People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,Julie B
Date: 08 Apr 02 - 08:01 AM

...thread now continued at PVFF - Beverley Part 2

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: harpmaker
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 01:35 PM

Iam sure you could pick out an interesting yarn in 38 years worth Roger!!And a bit about yourself, maybe? Jim, we will of course do our level best to be as accurate as possible. John.

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 09:07 AM

A very pleased little fat scotsman is most amazed at the progress that has been made. The boy Roger has done good. One note of caution is to ask that both web sites make sure the info is current and correct. Jim

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 05 Apr 02 - 08:07 AM

John & John

Good news about John Harrison - did you find out any more about the priory availability for workshops, or are we looking at the leisure centre for this? BTW my mate Gifford Rolfe has almost agreed to running a songwriting workshop.

The harp site looks good - would you like my life story of 38 years in folk clubs?

Roger

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: harpmaker
Date: 04 Apr 02 - 04:40 PM

Just to clear any confusion, Andy Hammond's web page is dedicated to PVFF-Cottingham live. And that's great! Beverley Folks page, however, will include news on PVFF as well, but also up and comming events. It will have info on local artist's. As an example, we are talking to Punch the Horse at the moment, Mike (vocals) is puting pen to paper as we speak. We want other interesting folks who have a story to tell, (or appearing at) to get in touch. Not everybody has a website, So, this is a chance to publish/air your views on this "people's page!" So, c'mon, what you waiting for?? Please be polite. John.

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: oombanjo
Date: 04 Apr 02 - 04:07 PM

Hi every one. I had a chat with John Harrison today he is willing to do a fiddle workshop. Irish,Appalachion,or just plain old English. Book him a room Roger

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: oombanjo
Date: 04 Apr 02 - 04:00 PM

Hi every one. I had a chat with John Harrison today he is willing to do a fiddle workshop. Irish,Appapalatchion,or just plain old English. Book him a room Roger

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: harpmaker
Date: 04 Apr 02 - 01:45 PM

Also, take a look at (Click Here) this site, and go to "Beverley Folks", have a read, and tell me what you think we might add to it. John&Christine.

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 04 Apr 02 - 03:40 AM

Andy Hammond of Cottingham-Live is building us a website which may be found at

http://www.hammonda.fsnet.co.uk/beverly_folk_festival.html

There isn't much on it yet but it is early days

Roger

John - thanks for the Living Tradition info - I'll get something off to them forthwith.

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 03 Apr 02 - 07:44 PM

Wow! What a great site, I have never seen Hamsterdance before, i like the one with the cowboy hat best.

Subject: RE: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 03 Apr 02 - 06:29 PM

The one in the middle definitely takes after you ,John!!

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: John Routledge
Date: 02 Apr 02 - 06:29 PM

Issue 49 - 2 April 2002 - of Living Tradition Newsletter has a long statement about cancellation of Beverley Folk Festival.

No doubt they would print details of the Peoples Festival if asked.

Plain text E-mail to [e-mail] will do the trick.

Sorry no blicky. Best wishes for your efforts.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: harpmaker
Date: 02 Apr 02 - 06:17 PM

Les, can you mail me a copy of the flyer when its done, as I will upload this on our new site. Also, click here to meet John's family.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 09:05 AM

Thanks smallpiper, he doesn't look anything like you though, so everybody will know that he is not you!

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: smallpiper
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 08:58 AM

Yes John of course you can he can stand in for me as I will be in London on that date. make sure he keeps me posted as to whats happening though won't you?

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 08:10 AM

Can I take my hamster? (he is very friendly)

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Willa
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 07:58 AM

Next meeting to discuss progress at Hodgson's, Thursday April 11th 8.30pm.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: oombanjo
Date: 31 Mar 02 - 03:44 AM

Back in the land of the living! sorry I did not turn up on thursday, my daughter and grandson broke down on the M1 and I had to do the necessary.Do you, as the now official body of the fringe, want to contact Sam Pirt (www.sampirt.co.uk) to confirm or do you want me to do it?. The Dixie Chick had a idea???? would you like me to ask Johm Harrison(Watersons)to do a fiddle workshop?.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: brid widder
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 08:52 PM

'There'll be a campsire (with food), and accommodation for the late night stuff that normally goes on.'

!!!! well only between consenting adults of course.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Les from Hull
Date: 30 Mar 02 - 02:00 PM

We should have some flyers available in about 2 weeks time. You can pm me or Roger to get some for your club, festival, whatever.

