Comments on Folk Music Festivals and Sessions in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset & nearby counties: Wimborne Folk Festival 2008 - crowded streets, hot...

Aaaaargh! Dave, you are right and I have now made ...

2008-06-17T07:39:00.000-07:00

Aaaaargh! Dave, you are right and I have now made the corrections. The index entry will correct over the next few hours.

Thank goodness for your eagle and expert dancer's eye :-)

I enjoyed watching your Morris dancing at Wessex Folk Festival.

Are you going to be dancing again soon locally elsewhere?

I'm off to the 2008 English Country Music Weekend at Whimple at the end of this week. Have you ever been? All info appreciated :-)

HiI enjoyed the Wimborne Folk Festival sessions (l...

2008-06-17T06:25:00.000-07:00

Hi
I enjoyed the Wimborne Folk Festival sessions (lovely and varied tunes and songs in the British Legion and mostly Irish tunes in the Conservative Club) and the Allendale Centre stalls and concerts and the street dancing but was less keen on pubs charging to go in for loud rock bands and come early evening the crowds of mostly young men hanging about tin the streets when there were sessions, cafes and places to have a chat in. Anyway - the Irish dancers in the Conservative Club look to me to be SET DANCERS not step dancers. The step dancers are the Riverdance type energetic ones, set dances are social dances for 4 couples and are suitable for all ages in the way English country/barndancing is, though competition/serious set dancing is definitely a different story.

Did you go to Wimborne Folk Music Festival. What w...

2008-06-16T08:30:00.000-07:00

Did you go to Wimborne Folk Music Festival. What were its highlights for you?