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Hello everyone and welcome to PLAY FESTIVAL 2007!!



Please forgive me for the lack of info, I have no computer to use and it'll be a few weeks more until I'm able to update it more often. I'll come back and put more up as and when I can.



Hopefully most of this info you'll have gotten from our newsletter, if not sign up to it on the website now! www.playfestival.co.uk



We had a wonderful 5 days last year and can only say that 2007 will be even better!



Thanks to everyone who came last year and who gave us feedback on what they thought of the festival, we've taken all comments on board and hope we can make the festival one that you'll enjoy even more than the last.



The dates for this years festival will be Wednesday 25th - Sunday 29th July and we will be at the same venue, Fordhall Farm in Market Drayton, Shropshire. The tickets will be £35 in advance and £40 on the door, that will include most workshops, 4 nights camping, the shows and other entertainments during the festival



We have lots planned for this years festival, more areas to play in with the emphasis on getting everyone involved, we will have a proper go at the world record after last years attempt didn't go so well (although it does look awesome on video!!!) and of course the usual abundance of workshops to keep you all busy in the day.

We'll have two stages this year, the main stage/tent and and nice little caberet tent, a solar powered cinema, a PROPER bar & food tent and a few more folks selling the stuff you want to buy (even if you don't realise it yet! heheh)



New for this year will be the PLAY HOP Amateur Performance of the year. It's a little competition we've come up with that can be entered by anyone for any type of performance. No more than 4 minutes long with a cash prize for the winner and the chance to feature on the next PLAY DVD. As you might guess from the title the event is sponsored by HomeofPoi.com (who have proudly given us the prizes for our games over the last two years). More details will follow soon...



The DVD of last years festival will be out at some point, probably exactly at the time we plan it to come out Focusing more on spreading knowledge to learn the arts than the last DVD and we're sure it'll knock your socks off!



If you want to contact us about anything please email us at one of the following addresses:



info@playfestival.co.uk



comments@playfestival.co.uk



volunteers@playfestival.co.uk



traders@playfestival.co.uk



If anyone wants specific footage from last years festival please wait until after the DVD is out, Strugz & co are busy enough editing the full thing to start making cuts for people! Thanks



As my internet access is sporadic at best till my pc is up and running, I might not be able to reply to email straight away, if you want to talk to me about anything call me on 07814 018091 and if you don't get an answer LEAVE A VOICEMAIL!



Keep checking the website for the latest information and we'll send out newsletters as often as we can.





hugs & smiles



Dunc

Let's relight this forum

Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

 Written by: mech


damit i broke my nose for play!

Thoughts arrive like butterflies...

 Written by: TastesLikePurple

 Written by: mech


damit i broke my nose for play!

you say that like you were involved in some heroic act! next time just don't run through the staff spinning endurance game! and this time i'm gonna get through that damn game! the last two times someone's interrupted my spinning with their staff...or their face...

Step (el-nombrie)

"Whats wrong with the cat?" - Mrs Schrödinger

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

Xbox360 Live ID - Sacred Apollyon

"Enemies you threaten make armies. Enemies you destroy make graves."

"Here is a test to see if your mission on earth is finished: If your alive it isn't."

Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!

Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

 Written by: strugz



But those names aside - PLAY festival can not be anywhere near to what it is with out the love, effort and support that comes from this rocking community and all in it

Getting to the other side

 Written by: jo_rhymes


Skully, depends how much you have to move your tent!
if you move it 3 times or more it's cheaper:P

Gayle.....!

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

 Written by: Skulduggery


How much is it for a trading pitch this year?

Gayle.....!

Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows

 Written by: Gayle......!


Can i get back to you after you answer this, you slacker!

 Written by: Skulduggery


How much is it for a trading pitch this year?

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

Gayle.....!

he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.

Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing

Step (el-nombrie)

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.

 Written by: Skulduggery


Jeez this thread is full of a whole heap of bull excreta... Whatever happened to staying on topic?

Jake the Juggler

he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.

Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing

 Written by: mech


i hope not, that was very annoying last year
we need two types of tee
and teacher one - for those how teach
and a crew one for those who are to be asked questions

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.

Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing

 Written by: Durbs

 Written by: mech


i hope not, that was very annoying last year
we need two types of tee
and teacher one - for those how teach
and a crew one for those who are to be asked questions

Not as yet...There's going to be "Crew" shirts, for people to answer questions like "Help my tents on fire - can you help" and "Where's the exit" etc.
Then there'll be "I went to Play 2007 and all I got was this lousy t-shirt and lots of pegs" t-shirts (not literal wording ).
Bascially this should clear up any confusion such-as
"The main tent is about to fall over - can you help?"
"No, but I can teach you a hula-hoop matrix"


As for "Teacher" t-shirts - everyone's a teacher at Play, so that'd be a lot of freebies

[This is the current train of thought anyway)

Step (el-nombrie)

 Written by: MikefromGlos


I think somthing to make the peoploe running workshops stand out is a good thing...

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

"...We don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing......."

Step (el-nombrie)

But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

he he i am mike the amazing gloscircus person who is mike.

Officaly an exception to the Poi Boys are Girls Thing

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude