Good News For The Festival
Sainsbury’s Archer Road gets it in the bag and supports their local community
Sainsbury’s Archer Road has presented its local The Woodseats Festival with a Community Grant for £500.00.
This will help to support sponsorship and advertising of the Woodseats Festival..
The Sainsbury’s Community Grant scheme, helping charitable groups in the local community, is funded by sales of ‘Bags for Life’. Sainsbury’s recently announced plans to reduce the number of plastic single use bags they give away by 50% by April 2009. So for customers at Sainsbury’s Archer Road buying a ‘Bag for Life’, this means that they are not only doing great things for the environment, but are also making a contribution to their local community.
The store manager, Neville Proctor, said: ‘our store is at the heart of the local community and it is important that we can do as much as we can to support it. When we heard about The Woodseats Festival we were really pleased to be able to help out.’
Literary Evening Competition
THE WINNERS ARE
Short Story The Vase by Joan Roberts
Poem The Message Tree by Elanor McManus
Monologue Spring Summer Autumn Winter by Joyce Duff
Well thats all for 2010 I hope you enjoyed contributing as much as I did the organising. I am already putting pen to paper for next years so keep writing and keep the best work for The
Literary Evening Competition 3.
Have a good year
Diana
Writers Short Listed
POEMS
Eleanor MacManus The Message Tree
Joyce Duff Innocence
Elizabeth Barton An Unsomniacs Night
Carol Cooper Steamy Windows
Dave Kirby Brief Encounter
Short Stories
Kate Sheldon Were You My Destiny
Barbara Mitchell Raised In Steel
Barbara Adamson Sally Sunshine Reflects
Joan Roberts The Vase
Jeannie McGinnis Barbies On Parade
Monologues
Vera Percy As Quiet As The Grave
Carol Cooper Repossesed
Joan Roberts A Holiday in 1952
Roberta Louise Jennings The Ballard of Beauchief Abbey
Joyce Duff Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Congratulations to all the writers who were short listed.
To all those who were not choosen this year I want to send a big thank you for joining in. Below is how Lesley Webster feels about your writing
Dear Diana
Thank you so much for asking me to short list the entries in this year's Woodseats Festival Literary Competition. It has been a real pleasure to read the many submissions and I was very impressed by the high standard of writing, the skill, and the imagination displayed by entrants. It made choosing a very difficult matter. However, I had to choose five from each catagory and selected ones that surprised me or touched me or reminded me of my own past or were unusual in some way. Congratulations to the winners and well done to everyone who took part.
Lesley Webster
Off the Shelf Festival of Writing and Reading
Sheffield City Council Arts Service
PS Diana - after the Woodseats Festival if you can e-mail the winning entries to me I will put them on the Off the Shelf website as we did last year.
The next stage will be to pass the selected works onto our judges who are this year.
Mike Firth Editor of Heron Publications but we know him as the hard working man from Active 8.
Andrew Cropley Executive Director of Norton College when asked to join in with our local Festival his reply " I would be delighted to be involved"
Amy Carter Head of Arts Museums & Cultural Promotions Sheffield City Council has agreed to give the prizes out on the night.
| Well you know how I get children when I get a BEE in my bonnett I just have to get on with it. Of course The Festival has been fabulous for the last 4 years (this is number 5) but of course my thoughts turned to you children. When I tell my stories at Renishaw Hall sometimes they have a Punch and Judy Show. Everyone boys,girls,mums,dads, grannies and granddads all enjoy the show. So I thought why doesn't Woodseats Festival have one and we are. Thursday 8th July Outside The Big Tree Pub on Woodseats 4.30pm-6.30pm Then I thought a Circus Workshop where you children can learn juggling, trick cycling, stilt walking and many other skills Saturday 10th July Outside The Big Tree Pub on Woodseats 12noon - 3pm My next thought was a cracker years ago I had attended an event that had a Pantomime Horse. It did a sand dance and was so funny. So first of all I had a chat with Rony Robinson on Radio Sheffield. The call went out but unfortunately no one answered. Then Paulette Edwards called me "Had any response" she asked "No" was my reply. "Let's try again" she said and this time a lovely young man called Jay called me took down the details and said he would check his diary and call me back. Unfortunately he lost his mobile and by the time he called me a few days later I had found my horse. I had sent a plea to The Star and two girls Charley and Katie aged 14 years old asked their Granny to contact me. We all met at Molly Limpets of Woodseats who is supplying the costume free of charge and they were fab. Next Thursday they are coming along to the Double 6 Youth Club to learn a few dance steps. Thanks girls you really showed community spirit". Saturday 10th July 1-3pm they will be dancing along Woodseats so come along and say hello They are also going to come along and be part of the Parade on Sunday 11th July starting at 12 noon Football Tournament This was tried last year but unfortunately didn't take place but this year it is definately going ahead. This is being organised by Laycocks Sport and Social Club Archer Road Sheffield Heats Tuesday 6th July start at 6pm Under 12's/16's Heats Thursday 8th July starts 6pm Over 16's Finals 1/4,Semi and Finals Saturday 10th July, trophies been given by Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United Players Last but not least A Chess Tourmament Wednesday 7th July 4.30-7.30pm Woodseats Methodist Church Holmehurst Rd Woodseats 5 youngsters between 11-14 are saying they can beat you and if they can't they will give you 1p for every move you survive. Plus a Speed Chess Expert and for peop[le like Granny who would like to learn how to play chess someone to show us how. So you see children I do think about what will make you happy I hope to see you all at the Festival. Oh by the way have a look at the Pantomime Horse piccy's Granny Diana xx |
| New Events for Woodseats Festival 2010 6/20/2010 |
