The Parish Magazine May 2022
Serving the communities of Charvil, Sonning & Sonning Eye since 1869
Serving the communities of Charvil, Sonning & Sonning Eye since 1869
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20 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> - <strong>May</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
PLATINUM JUBILEE EVENTS<br />
500 horses and 1,000 performers<br />
in 'very special' Jubilee celebration<br />
IN THE PRIVATE GROUNDS OF WINDSOR CASTLE FROM 12 - 15 MAY<br />
In celebration of Her Majesty <strong>The</strong> Queen’s Platinum Jubilee,<br />
a very special event is being held in the private grounds of<br />
Windsor Castle from 12 - 15 <strong>May</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Celebration will involve more than 500 horses and 1,000<br />
performers who will create a 90-minute piece of spellbinding<br />
arena theatre. Taking part will be actors and artists, musicians,<br />
international military displays from the Commonwealth,<br />
Viacheslav Nemyrivskyi, dreamstime.com<br />
Europe and our own armed forces, dancers and global<br />
equestrian displays.<br />
And the good news is that this special Jubilee celebration<br />
will be open to the public, although you will need to book in<br />
advance.<br />
To find out more, go to:<br />
https://platinumjubilee.com/platinum-jubilee-celebration<br />
A 'great variety' of<br />
Jubilee Scarecrows<br />
are heading for<br />
Sonning . . .<br />
Barbara Carr, one of the organisers of the forthcoming<br />
Scarecrow trail for the Jubilee celebrations in Sonning<br />
Village, sends this update:<br />
Thank you so much to all those who are opening their gardens,<br />
have offered to help, and to all who have registered Scarecrows<br />
— we have a great variety!<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is still time to enter a Scarecrow so get on the phone<br />
or e-mail me now! We have room for more Scarecrows from<br />
individuals and from organisations. <strong>The</strong> last date to register<br />
is Friday 20 <strong>May</strong>. If you are not registered your scarecrow will<br />
will not be on the Trail Map that thousands of visitors will be<br />
following on Thursday 2 June and Friday 3 June from 10am<br />
to 5pm. Coinciding with the trail, Sonning Art Group will be<br />
staging an exhibition of their work in Pearson Hall, so don't<br />
forget to call in there on your way round.<br />
2018: <strong>The</strong> Ark at St Andrew's had a visit from Noah's Ark (made by the<br />
Sunday Club) during the Scarecrow weekend<br />
Sue Peters<br />
Please also phone or email if you can offer to help during the<br />
two days by making cakes, serving refreshments, manning one<br />
of the gardens that will open for visitors, or selling trail maps.<br />
If you have a place on the route for a Scarecrow let me know<br />
as we need display areas from Sonning Bridge up Thames Street,<br />
village end of Charvil Lane, High Street, Pearson Road, Pound<br />
Lane down to Ligugé Way, and Sonning Lane up to Berkshire<br />
Sports.<br />
To register a Scarecrow, offer to help, or find out more, email: Barbara.carr71@hotmail.co.uk or phone 0118 934 5886
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