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20 Years of Festival
Fun!
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The
20th Brixham Heritage Festival got underway on Saturday 28th
May, with the annual Heritage Parade.
The procession started
at the Harbour and went through the town centre, and back along
Fore Street. |
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| Leading the procession, Edgar Laurence
in military dress was closely followed by a Dalek and helmeted
Cyber Man or rather 'Cyber Boy', with Samba Jam, Brixham's own
musical group providing a great rhythmic beat for those parading.
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| Many Pirates were also keen to join
in, whilst the Paignton Sapphires and Riviera Twirlstars warmed
the crowds up with their enthusiastic pom pom displays and baton
twirling. Uni-cyclist Wayne had made the journey from Bristol
once again to join the parade. |
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| The Heritage Parade launches eight days
of live entertainment in and around the Harbour, with the special
anniversary year continuing to see a variety of performances for
different ages to enjoy. In celebrating its 20th year, Pat Osborne
is Chairman of the Heritage Festival Committee, responsible for
organising the whole event and she became Chairman in 1999. Pat
said,'' I am very excited about it being the 20th anniversary.
We hope people will help raise funds for the Festival by putting
donations in the buckets and a big thank you to everyone involved,
especially to the Brixham Rotary Club for marshalling the parade.'' |
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| Indeed, Pat played a significant part
in helping to plan the very first festival in 1991,along with
founding chairman Jimmy Routledge. Following the successful of
a carol concert in Fore Street, the original group of people involved,
decided to put on an event over the Whitsun Weekend, which over
the years has grown into the week long Heritage Festival. To check
out this year's programme of events you can click here...http://www.brixhamheritagefestival.co.uk/timetable.html |
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Cosmo the Clown
and his Balloon Car were extremely popular with the children
and the competition to guess how many balloons are actually
in the structure of the car, will have it's winner announced
on Wed 1st June in the afternoon at the Old Fish Market.
The Dalek was made
by Will for his son Andrew and he is willing to provide the
Dalek for Charity events.
For further information
contact Will on 01803 842332 and go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgooxZfRmzs
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At the end of the Parade
a sing-a-long was enjoyed by Samba Jam members, and a large
number of pirates, as they performed a collection of sea shanties
for the large audience on the quayside. |
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