Each year, many individuals and organisations in Whiteparish work together to stage the village's summer Carnival, Fete, and associated events. Profits go to benefit All Saints' Church and All Saints' Primary School.

The 2007 Carnival and Fete will be held on Saturday 16th June.

Friday 15th June will be the Family Music night with the Hog Roast, BBQ, and great local groups.

Wednesday 13th June will see a Car Boot Sale, a Rounders Match, and a BBQ.

This year the fete will be opened by Therese the camel, and we will plan a theme for the day around that—details next month.

Can you please look out any old china that you have and either store it for us or ask a committee member to collect it ?

There will be an update each month to report progress on planning the events.

No report as such this month, but you can read about the final arrangements by clicking here!

Competition details

The competitions for this summer's fete are as follows:

• Fancy dress for the parade
  The theme is Journeys to the East.  Please assemble at The Fountain car park at 12 noon. Judging will be at 12.15, with the procession starting at 12.30
• Art - a painting or collage
• Poem
• A model of a camel - any medium

Entries for the Art, Poem, and Model categories to be delivered to the school on Friday 15 June by 9am. The classes for all the competitions are Preschool, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, and Others (which will include any adults who wish to take part). All entries will be displayed in the Church on Fete day. Again, the theme is Journeys to the East. Please clearly label the items with Name, Age, and Class ready for judging

Raffle tickets and bottle stall  donations

Sales of raffle tickets and the bottle stall bring in a large percentage of the fete takings. This year we plan to deliver a bag to as many homes in the village as we can visit around the end of May which will have some raffle tickets inside for you to purchase (hopefully !) and a label to put on any of the bottles you might like to donate for the bottle stall.  All labels will be put into a draw to win £20.

There will be details in the bag of when counterfoils , cash , unsold tickets and bottles will be collected—or alternatively you may wish to deliver those items to the school. Please look out for the bags and be as generous as you can to get our fete off to a flying start. 

Car boot sale, etc

There will be a car boot sale , a fun rounders match , BBQ and bar on the Memorial ground on Tuesday 12 June. The car booters will be able to set up from 5pm—with proceedings kicking off at 6pm.  The car boot fee will be £5 per vehicle. 

Any queries, please contact me on 884374.

Sue King

Your fete committee is busy making the bookings of loos , marquees etc for the great day itself ; ordering the hog and booking bands for the Friday music night and generally getting all the basics sorted

The theme for the fete has been agreed as “Journeys to the East “ – this will tie in with the appearance of Therese the camel , and should give plenty of scope for the costumes and competitions. There will be details of the competition classes in next months’ update.

If you would like to book a table to sell your wares , then please contact Claire Smith on 884935. The charge will be £15 for a space in the craft tent or £12 for an outside pitch.

Sue King

This year's committee members, and their contact details, are as follows. Please do contact any one of us if you have any special requests, ideas, or offers of help.