Wray Scarecrow Festival

Our annual Wray Scarecrow Festival & Fair is almost here again! With just over a week to go, we’ve got a fantastic range of events and activities lined up to suit all ages. This year’s theme is “Sci-Fi”.

The provisional 10 day programme is as follows:

Sat 27^th April	10k road race (starts near The Old Bobbin Mill)	13:15
Sun 28^th April	Car Boot Sale on our ‘School Field’ (LA2 8RG) 100k cycle ride (not a race, all ages welcome) Fantastical Quests (more details below)	08:00 09:00 10:00
Mon 29^th April to Thurs 2^nd May	Wray Primary School children will be maypole dancing and singing in the school playground	14:30
Tues 30^th April	Fell Race (starts at the Tea Rooms)	19:00
Fri 3^rd May	Giant Scarecrow Parade (starts The Gars) and Scarecrow competition prize giving (Tea Rooms)	18:30 19:30
Sat 4^th May	Gravel Bikes – stop off (Home Farm Close) Local History Tours (walking – meet outside The George and Dragon)	11:00 11:00 and 14:00
Sun 5^thMay	Local History Tours (walking – meet outside The George and Dragon)	11:00 and 14:00
Mon 6^th May	Traditional May Fair (Samba Espirito – drumming band parading from Main Street to “School Field”) Great Ball Race at Wray Bridge	10:45 17:00

A major feature of the Festival is our Scarecrow Competition, keenly ‘fought’ by villagers. Entries on display throughout the village provide a great selection for visitors to look at as they walk around. We’ve added an additional competition category this year, “Community Care”; the others are; Theme, Traditional, Topical, Animated and local Primary Schools. We also have a “People’s Choice” prize; individuals can enter this by using the slip in their Festival Programme to list the numbers of their favourite 3 Scarecrows. The £25 winner is drawn at random from those who included the highest overall winner in their entry.

Our traditional May Fair will be held on Monday 6^th May starting at 10:45. We have a range of performers and acts from 11:00 throughout the afternoon, on three stages:

A mix of ‘join in’ and entertainment acts on our Main Stage on the School Field,
Entertainers on the Flood Gardens (lower Main Street)
Live music on Main Street stage

Following the successful launch of Fantastical Quests in Wray last year, teams of up to 6 people can try to complete this this year’s adventure – “The Time Thief” The Quest is to find Ursus Nebula, a time travelling picaroon – who has hidden his stolen treasures around Wrayopolis and whose temporal crimes must be stopped! More information is available on www.fantasticalquests.co.uk.

As well as all of the above, the traditional Fun Fair will be running as usual in the field next to the School Field.

More information on our Festival & Fair is available on our Facebook page (Wray Village Scarecrows) and website (https://wrayscarecrows.wordpress.com) and from John Gordon on 07799 624518 or scarecrow.promotions@gmail.com.

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