Kite Festival

• Guest 688

  • Registered: 16 Jul 2009
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  26 August 2009     11:2528023
  #1      
  Myself and my family went to the kite festival last year held on the Astor School playing field,and It was to be honest, a wonderful and colourful experience.I have been told that the festival will not becoming back to Dover,which In It's self Is a great shame.However the hints at the reason why left me astounded,that Dover my or my not have failed to pay the bill.If this Is so,and I hope that It Is not,how as a forward looking and creatively vibrant town are we supposed to attract such events.Thoughts please.
• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 August 2009     12:5828026
  #2      
  I seem to remember that Shiela Amos said that the kite festival was cancelled this year due to access problems at the Astor playing field. The opinion at the time was that it would be ok next year.
  
  Terry
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
• Guest 640

  • Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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  26 August 2009     15:2928032
  #3      
  This looks like an event thats been put on the backburner, or on the long finger. I was at the event and got some nice pictures. As John says above it was a colourful event and was difficult not to get a good picture or two which we duly used. When I went, about mid morning, there was only a very few people there, outnumbered by stallholders and kiteflyers. However I beleive it picked up later in the day crowdwise as I remember one of the forumites saying so...it might indeed have been you that mentioned that Terry.
  
  Was it a DDC or DTC event I cant remember.
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 649

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 August 2009     16:0428034
  #4      
  I was the one who put it on for the Festival of Dover 2008 the Dover Town council put up the funding and the staff of the Town council done a very good job in helping the event to turn out good, the Festival of Dover was voted on when I was on the council to be every four years,so that makes the next one in 2012, I hope it goes ahead, it could be even better if it did and I again would like to take apart in it, now I only work part-time it would gave me more time,but if it is to go ahead then we need to get it off the ground now,I have no say in it anymore, but if I am asked then it would be a yes.
  
  Vic M
• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 August 2009     16:1928036
  #5      
  Someone needs to put some early efforts into the next Festival of Dover so it doesn't just turn into a damp squib I lot of people with a lot of good ideas and it didn't really get off the ground and benefit anyone
  Been nice knowing you :)
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 August 2009     19:2028049
  #6      
  what would we do without you victor?
  
  without your efforts none of us would have noticed that the "festival of dover" happened.
• Guest 649

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  26 August 2009     19:3528053
  #7      
  All the new and old events which was put on in the Festival 2008 were well done and some of them had a full house,It was the first one and if done again it would be alot better. That is all I have to say about it only hope we go for it again.I will be seeing and writing some letters to see how the land lies.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  26 August 2009     19:3928056
  #8      
  ar you threatening to do another one victor?
• Guest 649

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  26 August 2009     20:2228063
  #9      
  Howard,I take that as a joke.
• Guest 652

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  26 August 2009     21:1628071
  #10      
  Hi All
  Just to update you as regards the Kite Festtival, this years it was cancelled due to access problems, but the event will be taking place next year, as access has been sorted, and arrangements have been made by all the parties involved.
  Sheila
• Guest 674

  • Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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  28 August 2009     07:0828120
  #11      
  Sheila
  thank you for updating us, and showing a large number of volunteers get involved in such events, and that the event will take place again well done sheila
• Guest 672

  • Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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  28 August 2009     07:5128127
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  Just thought I would show this again as a reminder of what we have missed again.
  
  Ian...
  grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
• Guest 652

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  28 August 2009     21:2128149
  #13      
  Keith
  Its not me doing anything its the events comittee that I am on, so can update you as things progress
  Sheila
• Guest 674

  • Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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  29 August 2009     02:2028155
  #14      
  just being on the events committee sheila imsure you willmove mountains(or kites lol
  )