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VILLAGE SHOW
It’s May and we are still in isolation,
hoping we will be allowed to
have a less restricted life soon.
Subject to government
guidelines nearer the time, we
are still planning to hold this
year’s Village Show on Saturday
19th September and the class list is
now available on our web site: https://
pennandtylersgreenvillageshow.com. We
thought the Village Show would give people
something to look forward to and to perhaps put
the time in lockdown to good use! (for those of
you who may have some spare time!)
If you’re not familiar with our Village Show,
it’s a traditional exhibition-based show which
has been going for over 50 years and we
welcome entries from experienced exhibitors
and complete novices (and anyone in between!)
There are a range of classes including domestic
(preserves and baking), horticultural (flowers,
vegetables, fruit, etc), as well as craft, art and
photography. There is also a section with
age-appropriate classes for juniors (who are also
welcome to enter any of the other classes as
well). The show is held in the Village Hall, and
as well as being able to view all the entries,
there’s always a lovely cake stall, tea, coffee
aNd a great raffle so it’s a nice opportunity to
(hopefully) catch up with local friends!
A little detail about the classes: The fruit,
flower and vegetable classes try to cover flowers
and produce which should be ready in
September. If you don’t have a lot of garden
space, why not consider growing salad leaves,
potatoes, chillies, courgettes, carrots,
aubergines, and tomatoes in pots? There’s also a
novice class for (any) pot grown vegetable (seeds
you sowed in April must be coming through and
growing well). Or why not try one of the new
classes this year: a trug (or seed tray) of
home-grown vegetables?
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
With more time at home, maybe you’re taking
the opportunity to dust off your baking skills?
(assuming you can get hold of some flour!)
There’s a range of interesting things to make
including a beetroot/chocolate cake, sausage
rolls, a vegan pastry dish and a mocha
roulade. We are sure your family will enjoy
eating your experiments! And there’s also
a class for flavoured gins/spirits which
was definitely a popular class last year
(and not just with the judge!)
We have classes for knitters and stitchers.
We have a new class for an upcycled garment
or (small) piece of furniture. A perfect project for
any free time you have. Art themes (drawing,
painting and photography) are “a village view”
or “village seasons”.
In the junior’s section, under 14’s can create a
memory jar and decorate a plant pot with
mosaic; under 11’s classes include making your
favourite homemade pizza or a key ring
amongst other things, and under 8’s can make
an octopus from all those used toilet rolls (!) and
an A4 picture made from spare pasta. There are
classes for younger ones too so they’re not left
out! Do remember, younger ones can also enter
the older classes as well.
If we can’t hold the show in September, we’re
planning to use as many of the classes as we can
in the next show so any craft, art, photographs,
etc., won’t be wasted!
Printed schedules will be available nearer the
time in the usual places. Please check our
website for the full class list as well as tips on
entering. If you’re on Facebook, be sure to
follow us as we’ll be posting inspiration for the
different classes as well as using the page to
keep you updated about the show date: www.
facebook.com/pennandtylersgreenvillageshow
If you have any questions in the meantime
mail us at ptgvsc@gmail.com or message the
show’s Facebook page.
And a final note: Any web wizard about with
some time to help up? We took a big step
launching our web site and need a bit of help to
enhance it and let us accept web entries. Please
contact us on ptgvsc@gmail.com if you think
you could spare a bit of time. David Deadman
Village Voice June/July 2020