Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Aug 21 - 05:23 AM

The chairman of the rugby club is a folk fan are is his right-hand men, so I think folk would be welcome there. The Moor & Coast festival is based there.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: cujimmy
Date: 20 Aug 21 - 08:29 AM

Ive been up there lots of times in the past, had some wonderfull sessions.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Aug 21 - 12:35 PM

Just driven past. They seem to have somebody else camped there at the moment.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: cujimmy
Date: 20 Aug 21 - 04:58 PM

I wonder if Whitby Folk Club will be on on Thursday Evening.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Raggytash
Date: 20 Aug 21 - 05:28 PM

The Rugby club has for many years offered a campsite for attendees at Whitby Folk Week.

They have also offered an alternative venue for folkies to folk, sing and have a good time away from the centre of the town.

As far as I am aware they still provide a very good breakfast, at a cost of course, and showers, toilet facilites etc .........and a bar!!

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Malcolm Storey
Date: 20 Aug 21 - 08:18 PM

As somebody said in a previous post - things change.
I don't know if Glen keeps an eye on Mudcat but perhaps he could clarify the situation.
Also is Moor and Coast still extant?

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Raggytash
Date: 21 Aug 21 - 06:26 AM

The Moor & Coast festival WAS to have happened in May but was cancelled due to concerns over Covid.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Aug 21 - 11:55 AM

I thought it odd that, before cancelling altogether, they weren't planning on using the Rugby Club. Some connection with Malcolm's very discrete (seemingly too discrete for some) comments?

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Raggytash
Date: 22 Aug 21 - 07:41 AM

You may well be right guest.

I was presuming that as it has been held there on all other previous occasions and Glynn is the chairman of the rubgy club that it would be held there.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST,Cujimmy
Date: 23 Aug 21 - 05:05 AM

Good start to the week, great singing last night in the Fleece, the Middle earth looked good as well.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Malcolm Storey
Date: 23 Aug 21 - 08:14 PM

Raggy - who is Glynn?

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Raggytash
Date: 24 Aug 21 - 05:55 AM

Glynn Rogers owns Moor & Coast catering who provide services to festivals all over the country.

He is also the chairman of the rugby club and according to the webpage they put up about the Moor & Coast Festival it was to be held in June (not May as I thought) but it was to be held at the Rugby Club as I suspected.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 24 Aug 21 - 06:16 PM

Compliments to all involved in the online perspective of the festival this year: it's running well, with lots to choose from. Never as good as actually being there, but next best thing, and great to see people from around the world joining in on Zoom. Let's hope some of them decide it's worth a long-haul flight to come for next year!

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Malcolm Storey
Date: 25 Aug 21 - 06:02 AM

Hi Raggy

So it's that Glen Rogers?

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Aug 21 - 07:11 AM

Sounds like the chap!

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST,Nick Dow
Date: 25 Aug 21 - 02:47 PM

Grovelling Apologies for my forced non appearance at the Secret Stream workshop. My internet connection had other ideas. I will post a link to YouTube as soon as I have recorded a presentation and it has been posted.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 25 Aug 21 - 06:55 PM

I'll grovel even more and confess that I signed up for this in good faith, but then other events of the day overtook me, so I didn't even get to try to log in! I look forward to the revised edition.

Just listening to the Keith Marsden song presentation by Val Marsden and Graham Pirt - superb! I posted a link on the "Picking Sooty Blackberries" thread.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Malcolm Storey
Date: 26 Aug 21 - 08:17 AM

Yesterday saw a dedication of a Memorial Bench on the cliffs close to the Whalebones to Tony Foxworthy who died last year. The event was well attended.
Tony was responsible for organising the very first Whitby Folk Festival as it then was back in 1966.
Doc Rowe and Jill Pidd were the doers who made sure this happened and full details of the Citation and the Memorial Plaque which will be erected in the Missions to Seamen - the first major venue for the embryonic festival - will appear on Doc's website.
The crowd funding for the event is still open and has not as yet met the full costs - donation details are also available on Doc's website.
Stump up and be jolly!!!

