Weston & Worle View July 2014 by Pony Publishing

July 2014

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Saturday 12th 7.30pm Music on the Green with “Fallen Apples” Brent Knoll Village Green Tickets: £8 from The Village Shop or call: 01278 760308

Saturday 19th 2.00pm - 7.30pm Lighthouse at Weston : Fun Day Clarence Park West, Weston-super-Mare Tickets: FREE Event Call: 07766 011493 for more details

Saturday 12th noon - 4.00pm Our Big Gig Grove Park, Weston-super-Mare Tickets: FREE Entry Visit bit.ly/NS-Events for more details

Saturday 19th 11.00am - 4.00pm World War One : March of Honour High Street to Town Square, Weston Tickets: FREE Event Call: 01934 513169 for more details Sunday 20th 2.30pm - 5.00pm Worlewind Band Grove Park, Weston-super-Mare Tickets: FREE Entry - Sponsored by The Cafe in the Park Call: 07952 943855 for details Friday 25th noon - 4.00pm Castle Batch Community Fun Day Castle Batch Park, Worle Call: 01934 427427 for details

Saturday 12th 10.30am - 3.00pm Weston Sea Cadets - Summer Fayre Sea Cadets H.Q., Sunnyside Road Call: 01934 416270 for more details Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th 9.00am Volleyball England Beach Tour The Beach, Weston-super-Mare Tickets: FREE Entry Visit: bit.ly/westonvolley for more details Sunday 13th 11.00am - 4.00pm RNLI Emergency Services 999 Day The Beach Lawns, Weston-super-Mare Tickets: FREE Entry (but please choose to donate £5 by texting “RNLI Weston” to 70300 Email: glyn.hayes@bcs.org for more details Sunday 13th 3.00pm - 5.00pm Serenade Big Band Grove Park, Weston-super-Mare Tickets: FREE Entry Visit bit.ly/NS-Events for more details Saturday 19th 11.00am - 3.00pm Conniston Green Summer Fun Day Conniston Road, Weston-super-Mare Tickets: FREE Entry Call: 07789 003920 for more details Saturday 19th 7.00pm The Big Worle Showbiz Choir presents “Cantata - A Better World” Priory School, Queensway, Worle Tickets: £6 from 07506 294741

Friday 25th - Sunday 27th National Scooter Rally Drove Road Recreation Ground and The Winter Gardens Tickets: Various Visit: bit.ly/swscooters Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th 10.00am - 5.30pm Stars of Time Sci-Fi & Movie Extravaganza The Helicopter Museum, Locking Tickets: Usual museum admission rates apply Visit: bit.ly/starsoftime or call 01934 635227 Friday 25th - Sat 26th 11.00am - 10.30pm Sunday 27th 11.00am - 5.00pm Weston Lions Real Ale & Cider Festival Beach Lawns Tickets: See website for details Entertainment: See website for details Visit: bit.ly/westonale We use bit.ly addresses to shorten long, difficult-to-remember website addresses. We are not responsible for any websites linked to from this magazine.

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There were some big events in Weston last month, The Air Show, Armed Forces Day, and of course the weekend musical festival on the beach. Large crowds turned out for these events, which goes to show that Weston can still attract the visitors. Don’t forget the Newt Festival and the Watchet Festival are on in July; see inside the magazine for details. The Lions Beer Festival returns for another year, so go down to the beach lawns and support them. We have had some excellent feedback from readers regarding the editorial side of the magazine, we always try to have some different features to read, and we believe that a magazine should be interesting. We have seen other publications out there which just look like a magazine containing nothing but adverts; so please keep sending your articles in to us. If you have any ideas of what else you would like to see in the magazine then please let us know.

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COMPETITION TIME!

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Concerts in the Quarry is back for a second year. A weekend of superb music, set in the stunning surroundings of The Old Town Quarry on Weston’s hillside is what’s promised by the organisers of this year’s Concerts in the Quarry over the weekend of 6th and 7th September.

