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Village week-end update – Friday 17th to Sunday 19th September
Friday 17th September 7.30 pm – Village Get Together and Dance.
Our first Village get together for two years, with a different feel to encourage maximum attendance. No theme and no fancy dress, a relaxed evening for adults (over 18’s) in the big Marquee on the Wale with dancing, a bar and food available for purchase from well-known local pop-up street vendors Steak & Honour and Waffle & Co.
Saturday 18th September – 1pm Village Fair and Show plus 5.30 pm Beer Festival.
The Village Fair will have something for every age group including stalls, BBQ, family games, animal exhibition, Body Blast sessions, raffles, bar and nature tours around the Wale. More details of all the events of the afternoon will be released as they are booked.
The Village Show we are looking forward to seeing your photos of local wildlife, as well as lockdown lunacy comedy shots, home grown vegetables of all shapes and sizes and flowers. Categories will be open for old and young alike, from arrangements of flowers, baking triumphs and creative crafts, we hope we will have included a category for everyone to have a go. So, start planting now and get that camera out, and remember it is a Just for Fun Village Show. In the evening The Navigator will be hosting their Beer Festival with quality local Ales.
Sunday 19th September – Harvest Celebration, History Walk and Picnic. All Saints Harvest Celebration 11am, all ages welcome, there will be songs and celebration for Harvest in the Marquee and gifts will be collected for Jimmy’s night shelter. Followed by tea, coffee, cake and conversation.
Village History Walk 12 noon starting at the Wale. A 75 minute walk including the Village Pump and All Saints Church and Churchyard. Led by local residents with a history flair!
Picnic from 1pm on the Wale. Bring your picnic, family and friends to a relaxed afternoon in late summer sun!
Village week-end update – Friday 17th to Sunday 19th September
Tickets are now on sale for the “Dance and Enjoy” evening on Friday 17th September. Tickets available for Adults (18+). Tickets on sale now: e-mail Liz Carrothers (lizcarrothers@icloud.com) or call on 07808 128037. Tickets £15 per person (excluding food). Latest updates include the addition of the “Wondering Yak” street food option for the 18+ social evening on Friday 17th September adding a great variety of Middle Eastern inspired foods (www.wanderingyak.co.uk) to go along with Steak and Honour street food, the Navigator bar and disco..
New events have been confirmed for the Family Fun Village Show and Scarecrow Exhibition. Scarecrow competition instructions are available from Christa (christajostock@hotmail.com) while Village Show Entry forms with instructions and Blueberry Muffin recipe are available from the Memorial Hall notice board, the village web site (www.littleshelford.com) or from brigidroche@yahoo.co.uk.
Organisers have now confirmed for Saturday 18th that the Ark Mobile Farm featuring a Dwarf Zebu cow, a miniature donkey, a miniature pony, micro piglet, lamb and a pygmy goat. Along with a variety of cute chicks and fluffy ducklings, goslings, rabbits and Guinea pigs will be on the Wale for the whole afternoon. Perfect entertainment for children and informative for adults.
They have also confirmed that there will be an opportunity for youngsters to try softball cricket on the new artificial cricket pitch, to try out fitness machines from Milan Fitness, to join in the mass Body Blast Workout and watch Maypole Dancing from 3pm.
Finally, the organisers have confirmed that the Parish Council stall will feature an East West Rail display so you can better understand the plans for East West Rail and there will be an opportunity to meet Parish Councillors, District and our new County Councillors as well as our MP to raise concerns about EWR and other local issues during the afternoon.
Planning continues by the Little Shelford Entertainments Team to create a friendly and safe Village Weekend where residents of all ages can come together and smile
All residents should have had a detailed brochure delivered to their homes with full information about the weekend which is fast approaching. If you have not had a brochure delivered contact Jo Boyle: joboyle780@gmail.com or call 07774 843770 or 01223 843984 and we can get one to you.
Anthony Browne MP, to open the Saturday Afternoon Village Show and Fair
Our local MP, Anthony Browne, will be opening the Village Show and Fair at 1pm on Saturday 18th September. He will also be judging the Scarecrow exhibition so start planning those Scarecrows!
“Spud in a bucket” and other Village Show Categories now available. Also, a reminder to plant your “Spud in a Bucket” and start planning for your Village Show entries. The full list of categories and entry form designed to make us laugh and smile can be downloaded now
Real Ale and Craft Beer Festival – Live music and Hogg Roast
Mark and Barry from the Navigator will be serving real ale and craft beer on Friday evening and all-day Saturday. The Beer festival will also continue into Saturday evening, with live music and a hog roast from 6.30pm.
To keep fully up to date with developments and the start of ticket sales later in June follow us on Instagram (Little.Shelford).
Village Weekend Update – Friday 17th to Sunday 19th September
Planning continues by the Little Shelford Entertainments Team to create a friendly and safe Village Weekend where residents of all ages can come together and smile!
Scarecrow Competition
To add something a bit different and because Scarecrows make us smile and spread happiness, we want families to start work on their scarecrows at the beginning of September so that they start to appear around the village for two weeks before the village weekend. Create amusing scarecrow scenes and display your scarecrows on your drive or garden where they can be seen by passers-by.
Then on Friday 17th September move your scarecrows to the Wale Recreation Ground ready for the scarecrow judging on Saturday, 18th September as part of the Saturday Village Fete.
We are even offering prizes for the best scarecrows! First, second and third placed scarecrows will be awarded a cash prize of £30, £20 and £10.
For further details on the scarecrow competition, contact Christa christajostock@hotmail.com
“Spud in a bucket” and other Village Show Categories now available.
As in our 2019 Village Weekend, the Saturday Village Fete will include a Village Show. The full list of categories and entry form designed to make us laugh and smile can be downloaded now. But to give you a flavour of the possible entries you and the family could start growing or working on right now:
Delicious Blueberry Muffin’s to a standard recipe, most curious shaped vegetable (3 home grown vegetables), red in the face (7 tomatoes), Red Nose (selection of 5 garden berries), Your Beauties (4 Roses), Delight us (4 Dreamy Dahlias), September Surprise flower display (in a vase no taller in total than 60cm), something saucy (a homemade condiment or pickle), a colour photo of wildlife in the village, a black and white or colour photo of something that makes you smile in the village and for Kids, Best poem or rhyme about Lockdown Lunacy, best poem about Summer Holidays, best biscuit decorated most fun design, best picture or painting of a Happy Place and a Smiley Face made using fruit, veg and/or flowers and many more………….
Finally, a new and exciting ‘Spud in a Bucket’ challenge!
Plant one potato in a standard bucket approximately 10 to 15 litres in size, cover with soil. Look after it over the summer and bring the bucket to the Village Show. We will empty out the soil and weigh the contents to see who has grown the most potatoes, please use a standard size bucket and do not forget to put some holes in the bottom!
Our aim for the Village weekend in 2021 is simply to get the Village together safely to have fun after a challenging 18 months. If we do make any surplus, we will be making our primary donations to Shelford School and the “Save the Wale” Recreation Ground fund. So, having fun and supporting local causes.
The weekend committee is now busy planning but there is still time for the Village Community to come up with ideas and suggestions for the weekend. So, if you have thoughts, or comments please e-mail their LSEC secretary, Jo Boyle, joboyle780@gmail.com with your ideas.
The LSCE committee is also very welcoming of new members and also welcome those who want to volunteer to help over the weekend itself, even if you don’t have time to join the committee. Please contact Jo if you would like to contribute in any way.
Ian Beaton, LSEC Chairman March 31 2021