CARNIVAL: Ilminster Majorettes take first place at Taunton
Posted: 16th October 2016
THE Mayor of Ilminster has led the congratulations after the town’s majorettes troupe marched its way to its first-ever first place in a Carnival. Ilminster Majorettes were left in a state of stunned amazement last night (Saturday, October 15, 2016) when it was announced that they had taken top honours in the majorettes category at the Taunton Carnival. And it shows that…
CARNIVAL: Dig deep for charity at Chard Carnival
Posted: 7th October 2016
THE Carnival season is here and final preparations are being made ahead of Chard Carnival which will take to the town centre streets during a day of fun tomorrow (Saturday, October 8, 2016). Things are a little different this year as the Chard Children’s Carnival will be on the same day as the main procession. The Children’s Carnival takes place at midday starting at…
CARNIVAL: Gemini make entrance – a week later than planned – in style
Posted: 2nd October 2016
THE Ilminster-based Gemini Carnival Club had promised to put on a great show last night (Saturday, October 1, 2016) at its home parade and it did not disappoint the crowds. After months of hard work and preparation the award-winning club was forced to pull out of last weekend’s Carnival at Wellington on the morning of the procession on Saturday, September 24, 2016, due…
CARNIVAL: Eclipse is improving all the time
Posted: 2nd October 2016
THE Eclipse Carnival Club is really beginning to close the gap on its rivals on the South Somerset circuit. The Chard-based club, although still only a new group in relation to its big heavyweight rivals down the road at Ilminster, is coming on leaps and bounds with its entries each year. It may still be a few years yet before it is wrestling awards and crowns from the…
CARNIVAL: Eclipse is improving all the time
Posted: 2nd October 2016
THE Eclipse Carnival Club is really beginning to close the gap on its rivals on the South Somerset circuit. The Chard-based club, although still only a new group in relation to its big heavyweight rivals down the road at Ilminster, is coming on leaps and bounds with its entries each year. It may still be a few years yet before it is wrestling awards and crowns from the…
CARNIVAL: West End hits come to Ilminster
Posted: 2nd October 2016
MUSICAL maestro Andrew Lloyd Webber would have been a proud man had he been among the crowds last night (Saturday, October 1, 2016) at Ilminster Carnival as two of his wonderful West End masterpieces stole the show. While Starlight Express was the theme for Harlequin CC and its excellent cart entry Underground Express, it was another of Webber’s shows, Phantom of the…
CARNIVAL: Organisers urge motorists to park sensibly
Posted: 1st October 2016
MOTORISTS are being asked to use their common sense in Ilminster tonight (Saturday, October 1, 2016) ahead of the Carnival and not park on roads where there have been yellow traffic cones placed. Organisers of Ilminster Carnival – which takes place tonight – have said that in recent years there has been a lot of congestion created at the end of the procession because…
CARNIVAL: Buy merchandise from Official Carnival Sellers
Posted: 1st October 2016
CARNIVAL-GOERS at tonight’s (Saturday, October 1, 2016) Ilminster Carnival are being urged to only buy merchandise from official Carnival Sellers. Thousands of people will be descending on the town centre streets for tonight’s procession which starts at 7.15pm and there will be plenty of market traders selling the usual Carnival goodies. But this year the committees on…
CARNIVAL: Uncivil Servants win the quiz
Posted: 30th September 2016
FOURTEEN teams took part in the annual Ilminster Carnival Quiz on Wednesday (September 28, 2016) organised by the local Rotary Club. It was a team called The Uncivil Servants comprising of Mark Adnitt, Jane Dewick, Paul Everett and Ian MacKillop who emerged victorious at the end of the brain-testing quiz. The event – which is held every year – raised about £200 for…
CARNIVAL: Quiz time for Ilminster
Posted: 28th September 2016
THE annual Ilminster Carnival Quiz takes place tonight (Wednesdsay, September 28, 2016) at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster. Teams of four are invited to take part at £6 per team and quizzers are asked to get to the Shrubbery for 7pm in readiness for a 7.30pm start. The quiz is being organised by the Ilminster Rotary Club. The main Ilminster Carnival procession takes…
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