Whitby Gothic Weekend on alt.gothic
Here is the original post from ‘Jane Strokes Alice’ for the 1995 Whitby Gothic weekend:
Huge Announcement - WHITBY!
HELLO THERE…be prepared to be very excited…
For all you excitement-hungry goths out there, start packing your
make-up and crimping your hair RIGHT NOW as
WHITBY ‘95
(September 1st - 3rd)
is well under way and YOU HAVE GOT TO GO TO IT!
If you went last year, you will know exactly why.
If not, this is what just *might* be on offer (apart from the prospect
of over 200 goths all trying to get in a seaside pub at once…)
Friday - everyone turns up, books into their top seaside resort guest
houses, and GETS TO THE PUB. You will never have seen so many goths in one
pub - no! really! From then on, after several pleasant beers with many
black clad friends, there will be…
Gothic Blind Date - Whitby’s very own ‘Cilla BLACK’ (har-de-har!)
Gothic fashion show - the latest modes in fishnet…
Gothic Disco until the Small Hours…
TRADITIONAL PILGRIMAGE TO THE ABBEY (you *have* to see this to believe it)
Saturday - Hangovers…of course…but then…
The *BIZARRE BAZAAR*…just wait and see…
FOUR TOP GOTH BANDS - so far, Children on Stun confirmed…
Walking up and down and waving your arms to popular gothic hits (i.e.
more discos for those not yet too ****ed to dance)
BACK TO THE ABBEY - we can’t reveal too many details of this but ask
Sexbat about last year 
Sunday - well, nothing arranged yet but last year, all 200 of ‘em sat
outside the pub until it opened and alarmed an *awful* lot of tourists…
Tearful fairwells at the station from that gorgeous woman you met at
the abbey last night, and weep openly and smudge your eyeliner as you
realise it’s another YEAR UNTIL THE NEXT ONE.
Enough hype. It will be very very very good. If you like goths, you will
think ‘BLOODY HELL!’
If you want to be on the mailing list for more information (when we get it!)
email me on jane.s…@sheffield.ac.uk…
Jane Stroke Alice … still one of the foulest goths in all England
And again in 1996:
Whitby Gothic Weekend 1996
==========================
Yes, it’s that time again. If you want to come along to the now-almost
legendary Whitby Gothic Weekend, tickets are on sale and going fast,
and all details can be found on
http://whitby.globalnews.com/
This year’s weekend, on September 27th - 29th in Whitby, Yorkshire, UK,
will feature:
o six bands [1],
o two discos [2],
o a bazaar,
o five-a-side football,
o a sandcastle competition,
o net.goths in abundance (and not just UK ones)
- & -
o night-time excursions to the famous Whitby Abbey clifftop.
We want any goths who think they can enjoy themselves at all like this
to meet up with 999 others at the seaside - get here somehow and join in!
Tickets are 12 pounds per person and are limited to 1000, (320
sold in the last 3 weeks). Accommodation can be booked in hotels,
guest houses, self-catering cottages, Youth Hostels, campsites or
lobster pots around Whitby.
If you can’t use the Web, email me for more information or with any
questions.
See you there!
–
[1] that’s, Midnight Configuration, Die Laughing, The Marionettes,
Corpus Delicti and (we desparetly hope) London After
Midnight (TBC) on the main stage, with Manuskript unplugged
in the graveyard.
[2] one featuring our very own Sexbat (TM)
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