Miskin at Easter 2005

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,epn again - going for 400!
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 07:24 AM

Happy irthday Andy - what better way to celebrate than by knowing you have made so many people happy!

It was a brilliant weekend - I'm off to try and find Harriet's site next, because that hlaf hour was true magic. I can't put it any better than Ian - make me deaf now, I've heard heaven!

But can someone tell me the names of all the tunes we played for the Miskin Link side, and at the Scratch Ceilidh, so that I can start work on arrangements for the plumbing?

My ticket is booked for next year!

epn

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,MBSLynne
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 07:33 AM

Actually there was a surprisingly large number of Catters who didn't make it into the photo...including my daughter! Looked everywhere for her too.. DuellingBouzoukis and Moonunit were with two others, none of whom were aware of the photo shoot. Shall we do it again next year, but publicise the time on here beforehand?

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,MBSLynne
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 07:34 AM

Oh...and look out for the Middle Bar Babes!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Robbie Wilson
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 07:46 AM

Lovely weekend, thank you very nuch Andy and everyone who made it happen.

Lovely to meet so many of you catters too.

Can anyone tell me Graham's surname ( Long gey beard, sang we are all off to Dublin in the green as an English army song). He asked me to pass on his regards to an old friend from York who now lives in Wolverhampton and I forgot his name.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Selchie - (RS)
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 09:49 AM

epn ~ I danced them all, not sure what they all were. alanww was on concertina & abuwood on melodeon, contact them, they'll help. Look out for the side at future festivals.

When I CAN pm you, I will, with Sue's e mail address, she was organising & teaching the dancing.

A great time was had by all!

Rosie

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Splott Man through the cellar
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 10:13 AM

Robbie, I presume you mean Graham Metcalfe.

Sunday's scratch ceilidh tunes...

Wot i can remember when I was there in no particular order were...

Cock o the North
Davy Knick Knack
Uncle Bernard's
Buttered Peas - I think
Dorset 4 Hand Reel
Sweets of May?
Jenny Lind?

There were at least 10 who didn't make the photo. Names escape me, but Mary (Vectis) and Liz (is she a catter?) were MCing at the time.

Happy Birthday Andy.

Splott Man through the cellar

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 10:49 AM

Graham Metcalfe, the very man. Still can't get the door to open. Thanks again Andy

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Nigel - via the sink overflow!
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 11:14 AM

Photo!, what photo?

I admit I went home between sessions, so may have missed it then, or when I was washing up.

Roll on next year

Nigel

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Eye Lander
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 12:37 PM

Festival? What festival? Did I miss something?      
Bugger - Thats 3 I've missed now.

I am very glad eveyone had a lovely time, was a bit good wasn't it.

By the way - where's that Lefty, I haven't had a cuddle today.

I would like to say thank you to my girlie (the bestest in the whole wide world)and Helen, there aren't many daughters and their friends who would give up there holiday time for their Mum's interest, thank you girls.
Jillie (Mum)

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 12:57 PM

Happy Birthday, Andy!

...and thankyouthankyouthankyou!
What a cracking little festival this is!
Keep it a secret, before we get swamped...
See you all soon.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Phot
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 01:23 PM

HI all, Many thanks to Andy and all the team who put on this fantastic festival. Pixie and I had a brilliant time, and not too bad a hangover! I took over 250 images, so I'll have my work cut out in the digital darkroom for a bit, but I'll put the best selection on the Cat as soon as I can. Jack is a very poorly puppy after Mrs Duck fed him the best part of a bottle of Jamersons! And that was after spending the night in the bar after closing time!!

Wassail!!! Chris

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 01:44 PM

Photoes I Hope

I hope this link works it has taken ages to upload them!

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 01:46 PM

YES!!! Don't you just love it when technology works!

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: BB
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 02:08 PM

Rosie, don't think that Sue has e-mail - about time she did! I can pass on messages to her fairly easily though, if needed.

Barbara

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: MBSLynne
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 02:12 PM

Brilliant Jane! Thanks for that! They really capture the atmosphere!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: treewind
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 02:38 PM

Thanks Andy, Jilly &co - truly lovely weekend, and does what it says on the tin. Never met so many new mudcatters at once, and I know I missed a fair few, so next time maybe.

