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designed by Hilary Sinclair
Cutthorpe
Village
Derbyshire
Burns Supper celebrations
This was a great evening, enjoyed by all 42 people who
attended. Thanks particularly go to Arlene, whose original
idea it was and who, with Peter, organised the event and
ticket sales so well, Ken made a superb chairman, Pete
Stott’s Tam o’Shanter (with props) was brilliant and John
Thurstan’s Toast to the Lassies brought the house down! We
were also very grateful for Judy Dunlop who entertained us
with poetry and a song despite not being well enough to
spend the evening with us. All the other people who
contributed are to be congratulated on their efforts, making
it such a smooth running event.
Photos below give a taste of the evening (click for larger
images).
2017
Festival weekend 14-16 July + Scarecrows and Well
Dressing
The Scarecrow making on Sunday 9th was a hot sunny day
and extremely successful with plenty of scarecrows
produced to varying standards. Many thanks once again to
Stuart for organising the supply of materials and providing
the bbq. Thanks also to Karen and Mick for the excellent
food and cooking.
After the scarecrow making, the displaying and judging - Winner
this year: "The Wicked Witch with the Poisoned Apples and
Prince Charming with the Silver Sword". (Sue and Rob Parsons ,
Sycamore Cottage, Main Road) - 2 life-size upright figures with
no visible means of support. This year’s judge commented “I
liked the humour behind some designs just as much as I
appreciated the skill and inventiveness of the makers”.
Children's Champion: "Sheriff Woody". (Leah and James Alderson,
1 Main Road) - skilfully made with straw
Children's Runner-up: "Asleep on the Job" (Ben and Chloe Witts,
3 Granary Close) - dozing builder slumped next to a building site
Well Dressing is high on the agenda in the week preceding
the Festival weekend, starting in a relaxed vein and
proceeding in ever more frenzy as the week progresses.
However all’s well that ends well and Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs (as spelt by Disney) met with approval.
Anyone is welcome to drop in and take part and plenty have
put in their twopennyworth of flowers. Thanks to everyone
who contributed.
The superb undersea creation by Cutthorpe School was
equally well received.
Festival - Friday evening and Saturday
Following the well blessing on Friday evening the Merry Lads
and Lasses choir did a turn followed by Thunder Roadz who
provided great entertainment.
Although we had a grey day it was warm and there was a good
turn out. The Dog show was as popular as ever and the newly
introduced dog dash produced an interesting variance in
speed. Thanks go to Mark for organising the open mic evening
in the marquee.
Great Village Get Together - 17th June
This gathering was a way of getting residents, old and young,
together and was a fantastic success. The day was gloriously
hot and thanks go to John and Paddy Robinson for providing a
field with the most spectacular view, perfect for such an
event. We brought picnics, a bouncy castle and treasure hunt
kept the young at heart busy and a band entertained us. Pete
Stott - our local bard - had written the perfect poem to mark
the day, entitled “Jo’s Party” to mark the murder of Jo Cox
MP a year ago, the event that engendered the nationwide
celebration. Bunting was made from fabric donations from the
village (ties, shirts, etc) and Pete also wrote a poem to mark
our creations, entitled ‘The Bunting Girls’ (click the link to
read the poem).
Decorating the Institute
It was recently decided to spruce up the Insistute, before
the finalisation of the purchase, here are a few photos of
the noble
souls who volunteered to help. If you call in now you’ll
hopefully find it brighter and more welcoming.