If the current exchange rate trend remains stable or (worse for me) continues, a
trip to the US would be comparatively inexpensive for all of you who use the
pound and euro instead of the dollar.

I'd be happy to work on a US taborers festival, but there's a big question of
location. It is a very long way from Boston to Chicago to Los Angeles, for
example, and it isn't easy to internalize just how far apart things are. My
wife works for a Japanese company, and more than once they've had visiting
executives think that they're going to come to Chicago for a week, and take
driving tours to visit Niagara Falls one weekend, and the Grand Canyon the next.
(Those trips are just barely possible, but not something a sane person would
attempt. Chicago to Niagara Falls is about a 9 hour drive, and Chicago to the
Grand Canyon is more than 24 hours driving. That's limited access highway
driving, 70mph (110km/h))

So if we were to have a US based taborers festival, where would people like it
to be?

There are also a large number of music festivals or workshops that it might be
possible to link up with or otherwise be a part of. There are early music
festivals and workshops, dance festivals and workshops of many different kinds
-- english and/or scottish country dance, baroque dance, morris. Linking up
with one of those might be our best bet for finding a venue with an audience
that already has related interests.

Any other US based taborers going to speak up?

--
Dennis Sherman
Chicago, IL, USA

----- Original Message ----
> From: Gwilym <Gwilym@...>
> To: tabor_n_pipe@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 1:56:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [tabor_n_pipe] Taboring 2008/2009/2010
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> How about internationalising the event - Spain (Cacares,
> Arbucies),
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France, even USA?
>
> Gwilym
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stephen Rowley
> To: tabor_n_pipe@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 12:01 AM
> Subject: [tabor_n_pipe] Taboring 2008/2009/2010
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> We are looking at the plans for future Taboring events.
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> 2008 - 13-15 June Gloucester IPATF
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> 2009 -
> - Link up with Bagpipe Society BLOW-Out
> - Coincide with Morris event with visiting teams
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> 2010 - York Mystery Plays
> - possible invite to be part of Gloucester 3 Choirs Festival Fringe
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> Any other thoughts?
>
> Steve
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