campsie fest

Subject: campsie fest
From: GUEST,seaayr......g&a
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 06:33 PM

would like to put on record the efforts of folk to pull together the first campsie folk fest...well done graeme gass and others.....a great wee session on sat afternoon and an 'entertaining' concert sat eve..with 'yard of ale'... and all free.cant complain bout that..... all the best for another one next year........ suppose all we can look forward to now is celtic connections...... oh dear....what a strain that will be !!.... lol.... cheers ...graham&alexis in ayr...........

Subject: RE: campsie fest
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 04:42 AM

Cheers Graham amd Alexis,

Glad to hear you enjoyed yourselves. The Saturday afternoon session was very enjoyable. Sunday evening's session was a complete blast. About 16 people came over from Houston Club for the afternoon concert with the Moonshiners, and Swing Guitars, and stayed for the evening sesh. Also a bunch from Nelston... and a couple from waaaay down in the Borders.

There must have been about 25 musicians - guitars, bass, mandolin, banjos, keyboard, fiddle, and a ton of singers.

Thanks to all who came and listened, sang, or played.

Cheers

StevenC

Subject: RE: campsie fest
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Date: 12 Nov 01 - 06:32 AM

OOPS! I forgot about it:-( Excuse is that when Graham phoned me to tell me about it I was in the middle of varnishing my new back door and when I tried to turn off the TV so that I could hear what he was saying I managed to spill varnish over my rucksack and the carpet!!!! With rushing to clear up the mess I forgot to note down the details for the Campsie Festival and hence forgot all about it. Sorry guys, hopefully make it next year.

Scott

p.s. Carpet and rucksack were saved from perminent damage.

Subject: RE: campsie fest
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 12 Nov 01 - 07:05 AM

Y'know, the weird thing is that the "Graeme Gass Effect", as we have come to know it, can strike even at long distance. This effect has been observed whenever Graeme comes into close proximity with ordinary matter, people or events.

We have noted the Gass Time Dilation Phenomenon - where events that are advertised at, say, 7:30 pm, do not in fact occur until many hours later. A related phenomemon would be the Gass Everlasting Jam, in which a song which is "not long enough" will be repeated ad infinitum or for 4 times its normal length (whichever is greater, and believe me, sometimes it's hard to tell).

I think that what you observed, Scott, was a General Gass Field which was transmitted via the telephone system to knock over the tin of varnish. (It can also cause meals to burn while he's on the phone).

The weekend was pretty good. The Mike Silver concert on Friday could have been better attended, but all in all, it went well....

Cheers

Steven C