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Felipa
Date: 26 Aug 21 - 10:50 AM

All these via: https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/
concerts on youtube https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/at-home-concerts/
dancing via zoom https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/zoom-ceilidhs-dances/
miscellaneous special events (youtube, zoom, facebook)
https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/special-events/
workshops (including a few for nykelharpa players)
https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/special-events/

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: peregrina
Date: 27 Aug 21 - 12:32 PM

anyone at this afternoon's whitby folk zoom ballad session who would like a copy of the chat, I was able to make one and am happy to send it to you. Put your email in a mudcat DM.
(i think the issue wasn't a host's privilege one, but what sort of zoom account you have)
mary

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST,JHW
Date: 29 Aug 21 - 05:38 AM

Pleased to hear of memorial bench to Tony Foxworthy (though not the need for)
(Memorial Seats have always seemed a good idea but passing through the village I was brought up in I saw the Coronation Seat has been replaced; good but with no mention now of why it was created).

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST,Clive Pownceby
Date: 29 Aug 21 - 09:08 AM

Despite missing the sessions that Sheila Miller (bless her) daily texted me about and I missed, I did manage upstairs at Middle Earth and Mick Hayward's 1pm - 3pm sing on Friday in the Friendship Rowing Club bar. Hugely enjoyable and well Covid-mindful, masks on entry until seated, reasonably spaced etc.
All in all, we're glad we went and remain hopeful for 2022 - as long as we can afford the beer prices! (phew)

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: cujimmy
Date: 29 Aug 21 - 06:43 PM

I had 3 wonderfull evenings in The Fleece. I must mention the Bar Staff there who were humorous and very friendly despite being run off their feet. The Beer was £3.90 a pint and the singing in both areas was excellent. I ventured over to the Middle Earth and the Station too and generally enjoyed a lovely week of friendship and folk music.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST,Malcolm Storey
Date: 29 Aug 21 - 08:30 PM

Whitby has never been a place for reasonable beer prices.
Even in the days when the pubs were taking it in turns to close on a Saturday night prices were always above average for the area.
It used to be not so bad before the clubs and most of the pubs had two price lists - neither on show - for locals/members and visitors.
In the days before Humphrey at Sam Smith's the landlord at the Plough confided in me that Folk Week profits covered the whole of his outgoings for the year.
The place now has less atmosphere than a funeral parlour - but Humphrey knows best.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: r.padgett
Date: 30 Aug 21 - 04:45 AM

Agreed Malcolm ~ no pub singing, no licenses ~ I have said before Humphrey should consider selling the pub to someone who wants it (the Plough) to prosper ~ I heard some horrifying stories about his treatment of pub managers ~ lost the plot

Ray

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 31 Aug 21 - 01:56 PM

A further shout out to those who put together the online programme and events in Whitby@Home 2021: I still have some catching up to do, but some good concerts, workshops, talks and presentations.
The one disappointment was the very poor quality of the "Festival Showcase" video which was made up up of various collected videos of workshop output, but then presented as a Zoom recording on YouTube. A lot was lost in this mish-mash of technology. Now, pretty much all the other Zoom events were of good quality, but this whole thing was dreadful, both in sound and picture quality. Fortunately there have been been updated YouTube videos of the 2 workshops I sent in good quality videos for, and these are SOOOO much better!

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST,JHW
Date: 31 Aug 21 - 03:05 PM

Bay Horse Closed at Tunstall (village where I was brung up, then had 2x Sams pubs)   Sams ad on the door for couple to run. Dare say there's a Sam Smiths thread somewhere.
Good sing across the road in garden and gazebo's. Live, no zoom, no PA, no beer.
Bank Hol Mon 2021.

Subject: RE: Whitby Festival - Online This Year - 2021
From: GUEST,Nick Dow
Date: 02 Sep 21 - 05:27 PM

My presentation upon 'A Secret Stream' is now available. We should be ready for print this month. Sorry for the delay, with the workshop. My internet connection had other ideas.
Advance sales from www.francisboutle.co.uk


https://youtu.be/CtjiQYINXf8