Chester Festival (UK)

Subject: Chester Festival
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 06 May 03 - 02:16 PM

Any Cats going to this delightful little festival?

ZM

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Schantieman
Date: 06 May 03 - 02:17 PM

When might it be??

Steve

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Emma B
Date: 06 May 03 - 03:22 PM

WHEN - Spring Bank Holiday Weekend 23 - 26 May (full programme on the Bank Holiday Monday! including evening concert and ceilidh)
WHERE - Kelsall nr. Chester
Including Old Rope String Band, The John Wright Band, Tim Laycock, Joe Broughton & Kevin Dempsey, James Keelaghan & Hugh McMillan, Louis Killen Xim, Strawhead, John Spiers 7 Jon Boden, Hilary Spencer, Barrie 7 Ingrid Temple, Bob Fox, Hoover the Dog, Simon Care Trio and many more See Web page for details and photos www.chesterfolk.freeserve.co.uk

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: John Routledge
Date: 06 May 03 - 03:29 PM

Can't make it this year but have been twice in last 3 years.

An excellent Festival. Well run with an EXCELLENT guest list.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Schantieman
Date: 06 May 03 - 03:43 PM

Alas! or not, I shall be at Chippenham.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: LesB
Date: 06 May 03 - 07:14 PM

Unfortunatly I shall be dancing with the Southport Swords at Cleethorpes. I normally go & it is a great festival.
Les

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,Val
Date: 06 May 03 - 07:30 PM

Not been before but hoping to get along for a couple of days at least this year (Sat & Sun probably)

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,rob wright
Date: 07 May 03 - 05:13 AM

I will be there carrying the guitars as usual for Taggart and Wright. If you want to hear them try friday night in one of the sessions/singarounds.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Mr Happy
Date: 07 May 03 - 06:52 AM

for full details see:

http://www.chesterfolk.freeserve.co.uk/festhome.htm

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Tig
Date: 07 May 03 - 06:55 AM

Rincewynds (Badger and I) will be noticable by our absence this year due to the fact John can't 'do' hills yet and to go anywhere other than the main site requires steep hills.

Have a good festival and give them all our love, especially at the Community Centre.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,T-boy
Date: 07 May 03 - 07:35 AM

I went a couple of times a few years ago and it's great, but...

Have they improved the field ? Long grass, bumpy and a steep slope to get out again. Could be a right bugger to get your caravan out if it rains.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Mr Happy
Date: 07 May 03 - 07:49 AM

T Boy, if you put your caravan on the hard standing or grassed area at the back of the Royal Oak pub, you shouldn't have any probs.

Also many events will be taking place at the Oak & they'll be doing breakfasts & other meals too.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,T-boy
Date: 07 May 03 - 08:24 AM

It used to be at the 'Morris Dancer'. Has it moved ? Or has the pub changed it's name ?

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Mr Happy
Date: 07 May 03 - 08:27 AM

the morris dancer has changed name- its now called the olive tree.

the pub down the bottom of the hill with overspill campsite is still called the royal oak.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Emma B
Date: 07 May 03 - 03:23 PM

and also . . . .
Five Speed Box, The Prospect, Red 10, His Worship and the Pig
Story telling with Eric Maddern, Homegrown talent - Roy Clinging, The Waite Collective, Full House, The Restless Bentleys, The Time Bandits, Graham Bellinger and Steve Goodchild, Root Chords and Charlotte Peters Rock. Childrens entertainment and workshops from Panic Circus and Monster Massive; the irrepressible Bradshaw Mummers and dance displays and workshops from Chester City, White Hart, The Witchmen and Alex Fisher
Sorry about the grass! but drainage is a lot better

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 07 May 03 - 03:33 PM

Someone please say "hi" to Roy and Mary Clinging for Curmudgeon and me. It would be lovely to get to this festival just to see them again.

Tell 'em Tom Hall & Linn Schulz from Portsmouth, NH USA.

Thanks!
Linn

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Mr Happy
Date: 07 May 03 - 09:04 PM

the main playbill sounds like vomit- but the fringe is always brill!

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Gillie
Date: 08 May 03 - 01:16 AM

It was my first year there last year. Unable alas unable to make this year due to present commitment's at the watering hole. Perhaps next year.

Great venue and festival. Please to give myself and Magician's best wishes to the organisers.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 08 May 03 - 12:13 PM

Can anyone tell me if I could sell lemonade there next year? I shall be at Chippenham this year but it's a long way to go, so I could do with something nearer home.

Sal

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Emma B
Date: 08 May 03 - 02:37 PM

AND . . as usual the wonderful Weetwood ales at the Community Centre - which should make even Mr Happy happy!

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Mr Happy
Date: 09 May 03 - 02:45 AM

emma b- weetwood- happy days are here again- i'm h,a,p,pp,y!- hic!!

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Mr Happy
Date: 09 May 03 - 02:56 AM

http://www.weetwoodales.co.uk/index.htm

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Alio
Date: 09 May 03 - 07:43 AM

We'll also be at Cleethorpes, but Chester's line-up does look really good. There just aren't enough weekends!
Ali

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 12 May 03 - 04:24 AM

Alio you should be at Chester to get something for your radio prog.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Cuff
Date: 12 May 03 - 07:42 AM

Ms Lemon, you know you can always sell me a drink, shall I brings some oranges again?

