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It was on Cropredy Saturday that the idea of making the Carey Convention t-shirts available to TalkAwhilers as a means of supporting the Patagonia Trek for Cancer Research UK was first raised.

At that time, Songs From The Blue House offered to hold a gig for Carey in support of the Trek. For various reasons (mostly by my own shortcomings this hasn't been possible) but SftBH suggested a charity single instead. One big advantage that it gave everyone the opportunity to be a part of this rather then just those who live close to, or are able to travel to, a gig.

The next question was - which song ?

Everyone who knew of Carey was aware of his tremendous love of, and support for Dave Swarbrick. Rosie seemed the obvious choice.

Swarb himself said that SftBH had his permission to use his composition "for this fantastic project".

So Rosie was recorded - Swarb had a listen and issued the verdict "Tell the lads to go ahead. Everything's fine."

Anyone wishing to get a copy of SftBH's version of Rosie should go to http://www.wovenwheatwhispers.co.uk/Label-Store-charity.htm where it is possible to make a donation to the Patagonia Trek and in return receive a copy of Rosie by download (as ever, your connection speed will dictate how quickly you can receive your copy of the song)

There are several donation options from £1 upwards - the choice is yours.

This is a great version of a true classic..... give it a listen !

Finally... thanks to James and Shane and the rest of Songs From the Blue House for recording this, thanks to Woven Wheat Whispers for hosting this and most of all ... thanks to Dave Swarbrick for his kind permission to use Rosie and for all the joy that his music has given, and still gives to so many of us.

Ladies & Gentlemen.... Rosie !

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Splendid!! I've done it.

Thankyou dear SftBH

Jude :-*

A few more details;

The song file is 2.99 MB big, and in mp3 format.

I cannot stress enough how grateful we are to Woven Wheat Whispers for their help with the download, and for not passing on a sizeable portion of their costs, thereby donating their own cash as well as providing all the help. They have worked very hard to make this happen, at short notice and with great gusto! Thanks lads.

Thank you very much to Swarb for giving us the thumbs up!

We hope you all feel able to donate to the charity in this way, and get a little something back for your trouble. Please note that you do not have to have an account with Paypal to use them these days, you can simply pay with your credit or debit card.

Many Thanks,
James.

Acyually I spoke too soon, I am having problems downloading it possibly because I am on dial up.

But Mark Coyle is being very very helpful and I am sure he will find the solution

Jude

 :'( ever tried to feed cash/postal orders into a computer? it don't work :'(

Mic

Don't supose you could do CD copies for cheque/postal order donations, for us dinosaures.

Angela

We had a feeling that this might happen!  ;) I shall confer with Mr. Nuthouse and we will arrive at a solution... :)

Glad I'm not the only one here Angela ::)

Mic - after my unsuccessful attempts Aggie appears to have hiccups ;)

James I'd really prefer to have it on CD too then I could play it in other places...  I'd pay the extra of course...  Besides I don't know how to do the downloady thingy ;)

AmyJen :-*

Oh yes, never thought to say.....I'm happy to pay extra, James/Nuthouse

Mic

By having it as a download, there is an element of not having to spend money on blank CDs, jiffy bags, postage, inlays and artwork so that all of your money goes to the Patagonia Trek fund, however, as my good friend and colleague James has intimated, I'm sure we can come to some arrangement  ;) . As an aside, in keeping with the spirit of things, we recorded the basic track pretty much nose-to-nose live in James' shed (or 'The Snug' as it is referred to in Blue House circles) on a full moon over a couple of bottles of 6X. It just seemed like the right thing to do.  [;-)
Skirky   

Great news.
Well done to all involved.
Whatever format you get it,just get it.You know it makes sense.

Been there done that. Very well done lads.

this is very good indeed

I've good memories of Carey so come on if we all buy this week - TOTPs beckons for the SftBH boys!!!!!

mik

As if I didn't have enough respect for SftBH......

Sterling job boys.

Now, for those who are having problems downloading. I'm happy to send them the mp3 on a CD if they IM me with their address and a promise they have already pledged *something* for the track. As long as it doesn't run to 100s then I'll happily do this.

Blank CDs are cheap as is postage and as long as its not my new Project Manager who lives in Aus wanting 250 copies then no probs.


But... please IM me and be patient as I'm away from home during the week so it might take a couple of days (or so!) to get you your copy.

cheers

MikeC

Mike, you are truly a diamond geezer  [;-), but I have already made arrangements with those who are experiencing diffculties.

But can I respectfully request that everyone that can download the song in the 'normal' way, does so. Ta.

Can I just echo James's thanks to MikeC ?

Thanks Mike....Mike.....ike...ike.....

Hi all

this is Mark just joined from Woven Wheat Whispers / Unbroken Circle sites.  Hello!

Anyone having problems with the download or need assistance - do let me know.  Today we've had a fair number of downloads which is wonderful for the Carey Convention and all seems to be going well technically (well I've not heard that it isn't....).

