PLAY Festival 2007 25th - 29th July 2007

Call me Mr. No-fun if you like, but it seeems to me that it'd be a whole lot easier to prevent a bunch of gazebos (gazeboes?) from turning into flying, collapsing, super-lethal polythenes of doom which cause the health and safety executive to have kittens than it would to bodge a tarp into staying put, what with gazebos being designed to gazebe and all...
So what if the nicotine addicts erected their gazebos in clusters around main tent entrances? The usual DIY store gazebo is white, so there shouldn't be an after-dark visibility risk (maybe some hazard tape for any guy ropes that get put up to aid with the staying put), and the whole no sides thing means they won't be in the way for the rest of us coming and going (plus if it does all go rainy an extended and dispersing covered entrance to each tent is going to lessen the churned-up muddiness just there that would otherwise happen...).

I heard the govenment had banned rain from july 1st so there would'nt be any problem smoking outdoors...

they did mention however that a hosepipe ban would come into effect from july 2nd

isnt PLAY bigger than the government? i thought it was ?? mmmm

tarp sounds like a good idea:I'm just throwing ideas around here tho: and its always good to have somewhere to sit and chill out of the sun (especially if you're ginger like me)

I think 'flying, collapsing, super-lethal polythenes of doom' is going a tad far in describing gazebos

I'm just trying to thrash some ideas out before everyone arrives and, ahem, 'loses motivation'.

Just had two new ideas for workshops:
1) fingerpainting: it'd be really cool to get everybody to contribute one hand print to a big 'PLAY 2007' sign, or just fingerpainitng would be cool, but I don't know where to begin really

2)Mass hug workshop: basically, the idea is to get everybody at PLAY to hug each other at the same time for 1 minute.

alternatively:

a hug workshop, exploring some variations in hugging: the body clamp, the 'travelling hug', the 'chest bounce', the 'soul brother' hug, the 'surprise attack hug' (techniques and diversionary tactics) and exploring what we mean by the term 'glomp'

angel: i'm loving those workshop ideas! i'd definatly go to both.... i think the finger painting one is a great idea, since everybody with hands (or if they dont have hands then feet....) can do it, plus it would look great, and it encourages people to come together

and i never thought about how many different hugs there are.... although i'm not sure parents would like their kids to attempt the 'just had sex with the person you love' hug.....

no but i would

gets coat.........

Whip workshop, whip workshop, whip workshop!

I'll bring the pvc, leather and chains

No, seriously, Whip workshop, whip workshop, whip workshop!

so does that mean theres another person in favour of the hugging workshop?? i mean, it'd be fun.....

haha what kinda whip workshop though?? again, some parents wouldn't like their kids being taught how to arouse their partner using whips.... although maybe a night one for 'adult' themed whip stuff?? lol

actually I thought people would go more for the mass hug thing!

I might need to borrow a leash to keep strugz on though by the sounds of it though

btw, I'm just sounding ideas out here before sticking them on the PLAY website

I'm defenitly up for the hug workshop...and the fingerpainting!

woot! thanks for putting up the workshop suggestions angel, i never thought of things like that! lol

A mass hug is a great way to bring everyone together - particularly the Moppers who don't necessarily know as many poeple there as HoPpers do

But I kinda like the idea of a 'different hugs' workshop as well

And finger painting rocks!

Fire whip. STRICTLY PG I saw some dude I cannot at this moment recall, doing fire whips (2 short ones) when I went to stay at Nate's house last weekend.
I really want to learn now so I can chase chavs around and shout *I come in peace!* And other funny things I haven't thought of yet.

both the hug and fingerpainting workshops sound awesome! spread the love!

hug workshop sounds like great fun.. do it!

pmls LMSP i love the chav chasing idea! include me in that please!

the hug workshop is probably do-able: the fingerpainting, weell, I'd need organisers to get in touch with me about that, because it'll need loads of non-toxic paint, and I'm not really sure where exactly to get it from, or come to that, how I'm going to get it to PLAY.

If there's somewhere near the site we can get it from, I'd MUCH rather fo that than lug it all the way from England. Also Health/Safety issues: I don't know? are there any with fingerpainting/hugging?

A hug workshop! Awesome idea. It can end with a good humoured Chave Chase and UnclassifiedLeggyGirl can lead the hunt

angel: no toxic paint is available is every arts and crafts workshop now, so that wouldn't be a problem, so the only thing would be how you get the paint there and health and safelty (i.e. making sure kids don't eat the paint) but that could also be solved by making sure there is an adult with each child when they do theirs, not really a big problem.

LMSP: why, i'd be honoured to lead the chase, i've been involved in quite a few successful chav chases in my time