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 14 May 03 - 04:28 AM

as a practice you can always go to the beer festival at chester rugby club Thursday 15th May to Saturday 17th on Hare Lane,Vicars Cross Chester.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 15 May 03 - 06:45 AM

up we go

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 May 03 - 05:09 PM

i'll be opening Mr Happy's Music Therapy Tent from Wed 21 May until Mon 26 May.

consulting rooms open 12 noon onwards each day.

No appointment necessary.

bring voices, instruments, alcohol [or water/soft dinks for veggies & aquarians]& your very good company!

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Mr Happy
Date: 16 May 03 - 03:18 AM

Mr Happy's Music Therapy Tent will be situated adjacent to the 2 tall trees in the field at the side of the olive tree pub [previously known as the morris dancer]

http://www.chesterfolk.freeserve.co.uk/festmaps.htm

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 18 May 03 - 07:22 AM

The Chester Festival is getting closer and closer and.....

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 18 May 03 - 02:14 PM

Mrs Lemon: Not sure if you would sell enough lemonade at Chester. It is a great festival but nowhere near as big as Chippenham (which is why Mick and I enjoy it). I would imagine that COMMERCIALLY Chips would be the best by far.

ZM

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 19 May 03 - 04:29 AM

...and closer.....

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Apache
Date: 20 May 03 - 12:27 PM

...and closer... infact, there's only 3 day's left.

Should be a good festival, I feel sorry for the poor landlord at the Oak though, he's just got his licence and is starting there on Friday, straight in at the thick of it.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 22 May 03 - 07:56 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 23 May 03 - 04:54 AM

it has started and we will be there tonight and tomorrow.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,Zany Mouse on Mick's PC
Date: 23 May 03 - 09:47 AM

Yippppeeeeee - today's the day. We will be starting off very soon. Looking forward to a fun zany weekend.

ZM

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 26 May 03 - 01:27 PM

Just back from Chester. FANTASTIC time. I think this is fast becoming my favourite festival.

Well done and many thanks to all concerned. Roll on Chester 2004.

ZM

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 26 May 03 - 08:45 PM

Didn't make it I'm afraid - give us the lowdown on who was what and what was where..

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 27 May 03 - 04:19 AM

best fringe for a while.
The Olive Tree (The Morris Dancer) a bit pricey on the drinks, pity we lost the upstairs room and not the same as in the past.
The Royal Oak was the place to be

Subject: RE: Chester Festival
From: Apache
Date: 27 May 03 - 12:17 PM

I stayed onsite for most of the time, this was my most drunkard festival to date.

I thought James Keelghan and Hugh McMillan were brilliant and brought tears to peoples eyes and of course The Old Rope String Band bought tears to people eyes through crying with laughter, I'll never listen to "Teddy Bear's Picnic" in the same light again, lol.

And I think the Bradshaw's had they're most expensive prop arrive just on time on Saturday. The stretched limo arrived in perfect cue.

NB: For anyone who wasn't there, the bride and groom got out and walked into the Resteraunt to an applause from the audience and through a parley of garlends laid out by the Chester City Morris Men. I think the last thing they expected when they got married that day was to be accosted by Morris Men on the way to their reception.

A good festival was had by all, I didn't want to leave today, I've just got home, I miss it already.

Thank You to everyone involved in making it such a good festival and I hope to see you all and more next year for Chester Folk Festival 2004, I know I can't wait.

Is anyone going to Warwick?

Subject: RE: Chester Festival (UK)
From: Emma B
Date: 27 May 03 - 04:17 PM

It just all went so quickly! On Thursday it rained all day, heavily and continually, while we were setting up the site, drenching us all and threatening to totally waterlog the field. As if by magic it stopped just in time for a fine and sunny(ish) festival but started again on cue this morning as we began to dismantle everything.
A couple of magic moments personally - temporarily (and unofficially) closing down the main road while a steam roller from the local traction engine rally performed a dance to the accompianment of the wonderful Witchmen musicians and secondly, discovering someone in one of the fringe sessions playing a Bulbul Tarang which is apparently the proper name of my Japan Banjo (must tell Mr Red I now know how to tune it!)
Thanks to everyone for the useful comments and warm compliments on the feedback forms - we really are trying to find some form of viable shower system

The word for this years festival - BENDIGEDIG!

Subject: RE: Chester Festival (UK)
From: Apache
Date: 27 May 03 - 06:57 PM

I've said this many a time, all you need is a stand alone shower curtain, a hospipe and a watering can (with a Rose attachment) and you have 1 shower.

I was on caravan pushing duty most of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, I think the worst one though was the Marquee Lorry getting stuck and the guy in the Land Rover trying to pull it out almost blew the engine.

It's wierd being back at home, I don't think I like house life anymore, I always get really festival sick (like homesick, but in reverse) after a festival.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival (UK)
From: GUEST,rob wright
Date: 28 May 03 - 06:21 AM

expensive festival. Bought my wife TWO musical instruements. Now all she has to do is learn how to play them.

Subject: RE: Chester Festival (UK)
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 28 May 03 - 12:35 PM

Ha ha. I know what you mean, Rob. Pete Grassby persuaded me to part with some dosh for a duet concertina! At least it is easier to play than the English.

ZM