LYME REGIS REGATTA & CARNIVAL 2006

Key Dates for 2006:

Lyme Regis Regatta & Carnival Week 2006 : 5th - 13th August 2006

Objectives:

Lyme Regis Regatta & Carnival exists to provide fun and entertainment for residents and visitors to Lyme Regis, and to raise money for local Lyme Regis good causes. As a result of our activities in 2005 we were able to distribute £6500 to a number of local Lyme organisations, primarily those involved with our youth, and the elderly.

Our principal events take place during Regatta & Carnival Week, but we also organise and run a May Fête, duck races, and the town’s annual Guy Fawkes celebration.

We are an entirely voluntary organization run by a small committee, and receive no public subsidy or support.

Regatta & Carnival Week

In spite of the works taking place in parts of the gardens in connection with the stabilisation of Lyme Regis, our activities are mostly unaffected this year, and there will be the customary programme of over 70 events throughout the week. We have a number of major activities: our processions, two lots of fireworks, and a band. But every day there are multiple things to do for all the family! These include quizzes and competitions, kids’ disco party, Teddy Bears’ Picnic, sand castle building, pavement art, the mural, wheeled derby, the giant conga, open air barn dance, family flower arranging, dog show, fancy dress, Tea With Music, sand sports, boat trips, art and photography exhibitions, town band concerts, and a duck race. Our aim is to provide a variety of activities with something to interest all the family, whatever their age.

Events Summary for 2006 – Buy a Programme for full details:

Art Event - Art and Photographs
Ask the Family Quiz
Balloon race
Beach Tug
Children's Fancy Dress Parade and Competition
Community Cash Bingo
Crab Catching Competition
Duck Race
Egg Catching
Face Painting
Family Dog Show
Family Scavenger Hunt
Fireworks
Flower Arranging Competition
Free Children’s boat trips by Lyme Regis Power Boat Club/Lyme Fishermen/Boatmen
Giant Ammonite Building
Great Lyme Regis Mural
Ivor Hyde and Holly Chapman Entertain
Junior Town Criers' Competition
Kelly Street’s All Stars Variety Show
Lantern-making Workshop
Lifeboat Display (with helicopter if available)
Limbo Competition
Open Shore Fishing Competition
Outdoor Barn Dance
Pavement Art competition
Quiz Night at the Nag's Head
Regatta Races :General Handicap, Cruisers, Beer Luggers, Youth Cup
Sand Sports
Sand Structures Competition
Sequence Dancing
Taekwando Display
Tea With Music
Teddy Bears' Picnic
The Same Old Faces Band
Town Band Concerts
Toy Tombola
We Are Family Band
Wheeled Derby

Saturday 5 August
21:00 Walk Of Light - Langmoor Gardens to the Cobb followed by Fireworks

Friday 11 August
21:00 Outdoor Film Night "Wallace & Grommit, Curse of the Were Rabbit"

Saturday 12 August
20:00 Grand Carnival Procession, Holmbush Car Park to the Cobb followed by Fireworks

Charges & Timings

Generally, taking part in our events, activities and competitions is £1 per event. We make no charge for many of our activities such as the fireworks and bands, but we do ask for generous donations - these events are expensive to mount and our objective is to raise money for local good causes.

The above summary is our current view of when our principal activities will take place, but this can change as our planning proceeds. Full details of the timings of all our events are in the Regatta & Carnival Programme, available now, price £1, from newsagents and other outlets in Lyme Regis.

Contact Us

We are a small entirely voluntary Committee, with lots to do to run all these events! If it is essential that you contact us, details are below. We will attempt to answer you within two working days.

Secretary: A Vian, 5 Kersbrook Gardens, Pound Road, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3HX.             Tel: 01297 445132