Whitby 2013

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 17 Aug 13 - 05:29 AM

My daughter is in Whitby NOW (Sat 17 Aug) and complaining she cannot get a programme. Where is she most likely to find one?

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Caedmon
Date: 16 Aug 13 - 09:48 AM

The Kings of Esk

A heartfelt tribute to the homing seagulls of Whitby
(With sincere apologies to Dave Sudbury)

In the West End of Whitby, lives a working chap;
He says, "I can't stand all this bloody seagull crap,
And when I eat my tea,
They steal it all from me
And lift it up with screeching squawks."

Charlie's chip shop stood down a yard,
The queues grew long and the waiting time was hard;
But the seagulls were plain mean,
And in twenty thirteen,
They stole the cod'n'chips of every tripper in the town.

Charlie went to the council with a plan,
"With a pair of peregrine falcon, I'm your man,
I'll drive away those birds,
All for a just reward"
The mayor agreed that it would save the tourist trade.

Charlie unleashed his birds of prey
They soared, then swooped, down on the bay;
Two gull chicks on the mud
Were reduced to feathers and blood
And ten thousand herring gull flew off to Staithes.

The silence in the town was strange and eerie.
People could stand outdoors and talk quite freely;
Charlie sent in his bill
But council just stood still
And said it hadn't been approved by Eric Pickles.

Charlie went to the Endeavour for a pint or five,
When he saw a huge cloud gathering up high;
"Charlie, it's the Kings of Esk,
Come back to wreak revenge,
Come inside quick, they're heading right this way."

The flock swept down in majesty
The crowd all fled in terror from the scene,
Charlie had no chance,
The seagulls deadly dance
Left him quivering beneath a heap of fresh guano.

In the West End of Whitby, lives a working chap;
He says, "I can't stand all this bloody seagull crap,
And when I eat my tea,
They steal it all from me
And lift it up with screeching squawks."

Caedmon

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: nutty
Date: 16 Aug 13 - 07:06 AM

Don't forget the concert of Graeme Miles songs in the Spa Theatre - Tuesday 3-5pm.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Jack Campin
Date: 16 Aug 13 - 06:45 AM

There is a folk club at the Dolphin in Robin Hoods Bay as well.

But no bus to Whitby after it.

I'm just reading Peter Robinson's "Caedmon's Song" (set in Whitby in 1987 or thereabouts) and he assures me there's a bus back at 11.19pm. Sheesh. It's enough to make you want to bash somebody's head in with a paperweight.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Linda Kelly
Date: 15 Aug 13 - 06:41 PM

John Conolly has a CD launch on Thursday afternoon.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: treewind
Date: 15 Aug 13 - 12:38 PM

Mary and I will be hosting an English music session at the Con club on Tuesday afternoon, where we'll be promoting the Out Of Reach CD sold to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.

We're also performing at:
Rifle Club Saturday 8pm
Rugby Club Sunday 7:30pm
Ceilidh Monday night at the Spa with English Rebellion and Will Hall
Football Club Trad Night Out Tuesday 8pm
Rowing Club Wed 2:30pm
Festival Folk Club at the Con Club Wednesday 8pm

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,old git
Date: 15 Aug 13 - 11:51 AM

The Roaring Forties will again be performing "Icebound" 4:30 Thursday in Bruhswick Centre (Bring your own alcoholic drinks, though coffee/tea are on sale)
Geoff t

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 15 Aug 13 - 08:15 AM

Jack, there will be the normal Friday night in the Dolphin, the Station as already stated may have early arrivals in there. You could also try the Endeavour and Black Horse, again they are often used by early arrivals. There is a folk club at the Dolphin in Robin Hoods Bay as well.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Joe Nicholson
Date: 15 Aug 13 - 07:37 AM

Maureen and I will be running our ussual Singaround in the Rifle Club we will be there every night at eight. Anything goes Singers, Musicians,Poets everyone is welcome including children (with a consenting adult present). Give it a go it's well worth the trip up the hill.

