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Bath's first cider fest is all but drunk dry
1st Bath Cider Festival (16th & 17th Feb 2007)

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IT WASN'T so much 'drink up' as 'drink dry' thy cider at a festival over the weekend.

Cider lovers downed around 5,000 pints at the event in Bath - prompting organisers to search for emergency supplies.

More than 2,000 people attended the Pavilion's first-ever cider festival, enjoying the music from The Mangledwurzels tribute group and choosing from a range of 70 draught and 12 bottled ciders. It was such a success that organiser Chris Lilley, the Pavilion's catering manager, has already pledged to put on another.

He said: "It will definitely happen next year, we were thinking it might be nice to be outdoors somewhere in the summer."

"There has been a big upsurge in the popularity of cider recently, Apparently it is really good for you. here has been a rise in the bottled ciders, people drink cider in pubs more and more and then they want to try something different."

"People were up and dancing and jigging to the band. It was nice to see people enjoying themselves and shouting for more from the band. It was an absolutely stunning event but I'm exhausted."

Some of the cider sold out on Friday night and Mr Lilley's son Mark was sent on a 100-mile trip around Somerset on Saturday to collect more.

"We didn't quite run out but it was a very close," said Mr Lilley. He added "There was a great atmosphere and absolutely no trouble."

[Bath Chronicle: Monday 19th February 2007]

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Video Clips

'Champion Muck Spreader' by The Mangledwurzels featuring unexpected guest dancer Steve Worrall Thompson.	The Mangledwurzels performing 'Blackbird' as filmed in the middle of the crowd.

thanks to Paul M Joyce and Cidermakesyoufly for the videos

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Pictures

966 cider drinkers drinking up their cider and enjoying the band	The Mangledwurzels performing on stage
Hedge Cutter of The Mangledwurzels poses with a cider drinker	The Mangledwurzels posing with their new friends
The Wiltshire Posse drink up their cider

thanks to Hedge Cutter, Lucy Wren and Rosie Russett for the pictures

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