Last Whit Bank Holiday weekend (2007) saw the first Welsh Scarecrow Weekend, in our villages. It proved to be a great success, enjoyed by people who participated by making scarecrows, and also by those who spent the weekend walking around the villages and looking at the variety of scarecrows entered. People were already planning what their entries would be for 2008, and it will not be without quite a substantial element of competition!
Even people who would hesitate to admit to having any creativitiy within themselves, surprised them selves, with their creations. For me, it demonstrated to everyone that we can all participate in Arts Activities, and Art touches all of our lives, without ever being acknowledged as such.
Since that first event, we have been planning the 2008 event. We learned a lot last year, and know now that we can improve on it, by learning from mistakes we feel we made in 2007.
We have started to raise funds, to enable us to promote the overall event, and also to be able to arrange some entertainment for children, if possible. We held a Race Night in Llwyngwril Gallery, recently. Jean Napier, a local professional photographer, kindly provided the equipment and expertise to show the films, and we raised from Betting, sponsorship and entrance fees, just under £500. CBS in Tywyn, sponsored the event, which meant that anything we made on the night was for the cause. We are very grateful for this generous gesture.
We are planning another evening for in the Spring, date yet to be confirmed.
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This was a fantastic event last year and created a real buzz in the village. I feel that this year the heat is on to come up with some really great ideas to compete with those fantastic scarecrows last year. Not that we are competitive in our house but we started talking about our theme for this year on Christmas day. This year promises to be really good fun with a number of additional events planned for the weekend.
This event is just what the village needed to attract visitors and highlight the many other events that are held throughout the summer.
I offer a challenge to all clubs, the school, the churches and businesses in and around the villages that are taking part. Let’s get our creative heads on and come up with real novel ideas to create and show off our villages to the much needed visitors to support our local economy and put our villages on the map. I would also encourage you all to put hyperlinks on your business web sites as an attraction to visitors and your customers that visit them
Happy scarecrowing
Celfyddydau Celynin Arts
C/o Llwyngwril Gallery
Llwyngwril
Gwynedd
LL37 2JQ
01341 250054
info@llwyngwril-gallery.co.uk
Dear sir or Madame,
Reference: The Llwyngwril and Fairbourne Scarecrow weekend 24th 26th May 2008
We write to remind you of the Scarecrow weekend for this year. We hope to have a bumper turn out of exhibits and that it attracts many visitors to the area as there are a number of additional events that have been arranged this year for additional entertainment.
We hope very much that we can encourage you to add the event to your literature for the information of your guests and customers as added entertainment and attraction to the area.
Why not enter a business sponsored exhibit to highlight your business details on the BLOG details of how to enter can be also be obtained from the BLOG
Over the next few weeks the schedule of events will be completed and forwarded to you for information.
Over the weekend there will be a number of fund raising events to support local community groups and to cover the costs of putting on the events themselves. We are looking for modest prizes and sponsorship sums to assist and wondered if you would consider being a contributor. In return we would place advertisements and logos on literature circulated by way of marketing and publicity. We would welcome prizes from bottle of wine for the tom bola to a meal for two or gift vouchers to spend at your businesses.
If you would like to make a contribution please complete the bottom of this form and return it with your pledge donation or prize with details as requested to the Gallery.
In anticipation of your support and generosity we thank you on behalf of the entire community and its visitors.
If you have a web site please add the details of our BLOG to for the information of your clients and please visit to post your comments http://scarecrows-llwyngwril-fairbourne.blogspot.com/
Regards and best wishes for the coming tourist and Scarecrow season
Debbie Ashton
Secretary to
Celfyddydau Celynin Arts
SCARECROW FESTIVAL
Name/ business ..........................................................................…………….
Address ………………………………………………………………………………
Telephone number……………………………………….
Amount of sponsorship £ enclose cheque/cash to be collected
Donated prize………………………………………………………………………….
Where to be collected………………………………………………………………...
When to be collected………………………………
HOT PRESS HOT PRESS HOT PRESS HOT PRESS
Saturday, 4th May 2008
SCARECROW workshop
at the Gallery Llwyngwril
10.00 am – 2.00 pm
Join in the fun & make a
SCARECROW
under 10’s
10 – 1OO’s
OR
Make a
SPONSORED SCARECROW
To be used by sponsors and publicity prior to the event
GO ON - HAVE A GO!!!
Fill in the form overleaf & hand it in with your £1 entry fee under 10 £2 over 10 to the Gallery or pay on the day
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We want to join in the fun!
I’m helping to make Llwyngwril and Fairbourne FUN PLACES!
Name:….......................................
Address:…................................... ......................................................
Age category: under 10’s
10 - 100 year’s
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Materials for the basics will be available at the workshop but if you have a theme you would like to create please bring along any cloths and props you may want to use
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