Running a folk festival
Doing random folk festival stuff:
1. Make sure maypole is not in two places at once. The maypole workshop and the school group using the maypole cannot be at the same time, but it helps if they are close to avoid carrying the pole around too much.
2. determine order for procession. Each side will need to know who is ahead of them.
3. Book a group of fairies as walkabout entertainers. Part of their function will be to tell people where all the new features are - we've added/changed a lot of things from last year. If people can't find them or don't know they're on, they will be wasted.
4. Cancel children doing Irish dancing who can't find a band. (If you're a musician, preferably with a friend or two to increase the volume, used to playing for Irish dancing and want to come to Wimborne Minster Folk Festival, then I may be able to put you in touch... - and you'd get a performer's weekend ticket)
5. An hour later (no less!) add new group of children doing Cotswold and Border morris. By happy coincidence, the scout hall is now available for indoor camping for children as the Irish group no longer need it.
6. Phone back up scout hall, just in case the Irish dancers hit lucky on finding a musician. (no one replies, try again later)
7. Confirm Cotswold Morris workshop on the Wayford Tradition. Will need to think of suitable place (probably website) to make the workshop notes available.
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1. Make sure maypole is not in two places at once. The maypole workshop and the school group using the maypole cannot be at the same time, but it helps if they are close to avoid carrying the pole around too much.
2. determine order for procession. Each side will need to know who is ahead of them.
3. Book a group of fairies as walkabout entertainers. Part of their function will be to tell people where all the new features are - we've added/changed a lot of things from last year. If people can't find them or don't know they're on, they will be wasted.
4. Cancel children doing Irish dancing who can't find a band. (If you're a musician, preferably with a friend or two to increase the volume, used to playing for Irish dancing and want to come to Wimborne Minster Folk Festival, then I may be able to put you in touch... - and you'd get a performer's weekend ticket)
5. An hour later (no less!) add new group of children doing Cotswold and Border morris. By happy coincidence, the scout hall is now available for indoor camping for children as the Irish group no longer need it.
6. Phone back up scout hall, just in case the Irish dancers hit lucky on finding a musician. (no one replies, try again later)
7. Confirm Cotswold Morris workshop on the Wayford Tradition. Will need to think of suitable place (probably website) to make the workshop notes available.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth where it has
comments.