The Summer Fete is to be held on 21st September 2019 2pm – 5pm in Lavender Hall Park. Entry is free. There will be plenty of entertainment in the arena starting at 2pm with local Morris Dancers as well as a great selection of stalls from local charities, small businesses and local crafts.
Beer and refreshment tents will keep people fed and watered while a number of games and amusements will keep the kids happy with pony rides from our local riding school, Pool House Farm.
Grand Draw tickets are on sale with the chance to win the following fantastic prizes:
| Prize | Donated by |
| 1st Prize – Quooker Tap (worth £1500) | Hampton Homes |
| 2nd Prize – Child’s Bicycle | Harper Fields Care Home |
| Bottle of Champagne | Albany Meadows |
| Fish and Chips for two | Balsall Common Fish Bar |
| Meal Voucher | Bengal Brasserie |
| Meat Hamper | Bosworths Butchers |
| Hamper | Ginger Estate Agents |
| Voucher for a Full English Breakfast for two | La Delicia |
| Case of Wine | Michaels |
| Afternoon Tea for Two Voucher + £25 Voucher | Oakes Farm Shop |
| Dog Treat Hamper | Oscar Pet Foods |
| 30 minutes Sport Massage | Physio and Health Matters Ltd |
| Gardening Gift Voucher | Rosebournes Garden Centre |
| Hair Products Package | Shane Collins Hairdressers |
| 2 x Bottles of Mulled Wine | Tesco |
| File and Paint Manicure Voucher | Two Ten Hairdressers |
| Prosecco | Vivendi |
| Golf Day Voucher | West Midlands Golf Club |
| Wash and Blow-dry Voucher | Westwood Hairdressers |
| Afternoon Tea for Two Voucher | Windmill Hotel |
The money raised will go towards funding both the picnic in July and this year’s fete. Any surplus money will be donated back to the local groups who have supported us this year. We at balsallcom.com were delighted to support the festival, and proud to fund the printing of the raffle tickets for the festival committee.
Other news
The committee sadly say goodbye this year to Linda Dandy who has been our treasurer for several years and we welcome to the committee Christina O’Sullivan, Simon Edwards and Alex Spedding. All three joined us this year and have been full of fresh ideas and enthusiasm. If there is anyone else out there who has some spare time and would like to join the committee or volunteer their help at our events please contact us at balsallcommonfestival@gmail.com.
Picnic in the Park
The Picnic in the Park in July was amazing – everything the committee hoped it would be and more. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we all did. How lovely it was to see all the families and children playing, relaxing, eating and drinking whilst enjoying great music until late in Lavender Hall Park. We have to say a massive thank you to Martin Pettifor of Pettifor’s Haulage who kindly lent us one of his lorry trailers to act as a stage for the Soundations, Balsall Common Lions for providing generators, the Hornets for the use of their car park and Solihull Council for allowing us to use the Park.
Many thanks also to all of you who bought Grand Draw Tickets at the event and everyone who donated their loose change in the blue buckets at the end of the evening.
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