Joe N.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick
Date: 15 Aug 13 - 06:26 AM

I've already asked that question. According to Spectacled Warbler, there will be a session in the Dolphin and possibly another one in the Station.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Jack Campin
Date: 15 Aug 13 - 05:38 AM

Any Friday night sessions for those of us who've got here early?

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: JHW
Date: 15 Aug 13 - 05:22 AM

I like this idea of mudplugging Whitby events. If you click Programme on the Whitby site you just get a page saying 'buy one'!
So - Tuesday afternoon in the Spa Theatre - 3 to 5pm
A Concert to celebrate the songs of Graeme Miles and to remember the man himself.
Many, many singers

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Kate
Date: 14 Aug 13 - 06:32 PM

The Village Green People and La Rosa Hotel present A Week of Folk in Whitby. Full Line up Confirmed.

Sunday 18th August: Maia; The Pier; Sarah Crossan; Jig Doll

Monday 19th August: Maia; Molly Jones and Lee Southall (The Coral); George Husband; Jig Doll

Tuesday 20th August: Bella Hardy; Maia; George Husband

Wednesday 21st August: Maia; Plumhall; Beccy Owen

Thursday 22nd August: Blue Rose Code; James Auger and the Natives; The Pier

Friday 23rd August: Cabinet of Curiosities puppet cabaret; Shona Mairi; Sarah Crossan

All nights will feature original vinyl sounds and filmic treats plus visual installations. Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10 can be reserved in advance by contacting La Rosa on 01947 606981 or emailing [e-mail]

"...It was like being welcomed back into the pages of a great big storybook, full of surprises and delight..." The Observer on La Rosa Hotel.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Vic Smith
Date: 14 Aug 13 - 09:09 AM

I would like to expand on and explain one of this year's events:-

Event 228 Monday Evening 7.30 – 11.00pm Metropole Ballroom SUSSEX EVENING.

•        This will be a dance with floor spots
•        The dances chosen will all have a strong Sussex connection – either re-worked from manuscript sources going back to the 18th century or modern dances made by callers with Sussex connections.
•        The band will consist of Will Duke (concertina), Gareth Kiddier (piano), Ben Paley (fiddle), Dan Quinn (melodeon), Matt Quinn (fiddle), Tina Smith (concertina), Vic Smith (caller, mandolo, guitar)
•        There will be five floor spots by the following performed acoustically in front of the stage:-
       > Spare Parts
       > Annie Winter
       > Rosie Davis Sussex step dancing to Will Duke plus songs from Will
       > Martyn Wyndham-Read, Iris Bishop, Joy Lewis, Derrick Hughes
       > Rattle On The Stovepipe.
•        A mighty grand finale is planned…. But you will have to be there to know what it is!

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Jack Campin
Date: 13 Aug 13 - 03:02 PM

Continuing Mo's "what to expect" theme - the Eurosessions are mostly French tunes from the "Bal Folk" book, but rarely announced in advance. Though anything from Scandinavia to the Ottoman Empire and Lisbon to Leningrad can happen.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Charliestu
Date: 13 Aug 13 - 12:32 PM

First In Last Out (FILO Folk) are about.
Commencing Saturday night 17 Aug thro' to the following Saturday 24th inc. Each day from 13.00 hrs to 0001 hrs (the next day.) Come one, come all, let's have a ball. The venue's up hill (back of the hospital)and so is the music..........everyone welcome!

