EVENTS PROGRAMME
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EVENTS BEFORE AND THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL
This is not a serious competition – but a bit of fun. It is open to all Selsey residents who have a front garden. There is NO entry fee or form. Your
garden will be viewed during the last week in July and winner chosen for the best front garden. Prize to be presented at the Curtain Raiser on 4TH August.
Organised by Selsey Camera Club; categories a) Water and its Moods b) Open
Manhood Community College
Friday 10.00am-10.00pm, Saturday 10.00am-4.00pm, Sunday 10.00am-2.00pm
Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve Visitors Centre
10.00am-12 noon. Refreshments available. Admission free
Manhood School Field, Selsey. 9.00am-3.00pm
Medmerry Primary School
Weekdays and Saturday 10.00am-5.00pm, Friday 10.00am-late, Sunday 10.00am-4.00pm
Recreation Ground, School Lane
Weekdays 6.30pm–10.00pm, Saturdays & Sundays 2.00pm-10.00pm
Reduced prices every Tuesday
Theme: Carnival
MONDAY 4TH AUGUST
GUEST OF HONOUR:
SIR PATRICK MOORE CBE, FRS
6.00pm-8.00pm
Invited guests only
SUMMER SCHOOL 8-13 years old
A VOYAGE OF FANTASY
Discovery in choreography and improvisation (bring packed lunch)
Daily 11.30am-3.00pm
Town Hall
£65 or £55 to School Members
TEENAGE MUSICAL FUN
(Dance experience yr 6 and above)
Learn a routine from a musical
Daily.15pm-5.15pm
Town Hall
£50 or £40 toMembers
Booking essential or for more information please contact Ruth Egerton-Stein 01243 605709
TUESDAY 5TH AUGUST
DANCE AND CRAFT 5-7 years old
Make butterfly wings and learn a dance
9.00am-11.00am
Town Hall
£12 or £10 to School Members
Booking essential or for more information please contact Ruth Egerton-Stein 01243 605709
Present for one night only a
SEASIDE BANDSTAND
A selection of brass band music to set your feet tapping!
7.30pm-9.30pm
Selsey Centre
Tickets: £6 from Box Office or on the door
Pay Bar
WEDNESDAY 6TH AUGUST
Sponsors: Barclays Bank, Game Set & Match, Owen Kenny Solicitors, Males Structural Engineering, Whiteheads Estate Agents, XL Graphics Ltd.
Join in the fun and make up a team
or just come along and watch.
Due to the popularity of the event
there will be extra pitches available
this year. For those who are beaten
in the first round, they will
automatically go into a knockout
round, so every team will get at
least two games.
6.00pm onwards
Selsey Cricket Club
No charge. Pay Bar.
present "BEYOND THE SLEEPY LAGOON"
A guided walk of approx 3 miles (2 hours)
A circular walk around Church Norton discovering the wildlife and history of the area and the present day management.
Suitable clothing and footwear
depending on the weather
6.00pm-8.00pm approx.
Meet at Church Norton Car Park
Donation requested: £2 please per perso
Cloud Nine Community Carnival Arts
in partnership with Same Sky present one of two drop-in workshops which will give creative instruction to help children and young adults participate in the
Selsey Carnival. Workshops include:
help with creating group themes;
teaching easy carnival costume design and manufacture; making and creating large signature pieces; choreographing “musical” routines. For further information contact 01243 602260 (workshop two will be held on Wednesday 13th August).
Carnival Band Workshop, Dance Troupe Workshop and Costume Workshop running concurrently
at 2.00pm-3.30pm, 4.00pm-5.30pm,
6.00pm-7.30pm.
Selsey Centre
Admission free
THURSDAY 7TH AUGUST
An event for families to find out
about Early Childhood Service and
the new Children & Family Centre
that is being developed in Selsey.
Children aged 0-5 yrs
11.00am-2.00pm
St. Peter's Church Hall
Admission by teddy bear
Free refreshments and promotional items
DANCE AND CRAFT 5-7 YEAR OLDS
Make a kite and learn a dance
9.00am-11.00am
Town Hall
£12 or £10 to School Members
Booking essential or for more information please contact Ruth Egerton-Stein 01243 605709
An exhibition of Sue Munday’s
Creative Textile students’ work
throughout the year.
10.00am-4.00pm daily
Small Hall, Town Hall
Admission free
Medmerry Primary School
Weekdays and Saturday 10.00am-5.00pm, Friday 10.00am-8.00pm, Sunday 10.00am-4.00pm
FRIDAY 8TH AUGUST
Manhood Community College Hall
Eyes down 7.30pm
Refreshments and raffle
THE WIZARD OF OZ
An American Fairy Tale by L Frank Baum adapted for young performers
by Katherine Schultz Miller
Come along and see a cast of over 30 bring this magical tale to life. Performances (the show lasts 1 hour):
Friday at 7.00pm
Saturday at 2.30pm & 7.00pm
Selsey Centre
Tickets: Adults £2.50 Children £1
Admission on the Door or contact 01243 602260 for information and pre-booking.
SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST
With home-baked cakes and biscuits, plants, books, bric-a-brac, raffle etc.
10.00am—12.30pm
Town Hall
10.00am – 12 noon
Methodist Hall
Refreshments available
THE WIZARD OF OZ
See 8th August for details
An informal evening of cool music, real ales, dancing and relaxing, featuring, by popular request,
the super-talented and harmonious band ‘FOREVER YOUNG' with music and songs from the 'golden'sixties up to the present day and
including ROCK, POP AND BLUES of the finest calibre. Enjoy our free deluxe, locally made bangers
in hot dogs and pay bar (real ales and wine), open at 7.00pm
Music starts 7.30pm
Manhood Community College
Tickets £7.50 each from Gilbert and Cleveland, High St, Selsey or on the door.
For early enquiries call 07721 532711
Including local exhibitors and
also featuring a family nature hunt.
10.00am—4.00pm
Selsey Centre
SUNDAY 10TH AUGUST
Sandcastle competition on the beach at bottom of Grafton Road (end of the Oval Field). Build your sandcastles from 11.00am. Judging at 12noon.
Come along and navigate a model tug
in and out of a floating dock on
East Beach Pond. Also see
vintage sailing boats and yachts.
10.00am-12 noon
East Beach Pond
present a GARDEN PARTY
at Farthings, West Street by kind permission of Sir Patrick Moore. Variety of stalls
1.00pm- 4.00pm
£1 to include refreshments
TUESDAY 12TH AUGUST
2.30pm-4.30pm
Town Hall
Tickets: £2.00 to include
refreshments on the Door
Bring along those treasures and find out their value with the experts of the Antiques Valuation Team
Headed by DAVID BLACKWELL
Information on collectables,
antiques, works of art and ceramics
6.30pm-9.00pm. Doors open 6.00pm
Town Hall
£1 per item. Pay on door
Refreshments available
WEDNESDAY 13TH AUGUST
Free rides to disadvantaged children and children with disabilities
2.00pm-4.00pm
Recreation Ground, School Lane
An illustrated talk by MULBERRY DIVERS on the fascinating
hidden underwater world that
surrounds our Peninsula.
7.30pm
Town Hall
Tickets: £3 to include refreshments on the Door
WORKSHOPS
Cloud Nine Community Carnival Arts
in partnership with Same Sky present the 2nd of two drop-in workshops which will give creative instruction to help children and young adults participate in the
Selsey Carnival. Workshops include:
help with creating group themes;
teaching easy carnival costume design and manufacture; making and creating large signature pieces; choreographing “musical” routines. For further information contact 01243 602260
Carnival Band Workshop, Dance Troupe Workshop and Costume Workshop running concurrently
at 2.00pm-3.30pm, 4.00pm-5.30pm,
6.00pm-7.30pm
Selsey Centre
Admission free
THURSDAY 14TH AUGUST
A massive 8 lane Slot Car Racing layout will fill the Sports Hall at the Selsey Centre. This is open to Kids aged 5 to 95 to pit their competitive skills. There will be a display by Selsey Model Boat Club and Tea, Coffee and soft drinks will be available all day.
Races: £1.00 per driver. 1st, 2nd and 3rd fastest laps of the day will receive prizes.
11.00am – 8.00pm
Selsey Centre
Admission: 50p, Children under 5 free if accompanied by an adult.
FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST
A PIE AND PUZZLE EVENING
Come and sample some delicious home-made WI pies and have some fun!
7.00pm-9.00pm
Town Hall
Admission: £3.50 on the Door
Pay Bar.
Back by popular demand, Selsey’s
foremost musical theatre and singing
Societies: SACOS and Cloud Nine Musical Theatre Group, join forces again to bring you a feast of fantasmagoric entertainment – songs, drama, sketches, and comedy – NOT to be missed!
7.30pm-10.00pm
Manhood Community College Hall
Tickets: £6 from the Box Office or
on the Door.
Pay Bar
SATURDAY 16TH AUGUST
Chance to try tennis, bowls, short tennis and short mat bowls.
10.00am-3.00pm
Crablands Bowls and Tennis Club
Admission free
Present an exhibition – new and
expanded – of the History of Selsey Fire Brigade 1909-1940.
Lots of pictures!
10.00am-4.00pm
Exhibition Hall, Town Hall
Admission Free
present a SCONE & STRAWBERRY
COFFEE MORNING
10.00am-12 noon
Methodist Hall
Admission: £2.50 on the Door
CRAFT FAIR/EXHIBITION
10.00am-4.00pm
Town Hall
Admission free
EXHIBITION
10.00am-4.00pm
Town Hall
Admission free
See Friday 15th for details
SUNDAY 17TH AUGUST
Manhood Community College
Sellers at 7.00am.
Public from 9.00am-1.00pm.
Come along and navigate a model tug
in and out of a floating dock on
East Beach Pond. Also see
vintage sailing boats and yachts.
