To tell the truth, I have a love-hate relationship with Woodford Folk Festival. That is because it is usually either stinky hot and dusty or very, very muddy. It’s a bit like after a woman gives birth, you say “Never again”. Then the baby is so cute, you forget how it hurt and off you go and have another and it’s both wonderful and terrible. As I’ve gotten older and also now that I’m a Mum, usually just after Woodford, I say “I’m not going next year.” Then application time comes around a few months later… I get excited and so does my partner. We put in our applications. Then packing up time comes.
I think of heat, mud, crowds and finding a camping spot and I think “I’m not going next year.”…. Then we get there and it is absolutely fabulous, and I think “How could I have POSSIBLY considered NOT coming?”…..and the cycle continues. I have been to Woodford Folk Festival (including Maleny as it once was) 16 times. All but one of those I went as a season camper and all but twice as a performer. Since having a family eleven years ago, I have gone nine times with my partner Max and two children. So why have I gone so many times and why might you?
For more details, read my blog at http://www.storytree.com.au/woodford-folk-festival-for-families-why-go-there/
I think of heat, mud, crowds and finding a camping spot and I think “I’m not going next year.”…. Then we get there and it is absolutely fabulous, and I think “How could I have POSSIBLY considered NOT coming?”…..and the cycle continues. I have been to Woodford Folk Festival (including Maleny as it once was) 16 times. All but one of those I went as a season camper and all but twice as a performer. Since having a family eleven years ago, I have gone nine times with my partner Max and two children. So why have I gone so many times and why might you?
For more details, read my blog at http://www.storytree.com.au/woodford-folk-festival-for-families-why-go-there/
This post first appeared on Musings Of Australian Storyteller Jenni Cargill-St, please read the originial post: here