See you all next year, unless somewhere else before.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Mary Humphreys
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 02:51 PM

Super weekend. A big round of applause for Miskin Man, Avril Betts ( was that really she? ) and all the stewards for all the hard work and organisation that went into it.
Highlight for me was dancing Border morris for the first time. It was great to see the children having fun and being a central part of the Sunday festivities. Jan's van and her helpers did a fantastic job.
Well done all.
Mary Humphreys

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Eye Lander
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 03:05 PM

Hi Mary,
No I'm not really Avril Betts, stole her badge when she was thumbing a lift to Miskin. She shouldn't have stopped at the roundabout should she?

Jillie

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Eye Lander
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 04:08 PM

Rosie if you are talking of Sue - Border Morris, she does have email and I can PM you

Jillie

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Selchie - (RH)
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 04:24 PM

Thanks BB & Eye Lander for you offers ~I have Sue White's email, it's on her info on Herbaceous Border plus her other details. If anyone's interested pm me & I pass it on.

Glad the dancing went down well. I'll email Sue, don't think she's a 'Catter yet, she'll be pleased with the response. Hope to see some of you dancing later in the year at other festivals?

Love Rosie

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: My guru always said
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 04:28 PM

T'was a real shame not all the Catters knew about the MudShoot organised by Phot, but perhaps the notice-board wasn't noticed as it was situated on the way to the bar - maybe another time it could be 'in' the bar! I have suggested to Phot that perhaps his digital dark-room could add in some photo CatCut-outs to the main picture. As I recall, he laughed.....

The MudSigning board was well used & the Attendance record of Catters & Associated MudFriends'n'Family reads as follows:

Miskin Man
Eye Lander
Little Miskin Man (Toby?)
Scooby Doo
Zany Mouse
Cats & Jon Heslop
MBSLynne & el_punkoid_nouveau & Shady Lady
Kitchenpiper & Jonny Dyer
Cllr & Champagne Carol
Phot & PixieofDoom & Jack
Morticia & Idris
my guru always said
Schantieman & Ms Lemon
Richard Atkins
Essex Girl & Dave Bryant
Snuffy
Alanww & Sandy
Mrs Duck & Geoff the Duck with Boats & Mootlefish
MadLion
Splott Man
Breton Cap & Elizabeth
Duellingbouzoukis & Moonunit
El Greko & La Inglesa
Selchie (RS)
Abuwood & Steve
RAT-W
Seaking
vectis
Dave4Guild & ShortyBrenda
BB & Tom Brown
RobbieWilson
Nigel Parsons
Davetnova
Mary Humphreys & Treewind
JudeL & John Henry (Soup Dragon)
Leraud
Banjoke
Buddug
Huggy bear
Old Bones
CUFF
Merek'n'Dary
Sian, west wales
Col K
Dr Price
Guest, Jim Lucas
Guest, Sue the Borderer

Hawker was there in spirit & missed!
Gervase & MJ were spotted in a car on Monday, just a bit late I suspect....
Was Tradsinger present? I can identify most other Catters even if I do end up calling them all Honey :-)

Any others missing from the list???
Anyone counting?

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Snuffy
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 04:50 PM

Hils,

Yes, Tradsinger was there, as was Croc (not on the group photo as she was MC-ing with Vectis at the time)

Gervase and MJ turned up to the survivors session at the Windsor on Monday afternoon, as did Lady Policeman and Bill. And that is an official part of Miskin at Easter, isn't it?

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: My guru always said
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 05:02 PM

Quite right Snuffy, it certainly is part of Miskin at Easter, though I always miss it *sniff* So, that's another 6 on the 'present & correct list'....

Brill photos, thanks Jane! Was it that cold on Sunday?

Happy Birthday Andy!

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: My guru always said
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 05:36 PM

Bu**er, missed JimAnnie, there's another 1. How could I miss Jim??

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Sue the Borderer
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 05:50 PM

Wow! What a magical weekend. Thank you, thank you, thank you times a million.
And, yes, I am on e-mail Barbara. I gave it to Tom at the last Shammick.
Great to see that people enjoyed the Border stuff. I worked out that over 40 people danced, only 5 of whom were 'Borderers' and most had never morrissed before at all.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED FOR US. You were magnificent - and we couldn't have done it without you.

'Herbaceous Border' hopes to dance at Upton (probably 6pm daily under the Bridge) and various other festivals during the year (as well as Sidmouth where it first began. I'll post details somewhere. And I'll sign onto mudcat properly soon. Don't want to be a guest for ever.

