TalkAwhile - The Folk Corporation Forum

 It just landed on the mat, nice to see Peggy back in the acoustic fold and that the full line up will be doing the acoustic tour :D

Looks like Cambridge has a more effective postal system than Manchester, or maybe the flyers went out in alphabetical order. ;)

steve

Mine came today too.

I got mine yesterday :P

The shape of things to come??

How long before they scrap the big costing electric shows and reinvent themselves as a totally acoustic outfit?

I'm probably missing something here, but, apart from the set list, and (previously) the line-up, surely the only difference between FC and FAC is a full percussion array and some chairs?

More than happy to stand corrected, but to the untrained eye I can't see a huge gap in financial outlay (although the FAC venues tend to be more intimate/cramped).

Steve

I think that is right. The trouble is that wintour Fairport has become largely acoustic too so some careful consideration needs to be given here as to how the two incarnations will distinguish themselves musically.

Mine came about 3 or 4 days a go, but for some reason I got two and they were both addressed to Mum.

Contact them Ollie and tell them what has happened.. save paper!

All this moderate grumbling about the tracklisting for the new DVD seems a little harsh when one considers that, according to the newsletter, the filming for it won't be completed until this year's Cropredy!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ::)

Mine came today.  My first thought after looking at the photo on the first page was how are they going to get up again!

*..............Legging it!

It's a great photo.. they all look very relaxed and happy...  I see Ric's wearing great shoes too  :-* ;D

What, them bloody Horrible Plastic things???

I see they are exhorting us (twice) to book tickets early. I hope the loyal newsletter recipients will be offered the chance to buy them before they go on general sale - unlike last year when it was weeks afterwards....

AndyC

I don't need a newsletter to remind me about getting my Cropredy tickets - I shall be buying  mine very very very (very) early this year - I had such a narrow escape last year - I probably bought the LAST pair of tickets because the box office declared itself sold out almost as soon as I had clicked on the paypal pay button!

On the subject of Rics rubbish - they are like the Marmite of footwear aren't they?  The  "lovely plastic shoes" have a 3 to 2 ratio in favour in my house (Marmite is favoured 4 to 1 just out of interest- but I suspect the ratio would change if the question what would you prefer on toast) .  

Has anyone noticed the relationship between rubbish and fiddle players - just look at the footwear of the Feast of Fiddles next time you see them  its like a blooming [ro[fest.

Don't really fancy horrible plastic shoes on toast. Wouldn't they be a bit tough? I suppose if you melted them. . .

Who (apart from CL) in the Feast of Fiddles wears rubbish then.. I didn't notice last year?

I hope Nigel Schofield won't mind me passing this on -



This looks promising

Ollie

Don't tell me that you usually look?

No, just that when I saw FAC in the spring Chris pointed out to me that he was wearing the same rubbish as me.. but that wasn't woth FofF though.  ;D ;D

well last time I saw Feast of Fiddles was at Span fest and Joe Broughton had a pair of {ro{s on and at least two others ( Ian Cutler did I think)  someone must have photographic evidence

ok and I know this is getting off topic a bit(I will shut up after this post) but I have done excessive research late into the night (note time of post )
Dave Mattacks has cro{s on Chatham 2006
http://www.feastoffiddles.com/2006.html

Photographic evidence from Spanfest of Brian McNeill and Joe Broughton below

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I will look very closely next time then...  ;D :D



Edit: When you do, please can you resist the urge to drift off-topic and continue the discussion in a more appropriate place? For example here (http://shoes.about.com/mpboards.htm).

"Whoever looks at a man's shoes anyway?"

I'm beginning to think that the Shawshank Redemption might have had something of a different ending had Talkawhilers been working in the prison!

Or just download it from the website. Saves all sorts of resources.

OUCH!!!

 ;D ;D ;)