"Moo," said the happy cow.
Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.
- W B Yeats
quote:Really? That's not the impression that my buddies were given at Access All Areas yesterday!!
Originally posted by Kat:
Some pretty nasty stuff been said on the Liquid site, lots of very angry people. Sad that it did not happen, but hoepfully we will be offered free entry to the next party, and refunds are been given to those who want one.
Why is it that everthing which is fun is illegal, immoral, or fattening?
Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.
- W B Yeats
Make your own happiness by making others happy [Ikeda]
*they used to read me stories, as though my dreams were boring*
warp children still smile the same
"when i left the mine i realised that the world was changing. or was it us who were changing?"
Why is it that everthing which is fun is illegal, immoral, or fattening?
Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.
- W B Yeats
I honour you as an aspect of myself..
You are never to old to storm a bouncey castle..
quote:Bless!
sorry for all the inconvenience and ill feeling......obviously everyone needs answers.... just to let you know, the organisers are not ignoring you all but at present pulling their hair out trying to work out our financial situation as soon as possible.... they are spending time sorting out what to say to the ticket outlets in the morning and will get to the accusations thereafter..... we have taken a massive financial blow as obviously there were upfront costs and we didn't expect this outcome as everything was in place.... despite everyone saying how dis-organised etc we were... we were more organised than ever maybe its not enough but..... it was section 63 under the criminal justice act that prevented our event taking place, not the fact that we are lunched out hippies that don't care or on a complete scam to run off with everybodys money.....it is the ultimate pain in the bum criminal justice bill that is to blame...... we had music,djs,vjs,decor,marquees,tipis, toilets (that the police turned away), well marked re-cyling centres,big blue ashtrays on the dance floor, 700 eggs and enough organic food to feed the expected party people!!!...... there was a healing space , a chill out space, an acoustic dome, a cafe and a lovely man with his tent from free tibet all of which were in the meadow which people had spent all day hacking away at the brambles..... in the main area.... there was an amazing stage with scafolding towers that people had worked all day to make perfect and next to it the vj guys had their own marquee to house the 9 best vjs from around the world.... people worked hours on hanging decor that had been created especially for the party.... it was all starting to look lovely....there was even a little geodesic dome which people had spent the day winding fluro wool in patterns........ we had a load of water coming and also a river fit for swimming..... there was a quarry and a field for parking and camping..... the land was secured and the authorites and neighbours all knew.
..... don't know if this helps...
We had all arrived the night before and during the night and were mostly asleep ready for the chaotic day ahead when this guy Simon arrived....
also the next day yes it was evidently chaos but there was definately not one of the liquid connective organisers too ****ed on anything....
after the health and safety did a risk assessment with our legal advisor, we had to change all of the areas around so that it would be health and safety compliant......this affected every area..... basically...it was all a bit of a bummer....everyone had to move areas and if anyone was ignored by any of the main area co-ordinators I wouldn't have thought that it was intentional just the fact that we had to change around our orginal plans and having the authorities up our bum with the phones ringing every 5 seconds..... it was alot of pressure knowing there was thousands of people counting on coming to this party...... it had to work..... we had to do everything the police told us to.... they were really nice in fact and really impressed by the measures we had taken...( we had nearly 40 stewards and lots of security who were all first aiders)..... but I don't think anyone meant to ignore anyone,
no-one was messed up or too up their own arses, just very stressed out with it all and getting on with their own areas.......
anyway we did try to organise an amazing festival for you all, we all worked so hard on the weekend and the months approaching....meeting every week for updates and ideas.... maybe the holding hands thing made some people laugh but in our meetings its just a way to start off and chill out and focus..... in a way, its a way of losing inhibitions a bit too so that everyone could feel they could speak out...
everything was in place and we did have back up plans but by the time the police served us with the section 63 we had all our eggs in one basket.... it was a nightmare....trying to pack down a whole festival and ring other possible sites etc..... ring some artists that hadn't flown over yet so they could decide for themselves what to do plus try to answer the phones that were constantly ringing..... at times we spent 2 hours trying to get onto the answerphone to change the outgoing message but couldn't because of the incoming calls stopping us....
Some of us were going to check out this possible site in Dartmoor on Saturday morning that apparantly had been claimed and would be perfect for our festival.... when we got there not only was it no good for a festival as it was a national trust site but the word had got out and there were hundreds of partygoers there before we arrived.....
at the services there were hundreds more..... all itching for a party but the massive numbers made it very difficult to go anywhere un noticed... the police were on our case...
Our friend informed us of the 3rd and final site near chicester...it sounded perfect and we arranged for the sound system to go there first.... unfortunately once we had arrived there and starting setting up the park ranger informed us that it was an eco site.... no-one was aware of this before so we decided to give in..... every one was completely worn out and dishevelled...
everybody regrets that it didn't come off as we'd wished and all this ill feeling is really dis-heartening.... there were mistakes made...of course there were.... but at the end of the day the intention was completely pure.... the intention was to put on an amazing weekend for some beautiful like-minded people......
no-one is trying to ignore or hide or deny anything.... there has been a huge lack of communication but they are just trying to deal with the reality of it all and there is alot to wade through.... its an alien situation.... I hope you understand...
sorry for all your anger but please don't threaten everyone so that we feel we can't even walk down the road without looking over our shoulder, we are all pissed off and gutted but please realise that this isn't helping anything...
hope that liquid still continues and that we have your support for the next party.....
Love Kerry xx
Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.
- W B Yeats