COASTLINE BLUEGRASS MUSIC EVENT '12

[pickalick]

You'll find us on facebook - http://www.facebook.com/coastline.bluegrass

Just had the Martin guitar delivered for the raffle - worth £800.00 !

The Music Room will be at the Event this year - http://www.the-music-room.com/

[cactusstu]

We're looking forward to the event. This will be our fourth. We just need the prayer mats out for good weather. Location brilliant. Music brilliant. People brilliant.

[COMPAQ40]

Wouldn't miss it ! 7th year running. Weather's bound to be great, so get on up to sunny Wales

Weather? - got that a bit wrong didn't I ?

[pickalick]

Thursday evening session with the 'Feet First band' in the workshop marquee - and Feet First will be the Appalachian dance team for CBME'12.....go to their website http://www45.brinkster.com/FeetFirstWeb/Home_Page.asp

[Buzzbomb]

Will weekend tickets be available at the site? (Planning to arrive Thursday, transport permitting)

Can't wait to see The Sons Of Navarone again!

Cheers
Buzzbomb

[pickalick]

Will weekend tickets be available at the site? (Planning to arrive Thursday, transport permitting)

YES, tickets can be bought at the reception tent.

[pickalick]

A message from our caterer

"Hi to everyone attending this years Coastline Bluegrass, my name is Deborah ,as you know I am the caterer, Upper crust llandudno, at this years event and i thought i would mention that i will be providing everyone on arrival with a menu and a pre-order option for breakfast and dinner. Thursdays dinner menu choice will be , Homemade Hearty Beef Hot Pot and Vegetable Lasagne, Fridays Menu - Chicken Curry and Rice and Pasta Bake , Sat Menu - Chicken Casserole and Vegetable Hot Pot , there will also be a varied menu of filled rolls- Chips , Scampi - Hot Roast beef onions mushrooms and melted stilton Rolls - Hot Roast Pork apple sauce and stuffing Rolls - Hot Dogs and 100% Beef Burgers plus of course breakfast baps. Also available will be full English breakfasts.

We only use quality local sourced produce and home baked products."

[pickalick]

This year our usual 'Fiddle Doctor' is not available to help peeps with their fiddle setup and so we have a 'Guitar/Mandolin Doctor' -
Matthew John Bascetta will be available.
Mathew makes hand made acoustic instruments and does expert repair and restoration work on guitars, mandolins, mandolas, bouzoukis, dulcimers, and banjos in Chester, UK
http://www.mjbluthier.co.uk/index.htm

[pickalick]

p.s. Johnny Hulme will be in attendance at 'The Music Room' to demo their banjo range.

[Buzzbomb]

Great festival, despite the weather! The band line-up was fantastic, with each band ratcheting up the bluegrass standard:- It was my first time seeing Sharps & Flats and the New Essex Bluegrass Band and both were brilliant. S & F blew away my preconceptions & did some wonderful stuff; whilst NEBB hit the motherlode vein of traditional/authentic bluegrass... Only The Sons Of Navarone could follow that with a perfect blend of humour, harmony & top-notch pickin.

Thanks too to all the staff who IMHO went above & beyond the call of duty, dealing with the weather related issues...

And my tent survived too!

Cheers
Buzzbomb

[cactusstu]

I think that's the nearest I've been to Hell and Heaven in one weekend!
Pitching the tent under those conditions, cold and soaked to the skin was character building!
The concert on Saturday was fantastic and the weather on Sunday morning was superb.
Special thanks are due to Uppercrust, the caterers who did us proud. I hope they'll be back next year.

[COMPAQ40]

That was a proper flippin' STORM on Friday night. Camping in the tent was a terrifying experience - I had no idea my gazebo was so aerodynamic, because it flew a considerable distance, but the landing was catastrophic! Despite the appalling weather, the 'shows' went on and what great entertainment it was! Only three bands but what a great contrast in styles. 'Flats & Sharps' were brilliant despite their tender years - not one was over 19 years old (I hate them). 'NEBB' wowed the traditionalists and the 'Sons of Navarone' catered for every Bluegrass taste. Great music, great musicians, great humour, great suits & ties (Sons) . Plenty of pickin' and jammin'. Excellent bar ( as usual ) and the new catering people were really good. Even the mud was fun, but in retrospect I wish I hadn't had the car valeted the week before . . . . .