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‘Big Do’ this Saturday

It’s just two days away – this year’s ‘Big Do in the Field’, the ever-popular annual village fete in the field opposite Warleggan Jubilee Hall in Mount, this Saturday, 23 July, 12 noon til about 4.30 pm.  All the usual things – and one or two innovations.

Usual things:  children’s fancy dress, children’s races, dog-show, BBQ, cream teas, beer/wine, stalls, games, welly wanging, etc etc etc;  plus the ever popular flower / veg / craft show in the hall

and then new this year:

>> Table tennis table will be out, weather permitting – and forecast looks promising.

>> Knobbly Knees –  win prizes –  are yours the KNobbliest?  the KNicest?   And can you work out whose knees belong to whom?  We’ll be displaying photos of faces, and  photos of knees, and you’ll be invited to work out which knees are whose.  We’ve had a good number of pairs of photos coming in, but we need more!  see BigDo webpage for details.

See you Saturday…. Free entry, free parking.

Legal bit? It’s called a Big Do, because, relative to the size of the parish, it is.  But in reality is a small friendly fete held annually to help bring the community together, to meet friends and to make new ones,  and at the same time to raise a bit of money to help keep our hall going and our hire rates affordable.

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Big Do this Saturday

Yes, it’s only two day to go til the Big Do in the Field, and Annual Vegetable, Flower & Handicraft Show ~ free entry, lots of fun, plenty to eat, some brilliant raffle prizes, stalls, games, etc., and with children’s fancy dress competition followed by children’s races, the ever popular dog show, and the ‘mad cycle race’ organised by Young Farmers.

See details, times of events, lists of classes, etc

Do come along, have a great afternoon out, and help support your village hall!

'Big Do' 2015 - family fun - Saturday 25 July
‘Big Do’ 2015 – family fun – Saturday 25 July
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Coming up this week

The Big Do is now behind us   – it was a great success, everyone seemed to have had a good time, the sun shone brightly (‘though some of us might have preferred the thermostat had been set a touch lower!), and it was great to see so many more activities there –  and we raised over £1,000 a year for the hall, too.  Thanks to everyone who helped make it go so well, including, of course, everyone who joined us on the day.  Check out the over 140 photos on the Warleggan website.

Four oak tree saplings now sit proudly in the new graveyard and parking area next to St Bartholomew Church, planted on Monday in memory of the four from the parish who were lost in the First World War – see photos. 

So what’s coming up?  Well, the next few days we will have…

Friday 8 August:
~ Village Greens, 9am-2pm at the hall, come for your fresh produce, jams and other goodies, a friendly cup of tea or coffee, or why not try a cooked breakfast or a tasty mushroom soup for lunch ~ latest update
~ Sankey Evening, Mount Chapel, 7pm ~ info

Saturday 9 August:
~ Duck Race & BBQ, Pantersbridge (the bridge between Mount and St Neot). Launch of ducks at 4pm. Enjoy a stroll from the bridge to the weir to finish with a BBQ. Children can run, cycle or skate. Limited parking at the weir.  Ducks available to purchase for 50p on the day, or contact Nina on 821293 ~  info
~ Loveny Choir, Cardinham Parish Hall, 7pm, Dave Wherry memorial concert with Millpool Chorale – £6 per head

Sunday 10 August:
~ Rivers of Warleggan Poetry Day, 10.30am ~ places still available –  if you like, you can just turn up. Bring a packed lunch, and stout footwear or wellies, as Claypit Lake as we call it (Glynn Valley) is very muddy. John Keast will talk about Glynn Valley clayworks as part of the day, and Pam Leppitt about ecology around River Bedalder as another part. Helen Jagger will be leading the poetry element. Arrive by 10.30 at Jubilee Hall –  more info

Monday 11 August:
~ Hall Management Meeting, where one of the main items will be to review this year’s Big Do, 7.30pm at the Hall ~ all welcome ~  we had a similar review after last year’s Big Do, and that’s why this year’s was better.  So hopefully you can help us make next year’s better still ~ more info

 

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The Big Do to be done – this Saturday

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Yes, the Big Do in the Field is fast approaching – tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon, 27 July.  Across the parish,  rhubarbs are being inspected, lettuces titivated over, and runner beans talked to.  Someone out there is practising the Madeira cake recipe for the 17th time. Photos will be flying out of printers, and anxious youngsters will be adding their finishing touches to the animals they are making from vegetables – now where does that parsnip go?

