tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post3856503779869731924..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Setting Up Is Hard To Do!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-76326692165071291932008-01-19T19:22:00.000+00:002008-01-19T19:22:00.000+00:00I intend one day to get to either the Winter Ales ...I intend one day to get to either the Winter Ales Fest or GBBF , and would certainly be keen to volunteer. At this end of the world I dont get to make much contribution to CAMRA apart from my subs.Kieran Haslett-Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562970144894398803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-14167906436998238682008-01-17T08:11:00.000+00:002008-01-17T08:11:00.000+00:00BoakThat's tremendous!. I hope you have a good tim...Boak<BR/><BR/>That's tremendous!. I hope you have a good time. In any event, it is good to see things from the other side of the bar now and then. Must zoom, I need to be back there in about two hours.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-15886907330778664112008-01-17T07:51:00.000+00:002008-01-17T07:51:00.000+00:00Stonch - maybe it's the other way round - maybe be...Stonch - maybe it's the other way round - maybe beer festivals would attract younger visitors if they had "younger" staff. <BR/><BR/>I remember it took me several years to go back to another beer festival after my first experience. Being young and female made me the target for all sorts of comments, ranging from patronising to sleazy, mostly from the staff but also from the punters. Fortunately, things have got better in the last five years.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I think what makes the biggest difference to beer festival take up is advertising it outside the usual channels. GBBF has a much more mixed profile of people (age, sex, race) than any other festival I've ever been to, and I attribute that to the fact that Camra advertise it on the tube, in the freebie papers, get Time Out features etc.<BR/><BR/>But you've inspired me, Tandleman. I will volunteer to help out at a local beer festival and then I'll really know what I'm talking about.Boakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657725007230709027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-31446583010158991452008-01-16T23:52:00.000+00:002008-01-16T23:52:00.000+00:00StonchIf you think a bit of appealing music will h...Stonch<BR/><BR/>If you think a bit of appealing music will have those young persons beating a path to set up, then you are sadly mistaken. And one man's weirdo is another man's CAMRA stalwart. If it was as easy as you say, it would have been done long since.You are a sort of young person attracted to beer. What is it that makes you so?<BR/><BR/>Guess we'd all better look out the knitwear and book Girls Aloud! Unless there is an easier answer.<BR/><BR/>I am home after a long day, sober and tired. We had no music, no chunky belt buckles and plenty young totty. It wasn't so bad!Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-58027747779198089752008-01-16T17:21:00.000+00:002008-01-16T17:21:00.000+00:00Check the CAMRA website. Also there tend to be app...Check the CAMRA website. Also there tend to be application forms in What's Brewing? and local CAMRA newsletters and magazines.<BR/><BR/>I think beer festivals would attract younger helpers if they also attracted a younger crowd. There are aways of ensuring that. On the music front, there's either silence (and no atmosphere) or dreadful live bands that only appeal to over 50s.<BR/><BR/>Also, get rid of those stands selling chunky belt buckles to wierdos. And get rid of the wierdos. Ban fleeces, back packs, hiking boots, anoraks...that should exclude most of them.Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-37036782058312378462008-01-16T16:40:00.000+00:002008-01-16T16:40:00.000+00:00So how does one go about volunteering to help put ...So how does one go about volunteering to help put together a festival?Boakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657725007230709027noreply@blogger.com