ROYAL KNEES-UP

CELEBRATIONS ACROSS TOWN FOR KING CHARLES’ CORONATION

People across the Horsham District celebrated the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III over an extended weekend of events on 6 – 8 May.

Throughout the town and wider district, there were street parties, Big Lunches, fetes and vintage car rallies that brought communities together over the Coronation Bank Holiday weekend. The Capitol Theatre hosted a sell-out live screening of the Coronation ceremony, with many people staying on to see a special broadcast of Her late Majesty The Queen’s Coronation. On the day of the Coronation, West Street Entrepreneurs and Food Rocks hosted markets in the Carfax, while a Royal Dog Competition was held in the Bishopric.

On Sunday, glorious weather helped attract large crowds to the town centre for events and activities organised by Horsham District

Council. Highlights included musical and theatrical performers on the Carfax bandstand, Piries Place, Market Square, West Street, and Horsham Museum and Art Gallery. Actors dressed as Royal Palace guards roam the town, while members of amateur dramatics group HAODS promoted their production of Betty Blue Eyes. Morris sides including Mythago and Magog provided traditional dancing, while there was music from Horsham’s diva Sarah EsserHaswell and the Big Notes Choir in the Carfax, with The Sussex Band of the Royal British Legion performing in Horsham Park and the Fortune String Quartet playing in the garden of Horsham Museum.

With a vintage double decker bus bar keeping the drinks flowing, there was a celebratory atmosphere that continued into the evening, with music by the likes of Strobe, Bloomfield Avenue and singers Emma Lindars and