Wednesday, May 14 2008
 

Village Festival 2008

Village Festival Wall Planner - download

Forthcoming Events - Village Festival 2008


 

Enter the X Factor

As part of the Great Bowden Village Festival 2008, the festival commitee has organised a musical competition, The X Factor for all young singers and musicians in the area with prizes of up to £500.

If you say 'yes' to each of the following, send your entry form to us today. (entry form below)

Dates & venues of age group heats & finals as follows:

ENTRY FORM - Closing date 16th May 2008

 

Annual Plant Sale - 17 May

Cricket Club Bar Open - 7 & 8 June

Fernie Open Day - 8 June

Junior X Factor heats - 15 June under 11 year olds, 1pm, Great Bowden Village Hall

GB Recital - 22 June

Junior X Factor heats - 29 June, 11-14 years olds, 1pm, Great Bowden Village Hall

Open Gardens - 29 June

Cricket Club Bar Open - 12&13 July

Junior X Factor heats - 20 July, 15-18 year olds, 1pm, Great Bowden Village Hall

Cricket Club Bar Open - 9 & 10 August

Horticultural Show - 9 August

Cricket Club vs Village - 22 August

Junior X Factor FINALS - 23 August, 6pm, St Peter & St Paul Church, Great Bowden

Visual Arts Display & Festival - 24 August

Visual Arts Display - 25 August

Festival Ball - 20 September

Shoulder of Mutton / Band Night - 11 October

GB Recital - 23 November

 

 

Gallery & News Archive for Festival

 

Pancake Race - Great Bowden Village Festival 2008

Pancake Race - Sunday 3 Feb - Village Festival 2008

Pancake Race - Leicester Mercury - February 5th 2008 Pancake Race - Harborough Mail - February 7th 2008
Leicester Mercury 5/2/2008 - Harborough Mail 7/2/2008 (click picture to enlarge)

Old Time Music Hall - Harborough Mail - 7th February 2008
Harborough Mail 7/2/2008 (click picture to enlarge)

 

 

Festival Newsletter


GREAT BOWDEN FESTIVAL 2008

It has become a village tradition to hold a festival in Great Bowden every four years. 2008 is a festival year. The Festival begins in February and a series of events will take place throughout the year. The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the village. We hope that the festival will also raise some money for village charitable causes. The village hall refurbishment and the village sign both benefited from contributions made following previous festivals.

The members of the 2008 Festival Committee are:

Matt Jones, Bruce Gillanders, Kim Deane, Jill Appleton, Deb Hale, Pat Oakley, Andrew Cartwright, Anne French, Jan Swatridge, Lynne Wilson

We will be delivering a year planner soon. This will have all the events of the Festival on it together with details of a host of other events that will be happening in the village during this year

The Festival opens, as is traditional, with a Pancake Race on Sunday
3 February – the race is held on The Green with a start time of 1200 (bring you own frying pan and teams of 4) – themed teams will be especially welcome. The next event is the Old Time Musical Hall in Great Bowden School on 15 and 16 Feb. Tickets are on sale in Welton’s at a cost of £5. On 7 March we have a wine tasting in the Village Hall – please look out for posters giving details of how to get tickets for that and other events. There will be a Festival Weekend over the August Bank Holiday and the Festival will culminate in a Dance in a marquee in the grounds of Great Bowden School on 20 September.

We look forward to seeing you at some, or all, of the events.

Best wishes

The Festival Committee

 


For more information please either email Matt Jones at mj_jones@sky.com
or telephone Deb Hale on 01858 410130.

 

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