UK Get Together Summer 2007

[ianLP59]

I am wondering whether any UK members of this forum would be interested in a guitar/music get together sometime this summer.

I am considering hosting such an event at our place here near Southampton in Hampshire, provided there is some interest. We have plenty of room both inside and outside to do this and, weather permitting, we could combine the whole thing with a barbeque in the garden. We can also offer a heated outdoor pool (heated to around 30 deg C) for those of an aquatic disposition...We could cope with kids and spouses/partners as well, as long as there are not too many and on the understanding that kids are their parents' responsibility in terms of potential pool-side supervision etc.

I have not decided on a date yet but would assume that a Saturday would be the best day, certainly for me, and I guess, probably for most others as well. I'm sort of looking at a Saturday in either June, July or August.

Thoughts?...

[age]

Sounds good to me! Count me in if I'm available on a date we choose.

[mishmannah]

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[ianLP59]

OoooooOOOooooOOOOOHhh!!!!!!


I'll go and ask my husband if it's okay to gallavant round the country to meet wierd internet forum people again!!

Sam,

You could always bring him along avec les enfants and he can give us all an Internet forum weirdo health check !

Ian

[ianLP59]

OK, campers. I've just exchanged e-mails with Chris Williams. Chris is one half of a great acoustic duo with Pete Smith who together represent Taylor guitars in the UK as guitar clinicians.

They want to come to the gathering in the summer and are happy to do a workshop as well as (possibly) an evening gig for us.

So, please let's have some support for this event. We will need to nail a date down as both these guys need to sort their schedule out.

More info on Chris and Pete

Chris Williams (http://www.chriswilliamsguitarist.com)
Pete Smith (http://www.petesmithguitarist.com)

ALl the best,

Ian

[Bong Twang Ping]

I'm really hoping I can be in the UK when this goes down...sounds amazing! My UK home is in Sussex so no problem for me and the kids to get down providing we're there at the time.

[age]

Thank would be excellent. Pete was going to meet up with us in December but unfortunately couldn't make it.

Dates that are almost definitely no-goers for me are...

Weekends of

14th April
5th May
16th June
23rd June
30th June
21st July
25th Aug
1st Sept

[Lefty Guy]

Sounds a great idea, if it fits in with my family schedule I would love to come. Please mail me with details. i live near Romsey so pretty close to you.

[Fliss]

This sounds fantastic, and I would love to come, but it's a very long way for me, so I'll have to think very carefully about it and see how it fits in with other things. I'd struggle with either of the first two weekends in August, and I'd rather avoid the bank holiday if poss.

I'll watch this thread with interest!

Fliss

[mishmannah]

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[Fliss]

Thanks Sam, I'll bear that in mind :) And yes, sure I could bring Margo. You want me to bring my new mandolin too???? :D

Fliss

[age]

What mandolin is the new one?

[mishmannah]

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[ianLP59]

Hi guys,

I would like to try and establish a date for this as soon as possible. The longer we leave it the more difficult it's gonna be. Also fixing a date now means that people can earmark it well in advance. we all know that whatever date we go for some folks won't be able to make it, but that's life.

I am going to tentatively suggest Saturday July 28th as this is definately ok for me and, as the organiser, that's quite important !

Best wishes,

Ian

[Fliss]

Fliss has got a new mandolin.

Heh heh... I don't want to hijack this thread so I'll start one in Open Mic and post some pics, but yes, I have a new mandolin built by Phil Davidson, and Sam joined me for a trip down to his workshop :D

Fliss

[Jerrysimon]

Hey this sounds good. I will speak to my other half and see if the date is ok :)

Fortuantely my little ones are all grown up now.

Regards

Jerry

[ianLP59]

Hi all, the date is now set for Saturday 28th July. Both Chris Williams and Pete Smith are also up for this so mark your diaries accordingly...

BTW, anyone attending Martin Simpson's May workshop this year ????


Ian

[age]

Cool. I can't wait. It is in the diary. I've PMed you a question.

[age]

Is the martin simpson workshop in france?

I would have loved to go but getting the holiday off work and the money made it a no-go :(

[ianLP59]

Adrian,

No, the France workshops are held in Grasse in September. I am attending the workshop in Sheffield in May. It takes place over a weekend and is MUCH cheaper than the France workshop.

All the best,

Ian

[martinedwards]

Oi, Martin Edwards if you are reading this, there'll be room in the car for you too...

thanks for the offer, but could you provide a towel to dry off after swimming the Irish sea?

and somewhere to hang my Borat Thong to dry?:D

[mishmannah]

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[Adamski]

Hi Ian

I would be very intsted to come to your summer get together, as would a mate of mine. You might be interested in us coming too I have a Sobell, and my friend has 2 of them (one of which used to be Martin's).

Please drop me a line on my email if you've still got space, and perhaps we could sort something out.

Kindest regards

Adam

[Jerrysimon]

I have just managed to get two four day passes for the Cambridge Folk Festival, so will be taking my wife to that now and the dates unfortuanetly clash with this event :(

Regards

Jerry

[ianLP59]

Just thought I'd inject a bit more life into this thread. I recently attended a Martin Simpson concert near me and have a got a couple of guys coming who I met there. The good thing about MS gigs is that you always find a number of guitarists in the audience.

But the 6 million $ question IS... WHO ELSE IS COMING ?

I would like to get some idea of numbers and anyone who is contemplating coming will need to know where to come and have directions and so on...

Can anyone who intends to come (including anyuone to whom I have already confirmed address details and directions) please indicate to that effect.

Can I have some feedback please ????

Cheers,

Ian

[age]

My wife and I are coming! Let me know what I can bring drinks/food wise.

Adrian

[Fliss]

Ian, I'd love to come but I'm sorry it's just too far for me at that particular time. I hope you all have a great get together and hopefully there'll be another opportunity before too long.

Fliss

[mishmannah]

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[ianLP59]

Well, it happened ! We had a total blast as well and were completely blown away by Pete Smith's guitar playing, very ably backed and supported by Chris Williams. If you ever get the chance to see them, do it !

I managed to blag a few extra guitar players from outside the forum to come along as well to flesh things out a bit. The weather could have been better, but luckily we have enough room here to accomodate everyone indoors.

A brief list of the attendees :

Jacob (I blagged Jacob at this May's Martin Simpson workshop in Sheffield which we both attended).

Eric (Another guitarist I blagged at a recent Martin Simpson concert down here)

LeftyGuy (aka Guy) from the forum

Age (aka Adrian) and wife Jo from the forum

Terry Miles - from the forum

Chris Whitfield. I met Chris at a Martin Simpson concert. He's a local Southampton lad who plays really mean guitar. Check him out at : http://www.myspace.com/chriswhitfieldguitar

Mark ( a friend of Chris Whitfield's)

Me (Ian)

Pete Smith - amazing guitar player

Chris Williams - Pete's duo partner

Plus assorted members and friends of my family.

A really good do and many thanks to all who attended and made it such a great bash. We will be doing this again !

May well post some pics when I get around to seeing who took what of whom.

Cheers,


Ian

[mishmannah]

Looking forward to seeing the pics. :)