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01 Sep 09 - 06:08 PM (#2714054) Subject: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,synbyn just a quickie to remind all who are coming that the Fyrebox session for all singers and musicians who want o join in will be in The Old Wine Vaults this year and not the Phoenix.... and on Saturday Skynflynt will be there with Rob's banjo an' all... it's an acoustic session on Saturday 12-2 & 4-5, also Sun 12-2 & 4-5... with bands in between... it's good to be in the centre of town mow, rather than out on the skirts, so please come and sing/play... |
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02 Sep 09 - 08:15 AM (#2714464) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: naughtyforty I will be there. |
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02 Sep 09 - 08:49 AM (#2714485) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,Essex Girl I'm intending to come down on Saturday |
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02 Sep 09 - 11:10 AM (#2714582) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Richard Bridge I am planning to be there, but am not yet clear whether I will be with Bishop Gundulf or not. |
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02 Sep 09 - 11:23 AM (#2714598) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: The Barden of England I may well appear on Sunday. John Barden |
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02 Sep 09 - 12:03 PM (#2714631) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,Abdul T B B on laptop Boo Hoo, no stewards t shirt for me this year. Al |
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02 Sep 09 - 12:41 PM (#2714668) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: melodeonboy Most of the sessions clash with Jumbo Gumbo gigs (self-publicist, moi?) - also at the festival, but I should be there for the early Sunday one. |
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02 Sep 09 - 01:40 PM (#2714731) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,synbyn be good to see one and all whenever you can make it! Have good reports of the Wine vaults too... What do we have to rub to make you appear, John? |
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02 Sep 09 - 02:13 PM (#2714760) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: The Barden of England Bob - The Magic Tankard of course!! John Barden |
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02 Sep 09 - 03:00 PM (#2714801) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: The Barden of England Just realised that there's a song in that, or has it already been done? John Barden |
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02 Sep 09 - 04:06 PM (#2714872) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Dead Horse There's probably a drink in it, at least. Do they have beer in Faversham? Will The Phoenix rise from the ashes? Is The Bear a catholic? Does the pope have one in the wood? Are Fez Heads dancing in the Sun? |
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03 Sep 09 - 09:59 AM (#2715371) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Richard Bridge Wevva forecast good too (until 10 pm Sun) |
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03 Sep 09 - 12:49 PM (#2715498) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: wrotham-arms-jen i'll be there saturday. there's a list of who's playing on the stages, but does anyone have anymore info? jen |
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03 Sep 09 - 12:53 PM (#2715500) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Richard Bridge There OUGHT to be a programme that will say what other indoor events are where (eg, sings, sessions, pub gigs, and so on. I think it costs three quid. Only the squires and foremen of the dancing sides are likely to have the dance rota, and it will be unreliable anyway as when morrismen stop for beer, well, they stop for beer. There will probably be a song/session in the pub nearest the campsite Fri and Sat eves. |
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03 Sep 09 - 03:06 PM (#2715607) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,synbyn when I last looked the prog wasn't up- thay make a lot of dosh selling them on the day- only £1 I think last yr, cd b wrong...! See ya there., Jen! |
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03 Sep 09 - 03:13 PM (#2715614) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,synbyn Of course modesty also forbids me to mention that the Hop Festival guests at the Faversham Folk Club/ Chimney Boy on Friday night are Bob Kenward & Steve Moreham- original songs & flying fiddlefingers... sure to be a good night, plenty of chorus singing too... more on the website... |
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03 Sep 09 - 07:34 PM (#2715813) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: wrotham-arms-jen well, broadstairs make money on the program too but you can buy them in advance....it is a pain to show up and guess you have the right day. ah well...see you all saturday (friday too if poss synbyn) jen |
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04 Sep 09 - 01:21 AM (#2715940) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,Ralphie Hope it goes well....(It usually does!) Have fun Ralphie |
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04 Sep 09 - 07:32 PM (#2716475) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,Richard Bridge in a field So far no good |
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05 Sep 09 - 01:52 PM (#2716861) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,Girl Friday We have found previous festivals a tad disappointing, especially the long hike into town from the visitor's carpark.(We used to be able to park for the day at Abbey School). Seeing as we both have mobility problems at present,we have decided to stay at home . Hope you are enjoying yourselves. |
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06 Sep 09 - 03:50 PM (#2717568) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Richard Bridge I enjoyed Chaversham Hop Festival more than ever before. Free beer all Saturday night, for playing from 2030 to 2300 in the Elephant when no-one else turned up (so nearly a gig) and lots of people, even non-hard-core-folkies queuing up to say I was good ! 2 knew what a Daion guitar was, 1 knew "Come away Melinda" was covered on Uriah Heep's first album "Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble, and 3 spotted the Tim Rose covers. Friday night, however, and the Saturday afternon acoustic session in the Old Wine Vaults were totally pants. |
