PROLOG:


Out of the 42 Maldon Folk Festivals I have been to 34 of the last 35.

Donna has been to two.  Last year's Festival which was the old way.  This year's Festival which was the transition to the new way.

Earlier in the year I had followed up rumours of big changes by calling the Festival director, Pam Lyons.  Yes the changes were true. I discussed this at length and became convinced that the old way of conducting the Festival was dead in the water.  That the best chance for the people to enjoy the Festival, and therefore it's survival, was to go ahead with the changes that were planned.

Donna added to this too by saying that even last year she wanted it all to be in the town.  It was too disjointed, catching buses up and down, missing acts she wanted to see, and lack of atmosphere. As we were to find, a lot of people felt the same way and expressed it as we moved about this year.




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