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Ken Hall
Date: 10 Aug 13 - 03:04 PM

Will once again be hosting the football club session all week. A great line up
Hope to see some of you there

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Aug 13 - 10:11 AM

Appearing for The Village Green People at La Rosa: http://youtu.be/vieVXcUDe80

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,FloraG
Date: 07 Aug 13 - 04:20 AM

Thanks Paul. I'm in a group of 6 so we tend to negotiate one day at a time - doing some things together and others seperately, minimising the use of cars in and out, so I can't promise anything. However, if I do make it I'm thinking of bringing my 8 stringed fiddle.
I think what I'm really looking for is something like the woodshed session at Broadstairs. Tunes that everybody knows and can join in, songs with easy tunes or mostly chorus are the approved ones - although you always get a few who wish to show off their voice or playing ability rather than contribute to the ethos of the event. Each person is asked to do/lead something but its not compulsory. Its a bit like the shanty session but with more variety.
FloraG

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Mo the caller
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 06:12 AM

Can anyone give us some pointers to the other (tunes) session leaders. E.g. what kind of tunes those 'in the know' will go along expecting.How they run the sessions.
We started going to Whitby again after a long gap because of a thread here about George Garside's steady pace sessions.
So I can kick off

George Garside
(Tues 298,Wed 397,Thur 498 1-3 Middle earth)- asks for names of tunes, if they are generally know they are played (led by the person who suggested them, or George if nec.) Steady pace. A lot of the tunes tend to be from David Olivers books

Mat Cheadle and friends (1 - 2 Spa)
'Not Quite Ready for a Session' Again, well know tunes and played slowly. Hints given to help us all start on the right note, in the right key. More David Oliver tunes and he is often there plugging his books and keeping us right, along with May's loud sax.

Spare Parts (Wed 422)
A lot of concertinas at their sessions. They play a lot of Southern tunes (might sell you the Lewes Tunebooks if you ask) - but make they sure everyone has a chance to play either whatever they want, a 'party piece' or an 'all join in' sort of tune.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Mo the caller
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 05:39 AM

It does tend to separate out. Tunes or songs.
Though Johnny Handel sometimes asks a singer he knows for a song in his session. He takes a relaxed jokey approach to things which you either love or find irritating.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Paul Davenport
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 05:11 AM

Minority instruments? If you want additional workshops then, go to the office and ask for a space. Then advertise it in the Whaler. It may even be that some of the booked acts will join in, some of us play minority instruments after all!.
Liz and I are running a 'singaround' (Event 223) 5.00 to 7.00 in the Endeavour. We'd be ceratinly likely to do some accompanied stuff and would welcome people to make it a mixed session with both tunes and songs.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,FloraG
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 04:54 AM

Got my programme - looks busy. My initial reaction is there are not many minority instrument workshops. I expect this depends upon the volunteeers ( or lack of) who run them. Also, where are the best places to go if you want to do singing with music rather than one or the other?
FloraG

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,John Routledge
Date: 05 Aug 13 - 08:50 AM

Wetherspoons could do us a favour by taking a large number of beer drinkers out of circulation from other pubs being used for tunes and songs.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 05:43 AM

Spare Parts Concertina Band is running sessions for all concertina systems in the Conservative Club bar every morning from 11.30 a.m. – 12.50 p.m. from Monday until Friday. We'll be taking two sets of the arranged tunes (three-part harmony) we've worked on to the final workshop concert from 1.30 - 4.30 on Friday in the Spa Pavilion Hall. We will also record the end results in the calmer atmosphere of the workshops so that we can send you a memento of what we have done together.

You can download the tunes in midis and pdfs from here : The midis include the parts separately played at slow and normal speeds. Feel free to try them even if you can't come to the workshops. They will suit any melody instrument.

On Monday and Wednesday we'll work on South Downs (Jim Harding) / Mrs Casey (Set A). On Tuesday and Thursday we'll do the same for Scottish Gabriele Chaffiotte / Quare Fellow Shot-ese (Set B). On Friday we'll polish up both sets ready for the showcase in the afternoon.

To provide variety we'll also play an extra, easier arrangement each day but we're not aiming to get those ready for performance unless people particularly want to do them. The other tunes are French Minuet, Jemmy Twinkles Wish, Jack Come Kiss Me Now and Harliquin Air.