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07 Sep 09 - 09:00 AM (#2718006) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,Girl Friday Had phone call from Doug H on Saturday, who was surprised that I wasn't at the Festival. Good for you Richard, we got free beer undersimilar circs at the Chimney Boy, a couple of years ago. Went down well with the assembled drunks. Shame about the acoustic sessions though. Sue |
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07 Sep 09 - 01:18 PM (#2718149) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: naughtyforty I went to Faversham for the first time and had a lovely time. |
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07 Sep 09 - 01:32 PM (#2718165) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Kampervan We've been to the hop festival every year that it has been running (except one) and enjoyed them immensely. The one drawback however is that if you want to find an open singaround it can be quite difficult. They seem to be in a different place each year, sometimes they're not really wanted by the locals - e.g. The Old Vaults on Saturday afternoon, where Bob K and his friends had to sing every song at the top of their voices just so that they could hear themselves over the background laughing and shouting! Not a chance of an unaccompanied song. I don't know if we missed any good sessions, but this was the first year that I came away without having sung a single song. Spontaneous sessions have sometimes arisen, but again you've got to be very lucky to stumble across them. Maybe next year one of the pubs might like to put a room aside, e.g. the Faversham folk club room at the Chimney Boy, and just get someone to run it as a singaround. Just a thought. K/van |
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07 Sep 09 - 02:22 PM (#2718202) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Essex Girl Congratulations Bob on holding out against the noise on Saturday afternoon. The lunchtime session was good though, even though there weren't many of us there. Sorry I couldn't stay for the weekend owing to family commitments. |
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07 Sep 09 - 02:42 PM (#2718213) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: wrotham-arms-jen i had a lovely time - really enjoyed sur les docks (or a subset of them), hot rats brill as usual, and the chimney boys seem to get better each time i see them. the beer was excellent in all pubs we went and the sun was shining. just stopped by bob's session but was with non-muso crowd so couldnt stay. hope it went well bob. jen |
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07 Sep 09 - 03:59 PM (#2718277) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,synbyn yes saw ya in the distance, Jen! have to say the wine vaults made us very welcome, and surprised thqt mr B found it pants- all four sessions were different and agreed the sat 4pm sess was loud and difficult, but that's hop fest saturday for you- it's a town festival , not a folk festival! Thanks to all who came along and joined the sessions- the last session on Sunday was a treat, mostly because it involved many people who wouldn't have stepped inside a folk club- and who danced and sang with a bit of encouragement... and the atmosphere was described to me as one of the best sessions ever, specially when reinforcements arrived and we carried on til we got tired! Good to see you again K?van, and take your point about separate room- this we have done in the past, and using a garden which was particularly good when the sun shone... must admit I'm a bit of an evangelist and like getting into the crowds and Skynflynt have never been worried by a noisy room- we just get rob to play the banjo! see you all soon- don't forget the woodshed on friday! Cheers Bob |
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07 Sep 09 - 04:21 PM (#2718292) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Richard Bridge It was only the Sat 5pm that was pants: even the banjo could hardly be heard, and the wriggling of the tartan deckchair (or should that be "deckchav"?) was most distracting! None of that to the demerit of you Bob or Skynflynt who battle don valiantly. I did enjoy the gobsmacked expressions on Sunday in the Wine Vaults when those who recognised it realised I had started "Sir Patrick Spens" - and was even more amused at the faces when I finished it only 5 verses later! Kampervan, had you come to the Elephant on Sat, you could have had a sing: it was just that I was the only one there. I did not know that there was anything in the Wine Vaults on Sat eve, but reportage is favourable. Maybe text messages and flash crowds next year! |
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07 Sep 09 - 06:00 PM (#2718369) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Kampervan Hi there Richard Looks like I made a few wrong calls this weekend. Seems like I picked the worst possible time to go into the 'Vaults', (I have to agree with you about the Deckchair). Didn't bother going along to the Elephant and I'm really annoyed about missing the Sat night session there, especially since I'd asked the landlord about 2 weeks ago if he was having any music over Hop Festival and he told me that he was relying purely on the quality of his beer to attract the crowds! Was there anything at the Crown and Anchor this year? Oh well, try again next year. Regards K/van |
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07 Sep 09 - 07:15 PM (#2718433) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Richard Bridge Yes, the Couronne and Onanist featured, on Friday night, margarine and another, plus a fat bird who told me to shut up, so I did and left to return to the campsite as the Elephant had an electric gig. Oh, yes, and BG's lawn ornament sang the Lincolnshire Poacher (again!) On Sat I only got there at about midnight at which point the (Gundulfs) twins were jumping about trying to sing but mostly stamping, with a child from Dead Horse and another from Liberty. |
