Events

Burns Night Celebration – Friday January 28th,  2011, St Dominic’s School

From 7.30pm

The evening includes:

– a 3 course Burns Night supper with Haggis or vegetarian option
– a dram of whisky to toast the Haggis
– “Addressing the Haggis” ceremony
– formal piping in of the Haggis by   Pipemajor Iain Willox
– music throughout the evening   from Fyon-ion and the Pipemajor
– full bar with real ale

All profits for the benefit of the children of St Dominic’s School.

Fantastic value at £15 per ticket, on sale at school, phone 01453 832682 or 01453 833313.

St Dominic’s PTA – Curry & Real Ale Evening Friday 11th June from 7.30pm

All are welcome, there will also be a quiz starting at 8pm with a cash prize. Come along and enjoy delicious home made curries and real ale from Nailsworth Brewery. Tickets are £7.50 and includes all food and quiz entry. Tickets must be booked in advance by Wednesday 9th June. Please note this event is for adults only.

Stroud Festival of Nature – Saturday 5th June, Stratford Park, 10am -5pm, free admission

Television nature expert Mike Dilger will be the star attraction at the new-look Stroud Festival of Nature next month. ‘The One Show’ presenter will join thousands of visitors at Stratford Park on Saturday 5^th June for a day-long celebration of wildlife and the environment. The free event is one of many BBC Springwatch ‘Wild Days Out’ taking place across the UK this month and is also backed by Stroud District Council.

Previously part of the Stroud Country Show, the Festival of Nature has now grown into a separate event in its own right. For the first time the activities and attractions will be held around the Museum in the Park between 10am and 5pm.

Festival organiser Steve Roberts said; “It will be a great day out with a huge amount of things to see and do. With a new date, a new venue and a new look, it promises to attract people from across the region.”

Activities include llama trekking, bug and amphibian displays, nature trails, nest box building, wildlife photography workshops, pond digging, quizzes, crafts and a drawing competition. Among the exhibitors will be the Museum in the Park, the National Trust, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Stroud Valleys Project, Westonbirt Arboretum and the Global Bee Project; plus there will be a live broadcast by BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

The Festival of Nature will also help mark Stratford Park’s 75^th anniversary. In 1935 what was then Stroud Urban District Council bought the land for the enjoyment of local people. Activities at the event will also be marking the ‘International Year of Biodiversity’ and ‘World Environment Day’.

Stroud District Council’s cabinet member for community services, Councillor Joe Forbes said; “One of the Festival’s main events will be a pond dig in the park and the planting of new reeds in the lake. This will be the first step to restoring habitats and enhancing this multi-award winning open space in its anniversary year.”

Visitors are being invited to bring a picnic and stay for wildlife events in the evening including moth collecting and bat detecting.

Woodchester Endowed School Summer Fair – July 9^th 5:30pm till 8:00pm

This year’s Summer Fair at Woodchester Endowed School will take place on Friday 9th July. Activities will include an inflatable obstacle course, bungee run, water slide, face painting, tattoos, fire engine, and a penalty shoot-out. Lots of stalls including cakes, plants, second-hand books and toys, jam jar tombola; wine/water tombola, junior geological stall and panning for gold are just some of the stalls at this year’s event. A BBQ and bar will also be available for refreshments and the children of Woodchester Endowed School will be providing music and country dancing performances for what promises to be a fun-packed evening for the whole family.

St Dominic’s Annual Duck Racing Event – Mortimer Gardens, Nailsworth, Saturday 22nd May, 11.30 am

Forget the Cheltenham Gold Cup, once again it is nearly time for the  racing fixture of the year! As part of the Nailsworth Festival, St Dominic’s are organising duck races. To be the proud owner of a race duck costs only £1. To adopt a duck please contact Duschanka Sutherland on 833313 or come along on the day.

There will also be a face-painting stall and a stall selling delicious home-made cup cakes.

All money raised will go towards books for the new library at St Dominic’s.

Bingo Night at St Dominic’s School – Friday 23rd April, 6 – 8.30pm

Tickets are available from the school office, £5 ‘all-in’ in advance for adults and £1 for children under 16. This includes food, 1 drink and 1 bingo ticket.

£7 for adults on the door.

Spring Clean Litter Pick – Sunday April 11th at 2pm

More details nearer the time.

Race Night at Woodchester Endowed School – Friday 12th March

Please telephone the school if you are interested in buying tickets for this popular PTA fundraising event – 872476

Woodchester Playgroup Christmas Fair 2009

Wednesday 2^nd December, 10 – 12 at the Village Hall – Free entrance

With lots of lovely stalls this is an ideal opportunity to do some local shopping. As well as toys,  jewellery, plants, greeting cards and beautiful stained glass, The Little People Company and Woodchester Fine Foods will be selling their wares.  There will also be refreshments, a cake stall and raffle with lots of fantastic prizes including a Hamper from The Little People Company, a Meal for Two at The Brittania, a Cut and finish from Debonhair, a Gift box from Woodchester Fine Foods, a Hamper from Bottle Green, a £10 voucher from Clobber and Tea for Two at the Olive Tree plus lots of other prizes including gifts from Coco, White Buffalo, Cute,  Pulp, Nailsworth China,  The Gift Shop, Leonard Walker Butchers and Raffles Wine Merchant.  You can buy tickets in advance from the Post Office in North Woodchester as well as at the Fair on the day. This is a great way to support the local Playgroup as all proceeds raised will go towards maintaining and updating equipment for our local young children.

Woodchester Carols and Living Nativity around the village

Wednesday 23^rd December 2009

Come carol-singing and meet the players around the village from 6pm onwards or join us on Church Green in North Woodchester for mulled wine and mince pies at 7.30pm.

Proposed route – just join where you can:

Convent of Poor Clares in South Woodchester, 6.00pm,
Far end of Atcombe Road, 6.30pm
Bottom of Bospin Lane at 6.45pm
Village Hall, North Woodchester at 7pm

Sponsored by Woodchester Village Events Fund

Village Fete 2009

Saturday 12th September

Photographs from the village fete have been published here.