This year’s Glastonbury Radio Awards were held
at Tor Leisure on 23 August. Tor Leisure kindly provided the
facilities and buffet for free. A three-hour live broadcast was
carried out, hosted by John Farrell with Rosie Much as roving
reporter and Henry Bacon on technical support. Carol Decker of
T’Pau fame agreed to come down to Glastonbury to present the
awards. Sean Miller and Graham Lucas from the GWells list got
things underway with several songs. Ross Hemsworth and Carol then
took to the stage to make the awards. Georgina Sirett-Hardie won
the award for the best new show with her Gorgeous Goddess Show.
Trevor Jones and Dr. Liz Williams won the best show award for
their live Witching Hour. For the second year running the best
presenter award went to Mark Ellis. Mark had a gig that night in
another part of the country and so Penny Dando collected the
award. The most helpful volunteer award went to Henry Bacon for
his technical wizardry. Best supporter of the station was deemed
to be Siobhan Peal, not least for her purchase of the new
satellite equipment. Best local band were Seize The Day. The
Glastonbury person of the year award was posthumously awarded to
Arabella Churchill and collected by her partner Haggis. And John
Farrell was given a special award for his support, as he was due
to leave for a new job in Thailand the following week. Ross
thanked everyone connected with Glastonbury Radio and thanked
Carol for coming down to support the event. Sean and Graham then
took to the stage for a few more numbers and the buffet was
unwrapped. Rosie interviewed many people during the afternoon and
these were slotted into the live broadcast as they cropped up.
Carol was absolutely delightful and seemed unaware of the new age
activities now associated with Glastonbury. She was curious about
Matthew’s druid events, as well as Siobhan’s travel-everywhere
staff! Overall this was a very successful event for the station.
Video and photographs are included below.
Carol Decker arrives and is interviewed as
part of the live broadcast (video: mikesey)
(Click here to watch in full screen or high
quality)
John Farrell at the
controls for the three hour live broadcast to the world
After interviewing
Matthew Rosie Much moves to a soon-to-debut presenter Lin from
Godney
Carol Decker
arrives and is grabbed by Rosie for an interview
Rosie shows Carol
around, with Ross and Matthew in the background (Photo: miksey)
A member of Seize
The Day is interviewed by Rosie
Sacha Knop from the
Fresh and Focussed show is interviewed by Rosie
Carol hadn't banked
on the number of 'new age' characters that Glastonbury would
present her with
Sean Miller and
Graham Lucas from the GWells list kick off the first of two sets
Ross and Carol get
ready for the awards
Georgina Sirett-Hardie
wins the award for the best new show - The Gorgeous Goddess Show
Trevor Jones and Dr.
Liz Williams win the best show award for their Witching Hour
The awards keep on
coming
Siobhan Peal wins
the best supporter of the station award
And still they come
The late Arabella
Churchill gets the person of the year award (received by her
partner Haggis)
Carol reveals the
size of her fuel bill for this trip. Ross ages 10 years
This year’s Glastonbury Radio Awards were held
at Tor Leisure on 23 August. Tor Leisure kindly provided the
facilities and buffet for free. A three-hour live broadcast was
carried out, hosted by John Farrell with Rosie Much as roving
reporter and Henry Bacon on technical support. Carol Decker of
T’Pau fame agreed to come down to Glastonbury to present the
awards. Sean Miller and Graham Lucas from the GWells list got
things underway with several songs. Ross Hemsworth and Carol then
took to the stage to make the awards. Georgina Sirett-Hardie won
the award for the best new show with her Gorgeous Goddess Show.
Trevor Jones and Dr. Liz Williams won the best show award for
their live Witching Hour. For the second year running the best
presenter award went to Mark Ellis. Mark had a gig that night in
another part of the country and so Penny Dando collected the
award. The most helpful volunteer award went to Henry Bacon for
his technical wizardry. Best supporter of the station was deemed
to be Siobhan Peal, not least for her purchase of the new
satellite equipment. Best local band were Seize The Day. The
Glastonbury person of the year award was posthumously awarded to
Arabella Churchill and collected by her partner Haggis. And John
Farrell was given a special award for his support, as he was due
to leave for a new job in Thailand the following week. Ross
thanked everyone connected with Glastonbury Radio and thanked
Carol for coming down to support the event. Sean and Graham then
took to the stage for a few more numbers and the buffet was
unwrapped. Rosie interviewed many people during the afternoon and
these were slotted into the live broadcast as they cropped up.
Carol was absolutely delightful and seemed unaware of the new age
activities now associated with Glastonbury. She was curious about
Matthew’s druid events, as well as Siobhan’s travel-everywhere
staff! Overall this was a very successful event for the station.
Video and photographs are included below.