Monday 19th. August 11.30 a.m. – 12.50 p.m.
Set A - South Downs (Jim Harding) / Mrs Casey
Bonus Tune - French Minuet

Tuesday 20th. August 11.30 a.m. – 12.50 p.m.
Set B - ScottishGabriele Chaffiotte / Quare Fellow Shot-ese
Bonus Tune - Jemmy Twinkles Wish

Wednesday 21st. August 11.30 a.m. – 12.50 p.m.
Set A - South Downs (Jim Harding) / Mrs Casey
Bonus Tune - Jack Come Kiss Me Now

Thursday 22nd. August 11.30 a.m. – 12.50 p.m.
Set B - Gabriele Chaffiotte / Quare Fellow Shot-ese
Bonus Tune - Harliquin Air

Friday 23rd. August 11.30 a.m. – 12.50 p.m.
Polish up both sets of tunes for the Workshop Showcase in the Spa Pavilion Hall 1.30 - 4.30.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: vectis
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 05:26 AM

I have moved dahn under so won't be there for many years to come. I'm gonna miss it soooo much. Have fun everyone. Mary

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Tootler
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 06:20 PM

I was in Whitby today. Went past the Angel (Wetherspons) about 1.00 pm, it looked packed. Went past again about 4.30; still packed. Reckon they're doing OK (like them or not). I don't see it as a potential session/singing venue, though. I reckon they're pitching at a different clientele.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Jack Campin
Date: 02 Aug 13 - 04:41 AM

That looks like a good idea, something significantly different from other Folk Week events and which should complement what's already on.

But it also looks a bit expensive. Good luck with it, but I wouldn't have thought a licenced venue would need to set such a high ticket price.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Kate
Date: 01 Aug 13 - 05:01 PM

The Village Green People
and
La Rosa Hotel
present:

FOLK WEEK 2013

An Alternative Future

THE VILLAGE GREEN PEOPLE take over La Rosa Hotel's basement club for their alternative vision of Whitby Folk Week.

Taking place over five nights of folk week from Sunday the 18th of August to Thursday the 22nd, The Village Green People will present contemporary, inclusive, exciting, vibrant folk and acoustic music in intimate, informal and inviting surroundings.

The Village Green People are aiming their events at residents of the Whitby area as well as visitors to folk week and also wish to offer a platform for young performers -particularly those from the local area who may struggle to find their place in the more established events. This is also a chance for established performers to try out more experimental approaches to the traditions in front of a welcoming and curious audience.

Yorkshire Band Maia, fresh from their Glastonbury appearance will be in residence for The Village Green People all week and Radio 2 Folk Award Winner Bella Hardy has confirmed that she will be appearing on Tuesday the 20th.

La Rosa Hotel and The Village Green People would love to hear from established artists and upcoming young performers who would be interested in performing. If this is you, you can contact The Village Green People through La Rosa or find them on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thevillagegreenpeople or twitter @VGPeople

The concerts which will be strictly acoustic will commence at 8pm each night with doors at 7.30. Tickets for each night are £10 and can be booked by contacting reception at La Rosa Hotel on 01947 606981 or by emailing [e-mail]

"...It was like being welcomed back into the pages of a great big storybook, full of surprises and delight..." The Observer on La Rosa Hotel.

"Maia have undeniable chemistry on stage, they are mesmerising to watch both visually and musically" – HopFarm Festival

"Bella Hardy is a fine, no-nonsense interpreter of traditional music and an excellent songwriter... a powerful set" - The Guardian, Robin Denselow

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: selby
Date: 01 Aug 13 - 12:15 PM

Interesting post from the guest about Whitby not wanting folk week. I would have thought that any town would be grateful for a week long world class festival to be in their town. Having just returned from Warwick it is good to see how the whole town embraces the festival. I worked in a seaside town for a short while and the residents spent all winter moaning about their loss of income as there was nobody from the West Riding visiting and all summer moaning about them being there.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Noreen
Date: 01 Aug 13 - 10:25 AM

Oops sorry- GUEST above was me, on work computer.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Aug 13 - 10:24 AM

Ftom the Resolution's website, under the section "Live Music":

To make the Resolution one of the most outstanding Nights out in Yorkshire we've gone to great lengths to find great bands to make your weekend nights a party to remember. With the purpose built stage and sound system its upto you whether to relax and chat in the leather booths or get your groove on in the middle of the dance floor

There are a few specialist events like 'The Goth Weekend Takeover' where the theme changes totally. The first Goth Weekend is April 19th - 21st (2012) and see all three major areas dedicated to the differing styles of Goth Music.



