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Thank you to everyone who made this year's festival a resounding success, the weather, the visitors, Blue Peter, Granada reports, Radio Lancashire and all the generous sponsors. We had a lot of fun, and hope you will all join us next year...


Scarecrow Festival 2010

Photos and videos from last year on links at side of page

Themes for this year's festival
Detectives, crime or cluedo (the game)
Traditional
Reality T.V. (take your pick)
Moving scarecrows
Topical (the election, world cup etc)
A Special section for local school's scarecrows is in the Flood Gardens
virgin balloons, sponsorship of scarecrows
Wray is 8 miles from junction 34 off the M6 between Lancaster & Kirby Lonsdale-

map on left side of page

Saturday 24th April

Start of festival, 10k Road race (13:15)

& BBQ at the George & Dragon

Sunday 25th April

Car boot sale (08:00) on the school field

Wednesday 28th April

Morris Dancing (20:00)

Friday 30th April

Giant Scarecrow Parade (20:00)

The parade walks the length of Main Street ending at Bridge End Farm Tea Rooms. Presentation of prizes for the Best Scarecrows refreshments and a Bonfire.

Sunday 2nd May

Scarecrow Ball race (14:00)

Monday 3rd May

Fair Day starts11am and Fell Race 11.30am start

Main Events at Wray Fair. Monday 3rd May
Main Ring
Side Shows and Displays
  • Duck Herding
  • BMX Trial Bike Display
  • Birds of prey display

  • Traditional Pipe Band
  • Junior 5-aside FootballCompetition
  • Mr Rainbow -  children's entertainer
  • Traditional Fairground - all ages
  • Craft Tent (jewellery, rag rugs, spinning, felting and lots more rural crafts)
  • Classic Car and Military
  • Vehicle Display
  • Rare Breeds Display
  • Traditional Village Craft display
  • Tea Tent and Refreshments
  • Fell Race 11.30 am start
  • Fairground Games
  • Digital photo display Lancaster University

£3 for adults; £1 for OAPs;

kids under 12 free

£1 for parking

provided by different local charities selling  fresh,  delicious produce.

          • Sat    24th April Lowgill Church

          • Sun   25th April Tatham Church

          • Mon  26th April Friends of Lowgill School

          • Tues 27th April Wray Over Sixties

          • Wed  28th April Wennington Hall School

          • Thur 29th April Wennington WI

          • Fri   30th April  Wray Church

          • Sat    1st May    P.T.A.

          • Sun   2nd May   P.T.A.


Street entertainment will be performed by the children at Wray Primary School

11.00am and 2.00pm each day

Guided tours of the village and scarecrows are held throughout the week.

Information updates/any changes will be published on Notice Board at the Institute

and on Wray Village Website  Scarecrow page

The event is organised and supported by volunteers, who put hours into making the Festival and Fair a success to give you a great day out - this is a non-profit making event, where all proceeds go directly to local charitable organisations- we hope you come and enjoy the Wray Festival and Fair and thank you,

Wray Fair Committee on behalf of Wray Institute

 


car booter

Car Boot Sale Sunday 25th

 Please let us know if you have any suggestions or if you find problems using this site,

email: webmaster @ wrayvillage.co.uk

click here for online link to add your photos to the noticeboard

Last year's Wray Fair 2009

Click here for youtube video

Fell race results 2009

Wrayfair photos by Aftab 2009
Click here for quiz answers in word document,

the winner was  Mrs.M.Packer, from Manchester

Opening ceremony was at 12 noon, Tom Lister from Emmerdale  did the honours

Despite the rain the fair went ahead, we are British and nothing can stop us once we make our minds up to do something.  Congratulations to the scarecrow committee for all their hard work making sure the day was successful, great fun was had by everybody.

Thanks also to Wray Institute for providing the facilities to enable all the local charities to profit from the fair by selling refreshments.

Photos from the fair on the links to the left, including various people with Tom Lister, who was absolutely great and signed autographs for hours.


Photos from the grand parade and prizegiving from Tony, click here

online now, panoramic views of the scarecrows from last year with Tony Quinn's VWray 2008- click here Scarecrow photos from 2008 online now, also on the digital noticeboard in the post office. 10k road race, photos of winners crossing line here

video 2008 parade accompanied by the Mayor of Lancaster, the Deadbeats Samba Band plus all schoolchildren joining in with their musical instrument and fancy Dress.

 

wray scarecrow poster 2010

For all enquiries regarding lost and found property, reserving an area for a stall at the 2010 Fair,  and for further details please phone the Institute - 01524222311

or email: scarecrows @  wrayvillage.co.uk

but please check the links at the sides of the page as most information is available there.

Wheelchairs are available for

visitors during the Festival

There will be occasions during the Road Race, Giant Scarecrow Parade and Wray Fair Day when Traffic Control will be in place.

PLEASE BE PATIENT

Thanks to the various volunteers who work so hard all week during the festival and help us make the fair such a success.


virgin balloons, sponsorship of scarecrows

 
 

There will be an exhibition of art by Studio Trail artists in the church

photo album here

During the festival week at Wray, starting 24h April and ending on Bank Holiday Monday, May 3rd there will an opportunity to see and buy work by the Lunesdale Trail artists in the Church in the village. 2.00pm. until 5.00pm. daily.

Monday 3rd. 10am. until 4pm. A donation for the church would be appreciated.

Free entry.

 
 

Street entertainment will be performed by the children at Wray Primary School

11.00am and 2.00pm each day

Guided tours of the village and scarecrows are held throughout the week.

 
 
 
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