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12 May 10 - 08:03 AM (#2905143) Subject: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Mr Red dance details on cresby.com (because I asked the guy who knows) Free ceilidhs in the Black Horse mid-day. Mr Red will be there, the caravan may not! |
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12 May 10 - 08:20 AM (#2905159) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Dave Earl Me I'm stewarding again Dave |
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12 May 10 - 09:50 AM (#2905205) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: DG&D Dave Fiona and I will be there with Touchwood Appalachian Dancers. |
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12 May 10 - 10:08 AM (#2905219) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Morticia I will wave at you from my office which overlooks your campsite...and may be moving amongst you at some point over the weekend. |
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12 May 10 - 10:17 AM (#2905235) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Brian Peters There will as usual be a full programme of 'Songshops', which I'm co-ordinating again this year. Really looking forward to these: Saturday 1000: Straight from the Source: Roy Harris presents some of his favourite recordings of traditional singing, lets us in on his matchless knowledge of the singers, and discusses with Brian Peters why they're so wonderful. Saturday 1200: Travellers' Treasure: Sam Lee talks about the continuing song tradition of the Gypsies and their singing style, while Pete Coe tells of his collecting exploits with travellers in Cornwall - expect live performances and fascinating recordings. Sunday 1000: Songs to Dance For: Jigjaw lead a vocal harmony workshop in which you can learn to sing - in parts - some of the songs they use to accompany dancing, with a preview of some of the dances themselves. An excellent taster for their evening event. Sunday 1200: The Transatlantic Tradition: Jeff Warner and Debby McClatchy present songs from North America having their roots in British tradition, with Brian Peters on hand to provide some English parallels. Monday 1000: Icelandic Harmony Singing: A unique, participatory and multimedia workshop, in which Bara Grimsdottir and Chris Foster invite you to sing in the unique Icelandic quintsong style going back to the Vikings. Suitable for male and female voices, all ages and abilities - prior knowledge of the language not required! Monday 1200: Interpretation, Interpretation, Interpretation... Roger Watson, The Claque and Brian Peters have been working independently on a song new to all of them, and will be comparing the results while discussing instrumental and vocal arrangements in general. |
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12 May 10 - 10:18 AM (#2905236) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Brian Peters Lousy job of pasting those, but you get the idea... |
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12 May 10 - 11:27 AM (#2905296) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Manitas_at_home I'll be there with Hawksword. |
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12 May 10 - 11:34 AM (#2905301) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Valmai Goodyear Sapre Parts will be running English tunes practice sessions and possibly a concertina part-playing session as well. Valmai |
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12 May 10 - 11:43 AM (#2905313) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST, Tom Bliss As I have to hand in my school books on the 26th, but not stand trembling before the Board of Examiners until the 3rd, and must also visit my Mama in Warminster at the end of the month because it is her birthday, there is actually a serious danger that I might float by. (Like the look of your workshops a lot, Brian). Better go and empty the piggy bank. |
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12 May 10 - 01:19 PM (#2905383) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Paul Davenport Liz and I are going but not sure what we're doing yet. |
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12 May 10 - 02:12 PM (#2905419) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Herga Kitty I'm not required to work at Chippenham this year, unless there's a sudden need for a replacement MC, but Derek and I will be there from Friday afternoon onwards. Kitty |
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13 May 10 - 03:26 AM (#2905833) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: julian morbihan Enid & I will be there, as ever. I'm calling for the Aqueilidhs on Sunday so bring your swimming costumes. No Bretons with us this year. See you very soon Julian |
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13 May 10 - 10:59 AM (#2906071) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST,baz parkes I may be wrong but I thought the marvellous Mr Walden was calling for us (well, technically for the dancers...) on Sunday... Baz |
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13 May 10 - 11:47 AM (#2906101) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Moses I think I'll be working in Artists Reception again - hope so. Looking forward to the festival and please, please some sunshine :o) Christine |
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13 May 10 - 12:50 PM (#2906145) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST Duties as yet unknown, and still awaiting paperwork. Last three years have been the Fri night ceilidh and some workshops. |
