Westleton Barrel Fair

News (published 17th July 2010)-

The date for this year's Westleton Barrel Fair is Sunday 15th August. The event will be officially opened midday by Rob Dunger from Radio Suffolk- he was our special guest last year and we are delighted to welcome him back!

Soon after our opening, we will have the first event of the day- the annual challenge race between the two pubs of the village, The Crown and The White Horse. The current score is 1-1, with a tie last year, so we are looking forward to another tight race.

A long day ahead!

There will be a fancy dress competition for children under 13. There will also be music from the Royal Hospital Band as well as a huge variety of local acts on the main stage. We are also looking forward to entertainment from the Rumburgh Morris Dancers. On the green there will be a Punch and Judy show, donkey rides, a hog roast and a huge variety of craft and other stalls.

There are also several events happening in the days leading up to the BArrel Fair. On Wednesday 11th August Doc Cox will be organising his famous (and extremely difficult!) music quiz in The White Horse. This will be followed on the Thursday by 'Screen on the Green'- this year we are showing the classic Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn film 'Roman Holiday'.

Moving Waves

On the night before the Barrel Fair, the village will again be running 'Westleton's Got Talent'. There will be two categories this year, 'under 13' and '13 and over'. If you wish to enter please call Arlette on 01728648378 or Carole on 01728648921 for more details. There will be a disco for children starting at approximately 6-30pm, and an exciting live set to follow from 'Moving Waves'.

Not as easy as it looks!  

Make sure you find time to look at the BBC Suffolk photos from last year on the BBC Suffolk website

Special thanks to SweetJunkie for their donation of sugar mice for our 'Splat the Rat' game. They were very popular! SweetJunkie are based in Harleston and stock a large selection of sugar mice, retro sweets and sugar free sweets.

It is great to see that the Barrel Fair has raced (down and up again!) to number seven in The Times best silly events list!

 Oyez, oyez, now hear this...

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