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Goatfest 2010 23-Mar-2010 At 1:25:38 PM duglash

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There seems to be a bit of interest for a climbing festival so I thought I'd put up my ideas for Goatfest and see what people think. I'm keen to see it grow and become more of a climbing festival, reflecting the diversity of climbing with everything from buildering to big walls. I'm keen to mix it up a bit and have some speakers, slideshows, photo comp, silly bouldering comps (boxing gloves and roller skates), art by climbers and stuff by climbers, like a comp for films made on the weekend, 5 slides in 5 minutes (get up and talk about 5 slides for 5 minutes). These last two are Simey's ideas. I would really like Goatfest to encourage Australian climbing film, (including my own!) and hope that if we can get consistently good audiences we can offer larger prizes.

I really loved the last Blue Mountains climbing festival and thought it did a great job of reflecting that diversity, but I'm not looking to do something on that scale. Goatfest's other role is as a fundraiser for the Arapiles Community Theatre (the ACT), which is the organisation that puts on the Frinj festivals and lots of other good stuff. It doesn't have the budget to put on an event of that magnitude, nor do I have the time and energy. What I am hoping is to grow things on the model that the Frinj festivals have grown on, which is that individuals take responsibility for running events and see them through. The other thing I like about Goatfest is that it is an event by climbers for climbers and it's not coated in sponsors logos and advertising. I'd like it to keep that informality.