The Messenger received several comments about the festival. Here are a couple from local residents. Let us know what you think by adding comments to our website.
This was my third visit to the festival and I'm afraid me and my family were very disappointed. I don't think there was much for anyone of any age to do. Lots of people who attended the festival shared the same feelings as myself. The festival was full of stalls selling food or handing out leaflets that most of us have already picked up or had posted through our doors. If this is the future of the festival, it is the start of the end. Peter Nelson
I go along to the festival every year and usually end up quite bored, stuffing my face with all sorts of different foods, wandering around aimlessly, and looking at stall after stall, never quite sure of what I was meant to be doing there.
This year I was pleasantly surprised that there was just so much more to do. It seemed as though the organisers had put a lot more thought into the activities for the younger children – such as the rodeo bull and the ice skating rink which was up in the tennis courts.
I would have loved to pluck up the courage to have a go, but the fear of looking like a plonker, falling all over the place, made me see sense and leave well alone. I feel it is a must to also mention the singing and dancing performed by the adults and children – a massive well done to them too. Diane Johnson