Another year done!

Sounds strange to have a title of ‘Another year done!’, given that we’re only part-way through October, but in Carnival-years, we’re now into the planning of the next one! For us, our Annual General Meeting, held earlier this month, marks the end of one year and the start of another, which we’re planning on being even more fantastic than last year. This year. You get it.

The committee has a couple of new folks and says goodbye to some others, but by and large, we’re good. The ‘officers’ were re-voted and the same ugly mugs are in the same roles as this time last year, which is good not only from a consistency point of view, but also from the fact that the rest of the team think that things are working well enough to vote them back in.

We’ll be unveiling the new theme for the 2018 Carnival very shortly, so that should get people’s thoughts flowing in terms of what to dress up as, or what floats will look like.

But first up, is the Santa Run 2017 – we’ve spoken to the Big Man and he’s already got us penned-in for the royal visit. If you’ve just moved to the area, and not had the pleasure before, essentially, Santa has agreed once again to have a tour of the village, to visit the boys and girls of all ages, and to help spread a little Christmas happiness around. We’ve got a road-worthy sleigh that makes him feel more at home whilst in our home, and we have a little music to help everyone know that he’s getting close.

We’ll be all over Facebook as last year, so you’ll hopefully know a little in advance when we’re due to get over to your part of the village, so hang in there!

We’ll have a load of our committee members and a few friends out to collect any donations that you might want to make, and 100% of the money that we receive is used for the Doddington Village Sports and Carnival. More information is on our website, over at: www.doddingtoncarnival.co.uk

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Welcome to 2018!

We blinked, and 2017 came and went just as quickly!We had a great year in terms of the various events that we’ve put on throughout 2017, and we have no doubt that 2018 will be any different.In 2017, we had pub quizzes and discos, the Carnival and Sports Day, finishing it all off with the Santa Run. 2018 will see more of the same, but with a different twist, as we keep getting emails and Facebook messages to say that you all love what we’re doing, and the reading makes for some humbling feelings in and around the Carnival Committee. Here’s but a few about the Carnival and Sports Day:"Thanks team loved it once again . This year bought back memories of childhood felt great lots of fun had . Water this year when I was a kid it was flour and eggs lol x" - Sarah Sellers (via Facebook)"Thank you and well done to the committee. Yesterday was another amazing day thanks to the commitment and hard work of volunteers.
Such a brilliant day. Thank you x" - Nicky Hornsby (via…

“One more trophy for the t-shirt…”

Another Carnival day has been and, quite quickly…. gone!That sounds like a very obvious thing to say, but having helped work on it for my first complete year now, it sort of sneaks up on you, and then dashes away again, until next year. But then, having said that, there’s still lots of ‘stuff’ on my “to-do” list that I want and need to do, to tidy up from the weekend’s efforts. For me, personally, I have:Winners details to put up onto the Doddington Carnival website Facebook posts to draft and send (and then Share, Share, SHARE!) Emails to thank stall holders (that I’ve been harrassing for weeks!) …and lots more. Lots of the others on Team Doddington have other things in their “to-do” lists, whether it’s counting this, folding and tidying that, etc., so the day might be over, but it’s not over-over yet.One of the post-Carnival-Day jobs that the village doesn’t see.
Our chaps taking down the signs in the village… and still smiling!People I speak to about the Doddington Carnival seem to h…

The Naughty Elf

Some-how, I have been given the role of ‘the Naughty Elf’, which means that I was the one locked up in the back of the truck that pulls Santa’s Sleigh around the village. (Although saying that, last night’s freezing temperatures made me quite glad I was the one stuck in there!)Essentially, my job during the Santa Run as ‘the Naughty Elf’, is to control the music and microphone levels through the powered amplifier in the back of the truck with me. Different Christmas music tracks need different volume adjustments, but also controlling Santa’s microphone is another job - I’m sure he waits until I’m least expecting a ‘Ho! Ho! HO!’ blast from him, and he catches me off-guard and the levels go through the roof!For years, and irrespective of where I’ve lived at the time, I’ve seen various Santa Sleighs taken around to see the boys and girls, and hadn’t given it too much of a thought about how it all works. But since joining the Doddington Village Sports and Carnival committee a couple of …

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