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First World Festival problems

Thermal said:
I hope the stripper make out OK with tips and all. Probably got nervous seeing a crowd of all pompous dressed women. "Oh, they're expecting one of those shows..."
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crescent said:
The promoter referred to it as a "Regency Era" ball, for whatever that's worth. I'm not exactly a student of English history but I'll admit to being surprised to find out the pole dancing was popular entertainment in that era.
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I can hear the conversation between the event organizer and the local talent agent in my mind as though it were happening in front of me right now. The key line goes something like, "Well, what kind of dancers CAN you schedule on short notice?"
 
Myriad said:
I can hear the conversation between the event organizer and the local talent agent in my mind as though it were happening in front of me right now. The key line goes something like, "Well, what kind of dancers CAN you schedule on short notice?"
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"Sir, you said you wanted some ballin' dancers..."

"BALLROOM, you idiot! I said BALLROOM!"
 
zooterkin said:
Country dances were very popular in Regency times; there's perhaps some room for misunderstanding there, too...
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My wife and I have been to some Regency era balls, and country dances are pretty much a lot of the program.
They also were quite popular in the VIctorian era, though they were more mixed in with standard Ballroom dances.
And of course, they crossed the pond, underwent some name changes, and became the standard American square dance......
The Sir Roger de Coverly with a couple of minor chanbes, became The Virginia Reel, for instance.
 
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crescent said:
The promoter referred to it as a "Regency Era" ball, for whatever that's worth. I'm not exactly a student of English history but I'll admit to being surprised to find out the pole dancing was popular entertainment in that era.
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The Regency Era was part of the Georgian Era. George III became mentally incapable of running the country so his son - Hugh Laurie - became regent and ran the country by proxy.
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
You have to learn how to scam better. Ask for only a small portion of the fee up front. Then you add other fees and charges once you have hooked the sucker. At some point they'll be in so deep they willing grudgingly pay to get to net just a nickle back.
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If Nickelback is playing, I wouldn't have paid the deposit!
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
You have to learn how to scam better. Ask for only a small portion of the fee up front. Then you add other fees and charges once you have hooked the sucker. At some point they'll be in so deep they willing grudgingly pay to get to net just a nickle back.
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It was Shemp.
I didn’t think I needed to be that subtle . . .
 
A company which supplies glamping, i.e. eye-wateringly expensive hospitality packages, for Glastonbury Festival has gone bust, leaving customers without anywhere to stay, and more significantly, no tickets for the event: the company had not obtained them from the festival organisers.

www.bbc.co.uk

Glastonbury Festival yurt glampers ticketless as Yurtel goes bust

Festivalgoers who booked through Yurtel have been left ticketless and out of pocket.
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Festival-goers had booked accommodation and event tickets through Yurtel, based in Corsham, Wiltshire, but have since been told by the company that their bookings will not be fulfilled after it ceased trading on 8 May.
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I'm not sure exactly how long glamping for Glasto has been going on, some years at least. I prefer to camp normally, with the hordes. That is, when I'm able to get a ticket, which hasn't been the case since 2002.

I do trust there's a proper investigation into this, given the five-figure prices; you could buy a pretty decent yurt for that amount of money. For what it's worth a regular ticket to the festival is about £380.0 (still a lot of money, but for the entertainment on offer, a fraction of the cost it might be to see all the various artists individually).

The company website is still up, without mention, as far as I can see of the financial situation.

Furthermore, if the campsite is in or near Corsham, that's more than 20 miles from the festival site at Pilton.

A related thread from efestivals: https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/260705-yurtel-gone-out-of-business/#comments

To add: the company address isn't where their campsite is located, which apparently is only a five-minute drive away.
 
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I have the impression the glamping fields are a way for other local farmers to get a piece of the action but had no idea any of the companies they let their fields to had packages in the order of ten grand and over. That's insane money.

The article's a bit unclear about whether the company never actually had any tickets or if they just hadn't paid for them. But the bit at the end where Glastonbury seem to be trying to find who their disappointed customers were to see if they can offer them an alternative suggests there was at least an allocation of tickets.
 
Most of the festivals I go to have a section of the main camping field set aside for glamping. I have a friend who stewards at Glastonbury and he says it is the same there. The official glamping costs about £1000 per tent (sleeps four) which is not bad value given its location relative to the stages and that it has its own carpark not two miles away.
 
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