Another was concerned about whether the festivals did enough to promote their work abroad.
Not to mention of course, the chance to make some of the festivals squirm.
More than five hundred children and teachers participated in the Festivals hosted by Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Greece, Grenade, Jordan, Thailand and Zimbabwe.
"With multiple cameras at the festivals, people can choose their own scenes and create their own movie, but that's something for the future, " he said.
While the biggest prizes are usually given to the groups with the fastest times, the festivals also usually offer at least one prize for the most creative outhouse.
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Look for the festivals themselves to put out their own apps.
While both Tollett and Empire owner Alex Haagen III say they want to keep the festivals where they are, they can't ignore the effects that Torres' proposed measure would have.
Not so if you believe recent research on "pilgrim experiences" by academics and researchers from nine universities in India and UK. They carried out two surveys involving over 400 kalpavasis during the festivals in 2010 and 2011, an event which even the researchers called an "ordeal".
This eight-minute video presents some of the special moments and highlights of the various Festivals revealing the children's concern, excitement, motivation and commitment in favour of peace.
She has her eyes set on 2012 when the August festivals overlap with the Olympic Games in London.
These are just a handful of the stars likely to turn up at Glastonbury and some of the other festivals, so the boots are being touted as this season's festival must-have.
Most of the big festivals have largely replaced the traditional fare of self-important authorial readings with discussions and debates.
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When I was a kid, theaters would run Planet of the Apes festivals, where they show the first five movies all night.
The annual celebration of the arts is now one of the biggest festivals of its kind in the UK alongside Edinburgh, Manchester and Brighton.
It has now grown into one of the largest winter festivals in the world.
This is one of the most important festivals in the Chinese culture.
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Some of the most popular festivals are the Edinburgh International Festival (13 Aug-5 Sep), the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (6-30 Aug) and the PHB's Free Fringe 2010 (8-29 Aug).
Cardiff jazz musician Mike Harries, of Mike Harries and the Root Doctors, who has performed with two of his bands at 23 out of the 25 festivals, said it would be "tragic" if the festival were to go under.
The texts indicated that Goldenvoice was already planning on moving the two festivals out of Indio.
Officials at some of the local film festivals say attendance at the Castro has risen of late.
Xoan guilds traditionally performed in sacred spaces such as temples, shrines and communal houses for the spring festivals.
One of the main findings of the impact report was that those surveyed liked the convergence of all the summer festivals in August.
Organisers of the Janmashtami Festival, being staged near Watford, say it is one of the largest festivals of its kind outside of India.
It has been confirmed that Hedley Le Maistre will be bringing his satirical song-writing and film making talent to the music festivals main stage.
The musician played at events across the US from folk festivals to the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York and recorded some 60 albums, with his most popular songs including Tom Dooley, Shady Grove and Rising Sun Blues.
She invoked the name of John Bunyan, she praised the Bedfordshire Clanger and waxed lyrical over the River Festivals, Norman churches and May dancer, all things, she argued, that gave her constituency its identity.
Other events that attract masses of students are the numerous gratis festivals that take place throughout the year in public parks, such as the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland festival.
Last year's weather proved particularly costly for the organisers of festivals which rely on on-the-day ticket sales.
They were made in sets and changed according to the cycle of festivals and seasons, and also the times of day.
Downtown, wander over to the Place des Festivals, a large public space dedicated to the city's continuous schedule of urban entertainment, including the annual jazz festival that takes place each summer at the end of June or beginning of July.
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