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kids' overviewCornbury Music Festival 2009 reviewWednesday 15th July 2009 I am an eleven year old boy named Joseph. I have been asked to do a review of this certain festival known as Cornbury. It was my first ever time at Cornbury, but hopefully not the last. A great, big set of fields was the sight set before me as I entered the festival campsite on the warm, bright and sunny Friday. We received some free Muller yoghurt from a stall at the entrance. They had many types, such as two flavours of rice pudding, low fat yoghurt, three flavours of corners etc. They were extremely tasty. I came back to them throughout the festival, as they also had an area in the main festival site. The people who were at the stalls giving out the free yoghurt were very friendly too and they had all the lines such as 'contains as much calcium as a glass of milk'.
During the evening, I bought some churros with chocolate sauce. These apparently are Spanish doughnuts which are long and seem to be pushed through some kind of playdough shaper of a star when being made. Tasty! They are covered in sugar and optional cinnamon according to taste. During the eating of these delicacies a huge, gigantic flying object came across from the distance... A hot air balloon! It had a highly skilled driver. I know this because he managed to almost crash into some power-lines without actually crashing! It was a fantastic sight.
There were three stages: The Main, Riverside and Word/Oxford Folk stages. I was not too interested in the music but there were familiar songs being played such as 'Sex on Fire' and 'Staying out for the Summer'. A cheerful background. They had the most delicious waffles ever there, with maple syrup. They were heavenly! Unfortunately with the evening's bad weather and my sister suddenly being ill I went home early Saturday evening. However my brother stayed along with my Dad, and this is where he takes over. I'm Liam, thirteen years old, and Cornbury was my 8th festival since Mum & Dad started taking us in 2006. I arrived around lunchtime on the Saturday, and stayed with Dad after the rest of the family went home early.
The 3 stages were good at showing different acts. At the main stage, you saw the big bands, at the Word/Oxford Folk Festival stage you saw more of folk and blues, and at the Riverside stage, you saw more guitars and rock. I thought the music in general was good. We found ourselves listening to bands we'd never heard of, such as Lightnin Willy, and Contraband, and enjoying them. In fact, after we heard Lightnin' Willy at The Riverside Stage and finding out he was doing an acoustic set for BBC Oxford, we went straight down to that tent to listen. The food was delicious, like 'La Grande Bouffe', and 'Pure Pie' where you could get nice, chunky chips. There was also food that I've never even heard of like Churros, which were fantastic. And there were plenty of places to get vegetarian food. There was a whole fairground and loads of good rides. There were dodgems, thrill rides and little rides for younger children. The only bad thing about it would be that they cost a lot. I didn't think there was a lot else for me to do though. There weren't any workshops which I would see at other festivals, and there was nothing much that I wanted to buy.
The toilets were overall kept in a good state, there was mostly always toilet paper, and they didn't always stink unlike other festivals. But the toilets near where we camped seemed to take ages to get to, so I think there could have been more of them. And also, some toilets did run out of hand-soap. The campsite was a big area, which got crowded with tents, but got much more dispersed on Sunday afternoon. It was a bit noisy, having a beer-tent that had small, live acts, but sometimes it was just the neighbours that kept me awake at night!
I saw a lot of security around the area. At one time when we tried to enter the main arena they checked my Dad's bag for any cans and stuff like that. It made me feel a bit safer, but also worried that they'd stop access from certain areas. So overall it was a good festival with good music but with not enough to do without spending a lot of money. review by Liam and Joseph photos by Andy Pitt
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