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On the Saturday night, music fans are being encourage to dust-off their flares, don their glitter wigs, and boogie on down to the best disco in town, as the Quarry rocks to top ABBA Tribute band, ABBA’s Angels. There will be mirror balls a-plenty as the 40th Anniversary of ABBA bursting onto the music scene is celebrated in style. The Sunday night sees a change in tempo as the Quarry plays host to the acclaimed Weston Brass, who will be bringing a touch of Pomp and Circumstance to Weston’s very own Last Night of the Proms event. The evening will also mark the start of World War One with a sing-along of some popular tunes from that era. Event specialists, C4 Events, will be lighting up the towering rock faces and providing a few more surprises to make the evenings even more memorable. Concert-goers can bring their own food and drink, but a bar, hot food and beverages will also be on sale. More details on this charity event, which is raising funds for the Weston-SUPER-Events project from Weston Arts Social Enterprise, can be found on the website:

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www.quarryconcerts.org.uk To enter this month’s competitions, send your answers, along with your contact details, to: win@ponypublishing.co.uk or by post by 21st July 2014. The winners will be contacted soon after that date. Terms and Conditions apply (see website for details).

Congratulations to the winners of: McBusted Concert Tickets - K Keogh South West Live Tickets - H Quantick

Sunday 7 Sept 2014 The Old Town Quarry, W-s-M Details for both nights: Gates open 5.30pm Live music from 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£7.50 adv (£14/£9.50 gate) Online: quarryconcerts.org.uk or from: The Old Town Quarry or The Rock Shop

Or CALL: 07775 928772 for details

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College students produce new logo for town’s Chamber of Commerce. Weston-super-Mare Chamber of Trade has a new logo, thanks to students from Weston College’s Graphic Design Students. As part of a re-branding exercise, and in conjunction with the Chamber’s launch of Weston’s own Business Awards, the group approached the college for input. Chamber President, Gail Parsons, said, “We have worked with the college on a number of projects, and knew that the talent existed amongst their students to produce something exceptional to help the Chamber become more relevant to today’s businesses. “Not only have they created something special for their portfolios, but they have also got a piece of work that will be seen all over the town for years to come. “The students were originally approached to help with the branding of our Business Awards, but we liked what they produced so much that we decided to adopt their work as a blueprint for our literature and website instead. The students, who are in the first year of a Foundation Degree at the College’s University Campus, were commended by their project leader, Laura Parke, who said, “The students applied themselves exceptionally well, against a demanding brief, and the work produced exceeded all expectations. Inspiration for the logo was drawn, following extensive research, from the structure of the old diving boards which were so iconic of the town, and, to the students, represented striving to reach the top, as well as a podium for winners. The mood-board of other images will be further developed to be integrated into the Chambers branding. The students behind the designs are: Luke Jones, Isobel Gardner, India Lawton, Phillip Demir, Joshua Lewins and Charley Murray For more details on Weston-super-Mare Chamber of Commerce, visit: www.westonchamber.co.uk

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Family Fun Days 2014 Free Family Activities including games, arts and crafts, music, dancing & much more! Monday 4th August - Meadow Street - Myths and Legends Friday 8th August - St James Street - Myths and Legends Monday 11th August - Grove Village - Tropical Beach Friday 15th August - Town Square - Circus Monday 18th August - Meadow Street - Sports Day Friday 22nd August - Grove Village - Sports Day Friday 29th August - St James Street

All events run from 1pm-4pm. For more details please phone 01934 642404 or email info@wsmtcp.co.uk Children must be supervised by an adult at all times

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Hallowe’en Bonfire Night Christmas Lights We have LASERS, PYROTECHNICS LIGHTS and PA SYSTEMS for

ANY EVENT! www.c4events.co.uk

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Steam trains daily until October 5th Every Saturday and Wednesday: Dunster Castle Express July 26th: Medieval Encampment with ‘Bowlore’ August 2nd: Meet and Greet with ‘The Octonauts’ August 30th and 31st: Late Summer Weekend October 2nd to 5th: Autumn Steam Gala

For more detailscall uson 01643 704996 or go online to www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk

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