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Bodgefest 2010
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On the 4th of September 2010, Dunnottar Bodgers Group held the second Bodgefest event. This family day out in the woods was a great success with an estimated 300+ visitors on the day. The event was about families coming out in to the woods and trying out a range of craft and artistic activities whilst listening to a rolling programme of live music all day long. |
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 | Activities for young and old to get involved in included:
Some of the performers on the day : |
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| Lots of effort by all the great folks who came and set things up and performed - all for free. |
After Gibby MacNaught and the Bluegrass band got us warmed up...
the day swings with Graham Ling and Ken. |  |
| The calm before the storm in the bodging area. Richard and Stuart get set for the busy day ahead. A massive thanks to Richard and Stuart for their efforts for what turned out to be full-on all day long - well done fellas. |
Dave springs in to action on stage for a few crackin' tunes. |  |
| The kids start coming in and joining in with the activities. Mandy Tulloch from Mud Pies get a woodland mask making session going.
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| Our last chance to see the Heughettes perform. Thank you folks - for some great performances. What about the re-union tour? |  |
 | A big, big thank you to Julia Truscott from the Forestry Commision who makes this all happen at the FCS end. Julia is fab! |
| Pauline from Grampian Association of Story Tellers (GAS) enthralls the kids (some bigger then others!) |  |
 | Some lads get a chance to try the pole lathe after Richard and Stuart had instructed them. |
| A fabulous set of faeries wander through the woods with Rebecca Park who is exhibiting at NEOS this year. |  |
 | The Georgia Crawl give us some rockin' blues. Check out their website and some live recordings done on MearnsFM recently. |
| Dave Lorimer and the Brenda Stubart appreciation society set a pace with some traditional reels and jigs. |  |
 | A keen customer at "Scoff 'n' Scoof" cafe. Big, big thanks to Ross and Becky. |
Gordon Dunlop from Mearns FM is on the sound desk sorting out all the acts. Thanks to all the fab team at : |  |
 | It's getting real busy up at the bodging container of the Dunnottar Bodgers Group. |
| Iain and Davy of the Trybe give up some thumping Scot's tunes and a good splash of humour thrown in - great performance guys! |  |
| Sarah gives Cath Roberts (also NEOS exhibiting this year) some hand massage - just what a busy artist needs. |
| John Fraser takes a break from making drop spindles with the kids and sits on a fantastic wooden long chair made from burred elm and carved uprights made by Stewart Troup from the Milltown Community. |  |
 | Some traditional and blues tunes with Ian Hamilton. |
| Folks start to drift away by the end of the day but a steady crowd has been present most of the day - lots of people up in the woods by the bodging container in addition to those shown in shot here. |  |
| Some technical wizardry from Ginger Dave as he does the modern version of a one man band with a range of clever kit. Check out Dave live on MearnsFM Dave was the final musical act on stage at Bodgfest this year.
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However the party rolled on for a few die hards.. |  |
| Some partied on even more ! |
The whole event was a great success because of the people that got involved. I am conscious that some folks have not appeared in some of the photos however I had tried to catch as many things on the day as possible. Many, many thanks to the fantastic people that gave up their time and efforts for free to make the day the special event it was. You are all wonderful. Karen Hudson from Archaeolink, Adrian Scott, Garry Brindley, Louise Craig, Noelle Hall, Lynn and John Neal from the DWPA, Ditta Neuman and Robert Paterson. Finally Alan Venters plus crew from Mackie Academy Former Pupils Rugby Football Club. And I can only assume that I have forgotten to mention one or two folks - please accept my sincere apologies and take comfort in the knowledge that I really do appreciate the efforts that everybody put in on the day.
Alan | |
| The music at the event was supported by the outside broadcast team at MearnsFM . |  |
| See the full web album for Bodgefest 2010 here. | And see more photos from Bodgefest 2008 here |
