14 Sep 11 - 10:06 AM

Yes I did miss out more, well spotted! Must learn to grandma check my entries.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: selby
Date: 14 Sep 11 - 02:00 PM

I like Whitby and I like Malcolm and I like anybody that in my opinion is stupid enough to run a folk festival.
Keith

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Charlie O'Neill
Date: 14 Sep 11 - 06:25 PM

Bring back the fringe events that roy atkinson organised.have heard such stories and memories of those times.I am sure people would be up for it

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,A N Other
Date: 15 Sep 11 - 01:31 AM

I too have enjoyed WFF for many years as a paying attendee and a a musician, in various guises - and at many other festivals.
To a non performer, this may seem picky( but it is not). In the theatre, there was not even one steward to look after back stage and given that it was so hot, there was not even any bottled water provided for artists and more so, there was initial resistance from stewards to provide any. Now we are not talking prima donnas here - but a little attention to providing for artists would go a long way. Many other festivals provide so much more for artists - I do not crave that but just expecting water is not asking too much, surely - would organisers like to comment?

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,cujimmy
Date: 15 Sep 11 - 05:34 AM

Should these questions regarding the organising og WFF be discussed in meetings with the people who organise the festival rather than on Mudcat.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 15 Sep 11 - 06:05 AM

There ia a FB site. You can post suggestions there, and I believe you can also ask for a feedback form.

Evian for me please, and a bowl of Smarties with all the yellow ones removed!

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,PeterC
Date: 15 Sep 11 - 07:45 AM



Should these questions regarding the organising og WFF be discussed in meetings with the people who organise the festival rather than on Mudcat.
You really haven't got the point of Mudcat have you?

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: glueman
Date: 15 Sep 11 - 08:12 AM

Listening to Jim Eldon busking near the bridge was a treat.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Dom
Date: 15 Sep 11 - 09:25 AM

Yeah, I saw Jim busking there too with his friend clarence...

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Festival
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 15 Sep 11 - 01:50 PM

I'll have your yellow ones. I like the idea of Disney - fancy myself as Daisy.