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Leesa Beales owns and operates a variety of Cocteau Twins websites including: cocteautwins.org, cocteautwinsforums.com, simonraymonde.com, cocteaufest.com, elizabethfraser.com, and is a contributor to cocteautwins.com. She has been a long-time fan of the band and collector of Cocteau Twins ephemera. Leesa also wrote a track (and directed the video for) "Muscle and Want", a track on Simon Raymonde's solo album "Blame Someone Else."

Michael Borum owns and operates the official Cocteau Twins website cocteautwins.com and is a contributor to cocteaufest.com.

Event organisers: Leesa Beales & Michael Borum

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COCTEAUfest® 2003 was a great success! We had people come from all over the globe to attend the maiden voyage of what will become an annual event. Fans came from Taiwan, United Kingdom, Canada and all over the United States to take part and share their common love for this band. On September 20th, 2003 we opened the doors to The Attic Bar in Newton, Massachusetts, where we sold 85 tickets to the freakiest collection of like-minded people—all of whom were just dying to talk for hours about all things Cocteau. There was chat, there was loads of dancing, giveaways and auctions! The music for the night was pure Cocteau Twins. Pure Heaven (or Las Vegas!) We hope you'll join us next year for an even bigger and better COCTEAUfest® 2004!!

View the COCTEAUfest 2003 photo gallery