Just to re-iterate - we are doing this on the cheap in an attempt to provide a totally free festival, consisting mainly of singarounds, sessions, open mikes, with a few local artists booked by the pubs involved. There'll be a campsire (with food), and accommodation for the late night stuff that normally goes on. As there is no proper Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival this year, this will be a one-off event acting as a sort of 'placeholder' for next year's 'proper' festival.

But it's totally free!! Come one, come all! Like we say round here - it's cost you nowt, so if you drop it, you've lost nowt!

Les

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Les from Hull
Date: 28 Mar 02 - 12:30 PM

Jim - The poster looks dead smart. But some of the text is bold and some not. Take the bold off everywhere is best.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Les from Hull
Date: 28 Mar 02 - 12:22 PM

Got 'em! We won't be at Barnsley unfortunately as The Fragrant One has done her back in, so I'll have to hang around Hull and minister to her. Give our regards t'Lads.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 28 Mar 02 - 09:57 AM

Les it should be winging it's way to you this afternoon. See you at Barnsley comrade.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Les from Hull
Date: 28 Mar 02 - 09:16 AM

Jim - you can email the poster to me [e-mail].

I should be at the meeting. Maggie has her backache back so she can't come, but I'll be on me bike.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 28 Mar 02 - 04:48 AM

Best of luck for the meeting tonight my support (hefty as it is) is with you. If someone out there has a computer with e-mail and Microsoft Publisher I'll attach a copy of the posters I'm taking to Barnsley this weekend

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: harpmaker
Date: 27 Mar 02 - 08:02 PM

Sorry about the link, "alchemy" is here

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 27 Mar 02 - 07:24 PM

I hope to be there but having fallen down stairs on Saturday I am somewhat limited in my movements but I am hoping I feel a lot happier by then!

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: harpmaker
Date: 27 Mar 02 - 06:18 PM

Me clicky's pact in! HERE, http://www.islandproject.com

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: harpmaker
Date: 27 Mar 02 - 06:11 PM

here

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: harpmaker
Date: 27 Mar 02 - 05:59 PM

John & Christine will be at Hodgsons tomorrow night to lend support, and a hand if needed. We also have freinds who live in Tasmania, They are a group called "alchemy". They are comming over to the UK in May, and staying in Hull. They may be interested in doing a spot (lovely harp by Tina!!) Check out there site here

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: oombanjo
Date: 27 Mar 02 - 04:21 PM

Lets keep it going. I'll see you there.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: brid widder
Date: 27 Mar 02 - 02:01 PM

just to refresh and to remind everyone that the meeting at Hodgsons is tomorrow night

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 27 Mar 02 - 04:03 AM

Keeping the thread alive Comrades

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 26 Mar 02 - 04:09 AM

Just refreshing the threads Comrades

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: harpmaker
Date: 25 Mar 02 - 05:38 PM

We can,Feel a ballad comming on!!! John&Chris.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,SarahC
Date: 25 Mar 02 - 09:40 AM

Unfortunately Kinin aren't going to be available for this weekend after all and if I make it for the sessions I will have two kids in tow.

Maybe it might be an idea to post an appeal for artists on the UK.folk forum on Newsgate. You are sure of a response from there.

Good luck and all the best.

Cheers Sarah C

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 25 Mar 02 - 09:35 AM

I've only had one reply to my appeal for performers - see message of 23rd March. Let me know also of any acts that would perform without PA in a more folky setting.

Roger

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 25 Mar 02 - 03:59 AM

Sounds double fantastic Rog. Sorry you cant download the poster if anyone has microsoft publisher or can tell me how to post it any other way I'll do it. Or i'll pass it on to Comrade Les if anyone knows his e-mail address

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 24 Mar 02 - 04:48 PM

Refresh for those who are away this weekend

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 23 Mar 02 - 02:24 PM

Thanks Banjo - I'd found the skiffledogs website by myself yesterday!

Good news! Cottingham are definitely on board to run the Saturday folk club.

Roger

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: oombanjo
Date: 23 Mar 02 - 11:36 AM

message from alan for you

the Dog House Skiffle Band's website is www.siffledogs.co.uk

the idea of combining the beck shanty is a good one.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 23 Mar 02 - 08:18 AM

I have circulated all of the pubs in Beverley with a questionnaire asking if they want musicians to play informally on their premises during the festival and do they want to book an acoustic act on the weekend of 21st-23rd June. I delivered them by hand very early yesterday morning and have had six replies already all of whom want to book an act in the evening and will encourage musicians during the day.