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13 May 10 - 01:00 PM (#2906150) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: bubblyrat Karen & I will be playing for / dancing with Herbaceous Border at various times throughout the festival,and we're really looking forward to it !! The "Hosepipe Banned" promises to be impressively large this year ,and may well include both an alto sax and a cajon ! |
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16 May 10 - 03:59 AM (#2907880) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: julian morbihan refresh |
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16 May 10 - 08:05 AM (#2907943) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Mo the caller Please, please, please will someone move Chippenham 200 miles further north. I hate to miss such a marvellous festival, but this year we are being sensible and going to Chester, which happens in Kelsall walking distance from us (can be heard from our garden if the wind is right). They've got some good stuff on too. Have fun all of you, working out how to fit 30 days-worth of goodies into a weekend. |
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16 May 10 - 09:11 AM (#2907969) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Valmai Goodyear Mo, we'll be putting the tunes for the English practice sessions on the Spare Parts website soon, so you'll be able to get hold of those anyway. We're discussing them this afternoon. I'm holding out for the Lancashire Hotpot/Rusty Gusset/Dusty Miller set and also the Radstock Jig and Bodmin Riding, but there will need to be proper negotiations and a full and frank exchange of views before we reach a consensus. Valmai |
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16 May 10 - 09:46 AM (#2907978) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Steve Hunt I shall be there, stewarding |
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19 May 10 - 02:59 PM (#2910060) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST,watcher Has anybody recieved details about stewarding? Its getting a bit close to the festival start and I still haven't got any paperwork to get on the campsite, let alone know duty times and be able to plan ahead. |
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19 May 10 - 03:25 PM (#2910075) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Hovering Bob We'll be there from friday afternoon. No plans and no idea what we'll be doing - last year we didn't get out of the Cause, except for Joyce's Sunday Sing. BobH |
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19 May 10 - 04:02 PM (#2910091) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: the lemonade lady Firstly Mr Red where's your caravan? Secondly I shall be there as usual. Thirdly; I would like to sing at the cause folk club but can't, cos I don't get a ticket 80( Sal |
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19 May 10 - 04:08 PM (#2910098) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: skipy We are, 26 years without missing one! I also did the Lacocks before it! Skipy |
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20 May 10 - 03:44 AM (#2910402) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: julian morbihan Good one skipy. However, we can beat you - The first Lacock Festival was our first full folk festival ever. We missed years two and three (which were just folk days really) and have been to every one since! I think Dick Stanger is one of the few that can beat that record but is there any one else? Considering the cold, wet weather of that first Lacock and it was the first time Enid had ever camped makes the achievement even more remarkable! Here's to this year's. As the hot weather approaches for this weekend (22nd) has it peaked too soon or will it stay hot and sunny for the duration? See you all next week. A bientot Julian |
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20 May 10 - 07:27 AM (#2910468) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Valmai Goodyear Replying a bit more fully to Mo above - thanks to Bryan (TheSnail) Creer, the tunes Spare Parts will be doing at the English tunes practice sessions are now on the band website here.These are one-hour sessions from 11.00 - noon preceding the main English tunes sessions in the Rose & Crown Barn. We'll bring the dots and play the tunes lots of times slowly to help get them into the memory. They are all current session favourites. The tunes are Saturday: News of the Victory, Radstock Jig, Mr. Rew's Waltz, Lancashire Hornpipe Sunday: Quare Fellow shot-ese, Four Seasons, Rusty Gully, Harry Gidley's Waltz Monday: Fiery Clockface, Bodmin Riding, Dusty Miller, Whinham's Reel (The Quare Fellow shot-ese comes from the smashing Australian fiddler Charlie Bachelor.) |
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20 May 10 - 07:36 AM (#2910470) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Leraud Pat Turner and I are there, but have had no details of what we're doing yet. Lynne |
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20 May 10 - 09:20 AM (#2910514) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST,N_ster Do you need a ticket to get into the sessions in the Rose & Crown Barn? What day is this on? Thanks! Naomi |
