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LED screens are designed to be used in all light conditions which means that each and every artist appearing will be able to take advantage of them. We will have camera teams on duty from the very first act each day.

This screen also opens the door to many other types of festival act which rely on close-up images for their show, such as comedy acts.

Many artists, such as Supergrass and Levellers, already have a lot of visuals programmed for screens to enhance their shows and we look forward to seeing what they have in store for us!

Gareth Williams says: "Each year we try and improve the festival in some small way. Many of the changes are undetected but the screen debate has been going for some years now and we are simply taking last year's idea one stage further."

Simon Nicol adds: "We are still in the process of 'dipping our toe in the water' with regard to visual enhancements. What works at other festivals may not be right for our audience. We'll just have to wait and see what the reaction is".

Your comments please.

In addition, Grundon recommended the adoption of its 'mixed recyclables' service, already very popular with Oxfordshire businesses.

Festival-goers will be provided with two heavy duty plastic sacks - a clear sack for all recyclable products and a black one for residual waste.

Recyclable products comprise all paper, cardboard, steel & aluminium cans and plastic bottles - a large proportion of the waste usually generated at the event.

The recyclables will be taken to one of Grundon's Material Recovery Facilities where they will be separated, baled and sent to re-processors to be used again, substantially reducing the amount of waste that would otherwise be land-filled.

We hope that you, the campers, will help us to greatly reduce the impact of our festival on the local environment.

Cropredy goers will recognise Pat as one of the fantastic volunteers who has helped run the festival raffle at the top of the Cropredy concert arena for many years now with the funds collected going to Katherine House Hospice in Adderbury.

Pat will be on site again this year so please go up to the KHH stand and congratulate her yourselves. Oh, and buy a raffle ticket!

This year, as well as the regular Guitar (donated by Banbury's finest music shop - One Man Band) signed by all the artists at Cropredy, Danny Thompson will be offering a very special prize of his own which will be an absolute MUST for every regular Cropredy attendee. More on that later.....