What we need now is a list of people who want bookings. Do you? Or can you recommend someone else who does? Since we are looking at pub venues a number of criteria will apply and I have addressed them in the list below. Please send me details of acts to me at [e-mail] Is the act happy playing to a mixed pub audience rather than in a folk club atmosphere? Do they have their own PA? Will they appear for the standard pub fee of £80 - £100? It may be that many of the pubs don't have music licenses and will be restricted to solo acts or duos.

Please also let me know the name of the act, contact details and a summary of the type of music played – trad folk, contemporary folk, blues, country or whatever. A line up of instruments and personnel might also be useful in helping the publicans decide who to book.

I will simply pass the list on once I have compiled it

Roger

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 22 Mar 02 - 11:48 AM

I have been contacted by councillor Nev Holgate - who is on the East Riding Council and also a member of the barge preservation society. They had already though about running a shanty festival to partially replace the B&ERFF but is keen to amalgamate with us. The idea is to have a shanty festival based around Beverley Beck and the pubs immediately adjacent to it - The Foresters and The Sloop.

Sounds good to me - I don't see any clash with our basic premise and he reckons that they will advertise nationally in the canal & barge magazines to bring in that audience.

any comments?

Roger

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 22 Mar 02 - 09:22 AM

OK Jim

I've sent you a rough draft of a flyer.

For everyone else, what we have so far is:

Singarounds and sessions in the Sun Inn, Tiger and Nellies.

Booked acoustic artists in five pubs so far - but probably more than that.

Folk club saturday afternoon - probably run by Cottingham FC.

Open mic Sunday afternoon - probably run by Driffield FC.

Real ale festival in two pubs - plus special festival ale brewed by Wawne Brewery. to be called "session ale"

Possibly dance teams

Possibly street buskers

Possibly a shanty festival based around Beverley Beck

As we start to publicise this the response has been phenomenal - so who knows what else might come on-line in the next few weeks.

Roger

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 22 Mar 02 - 03:55 AM

Just refrshing this so we don't lose it. Rog & Les can have some prelininary flyers for Barnsley next weekend. Remember it's Easter !!

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 21 Mar 02 - 04:36 AM

I think Les is spot on old flower. It's a case of pointing in the general direction but that a gentle 'suggestion' from the politbureau that Tiger is for French/Irish;Nellies for Old Timey etc it'll just make the flow of the weekend better. More on the good news front is that the Chesterfield Sheep Shagger tells me that Stainsby is definitely 'on' this year

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: Les from Hull
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 12:50 PM

The Tiger has often ended up hosting two or three sessions in previous years, Irish etc in the room at the front and French in the room round the back (which is even smaller).

I do agree that music is music, but then I do both singing and tune playing. Some people only want singing, some people only want tunes and we should try to do our best to point them in the right direction.

Personally I like the kind of general session we are used to at the Kingston, Nellies, Sun and the many other pubs in the area that put up with us. And aften the best sessions happen when a few of us just happen to get together, totally unplanned. But I do feel that we should try to be helpful to people and give them wht they want. Perhaps any 'catters (and their friends) who read this and are thinking of coming would let us know what they would prefer, as the Fat One suggests. If possible, we'll provide it.

I understand that the local dance teams are thinking about coming - that would be great!

I'll hopefully be at Hodgson's next Thursday.

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: smallpiper at work
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 11:01 AM

I always thought that the Tiger was crap for sessions (no offence intended but the room aint big enough to accommodate everyone that tries to fit in and the accoustics are duff) I hope that people will keep the ample space that is available for sessionettes at Nellies in mind and what about the folk club/sing around space upstairs at Nellies? I agree that organising things may not be in vouge for the peoples republic of BERFF but it would be usefull if people volunteered to host session/sing arounds just to make sure they happen. I will be at the meeting on 28th and am looking forward to it. Oh yeah my band will be available that weekend for free and I may know some people who would be willing to do some workshop type events for those that like that kind of thing commrade John

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 10:36 AM

It's informal organising mando. If we wanted to be hip we could call it signposting !!!

Subject: RE: BS: People's Voice Folk Festival-Beverley
From: mandomad
Date: 20 Mar 02 - 10:07 AM

MCfat; you've put me off already by talking about organising sessions into "Formal", "singer/songwriter" etc Music is music is music as far as I'm concerned and will surely organise itself...sessions good or bad just develope...without lists. Can't we just flit about looking for whatever suits, or, start our own if nothing appeals?

mandomad