Obviously, folk music does not enter into their conciousness as being music - and Folk Week doen't exist!

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Jack Campin
Date: 01 Aug 13 - 06:56 AM

The Angel was Lout Central the first year I went to Whitby - no Folk Week punters that I saw. So having it become a Wetherspoons after a transitional period as a burnt-out shell doesn't make any difference to venue space.

I just don't get the Resolution's attitude, unless they're now part of some large and clueless corporation.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick
Date: 01 Aug 13 - 05:57 AM

Joy. Thanks. I know the Dolphin. In fact I once had a meal in there, walked out without paying, and got over the bridge before I realised what I'd done. Naturally I hared back full of grovelling apologies, thinking half the coppers in Yorkshire would be out looking for me. The two staff I spoke to took the money, but disinterested was hardly the word.

Regarding attitudes of Whitby folk to the festival. I go back far enough to remember when the festival weekend, as it was then, was the signal for every yob in Northern England to ride into town, get drunk, start fights and the devil knows what else. Not unnaturally, the locals blamed the festival goers and there was a lot of bad feeling towards them. Fortunately, the yobs eventually moved somewhere else and, as far as I know, there's never been any serious trouble since.

As I said in an earlier posting, this year will be my first for quite a number of years. However, in the days when I could attend regularly, and subsequent to the disappearance of the louts, I cannot remember seeing anything remotely resembling ill feeling towards the festival or towards festival goers, by the locals.

And why not? The festival brings a lot of cash into the town and local people must surely enjoy the dance displays and any other free outdoor events which the festival lays on.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Aug 13 - 05:35 AM

re 'couple' of melodeon players- that means TWO only I hope?

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Spectacled Warbler
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 05:11 PM

To Fred McCormick,

The Dolphin has a regular Friday night session, the pre-festival Friday night session there last year was purely music, mostly English if I remember rightly, and was a really good do.   Not sure what it'll be like this year.

There's also likely to be music in the Station on the Friday, I know a couple of the melodeon.net members are planning to be there.   

If you're looking for singing, I'm not sure about that.

Hope you find something you enjoy,

Joy

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 04:56 PM

Paul
That GUEST was probably just a Troll.

If the townspeople didn't want us it would be all over the local papers. The only discord I've ever seen is the barking mad situation when the festival coincides with Regatta.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 12:37 PM

If you check FW web site you will see that this year tickets info etc can be collected from The Leisure Centre on the West Cliff.

Joe Nicholson

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Paul Davenport
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 12:37 PM

The Festival Office this year is at the Leisure Centre so if you go there Vic, you should be sorted fairly quickly. See you there.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Vic Smith
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 12:30 PM

Could someone tell me - do guests still pick up their tickets/accom details from West Cliff Primary School? We haven't been told yet and we are out of the country for most of the time between now and the start of the Whitby week.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Paul Davenport
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 12:19 PM

To the guest who posted without giving a name. I fail to understand the nature of your post? Does Whitby welcome us? Yes, why wouldn't it? The Whitby Folk Week is now an important and vital source of income for a town that has, like so many, lost its primary reason for existing - in Whitby's case, fishing. The town's income now depends on the leisure industry of which WFW is a major part. As a visitor to the town over the week I spend around £500 in the town. Multiply that by the number of folkies that attend and you have maybe a couple of thousand people additional to the normal holiday makers, spending around £1,000, 000 in a week on drinks, food entertainment etc. That's a lot of money from outside the town, coming in and staying in to the benefit of the local economy. When Sam Smiths stopped the Plough having music the pub effectively lost something in the region of £40, 000 over the week. If the other pubs in Whitby are benefitting from the folk week by even a half of this figure then your posting is nothing more that bitter nonsense.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,iain glover
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 11:44 AM

Myself and Mark Longster ran a session during Folk Week in the Jolly Sailors for 10 years until the brewery pulled the plug on music.

