July 4th Planning Meeting

The next planning meeting for the fete is on Thursday July 4th at 7.30pm in the church hall.

June 6th 2013 - planning meeting for Fete

Notes From Seal Know Your Neighbours Fete Planning Meeting Thursday June 6^th.

Seal Fete and Dog Show Saturday September 21^st.

Several more stalls have been booked since last month’s meeting. However, we are still looking for more commercial stalls to swell the revenue. Some great ideas were brought forward tonight from people who had gathered information and business cards from stall holders at other local fairs and fetes. These include an artist from Iden and an outdoor learning company who bring a climbing wall. Both these will be approached to see if they would like to attend.

  If you are attending anything similar in the near future, please send on any information you may have of people who may be willing to participate. If you speak to them yourselves, please give them Chris Rampton’s details. (01732 763585).

Ray and Dot suggested we approach Kent Fire Service to see if they would be willing to have a stand where fire safety demonstrations could be arranged. They will contact KFS and get any information.

They also found a very interesting display of vintage Morgan cars at a fete further down in Kent, and we discussed the possibility of seeing if we could have something similar. Brands Hatch Morgans at Borough  Green will be approached.

Anna suggested we might approach Harrington’s Nursery in Swanley Village to see if they might donate some plants for a stall. This is the nursery that supply the village planted tubs for the Parish Council. Marion will see to this.

Sally Thompson is going to approach Sunflower Estates to see if they would be prepared to advertise via bill boards outside properties as they do for Seal School. If this is a possibility, please consider whether you would be prepared to have a board outside your property to advertise this event. It is a good source of extra revenue, so please let me know if you would be happy to take part in this.

Marion will approach Andrews Estate Agents to see if they would be happy to erect a banner and make a donation as they did in 2011.

Anna is getting information about a pet stall who may wish to take part.

Jo and Sally have kindly offered  to work together to approach local businesses for donations for a silent auction.

Jill brought the information about Public Liability Insurance, which was discussed and will be sorted out in the next couple of weeks. ‘Dangerous activities’ taking part will need to provide their own insurance. This will include the bouncy castle. Archery and the fun fair rides. Seal Village Association to be approached for the cost of this.

Nicky is also going to need funds up front for Mr Bouncy Castle.

As we have had problems with the PA system over the past couple of events, Marion will approach Ben Colnet to see how much he would want to provide this service. He did a great job at Seal School a couple of weeks ago, and there were no problems with music for the displays.

Unfortunately, Sue Harwood will not be able to organise the dog show this year due to a very heavy workload. We will miss her input. Anna is going to approach The Sevenoaks Veterinary Practice to see if they might want to organise something along these lines.

Gymboree, the childrens’ activity class in Seal Hollow Road, Seal Belly Dancing and Zumba, and Seal School Street Dance will all be putting on displays throughout the afternoon.

We have a very healthy list of people willing to volunteer for stall holding, setting up and clearing away. One area which is always in need of more people to volunteer, is the collection of tressle tables from the halls, and the delivery back in the evening. If you feel you could help with this (especially if you have access to a trailer), please let me know.

The next meeting will take place on Thursday July 11^th at 7.30pm. Please do come along and put your ideas forward. You will be made very welcome.

Look forward to seeing many of you there,

Marion.

Seal Fete - Sept 21 - would you like a stall?

We have started planning for the village Fete on Sept 21. 

Notes from the meeting on April 25th are here

We are actively looking for prospective stallholders, so if you have something to sell, or know someone who might, please get in contact.

Pitches are £25 (£35 for a double), but charities are free.

Thurs 25th April - Planning meeting

We will be meeting in Seal Church Hall on Thursday April 25th at 7.30pm .
During this meeting, we will be making plans for the Village Fete and Dog Show, to be held on September 21st. We would also like to catch up with any of our volunteers that can make it on this evening.

Village Fete:-
Chris has already had a few stalls and stands booked, and the fairgrground rides are booked but please encourage as many people as you can to join us on this day, and bring any ideas with you on 25th April. Anybody out there that may want to volunteer for any stall holding or preparation for this event will be made very welcome on 25th, but if you cannot make the meeting, please e mail me and I will add your name and details to the list.

Know Your Neighbours drop ins

KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS

We will be holding 3 drop-in sessions of Know Your Neighbours in this coming week.
If you belong to any local organisation, please do bring along any literature on your group, so that we can promote and help to grow them with potential new members. There will be refreshments on offer at all the drop in sessions, and we would love to see you there.
The times and venues will be as follows:
Thursday February 21st 2.30 - 4pm in Seal Church Hall.
Thursday February 21st 7.30- 9pm in The Five Bells
Saturday February 23rd 10am - Midday in Seal Village Hall.

What's planned for 2013?

Happy New Year to you all (though it probably doesn't seem quite so new anymore).

We will be holding 3 drop-in sessions of Know Your Neighbours in February. We have decided to make 3 sessions at different locations and differing times of day. Hopefully, we will be able to reach more people this way! It would be great to see as many of you as can come, and please encourage anybody that has not been along before.
If you belong to any local organisation, please do bring along any literature on your group, so that we can promote and help to grow them with potential new members.

The times and venues will be as follows:

Thursday February 21st 2.30 - 4pm in Seal Church Hall.
Thursday February 21st 7.30.- 9pm in The Five Bells
Saturday February 23rd 10am - Midday in Seal Village Hall.

At these Drop-in sessions, we will be putting our 2013 plans in place, but here are a few dates various organisations already have:-

Sat Feb 16th 7pm Seal Church Hall for 'Musical Bingo' Evening
Saturday 9th March - Seal Scouts fund-raising event - WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE INFO.
Saturday 27th April Seal Church Hall for Help For Heros Quiz Night
Sunday 30th June Seal Church Patronal Festival Strawberry Tea.
Sunday 25th August Village Picnic
Saturday September 21st Seal Village Fete
Saturday October 5th Seal Church Harvest Hog Roast
Friday December 5th Seal Church Hall for 'Christmas Chaos' - Make Your Own Christmas Decoration Evening.

Please help us to add to this list by giving your ideas, time and talents! As usual, we will be begging for help for all of these events, so if you want to commit yourselves now, you will be more than welcome to contact me!

We look forward to seeing as many of you at one or more of these Drop-Ins as possible. Anybody who can spare some time to meet and greet, please let me know!

Many Thanks,
Marion.

Village Carol Singing - Friday Dec 15

Meet outside Five Bells Pub at about 5.30pm for carols with children from the school, then on to church for mulled wine, mince pies and hot chocolate, and some activities for the children.
We will also need a few volunteers to help serve the pies and drinks, so if you can spare any time from between 5pm and about 8pm, please let Marion know and she will add your name to the rota.

All Welcome!