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Folk Awards Expansion

23 Feb 05 - 05:06 AM (#1418445)
Subject: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST,Tatterfoal

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.


23 Feb 05 - 05:47 AM (#1418473)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: IanC

HERE might be a good place to continue this discussion.

:-)


24 Feb 05 - 04:10 AM (#1419320)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Big Al Whittle

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.....


24 Feb 05 - 04:20 AM (#1419323)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Big Al Whittle

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


24 Feb 05 - 05:32 AM (#1419350)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Paco Rabanne

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


24 Feb 05 - 11:00 AM (#1419629)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST, Hamish



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


24 Feb 05 - 11:16 AM (#1419649)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST, Hamish again

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


24 Feb 05 - 11:18 AM (#1419650)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST, Hamish one more time

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. :-)


25 Feb 05 - 04:10 AM (#1420377)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Big Al Whittle

best fisherman's smock
best performance in an arran sweater


25 Feb 05 - 04:17 AM (#1420381)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Big Al Whittle

best performance of completely unrecognisable morris tune
most obscure guitar tuning


25 Feb 05 - 05:23 AM (#1420420)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Dave Hanson

Best real ale drinker [ me ]

eric


25 Feb 05 - 06:15 AM (#1420470)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work

Best "landlocked" shanty singer.


25 Feb 05 - 06:37 AM (#1420483)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: fiddler

Ho Ho Ho

popeye!


25 Feb 05 - 07:23 AM (#1420507)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: GUEST,tatterfoal

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!


25 Feb 05 - 10:57 AM (#1420685)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Pete Jennings

Best flamenco guitar player!

Pete

(Has Hull closed or are they still asleep?)


25 Feb 05 - 02:01 PM (#1420887)
Subject: RE: Folk Awards Expansion
From: Hamish

Best flamingo player