>I can vouch for the grass being a skid pan lats >time it when the beer tent was there I did a >spetactular a over b on the way past the beer >tent and my jeans became unwearable >Sorry it has taken me so long to reply, but I did not leave site until >Wednesday and this is the first time I can catch up with my emails. > >Regarding Little Venice this year, Martin replied about the grass site, >which his reply was totally correct except missing a bit of detail. It was I >who said that I would not use that area. Whilst being the leader of the >Moose Camp (I took over the leadership to stop the festival being >cancelled). Mainly for the reasons Martin gave and for the previous years it >had always been mentioned it was an area where an accident waiting to >happen. I was not prepared to put anyone at risk and this included my >volunteers. > >For those on the list who do not know the site or have never been to LV then >explaination. The grass site is about 100ft x 60ft (roughly), it has trees >that we are not allowed to trim etc roots are coming out off the ground and >because of the foliage the grass below is thin. So when it rains the place >is the best skid pain, I have ever seen. There are broken paving slabs that >hang over edges to trip you up. I could go on! > >The last time LV used this grass site, Westminister Council tried to charge >the festival £500.00. even with the problems above!! > >Regarding the number off boats in the pageant over hundred!! no I don't >think so maybe 30 plus, but as Steve Haywood said why do you not enter the >pageant or the boat handling etc. > >One of your comments about a lot of people behind the seens made me laugh, >how many people do you think help at LV?? with setting up running the event >and then take down???? > >During this year I took over the role of Chairman for the LV Committee, and >still the Work camp (Moose Camp) leader/manager. I was on site from Tueday >the week leading up to the festival and left on Wednesday morning after. > >If you had any questions etc why did you not come and see me, from this list >only one person come up to me and introduced himself, how many people from >this list was present? Yes I was busy, I started on site by 7:00hrs and >finished 01:00 during the festival, one morning started at 6:30hrs, but I >will always try to make time to chat to people, because in the long run that >can give me ideas about the future of the event. > >I always will except constructive critism, but being negative helps no one. > >SO HELP ME FOR NEXT YEAR > >What was missing from the event? How can I or the committee change it? How >can we make more people to take part? > > >Moose >LV Festival Chairman and Work Camp Manager > >_________________________________________________________________ >Txt a lot? Get Messenger FREE on your mobile. >https://livemessenger.mobile.uk.msn.com/ > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
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