Festival Weather Forum Index  » Festivals » Sunrise Celebration Festival 2009 Forum » Sunrise Celebration Festival Archives » Sunrise March/April News 08 Sunrise March/April News 08   Goto page 1, 2  Next Author Message DanofSunrise Ringleader Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Total posts: 143 Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:59 pm   Post subject:  Sunrise March/April News 08   Greetings Peeps, Its hotting up... Only 7 weeks to go until Sunrise 2008 is underway and can’t you just feel festival season in the air? The sun is coming out a spring is in our steps.... Sunrise promises to be the most dynamic, creative, rootsey, inspirational, full of heart family festival on the scene... 1. Sunrise Listed in Guardian as having Top Green Credentials of all UK festivals. Sunrise is establishing itself as one of the favourite festivals on the scene with its rootsey cutting edge vibe and amazing green credentials. We have received some fantastic previews so far for this years event.... Top Green UK festival on Virtual Festivals http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/features/4433 Listed Best Green Credentials in The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/mar/21/festivals.tenofthebest?page=all Listed in top 20 uk Festivals on Times On line http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/holiday_type/music_and_travel/article3489188.ece?token=null&offset=12 2. TPRF Thirsty Thrift Tent – Free Mineral Water to all at Sunrise TPRF will be providing free mineral water for all at Sunrise this year. A tractor from Cheddar Water will come with a bowser once or twice a day to refill and the mineral water is given away free. Empty litre bottles are on sale at £2 each for those who want to buy and refill... but the general idea is that you bring your own container hence cutting down on the mountain of plastic bottles that can occur at events. Our friendly astrologer JC will also be setting those interested up with their cosmic companions in an astrological speed dating and hosting a special length workshop on Sunday. See www.cainer.com for his daily horoscopes. 3. Are you in a band? Do you want to play on the SolarAid Main Stage at Sunrise 2008?.... Are you a band/DJ? Do you want to play on the Sunrise Mainstage and receive a free live DVD filmed by Inside Us All? Get ready because this week we are launching our Rising Stars Competition. Rising stars will be run online via the Sunrise Website and voted on by the public, and a panel of 3 judges. An eflyer will be sent out shortly with info on how to enter. Enter and you will receive a confirmation email that will contain a link to forward to your friends and supporters to vote for your entry. Vote and you get a chance to enter a draw for a Pair of Sunrise tickets (if you already have them we will refund you if you win!) Entries close in the 12th May 12pm and 12 Finalists will be announced after the public vote closes on 15th May, and a winner will be selected by a panel of 3 judges and announced on 17th May. RISING STARS COMPETITION 4. Launching the UK Festival Best Toilet Campaign award! We were nominated for 5 awards at the UK festival awards last year, and believed that we had a good claim over all of them, but the one that has our name on it is the Best Festival Toilets. This year Sunrise aims to be Number One in the Number Two Business! 65% of Women sited that the most important factor in determining whether or not the go to a festival is the Toilets, and all of us know what a terrible experience it can be... I wont go into it! We at Sunrise pledge to make the Sunrise Toilets the most pleasurable on the circuit. We haven’t always got them right in the past, but we have been pioneering festival compost toilets, (which incidentally do not smell at all as well as helping the environment) and we have 3 variations this year for festival goers to try, and we are committed to lighting each one to avoid those terrible midnight fumbles! “We believe in saving the Planet from the bottom up,” Says their founder Hamish Skermer, one of our toilet providers who has revolutionised event toilets in Australia. Check out Hamish’s toilets along side the Thunderbox and The Treebog by Jay Abrhams, the winner of last years compost toilet design comp. 5. Sunrise has been granted its 3rd year license with no objections! Thanks to South Somerset District Council, The Police, Environmental Protection and the Local Residents and Dan and Sarah Sunrise’s licensing team we have got our 3rd year license with no objections. 6. The Bimble Inn area with Hot Tubs! We are excited to announce that the Green Crafts will now be happening in the May Fair and Permaculture areas and we will have a new Bimble Inn area with Hot Tubs, The All-In late night Texan poker hall, Games for grown ups and Dress Up shenanigans. The Bimble Inn is a long standing festival favourite with its stage and traditional ales bar in a gigantic Tipi and the concept is expanding for the first time into a whole area, joining the May Fair, Out of The Ordinary, Green Innovations, Campaigns and Communities as this years new editions. See You There Love The Sunrise Crew. BUY NOW! Be Part of Festival History www.sunrisecelebration.com/tickets.php www.sunrisecelebration.com zenecho Complaints Department Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Total posts: 6195 Location: Stroud Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:06 pm   Post subject:   Sunrise March/April News 08   woot woot.. good stuff _________________ The Victor Meldrew of FW... I used to be a miserable drunk old git ..now Im just a miserable old git... Festival Fanatic Advocate Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Total posts: 19 Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:45 pm   Post subject:  Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   The addition of Hot Tubs sounds great! But am wondering a few things about them. Will there be a charge to use them? If so how much? Or are they free? Also what is the dress code for them - clothing optional or clothing compulsory? They had a hot tub at a certain other festival I went to a couple of years ago. But it was very expensive to use them. You had to make a reservation to use it. And the price was £30 for half hour! Only worth it if you're in a group of 4 or 5 people. Too expensive if you're on your own though. Also I am just curious what these "Games for grown ups" are exactly? Are they like those wild games you get on Club 18-30 holidays? Or just games that will not be of interest to children? Just curious. I see that you had this at last year's festival, but did not investigate it when I was there. sillyhippy Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Total posts: 1133 Location: in my clothes Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:03 pm   Post subject:  Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   are they games like you have at 18/30s holidays i jolly well hope not ,how seedy plus theres kids init _________________ One must explore deep and belive the incredible to find a new partical of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance,-Joseph Conrad Festival Fanatic Advocate Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Total posts: 19 Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:59 pm   Post subject:   Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   Well if they are those sort of games, I would guess they take place very late at night. Not during the day when there's plenty of kids around. sillyhippy Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Total posts: 1133 