Sue

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Hawker
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 05:54 PM

Well I hope you all realise that my recovery has taken a downturn after hearing what a great time you all had!!!!
I thought of you all and managed to raise a glass to you on Saturday night.
The leg is on the mend and I am in hardly any pain now, unless I forget and get up too quick!!!!! Will be back with me dancing shoes on soon!!!
Those going to Unsung Heroes at Chittlehampton, expect me to waltz!!!!!!
Looking forward to next year.....
Oh, and happy birthday Andy!
Who won the trophy this year?
Cheers, Lucy

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Richard Atkins
Date: 29 Mar 05 - 08:34 PM

What a wonderful Fest, thanks Andy and all the other Crew and Peformers. Shame Andy has to be another year older now though .OK happy Birthday then :>)

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Splott Man
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 02:43 AM

I make that 76 Mudcatters inluding a couple of Guests!!

Wow!

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Essex Girl
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 03:38 AM

Absolutely brilliant. I have no voice left.The harmonies were wonderful, I'm surprised the roof didn't lift off!! I didn't see half of the performers I wanted to, but met and talked with lots of old and new friends. Thanks Andy for organising the best festival of the year. Happy Birthday.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,MBSLynne
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 05:23 AM

Bugger! Back door again!

Next year, wouldn't it be easier to count the number of people there who AREN'T Mudcatters??

Having mentioned some of the things I did over the weekend, I forgot to say that one of my highlights was seeing Rosanna, Tom and Louise get the trophy. Andy is absolutely right in saying they are our future. They (and of course all the other kids too) make sure that there IS a future, not just for folk music, but for the whole folk ethos. They got the most applause I heard all weekend (and that's saying something!) and they were all so pleased, it nearly made me cry. It was a wonderful introduction to folk festivals for Louise.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Seaking (Back on the stilts)
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 05:29 AM

Made it home to Felixstowe in only four hours, 'Mash' asleep in the back of the car most of the way - I think they'd enjoyed themselves !

Fantastic weekend, gets better every year. Too many highlights to mention them all but the Proud Dad moments and the singing in the Cottage were top of the list. Enjoyed meeting all the old and some new Catters.

Nearly froze in the tent Andy, can you arrange Easter to be a bit later next year please ...

Cheers

Chris

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 06:04 AM

Lynne if you look at the back of the programme Easter is next year on the 14th-17th of April.
So your wish has been wished for.
Scooby

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Rosanna
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 06:26 AM

Happy Birthday 4 yesterday Andy!! Thanks to everyone for such a great festival, it's become my favourite one of the whole year now. Thanks Lynne for what you said about Mash, whenever I'm in a mood now I just stare at the trophy and smile :D We'll all definitely be coming back next year, and I don't care if my Dad has to work- I'll walk if I have to!! Rosanna xxxxx

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Seaking
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 06:30 AM

I think that was me Scooby.. Fast work Andy !! Thanks

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,MBSLynne
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 06:49 AM

Well Rosanna, if your Dad has to work, I'll make a bit of a detour and come and get you!! Though I guess we'd have to hire a bus!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 07:03 AM

Great Festival Andy - I had a wonderful time - did more singing than I've done at any time since my stroke. The harmonies in the bar were magic - and I don't think it was just "Beer Hearing Aids".

Thanks to everyone for their encouragement and good wishes - and in return, hope that Mick Tems and all the other "Strokey Folkies" manage to progress further in their recoveries.

Perhaps Andy should apply for a grant from the NHS for the theraputic powers of the festival (especially Jude's cuddles), which have definitely made me feel much better.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 07:27 AM

Well that was fun, I'm so glad we can all do it again next year.

When do the photo's come out?

Sal

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 07:38 AM

Andy: How about a Christmas one too please?

The best festival of the year.

Rhiannon

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Sue Stevens
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 07:41 AM

Thanks to Andy & Jilly for another wonderful festival, here's to the next one!

To those that listened, more thanks.

Have a great year everyone.

