LYME REGIS REGATTA & CARNIVAL

Lyme Regis Regatta and Carnival Week 2008

3rd - 10th August '08

Over 70 events for all the family.

The Carnival and Regatta week follows the Lyme Regis Lifeboat week which runs from 26th July to the 2nd August

2008 marks a very special year in the history of Regatta and Carnival in Lyme Regis.
We celebrate our sixtieth birthday!

Since the first one in 1948 many changes have occurred but the continuing theme is to welcome families to our great town and to raise money for local good causes. In the last five years we have given over £25 000 to organisations in Lyme Regis who cater for the young, the old and all those in between. We are very grateful to the generosity of our visitors and townspeople alike.

During the week we are hoping to bring back some of the ‘old favourites’. We will have, for the first time in a few years, a Regatta & Carnival Queen escorted by her attendants and a Carnival Prince and Princess.

This year we have a very special last night. ‘Last Night on the Prom’ will be a concert by the Band of the Royal Corps of Signals and the finale will include a spectacular firework display from the Cobb.

Details of all the events are in our full-colour souvenir programme which will be on sale in the town from 27th August – still priced at only £1.00 - and from the Carnival Cabin on the Marine Parade. Look out for our daily notice boards throughout the week at various locations throughout the town.

Itinery

Sunday 3rd August
Throw a pot
Carnival Queen Parade
The crowning of the Carnival Queen
Majorettes Competition
Joshua Memorial Dog Show
Songs of Praise
Maryland & the Rollovers
Walk of Light - Torchlight Procession
Maryland & the Rollovers

Monday 4th August
Golf Ball Derby
Pavement Art Competition
Sand Pie Record Attempt
Family Quiz Show at the Marine Theatre
Wheeled Derby

Tuesday 5th August
Scavenger Hunt
Flower-Arranging Competition
Limbo Dancing
Tea with Music at the Hotel Alexandria
Taekwondo Display
Majorettes Display
Egg Catching
Ghost Tour
Lyme Regis Town Band

Wednesday 6th August
Crab Catching Competition
Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Teddy Bears’ Parachute Jump
Barn Dance
Nag’s Head Quiz
Open Air Film Night (title TBC - see programme and notice boards for latest information)

Thursday 7th August
Free Fishing Boat Trips for Children
Beach Treasure Hunt
Sand Sports
Historic Tour
Bumble’s Circus
Egg Catching
Town Band Concert
Film Night

Friday 8th August
Fancy Dress & Karizma Majorettes
Sand Structures
Music in the Shelters – No Lymits
Orpheus in the Marine Theatre

Saturday 9th August
Powerboat Rides
Pavement Art
Bumble’s Circus
Reception for Former Carnival Queens
Procession
Samba in the Shelters

Sunday 10th August
Lifeboat Demonstration
It’s a Knockout
Flying Competition
Duck Race
Maryland & the Rollovers
Last Night on the Prom with Fireworks

Everyday
Balloon Race
Skittles at the ship

Please support us and buy a programme which contains much more information

All activities are subject to the effects of the weather, further information will be broadcast via the sound system and signs located at strategic points during the week

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