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« Reply #60 on: May 02, 2006, 10:37:10 PM » |
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Ok - I'll compromise
No problem with the singing - or the dancing - but if you're gonna eat those vegetarien curries, can you stay well downwind........................watch the flags for wind direction............
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« Reply #61 on: May 02, 2006, 10:40:46 PM » |
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Ok greglin, we'll agree to compromise. Let anyone who wants eat a veg curry eat it in Field 2  |
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« Reply #62 on: May 02, 2006, 10:46:10 PM » |
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Agreed - subject to wind direction, of course..............
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« Reply #63 on: May 02, 2006, 10:57:26 PM » |
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And whatever you do do not dance. We were asked to sit still during Fairports set a couple of years ago by a couple who had 'come to watch the music'  . We were way up the hill. We were not blocking their view. We were not making a noise. We were just jiggling about to the music. Sadly we had not realised it was a seated concert venue. Sandra Bl**dy H*ll Sandra, next thing you know they'll be telling us not to dance down the front when groups like the Mahones are on  And will that stop us Greglin - The Talkawhile dance is a set feature at Cropredy. All members welcome to join in. You will have to wait until MikeC and I have had our salsa though (I am not doing it with that Nuthouse again - he dropped me at Eliza Carthy's feet at Oxford during a particularly exuberant throw back!) To me Cropredy would not be Cropredy without a bit of a dance. We do not harm anyone (intentionally) and have actually earned the odd round of applause (or at least the crowd around us have found it vaguely amusing). There are photos somewhere. However, I do find loud talkers, shouters and faller overers very annoying, especially for the quieter acts. Don't start me off on chairs at the front!!!!!!! Chairs have their place. Its beyond the sound tower. Sandra |
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« Reply #64 on: May 02, 2006, 11:01:22 PM » |
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Greglin - The Talkawhile dance is a set feature at Cropredy. All members welcome to join in. You will have to wait until MikeC and I have had our salsa though (I am not doing it with that Nuthouse again - he dropped me at Eliza Carthy's feet at Oxford during a particularly exuberant throw back!)
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Sorry Sandra - Nuthouse sounds like my perfect partner. Provided he can guarantee to drop me right at Eliza Carthy's feet that is..............................
(My dancing is a perfect mongrel of Riverdance & the Ministry of Silly Walks......)
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« Reply #65 on: May 02, 2006, 11:59:15 PM » |
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I'll tell you what greglin, I'll hold Nutts bottle of malt while you dance with him. spekin of nutts where is he these days? |
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« Reply #66 on: May 03, 2006, 01:17:19 AM » |
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However, I do find loud talkers, shouters and faller overers very annoying, especially for the quieter acts. I don't mind what people do down the front, provided it is inaudible. But some loudmouths seem able to overwhelm the PA system. I assume that the further back and closer to the edges people are, the more prepared they are for aural intrusions. Don't start me off on chairs at the front!!!!!!! Chairs have their place. Its beyond the sound tower. I'm fairly new to this (started in 2004), and I don't think I was aware of the sound tower convention when I first went. Should it be a rule? Would it be enforceable? By whom, and would they survive? Perhaps a poll is in order, with TPTBs' attention drawn to the result? |
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« Reply #67 on: May 03, 2006, 01:26:54 AM » |
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However, I do find loud talkers, shouters and faller overers very annoying, especially for the quieter acts. I don't mind what people do down the front, provided it is inaudible. But some loudmouths seem able to overwhelm the PA system. I assume that the further back and closer to the edges people are, the more prepared they are for aural intrusions. Don't start me off on chairs at the front!!!!!!! Chairs have their place. Its beyond the sound tower. I'm fairly new to this (started in 2004), and I don't think I was aware of the sound tower convention when I first went. Should it be a rule? Would it be enforceable? By whom, and would they survive? Perhaps a poll is in order, with TPTBs' attention drawn to the result? hi adrian, i think this was discussed a while ago, re chairs/dancing/soundtower, and the result was inconclusive. from a respect point of view, i think anything behind the sound tower, so as not to purposefuly distort anyone's vision, would be acceptable. i also think that, front 2 or 3 rows, should be out of bounds to chairs, so the die hards can dance with their heads in a speaker. anything else is pot luck, free for all, take yer chances................ |
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« Reply #68 on: May 03, 2006, 01:32:48 AM » |
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Ah, peer pressure. Put a chair "down front" and be danced on.
"Front-row Eddie" excepted of course.
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« Reply #69 on: May 03, 2006, 01:51:20 AM » |
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of course darling! |
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« Reply #70 on: May 03, 2006, 01:56:03 AM » |
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ps try enforcing these rules introducing these guidelines at a motorhead gig.............HAHALOL 'sit down keep still be quiet dont swear................' 'keeep yer clothes on love............'  |
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« Reply #71 on: May 03, 2006, 09:49:29 AM » |
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And whatever you do do not dance.
We were asked to sit still during Fairports set a couple of years ago by a couple who had 'come to watch the music'
We were way up the hill. We were not blocking their view. We were not making a noise. We were just jiggling about to the music.
Sadly we had not realised it was a seated concert venue.
Sandra
Isn't this exactly what Cropredy is about? Dancing enjoying yourself  Last year we danced all through the rain and all through Fairports set- in fact we got everyone around us dancing too! They kind of had to really though as they'd come late on and plonked themselves right on top of us |
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« Reply #72 on: May 03, 2006, 03:48:07 PM » |
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Ok - so now we've established why it rains..............................no more dancing, look what happened to the Sioux. I thought the totem pole in front of the stage last year was a bit odd............
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« Reply #73 on: May 03, 2006, 03:56:54 PM » |
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No.. it only rains when RT comes... allegedly |
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« Reply #74 on: May 03, 2006, 04:39:35 PM » |
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No.. it only rains when RT comes... allegedly What do you mean "allegedly"? I reckon some of the wettest Cropredys I've been to have involved RT with a band - However, we seem to be okay if he's solo, with Danny, or guesting with Fairport. In fact, to get back on topic (sort of), whenever the festival features RT & band it should be moved a drought stricken country - Or the SE of England at least. |
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« Reply #75 on: May 03, 2006, 05:24:57 PM » |
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What happened on the Saturday of last year Penguin.. It poured.. but I can't remember if RT was there... There was one very hot year when Peggy/Simon joked that RT was being held prisoner under a bridge in London (or something) and would only be let out after the festival.. can anyone remind us of the proper story here.. I'm a bit hazy... CRAFT |
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« Reply #76 on: May 03, 2006, 07:06:25 PM » |
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What happened on the Saturday of last year Penguin.. It poured.. but I can't remember if RT was there...
The rain coincided with RT's signing appearance at the music stall... Make of that what you will. Cheers Nick |
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« Reply #77 on: May 03, 2006, 07:33:56 PM » |
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There was one very hot year when Peggy/Simon joked that RT was being held prisoner under a bridge in London (or something) and would only be let out after the festival.. can anyone remind us of the proper story here.. I'm a bit hazy... CRAFT I think it coincided with some bozo celebrity or other hanging in a glass box off Tower Bridge for a month. Not being a TV watcher I can't remember his name. |
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« Reply #78 on: May 03, 2006, 07:36:18 PM » |
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David Blaine I think, I watched the live broadcast for all of about five minutes before realising absolutely nowt was happening - just some bloke sitting in a glass box staring into space.
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« Reply #79 on: May 03, 2006, 07:44:04 PM » |
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Aha.. so THAT's what they wre referring to... duh  Thank you... |
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