Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
- Posts: 323
Great to be involved with the event and to sing to Dover again in Pencester, good natured crowd and FANTASTIC weather.
Had to rush off sharpish to take wifey to William Harvey Hospital for her appointment otherwise I would have stayed to enjoy 'User Friendly' and 'Elvis' and to meet and greet you all.
Cadets put on a good show with their marching band - was a shame to have to go as it was getting into the swing.
Pleased to see many familiar faces and a BIG THANK YOU to the folks who danced in the HOT sun.
Thanks boss for putting up the photo on the home page - greased lightning..
Rock on Dover
Oh Boy!, That'll be the day.........
Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 595
Thanks Richard for coming and supporting us, it was great to have you there, at 5 o'clock there still must have been a couple of hundred people around, not wanting it to finish, I'm like a beetroot, but its all worthwhile to see so many enjoying themselves.
Thanks to everyone who came along and supported us, and also a great thank you for our helpers
Sheila
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
- Posts: 3,391
well done sheila and everyone else who organised the event
sheila cAN YOU ring me pls
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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must have been one of the best attended music events we have had.
the elvis character was superb, put a lot into his act.
well done sheila, try to cool off now.
Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 595
anyone need a frying pan to cook their eggs, I think they could just about fry them on my face and head, i've had a fan going since coming home, and i'm still on boiling point
sheila
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
A great day - well done Sheila and Cheryle.
Great to see you singing again Richard - Jean and I really enjoyed it and so obviously, did every one else.
The weather was perfect too.
Not so many stalls as last year , but those that were there were good ones: Kent Air Ambulance; Priory Forum; White Cliffs Artist Guild; great local artists - they were also making paper-boats for today's race (they are already working on their next shop-front); Fair-Trade and another I can't remember (sorry).
Roger
Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,205
Sorry I missed it Sheila someone had to keep the wheels of the railway running,then shot home to had out 1000 Richard Digance flyers.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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John, can you send me an electronic version of your flyers/posters and I'll send them round to everyone on my email address groups.
Roger
Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 595
Hi everyone
I would like to know if anyone was in town the weekend of this event, and if they were could they hear the music, it seems that it was to loud, and could be heard at Monestry Avenue, we did monitor this event, I myself sat outside game for an hour giving out leaflets and I could not hear the music, it is a shame when one trys their best to give the community something to enjoy, and you get some killjoys that do not want to enjoy anything, I'm sure the noise of the fun is far more greater than what we made, and that is on for 10 days
Sheila
Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 660
Sheila i was there for a lot of the day, people in the park were able to converse at normal levels. Therefore the music was not too loud, i don't know of the location of monastery avenue i suspect they heard music from another source. WELL DONE TOO ALL.
beer the food of the gods
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
there will always be a few grumpy so and so's, maybe the wind was in the direction of monastery avenue.
they are very high up there and not far from pencester gardens.
a few years back i was walking along the heights close to townwall street and music from the multicultural festival was very clear, and hour or so later i was in market square where the music was and it was not that loud.
besides, even if it had been a bit loud, it all finished by tea time.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,698
I was walking round town much of that day and other than when i walked through the park and Somerfield car park i could not hear the music
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 595
Thamks for this guys, would you mind if I copy and paste these comments to the council, so that we can do the same sort of thing again next year. Monestry Avenue is where the old Castlemount School used to be
Sheila
Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 660
As far as I'm concerned feel free.
beer the food of the gods
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,698
Go for it
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
Alec Sheldon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 18 Aug 2008
- Posts: 1,036
I was in Pencester at about 2pm. so must have missed BuddyG and the Cadet marching band. I sat on the benches in the centre of the park and there was a group on the bandstand packing up their gear, there was some head banging music on the loudspeaker system whilst they were doing this. It wasn't over loud but it wasn't my scene so I took a walk to the Market square. I didn't hear anything there except the sound of Wimbledon on the telly.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 2,262
Sheila, I live next to Monastery Ave and yes I could hear the music load and clear even inside my house. We are up on the hill and yes as Howard said the wind was blowing up this direction but I for one loved it. It was great to hear the music travelling up the dizzy heights of the hill. I had a great time singing along and enjoyed every moment, no complaints from me
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
that should be the attitude colette, if it had been at 3am very different.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
- Posts: 7,819
Here is another picture of that 'noisy' performer BuddyG in action...all great stuff Buddy! In the Park itself the sound was just absoloutely right, no problem at all. Perhaps sometimes these things reverberate so that residents around the town get a sort of echo sound, but on the face of it..it felt fine. I couldnt see it done any other way. The main thing for residents to rememebr is that it doesnt happen very often so we can live with a bit of sound intrusion. I know when there is music down along the seafront some people complain...so its true indeed, people do complain.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,020
I was in London Road River yesterday eating strawberries and you could hear the sound of River Fete .If the event is held in the valley the noise floats up over the hills .
I heard that Buddg G chap it was loud sitting at the bus stop ,there Pencester Road is hardly the place to be .
