Town gears up for weekend of festival fun

ALL the fun of the fair will be on offer for visitors to two villages’ summer events this weekend.

Woodsetts is presenting its tenth annual Midsummer Festival tomorrow and on Sunday, while Brinsworth will hold its first summer fair alongside the annual car boot sale tomorrow.

Activities and stalls on offer at Woodsetts Recreation Ground will include archery, birds of prey, hog roast, pony rides, face painting, South Yorkshire Fire Service and Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.

The festival starts in earnest at 10am and a parade with the theme “Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be led from the Butcher’s Arms at 11am by the Frumpentarn Guggen Band, while entertainment throughout the weekend will include local bands and DJ Rowan Connell.

There will be a flypast by the RAF and youngsters from the village will contest the final of Woodsetts Got Talent.

As part of the celebrations, 100 special “eco lanterns” will be sold tomorrow and released into the sky at 9pm.

Sunday’s activities include a fun run, music from Thurcroft Brass Band and a junior six-a-side soccer tournament.

Michael Bradburn, one of the event’s organisers, said: “This will be our tenth anniversary festival and we hope that it will be the same huge success as in  previous years.

“The aim of the annual festival has always been to provide an event at which the whole community can get together for a weekend of fun and socialising. “The festival also provides fund-raising opportunities for many local groups such as cubs, scouts, playgroup and the church.”

Visitors to Brinsworth Comprehensive School tomorrow can look forward to a range of activities, including a climbing wall, bungee run, bouncy castle and a football penalty shootout game. 

Police and fire officers will be present, as well as members of the village’s local history group, while live music will be provided by local bands and students from the school choir.

Year 7 students will be taking part in a cricket tournament and The Mayor of Rotherham, Cllr Rose McNeely, will be on hand to present the winning team with their medals. 

School administrator Sharon Newton said: “We are hoping that this event will be extremely successful and we are very excited that the whole of the community can have an opportunity to come together and enjoy a fun day at school.

“We will also have our hairdressing salon open for clients who would like a wash and blow dry and our horticulture students will be on hand to show and sell some of the produce they have successfully grown over the last year.”

The fun starts at 10am and goes on until 3pm.

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