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July 21, 2016

‘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.

July 23, 2015

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*

July 21, 2014October 16, 2025

Big Do etc. this week

You may have seen the posters for it, produced by children at Cardinham School…

You may have read about in the papers….

Yes, the Big Do in the Field, Warleggan’s small and friendly annual fete, is this coming Saturday, 26 July, on the field opposite the Jubilee Hall in Mount. There’ll be more happening than previous years – so come along! The weather looks encouraging too.

Free entry and free parking, of course.

Events to be held on the day include: Children’s Fancy Dress competition, Children’s Races, a Dog Display, Family Dog Show (see schedule of classes) and Tug of War, and it looks like we may have one or two extra events!

We’ll have our ever popular barbecue tent (a meat one and a vegetarian one), a bar, cream teas, ice creams, cake stall, bouncy castle, bottle stall, tombola, guess the weight, face-painting, candy floss, hoopla… – or you might like to try your hand at Smite, Petanque, or Welly Wanging! We also hope to have a play area for the tiny ones, and one or two (maybe more??) classic cars on display.

There’ll also be some car boots there – to book a £5 pitch, call Jasmina on 01208 821223, who can also be contacted for any other information or if you’d like to help out at our Big Do.

Meanwhile, we’ll have the ever popular Annual Vegetable, Flower and Handicraft Show in the hall opposite – see schedule of classes and entry form.

For all the latest info – see our ‘BigDo’ page on the Warleggan website – www.warleggan.net/bigdo2014

Chairs and tables: folk like to sit down and enjoy their burger or cream tea in comfort – so, if you’re happy to lend an outside table or two and/or some chairs, please bring them along on the morning. You might want to label them underneath, in case we get similar-looking ones. If you need help with transporting them to the field and back, contact John Hammond on 821433

ALSO HAPPENING THIS WEEK:

Wed 23 July, 7pm: History Club Walk, Fowey – Sally & Ros will take us on a guided tour through Fowey with its rich maritime history. Meet in the Station Car Park (follow the direction signs to the Bodinnick Ferry at the roundabout at the top of Fowey and stop in the first car park on the left – parking fee £2.50). Please ensure you are at the meeting points at 7.00 p.m. so that we can start on time. The walk is relatively level and easy going with a number of stops and last about one and a half hours. It would help if you could let Gill know (821494) if you hope to attend ~ info

REVISED DATE – Fri 25 July, 7.30pm: Faith Supper to bid farewell to Rector Andrew Balfour, St Neot Institute ~ info

July 26, 2013

The Big Do to be done – this Saturday

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:

Please bring entries for the Veg/Flower/Handicraft show to the Jubilee Hall latest by 10am Saturday – download entry form.
If you’re bringing a cake for the cake stall, that’s great – please suggest a price for it with a label if possible.
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