Folk Awards Expansion

Subject: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST,Tatterfoal
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 05:06 AM

Having just been through the folk awards on radio, which is very good I woul;d like to see it expanded, categories could include ,
Best Festival, Best Folk Club, Best singaround, Best Session , Best Morris Team any other thoughts from anyone on categories.

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: IanC
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 05:47 AM

HERE might be a good place to continue this discussion.

:-)

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 04:10 AM

Here are my nominations

best guitar string; G (for its role in The Ballad of George Joseph Smith)
best fingernail; thumb (for its role as an alternating bass in San Francisco Bay Blues)
Special Award for for emptying a room; goes to the line, and heres another one of my own songs.....

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 04:20 AM

best individual performance by an index finger; Derek Brimstone frailing Cripple Creek

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 05:32 AM

"Ace of Spades" by Motorhead. Oh.... sorry.... wrong thread!

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST, Hamish
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 11:00 AM



Best finger in ear
Best rip-off of a Nic Jones arrangement
Best Carthy

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST, Hamish again
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 11:16 AM

Hmmm... that's interesting. If you do a <Bored at work> spoof tag, it doesn't display.

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST, Hamish one more time
Date: 24 Feb 05 - 11:18 AM

Not unless you write it out long hand in HTML-speak like I did in that last message. Good night. Time for a short work-break before heading off for the night. :-)

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 25 Feb 05 - 04:10 AM

best fisherman's smock
best performance in an arran sweater

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 25 Feb 05 - 04:17 AM

best performance of completely unrecognisable morris tune
most obscure guitar tuning

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 25 Feb 05 - 05:23 AM

Best real ale drinker [ me ]

eric

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work
Date: 25 Feb 05 - 06:15 AM

Best "landlocked" shanty singer.

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: fiddler
Date: 25 Feb 05 - 06:37 AM

Ho Ho Ho

popeye!

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST,tatterfoal
Date: 25 Feb 05 - 07:23 AM

My award for the most amusing contribution so far goes to Weelittle drummer for his Special Award catagorie of emptying a romm with one of my own songs award.   LOL!

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 25 Feb 05 - 10:57 AM

Best flamenco guitar player!

Pete

(Has Hull closed or are they still asleep?)

Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Hamish
Date: 25 Feb 05 - 02:01 PM

Best flamingo player