HW: Summerfest 2003

[M Holmes]

Steve Youles writes:

> I already said "yes" on the Yahoo group but please count this as an
> additional vote in favour.
>
> Although I previously said yes to non-passport holders on the grounds of
> improving the financial viability of the fest, Mike and Horse both raise
> very good points in favour of keeping it as it was.  I think Mike has hit
> on the ideal solution, sell tickets to passport holders, friends and family
> only, i.e. anyone can buy a ticket but you need to be accompanied by a
> passport holder to get in.

Technically we had that this year.  I'd go a little further and extend
the invite around the spacerock community.  Let the Gong folks know for
example and also pass the word around the Science Fiction community
(maybe even get an outside cinema screen after curfew?) We won't get a
lot extra that way, but we'll get a few and they'll be interesting
folks.  Basically the idea would be to pass the word through the
likeminded but not advertise openly to the public (not sure a licence
would be easy if this were done anyway).

> Last year I estimate numbers were approx 500, this could easily be doubled
> and still retain the intimate atmosphere.

Yep, the first Glasto had 1000 and that certainly looked like fun in the
movie.

FoFP