Countdown to Stone Carnival

Helicopter flights from Westbridge Park will be a major attraction of Stone's Carnival Saturday. Watch out for details on how to book your flights.  This could be the one and only chance to see Stone as never before.

The dates for your diary are Sunday 1st - Sunday 8th June with this year's programme offering all the usual popular attractions plus novel crowd pullers.  The Raft Race, Dog Show, Car Boot Sale and Football Tournament are scheduled for the first Sunday, with the Dog Derby and Steeplechase Fun Run taking place mid week.

The Funfair on Westbridge Park will run from Wednesday evening until late Saturday afternoon.  And in this its 250th anniversary, St Michael's Church will host the Carnival's closing ecumenical service.

New for 2008 are the Big Band Concert featuring the VCO Big Band at the Crown Hotel on Friday June 6th and the Battling Cumberland Giants as well as the Helicopter rides on Carnival Saturday.

"Stone Carnival is a community event bringing together all the activity groups in Stone and District to have fun and raise money for charity." says Festival Committee Chairman John Sayer, who asks any groups planning to take part in the Carnival Parade to contact him on 01785 819807 by April 30th.

"We are currently seeking sponsors, either for the Festival generally, or for individual events."

Stone Carnival offers great local publicity, all the more so as the full programme will be included in the May edition of the Stone Gazette.

Keep your eyes peeled for sponsors in Stone Town Centre and please support them.

Reproduced with the kind permission of:
The Stone & Eccleshall Gazette