February 2006

Dear friends,

Your formal invitation to

Tenterden Folk Festival 2006

Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October

 

As it’s that dance-programme-organising time of year, I thought it was high time I sent out this year’s invitation to Tenterden Folk Festival.

 

As usual, sides are welcome to come and dance around the town on both Saturday and Sunday.  Sides are also encouraged to take part in the procession on Saturday and are welcome to take part in a more formal display if they wish.  Saturday will remain the main day but there are still plenty of opportunities for more sides to stay on for Sunday, so may I encourage you to make a weekend of it.  I know some people, particularly families, come to the Festival to see the dancing, so it would be really brill if your team can dance on Sunday this year, not to mention the possibility of some free train tickets (see below).

 

As regards camping, this year we can also offer the use of a town centre field for camping but the Woodlands Campsite just outside town will still be available to those who prefer the added luxury of showers and electricity.  We can still provide indoor camping for those taking part in the Festival if you book in advance.  We do however expect sides making use of these facilities to make a donation to the Scouts for the use of their premises. 

 

2005 saw the return of the Folk Trains and the use of the Station at the Kent & East Sussex Railway.  Alongside this the KESR offered a certain number of free tickets for dance sides who wanted to travel on the trains and dance at the stations along the railway.  They offered two sets of tickets on Saturday and one on Sunday, and we envisage the same for 2006.  These will be offered on a first come first served basis.

 

If you know of any other sides that you would like us to invite to the Festival, please let me know as soon as possible or just pass a copy of this invitation on to them and tell me you have done so.  In the last few years we have come very close to being over subscribed so an early reply is recommended.

 

We will be pleased to continue to provide a limited number of free weekend tickets to sides confirmed in advance.

 

The Festival will continue to follow the now very well established format with a few minor changes and continued improvements.  Following changes in the licensing laws we are now able to use the Tenterden Club for the Festival barn dance, with its function room, purpose built bar and a choice of hot and cold food and freshly made coffee.  The Club is handily situated right in the town centre near the other evening venues.  We will have a top barn dance band and caller.

We will be booking guests over the forthcoming months and full details will be published in the usual folk magazines and on our web site at www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk

 

Could you let me know if your team is coming, or not, by emailing me at dave@grace-house.freeserve.co.uk (not the folkspots email please).

 

On the other hand, if you are no longer involved with your dance team or do not wish to receive any more information, please let me know and I will remove you from my mailing list.

 

I look forward to hearing from you and hope to see you all at Tenterden 2006.

 

Dave

Dave Masterson,

Festival Dance Co-ordinator.

Email: dave@grace-house.freeserve.co.uk

 


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