Great shame but I cant see them reversing their decision even if the PRS rules change

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 11:32 AM

I would that that Sam Smiths decision had nothing to do with the people of Whitby it applied to all there pubs all over quite a lot were folk venues including the famous White Horse (Nellies) at Beverly

Joe Nicholson

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 11:27 AM

Most Whitby regulars will know that The Plough was probably the most used pub in Whitby during Folk Week. Thyere was singing and music in every room and down the garden. Maureen and I used to run the official Singaround upstairs, but it is a Sam Smiths pup and the Brewers decided some years ago not to allow music , television or any other kind of enertainment in any of there esatablishments. If you go there now during Folk Week it's like a Ghost Pup it even closes during the afternoon. M and I vacated to The Rifle Club were we have been made very welcome as will anyone else who likes to come.

Joe Nicholson

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,The Station Inn, Whitby
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 10:11 AM

I just thought I better say that in all the years we have been here, we have never heard anyone in town say they wanted rid of Whitby Folk Week, many of the locals look forward to it and come in for the music during, and I have never heard any of the other Landlords in town say they were going to charge more over Folk Week. We enjoy Folk Week - it is a break from the norm and obviously a very busy week, this is appreciated by everyone I know in town. Long may it last. I don't usually say much on here but thought I needed to interject at that point.

Colin

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 10:05 AM

Whitby Folk Week is NOT enjoyed by the residents of Whitby. A good number would be glad to see the back of it, There are a good number of pubs who do not want folkies in or take the view of allowing them and then overcharge them. You pay's your money you take your chance. But do not carried away with the fact that you are doing the town a favour the majority would rather not have you!!!!!

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: Jack Campin
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 09:48 AM

The resolution "Do" music but perhaps they don't like the folky sort? I'm sure the little downstairs bar would not mind the odd mad mandolin, melodeon or mouth organ wielding minstrel?

Surely not?

Yes they would mind. Last year they were happy to be the emptiest pub in town if that was what it took to keep the folkies out.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Rhubarb
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 09:39 AM

Yes the plough was busy a few years ago but last year when I enquired as to the paucity of song I was told that the brewery had banned singing. The problem was laid at the door of the PRS!

The resolution "Do" music but perhaps they don't like the folky sort? I'm sure the little downstairs bar would not mind the odd mad mandolin, melodeon or mouth organ wielding minstrel?

Surely not?

I think sometimes it has lot to do with how many people turn up, what they are playing if the rest of the cats in the pub at that time are digging the groove AND most importantly from a Landlords point of view "Ow much ale is tha suppin"

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 09:26 AM

According to my information the Angel at Whitby is owned by Wetherspoons and therefore won't be licensed for music. Wetherspoons' are usually good places for cheap good grub though.

Subject: RE: Whitby 2013
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick
Date: 31 Jul 13 - 09:19 AM

Sorry folks. The goddamn GO button got in the way. Here's the entire message complete and unadulterated.

Got my festival programme yesterday morning and I'm all of a fidgety fidge, on account of it's the first time I've been able to make Whitby in donkey's years. Two questions though.

1. I'm arriving Friday night before the festival officially starts. Are there likely to be any sessions - music and/or song - breaking out anywhere?

2. Somebody called Joanie Green is running a session on the songs of Almeda Riddle. (I'm assuming the impression, given in the programme, that Almeda Riddle came from The Southern Appalachians, is purely a typo.) Unfortunately I can't find a mention of Joanie Green in the artist listings or on the Internet. Anybody know who she is?