TalkAwhile - The Folk Corporation Forum

Heya...

I'd better introduce myself... name's Jess and I'm a student at Wadham College, Oxford. I'm (shock horror) not a folk purist, but I do love Steeleye Span with a great deal of my heart.

But what's the point of this post I hear you cry?

Well...

I'm thinking of going to Cropredy this year, but am having difficulty finding somebody to join me. I was just wondering whether there's a 'yoof' audience out there who were thinking of going this year? (And if any person posts with a 'it doesn't matter, we're all young at heart' I shall stamp on them with one of So Solid Crew's trainers)

Also, just to put my mum's mind at rest... would y'all say that Cropredy provides an environment where it might be safe for a 19 year old female to attend alone, and make some friends on the way?

Finally... does anybody know how one might get work at Cropredy? Us poor students (ha!) find even Cropredy's very reasonable admission costs a tad steep. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Look forward to hearing from y'all.

hello jess.
as responsible adults we are supposed to say 'no, dont go alone'..........even tho
a)cropredy is one of the safest festys i've ever been to and
 b) it would make me a hypocrite because i used to hitch to festies on my own when i was 19.........

as for work, i dont know what the deal is at crop, but i'm sure someone will be along presently who does - it may be too late tho if they use volunteers, and there's a fair chance they dont anyway.

so i would say - yes, come on your own, but you wont be on your own for too long i reckon!

abby (old and festival-worn) :P

(and tell your mum we'll look out for ya!)

I don't know about stewarding at Cropredy I'm afraid ...

... but we could most likely find you a job stewarding at next year's Oxford Folk Festival  :D

There's always room for a plug  ::)

Welcome to the board Jess

Cheers

Nick

Hi Jess.. I'd guess that all the jobs are well and truly organised by now..

...but try contacting the Fairport office and ask/offer... you never know!

info@fairportconvention.com (http://info@fairportconvention.com)

Folkie must be about your age, I'm sure she'll be along soon to calm your nerves....

And if your Mum is happy for you to attend Wadham......nuff said!

Hi Jess, there is a considerable "Yoof" element to the crowd (unfortunately I can no longer claim to be one of them, although I do tend to behave like a child all weekend!) so you will have no trouble fitting in.

As for your mum's safety worries - I have seen rowdier crowds in an elevator. I think most people will agree that there are fewer friendlier, safer festivals anywhere in the world.

Mark

Hello Jess

Me & Kip (younger brother) shall be in attendance at Croperdy & you are more then welcome to hang about with us (23 & 21 respectively). It will be our first time at croperdy too & we are very excited!
Vikki xx

Hi Jess

There are more Oxford university people at Cropredy than you would imagine.

There is always a contingent from Jesus College that contains a weird mix of students, staff and old members (well, old as in 25 or so). We can usually be found under our version of the College flag (substitute the stags rampant for grazing sheep and you get the picture) ;D

I won't claim to be young at heart. I am just as much the mad old tyrant at Cropredy as I am at College, holding no notice fire drills and random room (tent) inspections throughout the weekend. That is why so many of the students come with us ;)

If you spot us do come and say hello.

Sandra

You may think she's joking...but she isn't  ;) ;D.

Do watch out though Jess or you may find yourself sucked into the Oxford Folk Festival...why, all Vikki did was say Hi to someone at a Fairport gig and now she's thoroughly assimilated!. I digress...Cropredy is very safe indeed, nice things happen there, and you will be fine.. :D

Cheers

Fi

and she woke with a fear and a voice in her ear said "have some mederia m' dear".



seriously, you will have a wonderful time and meet many eccentric people................and never be the same again

You have to come!

There will be two 17 year old Cropredy virgins with me (female students) and a former student of mine (19 years young, male, good looking) will be there for the third time. He knows a lot of young people in the audience.

I will introduce you to the kids if you want.

When Daniel, this handsome boy, came to Cropredy the first time on his own, he told his parents: "Don´t worry, Miss Hilger will be there to look after me." But he forgot to inform me.
So that Wednesday I sat backstage in the shadow of the stage having a pint when my mobile rang. It was Daniel. "Hello Miss Hilger, where are you?" Me: "Hi Daniel, I´m in England." Daniel: "Me too." Me: "Oh, where are you?" Daniel: "I´m sitting infront of the stage!" Me (in a senior moment): "Which stage?" Daniel: "The Cropredy stage of course."
Surprise, surprise. My favourite festival on the face of this planet and one of my students (German literature course) was there. :-\

I went to my first festival when I was 16,no way could you have described it as safe,there was a running battle between the Windsor Hells Angels and the police,thankfully,Cropredy will not be anything like that.....incidentally I befriended a charming Angel,who made sure I came to no harm all weekend....this was easily done,I offered him some cheese and crackers! {:-)

Phew! Lucky he didn't claim to be "young at heart", isn't it?   8)

Hey guys, this is great news - thank you very much!

Pretty soon I'll try and get my pic on here, and then if you see me wandering around you can come over and say 'hi'. After all, a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet! *groans at the cheesiness of previous line*

Look forward to meeting y'all...

