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The Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival
- Sun 22nd Jul 2007
News Release………………..News Release………………….News Release…………
The Scarecrows Are Coming!
Over 70 Scarecrows will be lurking on Hayling Island from July 28th until August 4th when the first ever Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival week takes place. Seventy six businesses, organizations and individuals have registered their intention to build and display Scarecrows for the Festival – a terrific response for this first ever event. Visitors and Islanders will be able to "Spot the Scarecrows" all over the Island, they could be anywhere, in gardens, on roofs, outside businesses, in shop windows and so on.
To help you find them, there’s a special ‘Spot the Scarecrow’ Trail Sheet on sale from Saturday 28th at the following places.
Eastoke – Terracotta Pot Shop
Mengham – The Hayling Island Bookshop
Gable Head – Relatively Crafty
West Town – Paige’s Fishing Tackle
Stoke/Northney – Stoke Fruit Farm
Elm Grove - Hayling Library
Central Beachlands - Tourist Information Centre
Completed ‘Spot the Scarecrow’ Trail Sheets can be entered into a free prize draw and the winner for this will be notified the week after the Festival.
The 76 registered Scarecrows will be judged and Awards made in six categories -
Most Humourous
Most Topical
Best Ecological Theme
Best Engineered
Hayling’s B.E.S.T. (Business, Environment, Social, Transport) Most Homely
Judges for this first year are Steve Power, presenter of ‘Steve Power at Breakfast’ on Wave 105.2FM Radio, Joy Okwuadigbo, Head of Regeneration at Havant Borough Council and Sandra Horn author of the Tattybogle series of children’s books about scarecrows.
Winners will be announced and Awards made at 2.15 at the Hayling Island Carnival Field on Saturday August 4th. The Awards will be presented by the Category Sponsors.
You can find out more about the Scarecrow Festival and, from mid August view pictures of all the Scarecrows at www.haylingscarecrows.co.uk
Ends July 2007
For further information contact:
Marie Telford
The Hayling Island Scarecrow Committee
c/o The Hayling Island Bookshop
Sponsors of the 2007 Scarecrow Festival
www.haylingislandbookshop.co.uk
02392 466620
Information for Editors
The Hayling Scarecrow Festival logo and Market Town Initiative (Hayling's BEST) logo are attached and can be used in conjunction with publicity about this event
About The Festival
The Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival is organised by the Hayling Island Market Town Initiative (MTI) Steering Committee - Hayling’s BEST – which is Working Together to Make Hayling Island the BEST place to Work, Rest and Play.
The recent Hayling Market Town Initiative (i.e. Hayling’s BEST) assessment of business, environmental, social and social & transportation aspects of life on Hayling revealed a number of gaps. One of these was the need for more activities that could involve all sections of the community. Scarecrow Festivals are held in a number of small towns and villages across the UK and are a fun way to involve the community and also to provide some stimulus to local tourism.
Anyone who wants to – individuals, schools, businesses, shops, rest homes, restaurants, fire stations, etc can make a Scarecrow and hang, tie, mount or otherwise display it on or around their house or premises. It has no point other than being a bit of fun!
The Hayling MTI has recently scooped two awards in the 'Action for Market Towns' South East Regional Awards the DVD “Postcard from Hayling” www.apostcardfromhaylingisland.co.uk in the Business & Enterprise category, and last year's Heritage & Tourism Residential survey in the Partnership & Strategic Working category.
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