HW: Summerfest 2003

[Cpt Blue Skin]

I have named two of my pets - one Magnu and the other Zarozinia

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Cpt Blue Skin

----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Sharpe <sharpies at IDX.COM.AU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: HW: Summerfest 2003


> I agree whole-heartedly with the guy with the blue skin.... but
> unfortunately you mention Hawkwind down here & most people ask if it's the
> name of a boat or horse.
> The worst part is that my wife wouldn't let me call my daughter Hawkwind
or
> Magnu - I thought it might help to create public awareness.
>
> Allan Sharpe
> sharpies at idx.com.au
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cpt Blue Skin" <michael_1968 at OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: HW: Summerfest 2003
>
>
> > but it should be in australia - otherwise mmmmm ummmmmm
> > it just should be hear ;-)
> >
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> > Cpt Blue Skin
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: M Holmes <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
> > To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:05 AM
> > Subject: Re: HW: Summerfest 2003
> >
> >
> > > Rik Rx writes:
> > >
> > > > + +   + + +   +STAR WARRIORS + +++   +  +
> > > >
> > > > Greetings and best wishes to all from Hawkwind for 2003
> > > >
> > > > The band wondered if people would be interested in another Hawkfest
> this
> > > > year.
> > > > If there is enough interest, then we will have to begin organising
it
> > pretty
> > > > soon.
> > >
> > > If you build it I will come. Definitely. I worked over xmas to save
the
> > > leave for it.
> > >
> > > > Our main question is:
> > > > If it happens, would people still want it to be kept to passport
> holders
> > > > only this time?
> > >
> > > There's something to be said for making it mainly for the the fans.
> > > Certainly I wouldn't want to see it as commercial as Glastonbury has
> > > become nor as awfully rock'n'burgers as Reading.  The Hawkwind fan
> > > community by and large know each other and are a community in the real
> > > sense and diluting that too far in a festival would make it lose
> > > something special.
> > >
> > > That said, clearly we need enough people so that the bands can be paid
> > > and the stallholders make a living. That amounts to more than last
time.
> > > I'm sure that with one success behind us we can attract more of the
> > > dedicated fans. However the net will probably have to go at least a
> > > little further than that. Certainly let's extend it to family and
> > > friends of passport holders and those Hawkwind fans who aren't yet
> > > passport holders. It'd also be reasonable to get in folks from the
rest
> > > of the spacerock community.
> > >
> > > I think just opening it right up to a public festival would risk
> > > diluting it too far. That can be mitigated by choice of bands being
kept
> > > to Hawkwind related and spacerock but while we should extend the
> > > attendee base, I think we should think carefully about how to do that
> > > rather than just advertise to the general public. I know from
experience
> > > that the wrong crowd can pretty easily break a festival and the band
> > > have more than enough similar experience with the likes of the Brew
> Crew.
> > >
> > > I know that there was an issue between keeping it to a similar remit
to
> > > last time or going in with a more general festival. I'm very much for
> > > the former. Keep it Hawk-related, but yes, let's extend the fanbase.
> > > Moving it geographically closer to Bristol than Exeter might encourage
> > > more folks to travel. Beer was a great area of the country, but not
> > > exactly easy to get to for those far from the South.
> > >
> > > Could we have comment from the bands and organisers about how many we
> > > need to make this work without anyone losing their shirts? Then take
> > > into account having enough loos etc for that number and recalculate?
> > >
> > > Once we have a ballpark figure for that, we know how much further we
> > > need to extend it.
> > >
> > > From my own long experience of rock festivals, once you get past 5000
> you
> > > lose the sense of community and it becomes something else. Hopefully
> > > we're not talking that kind of number?
> > >
> > > And thanks to all concerned for the last one and for being prepared to
> > > host this rabble again ;-)
> > >
> > > FoFP
> >