Carnival 2007 – News

Carnival 2007 – News

A Fabulous Weekend – And Lots of Money Raised – 20th September 2007

The 25th Helmdon carnival was held on a fantastically warm weekend and hundreds of people attended the 3 days of activities to have fun and raise money at the same time. Full report >>>

The Carnival Committee are inviting applications from village groups and organisations for a share of the funds raised over the weekend. So if anyone would like to start a new project, or set up a new group, or just help an existing one then please apply in writing to the committee, with the reasons for your request and how much before the 12th October 2007.

Download and print the application form here.

Design The 25th Carnival Programme Cover – 15th April 2007

The Helmdon Carnival Committee are once again running a competiton to design the cover of the Carnival programme for 2007.

The competition is open to anyone under the age of 18 and entries must be handed in to Becky Leitelmayer c/o Helmdon Primary School.

The theme this year is “Silver Jubilee”, this being the 25th Helmdon Carnival. So get your pens, crayons and paints out and send in those entries. You never know, your artwork could be printed hundreds of times on the programmes for all to see!

Download and print the entry form here.

We’re Underway! – 31st March 2007

There have been three carnival committee meetings this year and the new committee has now been elected. Your Carnival Chair for this year is Ros Spence, last year’s vice chair when she was Ros Atherton!

The proceeds from last year’s carnival have now been allocated and the cheques will be presented at Helmdon church at some stage in a regular church service on either 1st April or 13th May.

It was agreed to adopt the theme “Helmdon Carnival, 25th Anniversary” for the 2007 carnival. A competition will be run to design front and back covers for the programme with an end May 2007 deadline for submission. Check back soon for further details.

The date of the next meeting is Wednesday 18th April 2007 at 8 p.m. in the Reading Room. If anyone would like to help out or join in please get in touch with a member of the committee.