Summerfest - 19th June 2010 - Success
PLANNING HAS STARTED FOR SUMMERFEST 2011
Shropshire Council is celebrating the Shropshire Olympian Festival (which was held in Shrewsbury Quarry in 1864), by holding a Shropshire Festival over three days
Friday 17th Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th June 2011.
To avoid any possible impact on Stretton’s SummerFest, it has been decided to hold the 2011 Stretton SummerFest on Saturday 11th June – a week earlier than originally planned.
As in previous years there will be lots of fun and interest for the children in Rectory Field, roving buskers and bands in the streets, hog roast, food outlets, stalls – and who knows what surprises are yet to come.
SummerFest 2011 will once again be a free day, with a musical evening for just £5 in Rectory Field. So make a note – Church Stretton, Saturday 11th June 2011 from approximately 11am to late evening, for a wonderful day of family entertainment for residents and visitors, with an opportunity to support the town’s traders.
Eileen Roberts
01694 720086
CHURCH STRETTON SUMMERFEST
19th June 2010
ORGANISED BY
CHURCH STRETTON & DISTRICT CHAMBER OF TRADE
SummerFest 2010 - Success
CHURCH STRETTON & DISTRICT CHAMBER OF TRADE
2ND SUMMERFEST - 19th JUNE 2010
All for FREE – the Chamber of Trade hosted its second SummerFest. Residents and visitors thronged the tiney town of Church Stretton, decorated with hundreds of large yellow balloons, flags, metres of bunting and 15 theme banners prepared especially for the event.
The atmosphere was exhilarating – stalls throughout the town, roving groups of young people in period costumes performing street art, car parks taken over by bands, dancers, classic cars, bikes, steam engines and tractors.
Rectory Field - a mass of people, parents with children (not forgetting the dogs), all enjoying the day-long programme of events which included taiko drumming, Stretton School of Dance & Drama and Bands - whilst children thronged the face and tattoo painting tents.
Information stalls featured the Arts Festival, Scrappies Children’s Scrap Store, RNLI, Climate Care. Golf Club, SSAFA, National Trust and the newly formed local History Group. Rotary displayed and demonstrated the use of their Emergency ShelterBox, used worldwide in disaster areas
A new feature to SummerFest, the air activity section mounted by the Midland Gliding Club with their gliding simulator, Gerry's gyrocoptor and Vernon Kerswell (Dragon’s Den) demonstrating his range of flying helicopters and toys.
As for the evening event - Only £3 entrance - people of all ages enjoyed the musical gig on Rectory Field which included 10K Runner, Smoke Feathers and local singer Katie Lewis with her new band The Custard Connection. The very popular Bedouin Shiver dancers gave an additional impromptu performance to the delight of the crowds.
The Chamber of Trade received support from many, many people and acknowledge with thanks the unstinting efforts of everyone who gave help or volunteered in any way.
Date for the next SummerFest will be decided at the forthcoming debriefing meeting of the Planning Committee.
Contact: Eileen Roberts
01694 720086
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Day - in and around the town - 10 am - 5/5.30pm
Evening - Rectory Field - 6pm (approximately) - 10.00pm
A free day of fun for the family - only charge is £3 for the evening event
SUMMERFEST - SATURDAY 19th JUNE 2010
Organised by the Chamber of Trade
For a copy of the latest publication in FOCUS featuring the evening musical event
in SummerFest click here
The official programme has been released.
All events are booked for the FREE day of entertainment for residents and visitors - with events particularly for children.
For the evening event - 6pm approx - 10.30p.m.
entrance only £3 - the bands are ready and arrangements in hand for the food and licensed bar.
Traders' and Visitors' stalls in the street, town decorated, street musicians, bands in the Town Square, etc.
Come and visit our lovely town and enjoy the fun.
Enquiries:
Eileen 01694 720086
Music / Entertainment / Organisations
signed up for SummerFest 2010
A new feature for SummerFest 2010 is the air activity section which will be located In Burway Road, where the Midland Gliding Club will have on display one of their gliding simulators, together with Gerry’s gyrocopter and Beyond Extreme will show off some of their more daring activities. This will enable people to experience some of the thrills of gliding - one of the many exciting sporting activities to be found in our countryside.
Vernon Kerswell (Extreme Fliers) will be demonstrating his own inventions - a range of flying toys, as seen on Dragon's Den. These include the Desert Apache, the Jungle Dispatch MEGA - his first outdoor helicopter - and the Nano Robocopter. See the Terror Wasp and be afraid!
Sonny (Magical Sunshine) a local 14-year old magician, member of the Young Magicians' Club and the Shropshire Magical Society, Sonny has performed at many local events and is booked to appear in Hamleys, the top London toy store.
Whatever your taste in entertainment - here come the girls - and they're local.
Bedouin Shiver belly dancers and the dance troupe from Stretton School of Dance and Drama.
Demonstrations in Rectory Field include Acton Scott with Olde English Crafts, possibly brick making and David Bytheway who specialises in tree sculpture. See examples of his work in the Longmynd Hotel grounds.
Watch and listen out for our local Ukelele Men – aka the Irreverent Songsters who will tour the town during the day.
Bands booked for the evening musical event include – 10K Runner, Smoke Feathers
and the very talented singer, Katie Lewis – and all for only £3 entrance.
Street stalls are being registered and the Parish Centre and Mayfair are gearing up
to join in the fun.
Also in SummerFest
Acton Scott - Historic Working Farm
Barrell Organ
Bull & Pump Dancers
Bedouin Shiver Belly Dancers
Caradoc Ceilidh Band
Clog Dancers
Easy Stompers Line Dancers - Geoff Langford
Halfway House - Male Voice Choir
Little Rumba Band
Museum on the Move - for children
Raise the Dust Folk Dancers
Salop Gallop Band
Street Art & Theatre Groups
Stretton Stompers
Vintage Cars
WITH EVEN MORE TO COME
See below for just some of the photographs from SummerFest 2009
With thanks to Yvonne Beaumont, Eric Brown, John Corfield and Alan Luntz
Once again the Church Stretton Chamber of Trade is arranging its SummerFest, this year's event to be held on Saturday, 19th June 2010.
The aim of the SummerFest is to showcase the town and give traders, shop-keepers, cafe proprietors and publicans an opportunity to welcome residents and visitors to the town and area.
As last year, we expect many of the major local organisations will join in the fun, particularly the schools.
Extensive car parking arrangements in Russells Meadow will be in place, as will Ring & Ride - operating between the town to the Senior School and Cardingmill Valley.
Plans for the evening musical event - so popular last year - are under way.
Volunteers are needed to help plan, organise and run the many events on Saturday 19th June for the benefit of local people and our guests - do make contact if you have a few hours to spare.
Contact:
Eileen Roberts
01694 720086
FUNDRAISING DISCO - held on 23rd January 2010 - the Disco raised £700 - with thanks to everyone who gave support.
Below - disco planning team.
Below - some of the photographs from SummerFest 2009
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