10.00am-12 noon
East Beach Pond
MONDAY 18TH AUGUST
Parents and Toddlers. Come along
for an enjoyable session of singing and hands on percussion instruments
9.30am
St Peters Hall
£2.50 per family on the door to include refreshments and instruments
Make a team or come along to join in.
7.30pm-10.00pm
Town Hall
Tickets: £6 to include ploughman’s
supper and one glass of wine, from the Box Office or on the Door.
Pay Bar.
TUESDAY 19TH AUGUST
MEET THE AUTHOR AFTERNOON.
Light refreshments, raffle,
entertainment, authors from
Sussex, Somerset, Hampshire,
London and Wales will be at this
fun packed afternoon.
Don’t miss the chance to meet them
and buy that special gift – a signed
copy of your favourite author’s latest book. It’s FREE and it’s FUN.
2.00pm-4.00pm
St Peters Hall
Admission free
The future of telescopes in space”.
This summer, a crew of astronauts
aboard the Space Shuttle will attempt
the most difficult Task ever – giving
the Hubble Space Telescope its
4.2 billion mile service! Since its launch
in 1990, the Space Telescope has
revolutionised our view of the
Universe. What is it going to show us
in the years ahead, and what might
other future space telescopes
reveal – planets around other stars
perhaps? Join us for an
enthralling journey into space, with
Chichester Planetarium’s principal
lecturer, Dr John Mason, as your guide.
Introduction by Sir Patrick Moore
7.30pm-9.30pm
Selsey Centre
Tickets: £6 from the Box Office
or on the Door. Pay Bar
Come along and find out more about
the amazing birds, animals and
wildlife of Pagham Harbour and the exciting project looking at the
possibility of building a new Visitor Centre for the Manhood Peninsula there. We would like to know what you think of our ideas, so come along to find out more and tell us what you think.
Exhibition Hall, Town Hall
10.00am - 1.00pm and 3.00pm -8.00pm,
WEDNESDAY 20TH AUGUST
SONGS FROM THE SHOWS
2.30pm-4.30pm
Town Hall
Tickets: £2 includes refreshments
on the Door
AN EVENING OF EASY
LISTENING AND JAZZ MUSIC
7.30pm-9.30pm
St Peters Hall
Tickets: £3 includes refreshments on the Door
THURSDAY 21ST AUGUST
presents a FESTIVAL BAZAAR
Variety of stalls and RNLI souvenirs
10.00am-12 noon
Town Hall
Admission and refreshments by
donation
organised by the Scouts
Start 7.00pm visiting all the Public Houses in Selsey
(see local publicity for starting point)
FRIDAY 22ND AUGUST
present the ART OF CLASSICAL GUITAR a concert by members of the Club, including solos, ensembles of classical guitars and guitar with voice. 7.30pm-9.30pm
Selsey Centre
Tickets: £6 (children free) includes refreshments from Box Office or on the Door
Manhood Community College Hall
Eyes down 7.30pm
FRIDAY 22ND AUGUST AND
SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST
A murder mystery with audience
participation
7.30pm-10.30pm
Town Hall
Tickets: £6 from the Box Office
or on the Door
PATCHWORK & QUILT SHOW
A display of quilts and wall hangings,
sales table and refreshments. In
aid of St Wilfrid’s Hospice and the
Sussex Snowdrop Trust.
Friday and Saturday 10.00am-5.00pm
Sunday 10.00am-4.00pm
Medmerry School Hall
Entrance £1, Children free
Max Birne, Susan Harper, Pamela Howard, Beatrice Lander, Elisabeth Murray, and Beryl Underwood
Times: Friday 2.00pm-4.00pm
Saturday, Sunday Monday 10.00am-4.00pm
Exhibition Hall, Town Hall
Admission Free
SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST
(including stalls, dog show, jazz band)
11.00am-3.30pm
Recreation Ground, School Lane
See 22nd for details
SUNDAY 24TH AUGUST
Leaves the Recreation Ground, School Lane at 3.00pm
Click HERE for entry form
LIVE MIKE SESSION
5.00pm-8.00pm
Recreation Ground, School Lane
MAGNIFICENT FIREWORK DISPLAY By Selstar
Starts 9.00pm
Recreation Ground, School Lane
MONDAY 25TH AUGUST
8.30am-4.00pm
Recreation Ground, School Lane
STREET FUNK DANCE CLASSES
Every Wednesday 4.00pm—4.40pm for 8-9 years olds, 4.40pm—5.20pm for 10-12 years old and 5.20pm—6.00pm for 13-17year olds
The programme offers an introduction to fun and dynamic dance workshops that teach you the latest moves. The sessions are open to dancers of all abilities.
Selsey Centre
FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY
Professional football coaching for young people aged between 6-15 years
Friday 15th August run by Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club
Manhood Community College
For further details on both these events please contact
Ben Polhill on 01243 534857 or bpolhill@chichester.gov.uk
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