WOMAD

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  was a bit disappointed this year, expected some big celebration of womad's birthday, fireworks? , some big 30th sculpture? something ... i didn't find anything or see anything which celebrated at all... not sure if i just missed something but. :/ . Also where have the cool womad benches gone in the arboretum? ... i think i got my hopes up a bit because of all the hype of the 30th anniversary, i thought it was going to be the best womad yet! but it just wasn't! From the 10 years i have been going it is by far and away my fave fest, and i do love every single year! but this year wasnt as special as i would have liked :(

  Posted on 13-Aug-2012 9:17pm by X-womad-moe-x

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  we thought there would be fireworks too

  Posted on 13-Aug-2012 9:28pm by Cal N Del

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  was a shame hey, they could have really made a thing of it! hey ho there is always the 40th and the 50th ....... maybe they will have a bit more excitement!
  

  Posted on 13-Aug-2012 9:33pm by X-womad-moe-x

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  >>>>>>>>>but it was, just judging by the lack of serious negative feedback , a good one.
  Just be grateful they decided not to hire Russel Brand to drive round the site in a pink bus, there are worse things than no fireworks.

  Posted on 13-Aug-2012 9:51pm by Desert Traveller

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  ture, no bubbles!

  Posted on 13-Aug-2012 9:55pm by Cal N Del

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  I agree actually, much as I love Womad and had a fab time this year . . . it was the same as any other Womad . . . nothing to mark it as special. x

  Posted on 14-Aug-2012 10:30am by Yummy Mummy

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  It was WOMAD - special enough for me.
  

  Posted on 14-Aug-2012 12:36pm by Baz

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  Perhaps it was paying the additonal for the glossy programme that was the real celebration (?!). I always really like it, but it would have been nice to have had something special

  Posted on 14-Aug-2012 1:10pm by Gurdybloke

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  Don't talk to me about the programme Gurdybloke . . . that did get my goat! . . . Especially when I met a woman on Sunday who said she only paid a fiver for hers on the Friday and her friend got one for £3 on Sat!!! xxx

  Posted on 14-Aug-2012 3:49pm by Yummy Mummy

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  Programmes were really annoying - paid full whack on Thursday only to find they kept reducing them. Really annoyed me!
  But like lots of you i thought they would make more of the 30th - there seemed to be such a build up pre-womad then it fizzled out when the festival actually arrived. The line up was great, not complaining - but it wasn;t special and we had thought there might have been a theme with them brinfing back bands from the last 30 years (like Drummers of Burundi) We were looking forward to the fireworks too. Don;t get me wrong, I loved WOMAD 2012 but I thought they could have made more of the anniversary!

  Posted on 14-Aug-2012 5:30pm by DorsetHelen

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