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20 May 10 - 09:30 AM (#2910525) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Valmai Goodyear Naomi, you can pay the steward on the door of the R&C Barn for the practice sessions on Saturday, Sunday and Monday; I think the main tunes sessions from noon - 2.00 pm are free with a collection, but I couldn't swear to it. Lynne & Pat, your new CD is great fun and superb quality. I hope to catch up with you there. The Brian Peters/Claque/Roger Watson song event at noon on Monday exerts a strong enough attraction to drag me out of the main tunes session, something which could normally only be done with powerful industrial machinery. Valmai |
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20 May 10 - 09:33 AM (#2910529) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Manitas_at_home Who has the Rose & Crown now? |
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20 May 10 - 09:35 AM (#2910530) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST,N_ster Thanks Valmai! I'm all excited now! Naomi |
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20 May 10 - 03:10 PM (#2910745) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Herga Kitty Manitas - the Rose & Crown had the same owners as the Black Horse last year, which is why Tony & Pearl's sing went to the Black Horse.... Kitty |
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21 May 10 - 07:48 AM (#2911175) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Bloke from Poole Watcher, re stewarding: I've had an unofficial email confirming, but still awaiting paperwork. Prob won't get duties until you turn up. Malcolm |
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21 May 10 - 01:02 PM (#2911364) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: the lemonade lady "...you can pay the steward on the door of the R&C Barn for the practice sessions..." so wouldn't it be a good idea to do the same if I want to sing at the folk club at the Cause? sal |
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21 May 10 - 02:23 PM (#2911416) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Herga Kitty Sal - in previous years it has been possible to pay on the door to get into the Cause auditorium. Is this year different? Kitty |
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22 May 10 - 04:33 PM (#2912119) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST Watcher, if you're still here I spoke to the stewards organiser and there was a possible mishap with my application. There are contact details on the website - you should get in touch. Also programme is now on web site. Malcolm |
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22 May 10 - 04:36 PM (#2912122) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST Cookie reset - I'm me again Malcolm |
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22 May 10 - 04:37 PM (#2912123) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST,Bloke from Poole or at least, I thought I was |
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22 May 10 - 06:17 PM (#2912185) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: the lemonade lady Kitty, I don't want to go in the auditorium, I want to sing in the folk club. The stewards won't let me in. Sal |
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23 May 10 - 06:01 AM (#2912423) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Valmai Goodyear The working programme is now up on the Festival website. |
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23 May 10 - 06:25 AM (#2912428) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST Well, the working programme is on line as of yesterday at http://www.chippfolk.co.uk/ChippFolk_2010_Programme.pdf. At last we have got an idea of what we are doing..... quite a lot actually. |
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23 May 10 - 06:30 AM (#2912429) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Vic Smith Oops! Not logged in for the previous post. It was posted by.... well, you can work that out now. |
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26 May 10 - 03:35 AM (#2914447) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: the lemonade lady So is it going to be lemonade weather? What's your order? Sal |
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26 May 10 - 05:12 AM (#2914474) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: bubblyrat According to today's WX forecast....rain, or at least showers,on Saturday !! No lemonade,thanks all the same....a glass o' double rum,more like ! |
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26 May 10 - 02:35 PM (#2914774) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Herga Kitty BBC 5-day forecast currently has sunny on Friday, light rain on Saturday and sunny intervals on Sunday (though the Chippenham forecast is the Salisbury one!!). Kitty |
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26 May 10 - 05:02 PM (#2914882) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: the lemonade lady Not a lot of point in me being there if it's cold and raining. I'll be damned if i'm sitting there watching the drips. sal |
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26 May 10 - 05:33 PM (#2914900) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: bubblyrat Don't talk about Morris Dancers like that ! |
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26 May 10 - 06:04 PM (#2914919) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Herga Kitty Sal - not cold, I don't think, around 17-19.... Kitty |
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01 Jun 10 - 05:54 PM (#2918560) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: the lemonade lady I was there. |