Sue

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 08:16 AM

Dave,
It was good to see you again in such high spirits,keep up the therapy especially the one with the tingle in itin a special place,hint,hint.
See you and Linda soon,take care of each other.
Yas

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: DocSteveV
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 04:39 PM

Great company, great music, 270 gallons of ale and even the weather held out for us - it doesn't get any better than this!!! Thanks Andy, Jillie and the team for a truly "big and shiny" week-end!!! We're already looking forward to Miskin 2006.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 30 Mar 05 - 05:25 PM

If anyone has got photos - and that imcludes Chris' official mudchute one, email them to [e-mail] (Pene Azul) so that they can go on the member's photos. It's also best to name the catters in each piccy.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 31 Mar 05 - 01:58 AM

I just mastered a bit more of the technology stuff, and created a photo album for my piccies of the festival. It's at here for anyone interested!

Next year, I should have my proper camera working again, and I will take the laptop so that I don't run out of memory card :-)

Thanks again Andy, Jillie and everbody else involved!

epn

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 31 Mar 05 - 02:00 AM

PS - if anybody wants copies of any of them, PM me with the title and your email, and they will be winging their way to you by return!

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Mick Tems
Date: 31 Mar 05 - 07:49 AM

In reponse to Splott Man's message about the number of musicians at the ceilidh and Buttered Peas – I was playing a familiar Welsh tune of striking similarity called Pwt Ar Y Bys (A Vamp On The Fingers) which the Romany harpers would use for a warm-up exercise. Perhaps the story revolves around the age-old sessions, somewhere on the border between England and Wales, where English musicians would hear Welsh harpers playing this tune – and they would spread the tune across Cheshire, Lancashire or all other localities, each carrying a delightful mishearing of the name of the tune. (Mishearings and mistakes are all too common in tradition - (The New Scorpion Band researched a group of musicians in the Napoleonic Wars. The members had as their party piece a tune called The Downfall Of Pears, despite composer M. Becourt's naming of this piece The Downfall Of Paris.) I'm not claiming which came first, because both Welsh and English musicians had a habit of totally ignoring political boundaries. Just compare Pwt Ar Y Bys to Buttered Peas, and draw your own conclusions.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Mick Tems
Date: 31 Mar 05 - 08:59 AM

Hi Dave,
Strokey folkies - I really do like that!
I was talking to Chris at Sunday's ceilidh about the important need to form an alternative stroke association which would cater for musicians, and you seem to have hit the nail on the head! The bar-cum-singing room was just too busy for me to have a good talk with you, but with three of us, mountains can be moved. Watch this space...

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Tradsinger
Date: 31 Mar 05 - 03:02 PM

The missus and me really enjoyed the festival. Missed out on the MC photo, though, as I didn't know there would be one. Ah well, I'll get to know the rules better when I've been in Mudcat longer.

Will there be a MC reunion at Sidmouth, I wonder?

Gwilym

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 31 Mar 05 - 03:02 PM

Are you finished yet ?

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 31 Mar 05 - 07:34 PM

Seems to have gone quiet!!!!

Right then if you've done with the thank yous. It's my go now.

THANK YOU, all of you - you have generated enthusiasm and interest in an incredible way. I can see no easy way of limiting tickets but long ago went down the path of limited publicity, and with the Miskin Mud Moggies on board, publicity went to the right people.
Special thanks of course to My Guru, for the idea the enthusiasm and the follow through to raise such a grand amount with the raffle. I know that the Rose Road Association were amazed at the response for a cause so far from Wales. But then most of those who come to Miskin are from a fair way away.
Although I am never going to run another one, plans are well started for next year, with guests booked and even ticket reservations already! This is the first chance I've had to write any sort of chat and today I am taking Eyelander away for a few days in Suffolk. On my return I shall attack the website and attempt some sort of report for those that missed it.
Tarra each,

Andy

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: kitchen piper
Date: 01 Apr 05 - 05:04 AM

Hello!
Miskin is such a lovely start to the festval season, (just warm enough not to need a hot water bottle in the van). We had such a great time! I mentioned that I was doing this thing called podcasts, well, I did a podcast for Miskin. It's never going to recapture the feeling or the atmosphere, but I thought that you might want to have a listen, especially Andy might want to listen to the the third track that I chose...
Miskin Podcast

If you're not familiar with podcasting, it's just an mp3 file to listen to a bit like radio, you just need to download it.
If you're familiar with blogging and rss, it's basically an audio blog that you can rss.

I hope that's ok, I was a bit nervous about mentioning it here...
>looks bashful<

Thanks for a great weekend anyway!
:-))
Vicki