All Blog Posts Tagged '2009' (5)

Saturday Morning, and Michael gently awakens me from my shivering slumber by hammering on the side of the van... "Morning Michael" - I recognise his M.O. by now... It appears the Sun has started to shine and the rain is dwindling to a few scattered and isolated showers, the flooding on the site has started to subside, and the sky has a mostly blue, rather than a mostly grey colour. Hurrah! But! we understood that there was to be a drumkit there for 2 days, but the drummer took it home the nigh… Continue

I set up a webalbum at picasa with all pictures taken by Allen J. M. Smith and me during the Spratton Folk Festival: http://picasaweb.google.de/SprattonFolkFestival It was such a fantastic time and I loved to be there:-) Continue

The lineup for the Gathering on 6th August 2009 (in no particular order yet) is as follows; Each of these artists can be found within the AFC membership. Clicking the links below will generally take you to their MySpace Page, which will open in a new tab or window. Colin Clyne Joe Cassady & The West End Sound Chris Grant… Continue

Well I'm just getting the last things done in preparation for travelling down to Spratton Festival for the 2nd Spratton Gathering. I'm harrassed but incredibly excited, so looking forward to meeting all the lovely AFC people, some old friends and some new. For this reason, The Gatherings are always wonderful events, no matter the weather, venue or country. The camaraderie and sharing is the real magic of a Gathering. It's probably costing me at least £400 and 4 days travelling to drop off my 5 d… Continue

There has been a change of venue for the AFC Highland Gathering. I had talks with the owner and management of the Riverview at Mundole. They also own the Silver Sands Camping & Leisure Complex at Lossiemouth and we decided that it would be the best venue for this size of event. They regularly stage entertainments there, also it's much bigger, so we'll be running 2 stages at either end of the complex, (much better considering we have 20 acts) and has loads of family-friendly facilities and la… Continue