Vote for the next festival (July/August 2010)

[Geir]

Hmmm...a couple of those 'Rubber Soul' remaining tracks look tempting. 

I've been thinking that myself .......

[64Guitars]

Added a page of Beatles Links tonight. It's accessible from the main menu under "Festivals", or from the BeatlesFest jukebox page, just under the banner.

[64Guitars]

The BeatlesFest has been a huge success and I, for one, hate to see it end. There are still so many songs that we could do, and it would be great to complete a few albums. So I was thinking of extending BeatlesFest for another six weeks, running it simultaneously with PirateFest. I don't want to take away from PirateFest but I got the impression from earlier polls and comments that there are only a few members who are really into PirateFest anyway. So I thought that those members could do as many pirate songs as they like and other members, who may not be interested in doing a pirate song, can continue working on Beatles songs. Maybe someone will do a Beatles song pirate-style and enter it both festivals ("Arrr, matey. We all be livin' in a yeller submarine").

What do you think? Is anyone opposed to this idea? Would it be unfair to those members who want a PirateFest?

[launched]

PirateFest? I never saw a vote for the next festival. I just see the old poll and that's it. Oh well, I suppose it was going to have to happen eventually. 

I don't see why the Beatlesfest shouldn't be extended. It garnered a lot of participation(And is still doing so), which is good for the site. I only have one more left in me, which will soon be done, but with more time I might want to take a crack at another one. I will admit that I dreaded this one, but like the kid dragged to summer camp kicking and screaming I actually had a lot of fun once I got involved.

[Geir]

Good idea 64G !!

And seeing some piratey Beatles tunes would sure be fun !!!

[cuthbert]

I think a little concurrent festival activity wouldn't hurt and I'd love to do a couple more Beatles songs (and see a few albums 'completed') before it's over.

Either that, or a BeatlesFest II. 

[64Guitars]

PirateFest? I never saw a vote for the next festival. I just see the old poll and that's it. Oh well, I suppose it was going to have to happen eventually. 

Henwrench asked for a PirateFest last December and I had said that we'd have it in January 2010.

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=5343.msg66456#msg66456

A few others also expressed an interest in PirateFest. But then a few more festival suggestions popped up and we had our first vote instead, which was won by Unplugged Fest (BeatlesFest was a close second at only 3 votes behind).

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=5851.0

In May 2010, I decided to schedule PirateFest from Sept 5 to Oct 16 to coincide with International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th. I've mentioned it several times since then.

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=7112.msg93087#msg93087

That's why there was no vote.

Likewise, there will be no vote for YuleFest, which will be repeated every year at Christmas time. This year, it runs from Nov 28th to Jan 8th.

[launched]

Ok, cool. I'm not a big participant in the Gen Dis section, so I miss out on a lot of the posts. Thank you for the explanation - I look forward to PirateFest!

What about the Halloween one? I liked that one a lot - Lots of great material.

[64Guitars]

What about the Halloween one? I liked that one a lot - Lots of great material.

We could do that again if enough members want it. I won't make it an annual thing but I'll add it to the next vote which begins Oct 3rd (the winning festival will run from Oct 17 to Nov 27).

[alfstone]

It's surely a my problem, but I don't understand absolutely what kind of songs/tunes should be part of a PirateFest...

Maybe...songs about hackers???