An Awards for All lottery grant has greatly helped finance the Sandown Community Big Top Theatre 8 day long festival in Sandown at the end of July, to coincide with Sandown Carnival and the beginning of the school holidays.
For those who have not heard of Sandown Community Big Top Theatre, they are a group managed by local Sandown people, working in conjunction with Sandown Town Council, Sandown Community Partnership and many local organisations, with the aim to promote "Sandown" and provide an annual event for everybody in Sandown as well as visitors to the town, to be involved in.
The 8 day festival will host many different events and activities that will appeal to all sections of the community. There will be live entertainment, from local bands and tribute bands to theatrical shows and all action wrestling. There will also be workshops and activities which younger children can become a part of.
The whole event is to take place underneath a big-top style marquee which is to be erected for the duration of the festival on Sandham grounds.
As part of the festival, the organisers would like to give any group, organisation, charity, or local business the opportunity to "show off to the rest of Sandown and our visitors exactly what it is they do what they can offer to people, and how they can benefit Sandown and be an important part of the life of the town.
To this end, Sandown Community Big Top Theatre are hosting an Exhibition Day as part of the festival. This is to be on Friday 28th July. The exhibition will run from 12pm on that day to 5pm, with the general public being allowed entry between 1pm and 4pm with no entrance charge for the public. The organisers are prepared to offer up to 3 tables to any organisation or business who wishes to take part, with only a small donation or fee. Tables and electricity will also be provided by request. For small organisations the event will be free larger organisations will be asked to make a 5.00 donation if they are able to and Businesses will be asked to pay 15.00 for each exhibition space they wish to use,
The event will be fully published in conjunction with all the other activities that will occur and there will also be the opportunity for exhibitors to be included in a special brochure for the day's event.
If you, your organisation or group, or your business would like to be part of this event, an application form is available.
We hope this will be a real opportunity for everyone in Sandown to show off what a wonderful place Sandown is to live in.
Telephone Jacquie for info on Big Top on Tel 404415.