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07 Sep 09 - 07:24 PM (#2718444) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Kampervan That'll be a 'No' then!!! |
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09 Sep 09 - 05:29 AM (#2719608) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST Just because Richard was asked to stop joining in with 2 inexperienced young singers at the Crown and Anchor by a member of rampant rooster does not give him the right to name call. I do not approve of cyber bullying and I expect adults to know better. Flora G. |
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10 Sep 09 - 09:37 AM (#2720597) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: Dead Horse Richard, Dead Horse & Liberty do not have children, they spawn devils :-) I also understand that the member from Rampant Rooster can be particularly offensive, so you did the right thing in leaving mate, even if your encouragement to the youngsters was misinterpreted. It can take some folks a long time to realise that they aint wanted. And I am afraid that beer quality alone will not bring in the customers where nearly all the pubs serve quality ales. I quite like The Elephant and do not like The Railway, but if the music is at one & not the other, I know where I will be. Sad about the Phoenix. |
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10 Sep 09 - 11:41 AM (#2720709) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,Ralphie Sounds as if the Hop fest has taken a bit of a backward step...Shame really,It was always great fun. |
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10 Sep 09 - 12:38 PM (#2720764) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST It is not the festival that has taken a backward step, Ralphie, but the derogatory name calling on this site. Verbal name calling is a form of bullying as obnoxious as physical bullying. It reflects badly on the person doing it and I regret to say, poorly on their morris side too. The Crown and Anchor always has some of the best evening singers sessions at Faversham, with some of the best singers from Faversham folk club, the morris and the mummers. While enjoying themselves, everybody is very polite, listening to others, joining in on choras songs while they wait their turn. I have never seen poor behaviour from any of the youngsters. This event may not be to your taste - but should never be an excuse for calling people from other morris sides derogatory names. Flora G. |
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10 Sep 09 - 02:04 PM (#2720843) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,Ralphie Well having lived in Faversham for at least 7 Years, I've never encountered such antics going on...I always thouroughly enjoyed the music, particularly our wonderful Belgium friends. Seems a shame that it has come to this... I'm just glad that I knew it years ago. And no. It was never ever a Folk festival. It was a celebration of the Hop Harvest. I wish it well. |
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11 Sep 09 - 04:45 AM (#2721346) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: synbyn The Belgians were there as usual, Ralphie, and missing you! Along with the French (inb the same pub!) Flora's right, it's easy to pick isolated incidents and blow them up, but the overall festival was very well supported and the town was packed. 5 stages... As ever it's a case of where you go and what you make of it... and respecting that the place is full of locals who may never otherwise encounter folk music at all, as you know.... personally i sang Dirty Old Town 5 times on request, and managed plugs for the folk club on many occasions... Missed the flying fingers... hope they're busy busy... Bob |
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11 Sep 09 - 05:34 AM (#2721361) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: banjoman Maggie & I had our first visit to the Hop Festival and thouroughly enjoyed it especially the sessions in the Old Wine Vaults. Thanks to Bob for making us welcome, and to all those who managed to get out of the way of my mobility scooter in time. Hope to be back next year provided we dont demolish any more walls with the caravan. Pete & Maggie |
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12 Sep 09 - 04:35 AM (#2722131) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST You might like to camp on the school site next year Pete and Maggie -there is a really good wall you could attack- I think your scooter could make it into town. The Crown and anchor for the evening sing arounds is close to the school - but get there early as it is always full. Last year we were there for 4 hours on the saturday and managed to do 3 songs. We keep on expecting the couple who own it to retire - which would be a shame as ever since we started it they have always made us very welcome. Our only complaints - but more like suggestions about faversham - is that the stages were a bit too loud - which made it difficult for the acoustic morris sides, turn the volume down half a notch - and the streets look increasingly like a boot fair - have a seperate area for the tat and reduce the congestion. Flora G. |
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12 Sep 09 - 05:40 AM (#2722153) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST |
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12 Sep 09 - 05:48 AM (#2722155) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST,'flynters Nice to hear that most of you had a good time at the Vaults... maybe some 'bridges' were not crossed tho' !! Next time it would be nice to be given a venue where the more subtle stuff could be aired and we don't have to shout above the noise... It is particularly a problem when you can't even hear a banjo !! We find it is a problem that Skynflynt are given the 'noisier' venues simply because we can usually cope. Cheers all. |
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13 Sep 09 - 03:13 AM (#2722711) Subject: RE: Faversham Hop Festival 2009 From: GUEST On Saturday lunchtime Priory musicians played accoustically in the sun for a while and got a very nice reception - clapping after each tune set - by the non folkies around. Flora G. |