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The Chilton Foliat Fete 2005
Saturday 4th June 12.30 - 3.30pm

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The 2005 was a great success.  Click here to take part in or read all about the 2006 fete.

This was the final meeting of the 2005 fete.  150 leaflets had been circulated a few weeks before around the village, and all villagers should have known about it.  However, attendance was sparse, with the usual suspects turning up.  At least they did turn up, otherwise the chair and treasurer would have been talking to thin air.  The treasurer was able to announce the final takings for the fete, which was a net of £5,507.98, from a grand total raised (including prizes) of £9,881.32. Both of these were significant increases on the previous year.  

Next on the agenda was a discussion about what went right and what went wrong in this year's fete.  Nobody complained about a thing, and many people were very complimentary about all aspects of the fete.  There were lots of good suggestions for next year's fete (on June 3rd 2006), which will be published on this site in due course.  

The posts of chair and treasurer both came up for review and, despite their attempts to coerce other volunteers to do the jobs, the existing chair and treasurer were unanimously re-elected.  As for last year, the committee is very small, with the chair and treasurer being joined by the very capable Amanda Weller, who also runs Chilton Chicks (the toddler group). There was an attempt to have a larger committee, but a) nobody volunteered and b) the chair threatened to resign forthwith if he had to attend any boring committee meetings. So the committee is made up of three people - an increase of 50% on last year's committee! If anyone wants to help on an unofficial basis, please contact the chair. As many hands as possible are needed on the day!

If you would like a copy of the detailed takings and expenses from the fete, please contact the treasurer, Nick Fritz, either by email (click here) or by phone on 01488 681604. 

On the day.....

We were very lucky with fabulous weather for the fete.  The day before had been very wet, and so everyone was relieved when the sun shone for most of the day.  Many people had not anticipated this and caught a bit of sun, including the fete Chair and most of his family.

About 1,000 people came, from our village, as well as from many other villages and towns.  This was well over double last year.

And the famous Red Arrows...... they did come after all, despite our having had a phone call on Thursday and a letter on Saturday apologising for not being able to come. In fact, they didn't fly past just once, but three times. Once at 10am above the clouds, before the fete opened, once at about 3.20 (8 of them in two groups of 4), and one on its own 20 or so minutes later.

And how much did we raise? Well, we don't have the full figures in yet as we'll be auctioning some of the more valuable bric-a-brac in September, but it looks like the net figure (after all expenses) will be just over £6,000. This is nearly double last year's figure. Well done everyone who helped!

So every way it seems that we can say that this year was a great success. It beat all records in terms of numbers of attendees, money raised, and a fantastic family day where everyone enjoyed themselves immensely. The number of complimentary comments we have received is incredible! Thanks to the many villagers who helped, and also to the generous sponsors, prize donors, and financial donors.

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