CARNIVAL: Collectors wanted by Ilminster Carnival

CARNIVAL: Collectors wanted by Ilminster Carnival

Posted: 29th September 2015
VOLUNTEER collectors are still needed to walk the route of Ilminster Carnival on Saturday (October 3, 2015) to help raise funds. To try and improve the collection which is used to help secure the Carnival’s future and to support local groups and organisations the Carnival Committee is looking for volunteers to come forward and help collect during the procession. This can…

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CARNIVAL: Youngsters hold the key to the future of Carnival

CARNIVAL: Youngsters hold the key to the future of Carnival

Posted: 28th September 2015
  THEY are still very much youngsters, but they are very much becoming Carnival veterans – take a bow Megan Norman and sisters Jessica and Jacyln Dawe. Megan and Jessica have been taking part in Carnival for many years and they have been joined by Jessica’s younger sister Jaclyn in recent times and they are among those leading lights who are the future of Carnival. The…

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CARNIVAL: Harlequin CC are wandering to success

CARNIVAL: Harlequin CC are a wandering to success

Posted: 28th September 2015
HARLEQUIN Carnival Club took the honours at Wellington on Saturday (September 26, 2015) for the opening Carnival on the South Somerset Circuit. The Ilminster-based club captured the amazing imagination of the story Around the World in Eighty Days and Phileas Fogg’s trip around the planet. Club members danced the streets away with a version of I’m a Wanderer – made famous…

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CARNIVAL: Ilminster all set for annual Children's Carnival

CARNIVAL: Ilminster all set for annual Children's Carnival

Posted: 26th September 2015
THE centre of Ilminster will come alive with Carnival at lunchtime today (Saturday, September 26, 2015) when the annual children’s parade takes place. Young people and youth groups from across Ilminster and beyond will be converging at the Ile Youth Club from 12.30pm with judging at 1pm before the processions starts at 1.45pm. The Ilminster Children’s Carnival parade…

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CARNIVAL: Dance the night away with Elvis

CARNIVAL: Dance the night away with Elvis

Posted: 18th September 2015
ELVIS tribute act Barry Paull will be providing all the songs of the King of Rock and Roll tonight (Friday, September 18, 2015) at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster. The Carnival Dance is being held from 8.30pm to midnight and tickets are priced £7 in advance (available from Bonners or the Shrubbery) or you can pay £8 on the door. It will be a great night as the countdown…

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CARNIVAL: Enter now for Chard Children’s Carnival

CARNIVAL: Enter now for Chard Children’s Carnival

Posted: 17th September 2015
ENTRIES are now being taken for young people and youth groups wanting to take part in this year’s Chard Children’s Carnival. The Carnival will take place on Saturday, October 3, 2015, with a procession through the town from 12noon. Chard Carnival Committee crowned its 2015 Royalty last week during a ceremony at the Lordleaze Hotel. Amy Winter is to act as Miss Chard with…

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CARNIVAL: Enter now for Ilminster Children’s Carnival

CARNIVAL: Enter now for Ilminster Children’s Carnival

Posted: 17th September 2015
ORGANISERS of this year’s Children’s Carnival in Ilminster are looking for entrants to come forward and dazzle the crowds. An entry form for the Ilminster Children’s Carnival on Saturday, September 26, 2015, is printed below – so calling all young people and youth groups to get involved with the Carnival fun and magic. Ilminster Children’s Carnival will assemble – as…

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CARNIVAL: Weighty support for South Petherton Carnival!

CARNIVAL: Weighty support for South Petherton Carnival!

Posted: 13th September 2015
THERE were circus strongmen and clowns, characters from stories galore and majorettes aplenty – South Petherton Carnival was another great success. The rain just about held off for the crowds which lined the streets as the Carnival cavalcade made its way through the village on Saturday (September 12, 2015) evening. The crowds were entertained on the parade at the front…

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CARNIVAL: In the frame for South Petherton parade

CARNIVAL: In the frame for South Petherton parade

Posted: 12th September 2015
MEMBERS of South Petherton Photographic Society will be showing off their photos during their annual one-day exhibition today (Saturday, September 12, 2015) as part of South Petherton Carnival Day. The exhibition will be held at the Blake Hall in South Petherton between 10am and 4pm and members will be showcasing their different photographic interests and styles. A…

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CARNIVAL: Week of fun in South Petherton

CARNIVAL: Week of fun in South Petherton

Posted: 9th September 2015
CARNIVAL week in South Petherton is well and truly underway in readiness for the annual parade which is being held this Saturday (September 12, 2015) evening. The week of events began last weekend with a Carnival Race Night at the Brewers Arms in South Petherton. On Sunday (September 6, 2015) there was a Family Fun Day at the Recreation Ground in Lightgate Lane which was…

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