JESS

What on earth do all of you think you are doing!!!  :o

You do realise what will happen if you encourage these bloomin' students to attend Cropredy, don't you?  They'll drink all the 6X, eat all the Cajun spuds, and worst of all they will make the rest of us feel old.  I can just picture the conversation by the bar "I don't know about you darling, but I'm sure festival goers are getting younger".  ;)

Seriously though, you should definitely come along Jess!  If you haven't made arrangements (via Talkawhile) to meet up with a group of likeminded people at Cropredy before August comes around I'll be amazed.  It really is such a friendly & safe festival - Your mum needn't worry if you do decide to attend.

Cheers
Dunc

don't worry about the students eating all the cajun fries penguin. they won't be able to afford them!
£6 for a plate of glorified chip? Hey -ho, i'll still be in the queue at some point in the weekend

I don't know what happened to my word there ??? but it's meant to say cheese!!

I give up

It's just one of those words that the expletive editor edits. No idea of the reason, but I'm sure somebody will be along with some amusing history soon.

The word cheese is one of the banned words from the forum. Don't ask why. The reasons are lost in the mists of time :o :o :o

There are others (I am surprised that C*******s has made it through so early. It is normally banned until D*******r).

Are you starting to get the drift? :)

S****a

There was a dreadful time once, not long ago, when the whole board was flooded with cheese.  :o

It was so awful, that I can't for the life of me remember much about it........... :o

Anyway, as a result cheese became a word no-one could write............... :o

Jude ;D

I see,I thought I was having  H.A.L moment with my PC ::)

Cheese went the same way as L***a...

Quite right too.

Well I hope that response has convinced you, Jess!

You'll have a triffic time, honest! {:-)

I was married with a child at 19.....far more scary than a festival

I attended Cropredy alone for 4 or 5 years in the mid 90's.  You never really feel alone.......

Has anybody yet mentioned that a male wearing a fez or a female wearing a tiara is likely to be a member of the board and probably friendly?

They hadn't -  but that's very useful information, thank you... especially as I would be inclined to assume under normal circumstances that random people walking around in fezzes and tiaras should not be approached. But I guess Cropredy just ain't 'normal circumstances', is it?

Having established your tent on Thursday morning, celebrated its e***tion with a glass, make your way to the Sports Pavilion by the cricket pitch where Hook Norton is sold and, around noon, there will be many fezzes on view. Not mine, but I wouldn't want to get a ring of sunburn, I would rather have overall skull coverage  ;D(see avatar - that's a photo to you newcomers)

Should you feel the need, and it's not compulsary!, to join in the general tiara wearing, there are more here than you can shake a fairy wand at:

http://www.josee.co.uk/cnb/shop/josee?op=catalogue-products-null?title=TIARAS&prodCategoryID=9[/font][/color]

(I wouldn't go past page 2 as the prices start to get large... :o)

Cheers

Fi  {:-)

Was it you that just paid £820,000 for one???

Now really.... if I had £820,000 to throw about  do you think I would be sitting at work whiling away the long dull hours by posting here to the background hum of W**** C** commentary (sigh zzzzzzzzzzzzzz) from across the office  ^-^   No! I would in fact be sitting on the terrace of my newly purchased house in the Alpujarras (Andalusia) whiling away the hours drinking Rioja and scoffing olives (in a cheap tiara).... ;D

Cheers

Fi

Heehee... me too!!!!

Though not olives!!

Now look what you've done! I've been inflicted with full blown tiara lust. This cannot be a good thing....

Let me guess?  c****e?

I must point out that if you see a MAN wearing a Tiara.....................well, it's up to you.  Stranger things have happened there.................

Hi Jess and welcome.

It's best to go through info@fairportconvention.com to find out about working at Cropredy

Jude ;D

Jess

If you let me know your favourite colour I'm sure I can knock you up a Tiara. They aren't that expensive/hard to make & having done a few others I'm quite good at them now  {:-)

Vikki xx

I BET IF FI HAD 820,000 QUID she'd be buying melodeons! ;D

Oh don't...it's a terrible affliction. I am now wanting a Trikitixa (Basque style melodeon) as well...(the basses are different). I do have shoes to match my Hohner Pokerwork you know.... ;D. NOW That's what I need! a Black and Gold Tiara! (Vikki?...Vikki?...now, don't run away....! have you any spare time...?)

Cheers

Fi

There will be 10 of us 'yoofs' about all weekend! check out http://www.wrants.co.uk you are welcome to join the mob with us lot if you want!
Olly, ;)

Like this one...  Gaffer tape is Oh So useful!!



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And if you can't buy or make a fez.. there are other ways...

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who's that then amyjen?

That's an old friend of ours.. his name is Colin.. but on here he''s called Foxy...  he doesn't come in very often!!

He'll be there in August.. and I hate to think what he'll have on his head this year.. we had an interesting discussion about it the other week!!!

The mind she boggles-eth :o ::)

If that's the sort of date I guess it is I can guess why the crackers went down well... In those long far off days I don't think you had 'em with cheese did you?

I was very young and innocent then,thankfully the Hells Angel chap was happy with crackerbarrel and walking round with a big knife so that no one came near me....even when I had to pee in the woods!

Stilton!
Wensleydale!
Chedder!
Gorgonzola!
Red Leicester!

Ah Ha! See you can't stop me saying Cheese. ;D