Festival package

Subject: Festival package
From: Marje
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 11:18 AM

Just a lighthearted enquiry (vaguely music-related, so not totally BS): I noticed today that our local Outdoor Shop is offering a "Festival Package" comprising a tent, 2 sleeping bags and 2 sleeping mats, all for 50 UKP. ("No soap included", they added.)

No doubt they were not thinking specifically (if at all) of folk festivals, but it set me speculating as to what they might throw in to make the package more attractive to folkies bound for the festivals.

Obvioulsy a Castignari or a Martin would be nice, but a bit unrealistic. I'll start the suggestions with:

Earplugs
Pewter beer tankard
Toilet roll

Any more suggestions?

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: GUEST,Rich A
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 11:28 AM

One of those fold up stools that you can use in busy sessions.
Sandles with purple socks? :)

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: greg stephens
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 11:33 AM

Possibly a bulky folder of down-loaded song-lyrics that you can riffle through noisily at song sessions; then you can helpfully point out to singers minor errors they have made in the words of their songs, which will help you to make friends.

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: Micca
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 12:07 PM

Hip Flask
Air freshener!!
a pack of Fishermans Friends
set of waterproofs!

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: gnomad
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 02:20 PM

Brain damage pills
More waterproofs

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: artbrooks
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 02:24 PM

Wide mouthed plastic jug...its a long way to the porta-potty...

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 05:50 PM

A set of "The Voice of the People" and a packet of Vocalzones....

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: greg stephens
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 05:55 PM

Then there's always condoms and rubber gloves, you never know what may happen. Spare guitar strings, the smaller festivals havent always got a stall.Some biscuits, preferably chocolate, you get in a good session and never quite get round to going to supper. Quite a lot of money, you wake up in the morning and for some reason you mever seem to have much left.

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: vectis
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 06:49 PM

A barrel of Harveys Ale. Gales HSB or Abbot will do in an emergency.

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: Morticia
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 07:04 PM

Resolve

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: wysiwyg
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 11:10 PM

Electronic tuner and a coupla picks.

~S~

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: Padre
Date: 15 Apr 03 - 11:15 PM

A bottle of Laphroaig

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: Noreen
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 05:54 AM

greg, the rubber gloves would be for the washing up, of course? First thought on your first sentence was that you must have had interesting festivals.... :0)

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 06:33 AM

Plastic fly swat, for wacking other peoples' kids round the back of the head with.
Plastic fly - to hold up in exoneration of self when other peoples' kids' parents turn out to be bigger than self.

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: Allan C.
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 06:40 AM

Sleeping mats to go under the sleeping mats provided in the kit. I've never figured out what fly-weight person designs those things; but they certainly offer little comfort for people of my size and weight!

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: Dead Horse
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 11:39 AM

Inflateable moat, to keep unwanted critters at bay.
Inflateable safe, to keep valuables from non-folkies.
Inflateable sheep, as company after row with S.O.
Foot pump, (see all above).

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: GUEST,IanN
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 11:57 AM

Gun to shoot noisy neighbours who are playing Stairwar to Heaven for the umpteenth time at 3.00 in the morning.

Periscope to see above the supid people sitting in front of you with brollies and/or sunshelter tent things.

Little stove for cooking brekky to avoid paying £5 for an egg banjo.

Fags & booze.

Diocalm!

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 01:46 PM

You need a torch of some kind.

And I'd rather not have the kind of "wide mouthed plastic jug" art suggests, though something equivalent is essential. Stuck in a tent a long way to the bog and its pissing doiwn with rain, and your bladder is bursting...

But a jug sounds too like the kind someone might put beer in. A purpose made container with a good lid or something like that is better.

And a waterproof cape of course. And best a brolly as well. And a few black plastic bags.

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: JudeL
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 03:47 PM

Spare tent pegs, for when they fall foul of the tent peg eating field or some ignorant pratt who having realised they've forgotten theirs decides to "borrow" a couple from other peoples tents WITHOUT ASKING! A mallet to bash the tent pegs in with and something to lever them back out again when they appear to have become "one with the field". Spare guy rope to replace the ones that get tripped over and snapped.

Bottle for water, if only for when you wake up convinced that some strange furry creature has overnight taken up residence in your mouth!

Things to make a cuppa before anywhere's open (or after everywhere's shut.

Wet wipes or something similar ... too many reasons to list.

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: Melani
Date: 17 Apr 03 - 01:29 AM

And speaking of making friends...don't forget your copy of "Rise Up Singing!"

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: GUEST,Peter from Essex
Date: 17 Apr 03 - 05:14 AM

With that lot in a fifty quid package I'd have to add a decent tent, two decent sleeping bags and a double air bed.

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Apr 03 - 11:40 AM

Paracetamol for the morning after.

A sign for your tent saying "Bagpipe/Bodrhan/Kazoo/Banjo Free Zone".

Some silly clothes if you're going to the Saturday Night session in the barn at Towersey.

Something to read while you're queuing for the Portaloo.

MUDCAT identification.

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: Deni-C
Date: 17 Apr 03 - 12:39 PM

A giant babygro for the man who came round to our pitch at a festival complaining about the sight and sound (giggling) of half-naked women cavorting about the field.

He was, yes, you've guessed it, half naked.....

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: JudeL
Date: 18 Apr 03 - 03:43 AM

Half naked women cavorting? He must be one of these people who don't appreciate when they're well off?

Subject: RE: Festival package
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 18 Apr 03 - 05:00 AM

Was he complaining about the naked half or the clothed half?