10 January 2018

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Waimea Weekly

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Market Day delivers the goods

The Twisty Twinz, Nele Siezen, left, and Jola Siezen, were part of the roving entertainment at Richmond Market Day. Photo: Chocolate Dog Studio.

Judene Edgar Reporter

judene@waimeaweekly.co.nz

Richmond turned on a glorious sunny day for the annual market day on December 29. Thousands of eager shoppers filled the streets to peruse the stalls, enjoy the roving entertainment, and sit back and sample some of the delicious food on of-

fer. Richmond Unlimited’s event coordinator Charlotte Bidlake says that she was absolutely delighted with the day. “I was thrilled with the turnout and how vibrant the street looked,” she says. “There was such a great atmosphere, and everyone was having a good time.” The annual market day is typi-

cally the busiest day of the year for Richmond, but this year it was bigger and better than ever. “The past few years the weather hasn’t played ball, but it was an absolutely stunning day,” says Charlotte. Over 100 stalls offered a fabulous range of fresh summer fruits, crafts, clothing, art, jewellery, books, toys and confectionary. There were also roving entertain-

ers including the stilt-walking Twisty Twinz, Faery Lou, magicians and jugglers, as well as face painting and balloon twisting from Flossie the Balloon Lady. Made for Men was one of numerous local businesses that took to the street, setting up an outdoor stall. Owner Warren Ludemann says they’ve been setting up an outside stall since 1999, and that it’s always a great way to get in-

volved. “It was a beautiful day with plenty of people,” says Warren. “It’s so well organised and well run.” Ambrosia owner Mishael Sowman says that the weather was perfect, and the market drew a great mix of locals and holidaymakers. “The entire day had a really good feel to it,” she says.

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