Sheffield Steemit meetup 30/09/2017, amazing steemians amazing people and amazing talent

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So for the past couple of weeks, I have been advertising a Sheffield meetup of fellow steemians around the South Yorkshire area and finally, that day has come.
Today will go down in history as 6 great minds from different cultures came together in Sheffield for the first ever Sheffield meetup.

This started off as an idea of mine not too long ago where I had seen on other peoples blogs that they lived in or around Sheffield, I was talking to my wife about how it would be great to meet the people behind so many interesting blogs so I put my idea into action with creating this night.

I want the Steemit community to know that these nights are a great idea, we had beer we had food and there was a great atmosphere.

We all talked among each other and got to know a little about the persons behind some great blogs.

We had

@wrongjohn, check out his blog, this dude is on fire when it comes to poetry, there are some great rhyming episodes to go along with it too, where you the user gets to dictate the ending.

@tumutanzi This guy currently stands at number 1 in the UK for blogging on steemit. he has passion for the site and knows a lot about what makes the steemit universe tick over. I found it interesting what he had to say about the pros and cons of steemit.

@ai-max is a really down to earth person and I have only just got to start reading her blogs tonight, she has a lovely touch to her posts and I really wish her all the best on steemit. It was a pleasure to meet her and I hope that you can make our next steemit meet up, I would love to hear more about your life.

@fulcanelli an omg moment for me, we were expecting @johleen to be with us but due to illness we had the pleasure of @fulcanelli joining us, as he arrived he said I can't stay long I have a gig to get too. he pushed the time by leaving us about 20 minutes before he had to play, this means he would get out of his taxi and start strumming the guitar.

And thanks to the familys who turned up to our meet up, it was great to meet all of you and I hope in the near future that we can all get together again and have a few more laughs.

Now @fulcanelli was playing live tonight on stage and his plan was to wear his steemit t-shirt while playing, this is great news as the gig is been shown live on the internet all over the world, this to me should bring some traction to steemit. which i find ace and if @stephenkendal had not supplied the t-shirts this could not have been made possible, so a big thanks to @stephenkendal.

Our next steemit meetup in Sheffield will be around Christmas time, this is open to anyone to come and join in the fun. I will be posting more about this in the next few months, such as venue, date and time.

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isn't it fun to meet people in person you have known online for a while. I recently went to podcast movement and met a bunch of fellow podcasters and it was like meeting my tribe - finally. No strangeness. Just hugs and the feeling of finally, we are here together.

this comment sums it up mate. that is deep but the truth of it, it was like seeing family I hadn't seen in years. you should come and join us in our next meet. thanks for the comment :)

I would. But it would be a long way ........ :)

how fars along way? I am guessing your not in the uk?

In San Diego, Califonia :)

that is a fair distance to travel lol, maybe one day :)

Yup! I think one of my goals is to make good friends here and then take a trip around the world visiting everyone :)

Thats nice i upwote follow hope you follow me back cheers :) !

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Awwwww!! So glad you guys had a great time and so sorry I couldn't be there. I was good for nothing by the end of the day unfortunately. :(

But I was pretty sure there would be another meet up soon - so yay for the Crimbo get together!

You're doing so brilliantly Drew, organising and promoting Steemit, and blogging. Love it, keep it all coming!

Lol at @wrongjohn with the t shirt round his head!!

Tim is still in bed recovering from Steemit meet up followed by gig followed by lots of beers!

I heard from Tim that you didn't come because you were more interested in watching x-factor hahaha joking. sorry, you were not feeling well @johleen I was looking forward to meeting you. the crimbo one should be good. I'm wanting to do something special for this one.
I was a little nervous last night but everyone was great. looking forward to meeting you at the next one.
:)

Aha, my cover is blown!

Nah, just totalled after a crazy week of kids and me being poorly.

Aw, really looking forward to meeting you and everyone else too. :)

Ha! great night!! nice to see you all there! sorry I couldnt make it, I have been ill the whole tour and needed a break to rest my voice and head before i carry on next week. great work guys! upvoted! resteemed!

thanks @starkerz it was great, I am going to do another meetup for Crimbo if you're interested, probably be the first week of December, will let you know closer to the time what date and that.
Hope you're feeling better, I felt shocking myself, been ill most of the week but still plodded on through.
I'm hoping next time more people come, I would like to hire a venue and fill it with steemians, that would be a great laugh.

steem on brother :)

Sounds like a great plan! but if you truly want to fill a place with steemians, approach a couple of the best acts on steemits got talent or steemit open mic, and start telling the most prominent steemians about it early in order to garner support and get the word out early. sorry about your cold, you probably got it from me. its typical, bloody manflu ;)

@starkerz you are the man, I never thought of promoting a meetup by using steemit got talent/open mic this is a legend of an idea.
Thought I was dying thursday night, I have never been so sick in my life, my wife had to help me into bed as I could bearly move as i was in so much pain, I thought it was stomach flu when it was happening, I slept most of friday, missed my dentist appointment and went to work battled through my shift then woke up saturday feeling a lot better. so i don't think it was manflu so your of the hook haha. cheers for the great idea mate. love it.