Friday, August 13th and Saturday August 14th...
Cropredy Festival 1999!


Since Cropredy 1997 I, like a few more people have joined the Fairport mailing list (to join put " subscribe" only as the message) and made many new friends. There have been several mini list-meets at various gigs throughout the year and this year many of the group formed a convoy and arrived at Cropredy together for a list-camp.

As usual there was loads for The Children

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The festival line up:

Friday 13th

Blazing Homesteads 1pm-2pm
Chris While and Julie Matthews 2.15pm-2.45pm
Jaqui McShee's Pentangle 3.45pm-5pm
The Dylan Project 6.45pm-8.15pm
The Richard Thompson Band 8.35pm-10.35pm
Barrage 10.55pm-12pm


Saturday 14th

Barrage 1pm-1.50pm
Anna Ryder 2pm-2.45pm
Paul Mitchell's Band 3pm-3.50pm
Ralph McTell 4.10pm-5.15pm
The Robbie McIntosh Band 5.30-6.45
Maddy Prior and Friends 7pm-8.15pm
Fairport and Guests 8.30pm-12pm

We arrived, very late for us, at about 6.15 on Friday evening. My husband had to work on Friday, the first time in the last 13 years so we have not done too badly! I had packed the family car...he arrived home saying Peggy has been on the radio saying to take wellies etc. We borrowed one son's little Susuki four by four...tiny to say the least, piled people in then belongings on top! It was an extremely uncomfortable journey but as we approached we could see signs saying the route was changed due to floods, some fields were closed because of floods, we decided that it was probably the best car to have with us.

We arrived in time to see the start of the Dylan project, it was brilliant...now to buy the CD>

The Richard Thompson Band walked on stage and the heavens opened! I was wandering about to take photographs! We took shelter under a stall... the water was running into their spotlights, puddles were forming above the cables, it was pretty dramatic. The sound system failed...water got into the electrics on stage... the band and crowd waited patiently and soggily! The sound came back and the band started. They were absolutely brilliant. The rain got harder and heavier, it let up for a few seconds and started again.

Somewhere towards the end of Richard's set we gave up! Unforgivable I know but they started pushing the cars out from the backstage, we were soaked to the skin and sat in puddles despite having two ground sheets, fishing umbrellas and waterproofs. So by midnight, when we should be watching Barrage in a field about 30 miles away I am putting this onto the Internet! Sorry folks!

Following are pictures from Wednesday's warm-up at The Mill.

Photographs of Saturday are Here!

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If you want to see what the children were doing CLICK HERE!

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This page was written on 15th August 1999 by Carol Rainbow, e-mail carolrb@rmplc.co.uk.