Location: in my clothes Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:05 pm   Post subject:    Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   hopefully everyone will be too munted and dancing and having laugthes aroud the fire for such nastyness and if so where will it be hehehehe _________________ One must explore deep and belive the incredible to find a new partical of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance,-Joseph Conrad DanofSunrise Ringleader Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Total posts: 143 Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:16 pm   Post subject:     Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   Festival Fanatic wrote (View Post): › The addition of Hot Tubs sounds great! But am wondering a few things about them. Will there be a charge to use them? If so how much? Or are they free? Also what is the dress code for them - clothing optional or clothing compulsory? They had a hot tub at a certain other festival I went to a couple of years ago. But it was very expensive to use them. You had to make a reservation to use it. And the price was £30 for half hour! Only worth it if you're in a group of 4 or 5 people. Too expensive if you're on your own though. Also I am just curious what these "Games for grown ups" are exactly? Are they like those wild games you get on Club 18-30 holidays? Or just games that will not be of interest to children? Just curious. I see that you had this at last year's festival, but did not investigate it when I was there. Sorry. Not sure about price of hot tubs yet or any details related to them. Will find out what I can. Games for Grown-ups includes stuff like tug-of-war and a giant adult bouncy castle, I hear. Possibly mud-wrestling and the like. sillyhippy Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Total posts: 1133 Location: in my clothes Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:56 am   Post subject:      Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   phew _________________ One must explore deep and belive the incredible to find a new partical of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance,-Joseph Conrad Gh0sty Official munter poker Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Total posts: 9060 Location: On the norty step!!! Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:27 pm   Post subject:       Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   Lets be honest it was never really going to be 18/30 type games now was it. You have been to Sunrise before so you know what its about. _________________ Gh0sty Gh0sty's Mixes Made entirely from Dark Matter sillyhippy Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Total posts: 1133 Location: in my clothes Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:35 pm   Post subject:        Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   i know nothing _________________ One must explore deep and belive the incredible to find a new partical of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance,-Joseph Conrad ouzodave Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Total posts: 1172 Location: Draycott in the Moors Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:25 pm   Post subject:  Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   Sorry. Not sure about the price of the nude hot tubs yet or any details related to them. Will find out what I can. Games for Grown-ups includes stuff like tug-yer-plonker and a pair of giant adult bouncy breasts, I hear. Possibly topless mud-wrestling and the like. sorry _________________ Tis Winter time....bah humbug. sillyhippy Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Total posts: 1133 Location: in my clothes Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:37 pm   Post subject:  Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   _________________ One must explore deep and belive the incredible to find a new partical of truth floating in an ocean of insignificance,-Joseph Conrad CyberPurple Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Total posts: 1003 Location: Shropshire Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:40 pm   Post subject:  Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   ouzodave wrote (View Post): › Sorry. Not sure about the price of the nude hot tubs yet or any details related to them. Will find out what I can. Games for Grown-ups includes stuff like tug-yer-plonker and a pair of giant adult bouncy breasts, I hear. Possibly topless mud-wrestling and the like. sorry _________________ Purple haze = a state of confusion or euphoria, possibly drug induced parmaviolets Contender Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Total posts: 5659 Location: away with the faeries Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:37 am   Post subject:   Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   what about the naked all male jelly wrestling? or was that just something off zens wish list? hmmm _________________ disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business DanofSunrise Ringleader Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Total posts: 143 Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:06 pm   Post subject:    Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   parmaviolets wrote (View Post): › what about the naked all male jelly wrestling? or was that just something off zens wish list? hmmm Gelatine-free jelly just doesn't have the right consistency for wrestling... parmaviolets Contender Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Total posts: 5659 Location: away with the faeries Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:14 pm   Post subject:     Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   i'm glad you checked it out for us anyway . . _________________ disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business fuzzy Butterfly Wrangler Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Total posts: 3996 Location: right here right now Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:47 am   Post subject:      Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   hmmmmm can we watch n double check pleeezes !! You can get jelli-baff now for kids (yeah right) _________________ Festival Fanatic Advocate Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Total posts: 19 Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 7:07 pm   Post subject:       Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   Any more info on these hot tubs? In particular the prices(if not free). I get the feeling it might work on a booking system and the prices could be in the region of £30 per half hour. Quite expensive. A bit prohibitive really, for those people on their own. The Shambala festival has hot tubs. Don't know what the prices are. Though I do know you have to book according to reports I've read. It's not just a turn up at the hot tubs at anytime and just jump in affair. Festival Fanatic Advocate Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Total posts: 19 Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 2:13 pm   Post subject:        Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   Oh well. Find out when we get there I guess. jim Has completely lost touch with reality Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1200 Location: cornwall Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 3:45 pm   Post subject:         Re: Sunrise March/April News 08   Gh0sty wrote (View Post): › Lets be honest it was never really going to be 18/30 type games now was it. 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