It should be a good year, not just for the Annual Veg/Flower/Handicraft show to be held in the hall, but the Big Do in the Field  promises, too, to be lots of fun:

  • We’ve got the children’s fancy dress contest, the dog display, the dog show and the children’s games (and maybe something for adults too, I hear!)
  • And then we have the stalls, cream teas, hot and cold food, BBQ, beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks, ice-cream, bouncy castle, games, the raffle, and who knows what else?

A few reminders:

  1. Please bring entries for the Veg/Flower/Handicraft show to the Jubilee Hall latest by 10am Saturday  – download entry form.
  2. If you’re bringing a cake for the cake stall, that’s great – please suggest a price for it with a label if possible.
  3. Children, please make sure your parents (and you)  take care when crossing the road between hall and field;  and drivers, please take care too.

See you there!

PS – different subject, but if you might like a budded copy of Rev. Densham’s cooking-apple tree, and thereby help conserve these unique species (Densham’s Delight or Warleggan), then let Cathy know latest by 31st July –  more info

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Warleggan in June

Mayor & James - 6th June
Mayor & James – 6th June

The sun is shining on Warleggan. So what’s on this month?  Starting tomorrow, we have…

  • 6th June, 7.30pm, Jubilee Hall:
    If you haven’t yet done so, reserve your tickets now with Liz for tomorrow evening’s entertainment, supported by Carn to Cove:  “Hoagy, Hornpipes, Handel & Hoedown” with Mayor & James.   A mixture of music and humour  ~ £8 adults /£6 concessions /£22 Family (4) – Best to reserve your tickets with Liz L. on 01208 821551, or there should be some tickets on sale at the door  ~ more info
  • 11th June, 7.30pm, Jubilee Hall:  There will be an open meeting to discuss Ocean Housing’s plans for affordable housing in field adjoining Rosevean, in Mount, everyone welcome  – see our Ocean Housing page
  • 12th June, 7.30pm, Jubilee Hall:  Jubilee Hall Management Committee meeting –  everyone welcome – maybe you have some fun ideas for this year’s ‘Big Do in the Field’?  Or maybe you’d like to join the committee itself – you may already have heard that they’re keen to get a younger person in on the committee, and/or someone to represent the interests of children and young people. 
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Coming up in Warleggan

The days are getting longer and brighter – time to get out!  Here are some ideas…

  • The History Club is heading off to Pentewan this Wednesday 22 May – there’ll be a walk around the village and old port, guided by knowledgeable local man Rob Evans.  We’ve been asked to get there by 6pm prompt, and it’ll take more than half an hour to get there  –  some of us might want to stay back for some refreshments at the local  afterwards?  Hopefully we can share transport?  – see history club page for more info
  • Music is coming to Warleggan on 31 May and 6 June –  You know how buses come two at a time, and then there’s nothing for ages?  Well, we’ve got two real treats coming up within days of each other, and then nothing til December.  These two performances are supported by Carn to Cove, and there is already quite some interest  being shown from outside the parish, so don’t leave it too late to book your tickets:
    • ‘Bach Pilgrimage’ –  a violin recital in Warleggan’s St Batholomew’s Church on Friday 31st May 2013, 7.30pm  –  Thomas Bowes will play Bach’s Six Sonatas and Partitas, and there will be readings of poems too.  Thomas Bowes is an accomplished player, and has led many of the UK’s finest orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia,  London Sinfonietta, and the  BBC Symphony Orchestra – see our C2C page for more info and ticket info
    • “Hoagy, Hornpipes, Handel & Hoedown” with musicians/entertainers Mayor & James performing a range of songs and more, mixed with a ‘unique brand of off-beat humour’ –  anything from a ballad version of the Queen of Sheba, to Flanders and Swann –  will be at Jubilee Hall on Thursday 6th June 2013, 7.30pm – see our C2C page for more info and ticket info
  • And finally a date for your diary:  the Big Do will be on Saturday 27th July, and we’ve already got some info about it up on our new ‘Big Do 2013’ webpage, including schedule of classes for the Annual Vegetable, Flower and Handicraft Show –  find out more about the Big Do 2013
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