----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 7:38 AM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Another report on the National (or bits of it at any rate!)
> On Saturday, September 01, 2007 10:44 PM [GMT+1=CET], > Guy Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I think the first thing is to wonder whether there needs to be "big" >> entertainment in the evenings at all. It costs quite a bit and >> genertaes no direct income. I don't imagine any boater or camper >> comes just because there are bands on in the evening. > > I remember when the entertainment in the bar in the evenings was > impromptu, > with no stage, no lighting and no amplification,just a few people sitting > around at one end of the bar making their own music. The people involved > usually included David Blagrove and Peter Thompson. I'd love to see a > move > back to that sort of arrangement. > > Mike Stevens > narrowboat Felis Catus III > web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk I agree with Mike. That sort of thing does not interfere with the functioning of the bar as a place for people to get together and socialise, but people who want music can go listen to it. Also, it doesn't matter then if the standard is not high! (Not referring to Messrs. Blagrove & Thompson there.) Dorothy
