The
Three
Villages
Carnival
Saturday,
16th
June,
2012
To
Celebrate
the
Diamond
Jubilee
of
Queen
Elizabeth
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A dance was
held in Wick on Friday, 1st June, 2012, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee
of HM Queen Elizabeth II, followed by a Fete on the Village Green on Saturday, 2nd June, 2012;
the winners of the children’s fancy dress competition who had been crowned King
and Queen for the day opened the fete. There were many stalls, antiques,
books, crafts, basket
weaving, pet area,
Sumo
wrestling display
as well as Punch and Judy, RAF St. Athan Band, army cadets, to name a few of the attractions.
Villagers had been encouraged to build a scarecrow and display it throughout the
previous week, with the winner announced at the fete.
On Monday, 4th June, 2012 there was
a Dragon Parade between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm around the village green along Heol
Faen (Vicarage Lane) to the field near to the ancient beacon site, followed by lighting of the Beacon
in Wick, one of the 2,012
throughout the country
to mark Queen
Elizabeth's 60 years' reign and 4,200 across the world. Starting with
Tonga at 10.00 am BST, all were lit at around 10.00 pm local time except for the
National Beacon which the Queen ignited at 10.45 pm outside Buckingham Palace.
Corntown
and Ewenny celebrated on Monday, 4th June, 2012 in the grounds of Ewenny
Priory with events such as children's novelty races, fancy dress parade and fun
dog show. Later there was a hog roast at the Vale Cricket Clubhouse in Corntown,
party with disco dancing, the lighting of a Jubilee Beacon and firework display.
Members of the Parish of St. Brides Major & Ewenny, including: The Venerable Philip Morris (Archdeacon of Margam and Priest in Charge) and his wife Sheila, as well as a St. Bridget's
bell ringer, attended Llandaff Cathedral on Thursday, 26th April, 2012, when the
Queen visited Wales to start the celebrations of her Diamond Jubilee.
The Woodland Trust gave
batches of trees free of charge to St. Brides Major Community Council to
commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II; these were split
with Ewenny and Wick Community Councils. Southerndown WI held a Jubilee
Supper in the Church Hall with members reminiscing how they spent Coronation Day
in 1953.
Playgroup held a Garden Party on Thursday,
31st May, 2012 then St. Brides Major
School held a Street Party on Friday, 1st June, 2012
and villagers
attended a Garden Party on
Saturday, 2nd June, 2012 at the Vicarage, St. Brides Major, to celebrate Queen
Elizabeth's 60 years' reign.
John, Eileen and Meryl, who were members of the
Three
Villages
Carnival
Committee
that had organised the events to celebrate the Millennium
in 2000 and the Golden Jubilee of Queen
Elizabeth II in 2002, reconvened to organise a Carnival and Street Parade to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty
in 2012.
Here's what happened
in 2012!
On
Saturday, 16th June, 2012,
there was a Carnival procession of vehicles and floats that travelled from
Rivermouth at Ogmore-by-Sea via Southerndown to the cattle grid in St. Brides
Major, at which point it turned around to go back through the village (here
many people joined the Street Parade, including children from the school and Playgroup in fancy
dress, along with Shetland pony & traps and Newfoundland Association dog &
carriages)
and finished in the field next door to the Vicarage on Southerndown
Road.
An impromptu singsong began and continued throughout the journey with a
change from the usual words of one ditty to "if you're happy and you know it,
wave your flag" and, despite the occasional light rain shower, villagers came
out along the route to cheer everyone on.
Floats
included:
Carnival Queen, her
Attendants and Page Boys,
Cheerleaders,
Coast Hair (at the beach), Flowerpot Men
and Little Weed,
Play Aloud Group,
Slade Farm Safari Trailer,
Wild West Women of WI complete with Sheriff's Office.
Stalls
included:
Plants, various crafts such
as hand-made cards and knitted items, jewellery,
bric-a-brac, WI stand in aid of Brecon Mountain Rescue, food stalls, information
stands.
Displays, Demonstrations and Entertainment
included:
Pony Rides, Dancing Dogs
with Susie Lindsay,
St. Donat's Chorale Choir, Karate, Vintage Tractors, Steam Engines, Vintage
Cars, Zumba dance, Roundabout, Swings, Shooting and a memorial Barry Jones
Shield Tug-of-war Tournament which was won by the Farmers Arms.
Refreshments included:
Teas & coffees, soft drinks,
licensed bar, cream teas, ice cream, pasties, sandwiches, sweets.
Other
items included:
Face painting, BBQ, beer
tent, Lucky Programme Raffle. Southerndown Life Savers, Coastguard, The Police, Fire
Brigade & engine and St John's Ambulance
were in attendance.
Dancing
till midnight for
all the adults with live music from local band Scarecrows and a disco with DJ
Seymore. There were refreshments and a
licensed bar.
And
finally....... many thanks
were sent to the committee for their hard work in organising this event, the
volunteers and to
those who turned up to help clear the field on Sunday morning. Special
thanks to CPD for the use of the field and equipment.
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