SRFN News no. 24: Doncaster

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SRFN: Newsletter: Number 24 Autumn 1999: Doncaster

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Three Horseshoes in the Wind

Siggy Fretwell calls in from the North-East Frontier

Greetings Fellow Folkies and how the devil are we? Well at the moment of writing we are in the murky depths of the Festival season. Will we all come out at the other side or are some of us destined to be consumed without a trace?

Well its not long now until Doncaster's Festival. I hope that I might see some of you guys there. Something that fascinates me about some of the Festivals I have been to more than once is that there is always a prevailing tune. Its always deliciously scrummy, sometimes its a rather obscure one, sometimes its a big fave. Always I am taken by surprise, But the fascinatingest thing about it all is what decides this merry tune and how does everyone know which one it is? And it is the favourite for that year only. Next year its a totally different one. One year at Whitby, for example, it was 'Dill Pickle Rag', next year it was nowhere to be seen and everyone was playing 'Flop Eared Mule', the year after that it was 'October Canal'. So there's no point going away and learning the tune, thinking you'll be alright for the following year, 'cos it'll be gone by then. And bearing in mind that at a Festie there are people from all over the country so its not even a regional thiag. Strange but true, Anyone got any ideas?

I shall leave you with this interesting thought, and I shall wait with bated breath to see what's the hot fave for this year's Festie in Donny - that's 24 - 26 September at The Three Horse Shoes in case you were wondering, just to quell any of those rumours I hear may have been flitting about about our Club's supposed demise. Its not true I tell you, its not true! Meanwhile, live long and prosper - O yes, and keep regular.

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