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This looks like a very good cause, and a lot of fun too- if you can help in any way or would just like to atttend, either e mail me or contact Jules, her details are below. Many of you will know Jules as a former member of LEGACY. In 2004 The Hobbs Farm Music Festival was revived by 4SIGHT (West Sussex Association for the Blind) and successfully held over a weekend in September 2004. The festival was a sell-out of 600 people and raised £5,500 for the local charity 4SIGHT (West Sussex Association for the Blind). It featured 18 bands and included Guy Fletcher of Dire Straits. Due to its success 4SIGHT are holding the event this year on the 10th and 11th September at Hobbs Farm, Bilsham Road Yapton. Funding has been found to set up the festival thanks to several trusts and foundations. The 2005 festival will see 18 bands perform over two days in the beautiful surrounding of the barn and courtyard. Camping will be available for weekend visitors and plenty of stalls including, craft, food, clairvoyant, challenges, massage, plants etc. will be set in the courtyard. A real ale bar will feature in the side barn, which will also host open music sessions for any musician wanting to share tunes. A local music retailer will be selling and demonstrating instruments and food will be available hopefully to include a Hog Roast and BBQ. Breakfast will be available on Sunday Morning for any attendee, with a full day ahead of further bands and activities. Animal feeding and farm tours will be provided for the children throughout the weekend and also a musical instrument-making workshop with a performance on stage! Raffles and games will be held through the weekend to help raise further funds for the charity. Music will include blues, rock, folk, jazz, bluegrass, covers, funk, breton and many other styles. There will be opportunity to sit and relax to sing songwriters or to get on down and boogie in the barn! 4SIGHT is currently recruiting, musicians, bands and volunteers who would be willing to support the 2005 Hobbs Farm festival. If you would like to play, have a stall or take a volunteers position in the weekend, including: parking, bar work, cleaning, band running raffles ticket sales and many other things, please phone Jules on 01243 838000 for a chat. Musicians can send a demo CD to Jules@ 4SIGHT (West Sussex Association for the Blind), 1 Longford Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1AA. A programme will be available for the public on the day and opportunity to advertise for £25 each advert is also available. If you are a local business and would like to support 4SIGHT in this way, please email Jules on 4sightsussex@onetel.com. Any raffle prizes and any other form of sponsorship would also be greatly welcomed. All proceeds will go direct to 4SIGHT (West Sussex Association for the Blind) which support of 4,300 blind and partially sighted people in West Sussex. Funding is vitally important to the charity which provides all its services free of charge to it's members. In 2004 the event was a sell out. Please take note that tickets are not available on the door and must be pre booked. Please book tickets early to avoid disappointment.