If a lot of people want the music on CD instead, we could start a distribution-tree up.  Actually if you order the download and want it on CD instead, make sure you pass us your address in the comments box within Paypal (your address will be kept secret) then I can pop one in the post.  I send out a huge number of promotional  CDs for artists and so on each week, a few more won't make a difference.

Hope all this helps.  I look forward to speaking with everyone here at a much more acceptable hour of the day.

Thanks to everyone who has made me welcome, especially Judy!

cheers
Mark

Got my download yesterday, nice one lads.........See you on the 12th!!!

Hello all, just to let you know that as of 21:30 on 5th November, the amount raised so far was £108.00, which is fantastic after just 50 hours.  [;-)

Many thanks for your help so far...keep 'em coming, people! At the moment we only plan to keep the track up there for download until just before Kath goes off on her trek...i.e. about mid-December-ish, so if you haven't already........

http://www.wovenwheatwhispers.co.uk/Label-Store-charity.htm

When I went to download the file, it would only save it as "get.asp" - asp being a Photoshop setup file.  This was rightclicking and "Save File As" on a mac.  However, I noticed it was 3MB same as the audio file, so I downloaded and changed the extension to .mp3 .  It worked fine!    If anyone else had the same issue, there's a fix for you.

That is a bit queer! I've downloaded it twice (on PCs) and didn't experience any problems either time. At least it worked for you in the end though, with help from your guile and observations! I'm sure Mark Coyle at wovenwheatwhispers will see your message and provide the techy explanation/fix!  :)

A quick update...the 'Rosie' fund has had a nice boost thanks to those that came to see Songs from the Blue House at Farnsfield on Saturday - about £75 was raised in the fez that was passed round as we played 'Rosie' live; this was further boosted by £20 of Farnsfield Acoustic raffle income, and then topped up to £100 by them as well!

I think the total raised so far must be in the region of £300, which is certainly an impressive start. If anyone would like to contribute, please go to www.wovenwheatwhispers.co.uk and follow the 'Carey Convention' link to download 'Rosie' and donate to Cancer Research UK.

Good work all round everybody.  [;-)

Well done james, Skirky and the rest of SftBH. Also Mark, who has sorted out the technical stuff.

A great track, but also in a good cause.

Paul

Agreed

Completely thirded  :-* :-* :-*

Jude

I love it - the Blue House can do no wrong.

Well done James and the SFTBH I've just D/L Rosie, luv it.

Help needed!

Basically Kath Hancock has had the idea of getting flyers advertising the 'Rosie' download to gigs on the current FC tour as well as upcoming Lazarus dates, or indeed anywhere else you might feel is appropriate...and we wondered if any of you fine people could help?

I can send the flyer (2 flyers per A4) in Word or Microsoft Publisher format or as a pdf (in fact I've attached the pdf to this message) for you to print out/print one and then photocopy, or I could print some out and post them to you. Obviously the former is preferred from my point of view, to save on Blue House ink, paper and P&P costs and so on. It's just another way to contribute to the cause and if you feel you can help, please IM me.

Many Thanks,
James  [;-)

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Would you need permission at the gigs for this please
Mic

And how about at all the Hancock awards - they were named after the man himself and the publicity of the awards being presented might just stir some interest, especailly as Swarb is their 'patron'.

Sandra

Good point!!
Mic

I would think it would be polite to ask to before chucking them all over the tables yes, but hopefully a quick explanation of the cause to the venue/promoter will help  :). If no tables, try leaving a pile by the entry/exit point(s).  [;-)

That's a very good idea which I was of course keeping up my sleeve. Doh!  ;)

Thanks James, all downladed :)
Mic

edit:  or even downloaded ::)

Printed it James.. will get it photocopied and put out at the LAZARUS gig and at future gigs at Farnsfield too!!

Also got something else up my sleeve too...  watch this space...

Please be very careful chaps.
We don't want any of the artists getting the impression that 'The Hancocks' are only there to promote other activities. Personally I'd let this round of presentations go ahead without even promoting the board. I want people to trust that we haven't got an ulterior motive.

Speaking personally (and presuming to also speak on behalf of the brethren) being a member of the board I don't have any reservations about promoting this initiative for Cancer Research or to it being linked via the award.  So on the FM site  (http://www.thefamilymahone.co.uk) there is now a grateful acknowledgement to all you good folks and a link to the download page.  And I'm sure Jude and I can remember between us to mention it somewhere along the line on April 1st at Chipping Norton.

D

Which is fine, because you know us and hopefully the word will spread.
Hopefully artists will read this and follow the Mahone's fine example.
I'm just saying be careful, especially with the larger egos.

Received loud and clear Colin, but the flyers don't promote Talkawhile, just the download.

I'd be more surprised if the Hancocks didn't promote the Cancer Research UK fundraising, surely as 'other activities' go, it's fairly easy to make the connection.  [;-)

Point taken about the egos; I've got quite a large one myself.  ;D

Lastly, many many thanks to The Family Mahone for the link to the 'Rosie' download - it is sincerely appreciated by all that have been involved in the fund-raising, I'm sure. Thank you, Doc.