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02 Jun 10 - 02:12 AM (#2918843) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Valmai Goodyear Excellent weekend! |
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02 Jun 10 - 02:29 AM (#2918846) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Herga Kitty Thanks to Bob, Gill and all the committee for your hard work! Kitty |
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02 Jun 10 - 06:37 AM (#2918917) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: GUEST,baz parkes And the sound crew at the ceilidhs...excellent job Baz ABU |
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04 Jun 10 - 08:00 AM (#2920410) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Valmai Goodyear Pete Coe did a particularly fine job running the English tunes session in the Rose & Crown barn on Monday. When you've got about 60 people in a two-hour session and a set takes about four minutes it's obvious that not everyone is going to get a turn leading. Pete made sure that the more diffident got a chance and that the same people didn't keep jumping in and mowing them down. Valmai |
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04 Jun 10 - 01:11 PM (#2920602) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Mr Red Baz - you weren't at the Boka Halat dance. I had to point-out that I couldn't hear the caller clearly. Too loud and indistinct. He changed it and I accepted it, but it led to some marginal moments. The problem is that with Roger Watson's style of rolling call, if you don't get to hear the move you can't ask him to stop and explain. He carries on and if it was indistinct the first time the chances are...... Rolling calls mean that the caller doesn't do a walkthrough as such, he starts calling and the music starts and the whole shebang keeps rolling. Fine for experienced ceilidhnauts but still requires a good sound from the caller. |
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04 Jun 10 - 02:31 PM (#2920668) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Valmai Goodyear The Folk Club on Sunday night was particularly good: a very high standard from all the floor singers, an excellent MC - Sylvia Watts - and fine guest spots from The Claque and Lynne Heraud and Pat Turner. High spots were a very rare ballad from Sean O'Shea and Lynne & Pat's Hoover Dustette song, both of which brought tears to the eyes for different reasons. The sound system in the Olympiad concerts was the best I've heard there yet; concerts in The Cause benefit from some of the best acoustics in the country. Valmai |
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04 Jun 10 - 06:17 PM (#2920824) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: skipy Brilliant weekend as always, well done to the whole team. Skipy |
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05 Jun 10 - 10:17 AM (#2921230) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Vic Smith There's a bunch of photos taken at the Chippenham Festival at:- http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=23357&id=100000192240957&l=3473f1208c |
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07 Jun 10 - 03:21 AM (#2922165) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Wild Flying Dove Some more Chippenham photos, many of Herbaceous Border and the some from the Monday procession. |
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07 Jun 10 - 03:24 AM (#2922166) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Wild Flying Dove Somehow I didn't manage the blue clicky! |
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07 Jun 10 - 06:03 AM (#2922226) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: bubblyrat Highlights for me were getting a free lemonade from Sal, playing outside the Rose & Crown & drinking "Black Rat" ( very strong !) and playing with James Fagan on monday afternoon,drinking single malt with greenfly in it ! |
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07 Jun 10 - 03:29 PM (#2922548) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: henryclem A highlight for me too was the Sunday Folk Club - a real joy to be part of it, and to hear such beautiful choruses to enhance even more the quality of performance which was sustained throughout the evening. Big thank you to Sylvia Watts for hosting the Club so splendidly! Henry |
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07 Jun 10 - 03:53 PM (#2922564) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: the lemonade lady You're very welcome, Bubblyrat Sal 80) |
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07 Jun 10 - 07:18 PM (#2922715) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Herga Kitty WFD - thanks for the pics. I think Hanging Johnny might want some of them for their photo section ! Kitty |
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08 Jun 10 - 06:56 AM (#2922944) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: Wild Flying Dove Kitty, I did a little bit of videoing (via my camera) of Hanging Johnny as well, and there are more photos than I put in the Chippenham album. I'd be happy to pass them all on to someone! Karen |
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08 Jun 10 - 08:00 AM (#2922987) Subject: RE: Chippenham Folk Fest - who's going From: bubblyrat Thankyou too, Sal !! The best lemonade I ever tasted,and can't wait for more ! Although I'd sooner have a tot of "bubbly"----it is 40 years next month since the Royal Navy rum ration was stopped (July 1970) and I STILL get twitchy every day around lunchtime !! |