2011 Scarecrow Festival

Our second year and an even bigger event than 2010.
Well done everyone who took part And THANK YOU all so very much for all the time and effort which you put into making your fantastic creations.
Many hundreds of visitors came along to view what IOW Radio’s Tom Stroud called “A Free Children’s Theme Park”.

The final scarecrow count was: 92 Households having taken part, with approximately 110 to 115 individual scarecrows on display, depending on what you counted as being a scarecrow.

The standard again was very high and our judge, Michael Coombes from IOW Radio found it extremely difficult to pick out those whom he considered should receive a prize. The truth is of course that you all richly deserve a prize..
However, in the event, first prize and receiver of The Ann Dent Memorial Cup, was The Brook Lane Collective with their Mad Hatters Tea Party. Second place went to Colly Donn for the fantastic Mr Fox, whilst Toby Beardsall secured third place with Woody from Toy Story.


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This year saw the introduction of refreshments being served in Chillerton village hall by our fantastic team of willing volunteers where hundreds of visitors were able to purchase “A Cup O Tea And A Slice O Cake” for just £1.

In order to give everyone a break, our next festival is scheduled take part in 2013 where hopefully we shall see even more scarecrows on show.

Memento
Roger Shepherd has again produced a lovely keepsake of the event, this year in the shape of a CD rather than a booklet.
The CD contains all of the scarecrow pictures from both 2010 and 2011 and is on sale at just £1.50.
If you would like a copy please contact Roger on 721482 or E-mail
CD’s will also be available from St Olave’s Church

Doug Barber

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Doug Barber 01983 721128 mob 07891136502 E-mail
or
Felicity Farnham 01983 721009 E-mail

These organisations and businesses very kindly sponsored the Gatcombe and Chillerton Scarecrow Festival 2011:

The prize money was kindly donated by Mr Tevor Fordham.
We also wish to thank all those who supplied the prizes for our raffle.

t: 01983 721128 m: 07891 136502 e:

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