Bonsall Carnival

Jain Holmes our new Chairperson has spoken to Hazel about the ride for the carnival.

We have arranged that it will be on Monday 28th July. We will start from The Fountain and head away from The Cross because it will be jammed up with people doing the fun run! The Fun Run starts at 7.00 p.m. and goes up towards the church and up Ember Lane and through the fields will be finished by about 8 p.m. back at The Cross.

In order to bring a little more fun to the event, we thought it might be nice to make it a kind of horsey treasure hunt... with a relevant horsey prize for the winner. We will charge a £1 entry fee and the proceeds from this can go into the Carnival pot (this is usual for Carnival events).

So I reckon that we need to do the following:

· Get our BHS membership sorted so we have insurance cover!
· Decide a start time (and let Hazel know ASAP).
· Discuss a route suitable for all levels and probably to include the horses pulling traps/carts. Perhaps 45 mins to 1 hour in length?
· Work out a treasure hunt.
· Buy a suitable prize (? High viz equipment for road safety???).
· ?? Buy numbers for people to wear so we can check them out and returning for safety.
· Organise marshals for the event.
· Get the event on the website and blog.
· Contact all our members and get them to invite at least 1 person and horse along.
· Get T-shirts/high viz vests printed.

Hazel will make sure we are in the Carnival Programme that gets sold all over the village. If we need to get the lorry park for parking, Hazel may be able to sort this out.

Can we have some volunteers to help organise this please? Can you get intouch with Jain Holmes or I please.

Thanks
Pam