Winton Forum

Winton Carnival

The 2008 Winton Carnival took place on Saturday 28 June - it was the biggest and best yet.

An estimated 14,000 people were in the arenas in the course of the day.

Around 4,000 people lined Wimborne, Cardigan and Maxwell Roads to watch the parade.

In Wimborne Road the crowd was three and four deep.

Parade prize winners

  • Most Entertaining - Leaps and Bounds Nursery
  • Most Ear-splitting - Wessex Majorettes
  • Most Eye-catching - St Lukes School

Each winner received one of the coveted Carnival Trophy Cups.


Video by Cracking Media

We have six pages of photos.

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Community Event

THE WINTON CARNIVAL is a non-profit event - quite simply a day of fun to promote community spirit.

On Winton Recreation ground there were a host of attractions including a big funfair and dozens of stalls and side-shows.

There was virtually non-stop music and dance on the stage and display area in front of it. We booked a dozen top bands - each excellent in its particular field. There was pop, indie, soul, latin, jazz, country, funk - something for everybody.

This was a non-profit community event staged by Winton Community Forum for YOU and everybody in Winton to enjoy. And to clear up any misunderstandings, we want to make it clear that Winton Carnival and its organisers had no connection whatsover with the Food Festival that followed two weeks later.

Planning is now underway for Winton Carnival 2009.

Thanks

The Carnival was a community effort and we'd like to thank the many individuals and organisations who gave their time and resources freely to help make the Carnival a success.

They include (in no particular order):


The organising team consisted of: Sue Cowley, Amanda Williams, Eddie Barker, Cllr Nigel Cowley, Anson Westbrook, Matt Gillett, Tim Goldsmith, Jennifer Park, Kathy Goldsmith and Mel Bray.

If you were there we hope you had a fantastic day. If you weren't - we hope to see you next year.


Carnival enquiries: info@wintoncarnival.co.uk

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