A very special thank you to everyone who contributed to the fantastic Festival we enjoyed.

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Below are some of the comments we've received and you can also look at some of the photos from the Festival by clicking on the link below. We'll be putting together a slideshow soon and investigating other methods of showing some of the many photos we have.

FEEDBACK FROM previous events

Many thanks to everyone who came to the 2008 Children's Festival - we hope you had a great time.
If you didn't come along you find out more about the Festival by clicking on these links:

2008 EVALUATION REPORT: GO>>>
2007 FEEDBACK & PHOTOS: GO>>>
2007 EVALUATION REPORT: GO>>>
2006 EVALUATION REPORT: GO>>>
See photos and feedback from previous Festivals on the links at the bottom of this page

Some of the 2008 Feedback we have received:

“We thoroughly enjoyed our day at the Children’s Festival. I just wish we had known how good it would be and we would have come on both days as I feel we only got round half of the attractions. The event was superbly organised and enjoyed by myself and my 4 year old son. He loved the 'very tall' policeman and the Go Karts best but he was hard pushed to decide which was the best part of the day! Many, many thanks – looking forward to next year.” – SW from Shrewsbury

“Stephen, I feel compelled to write to you again this year to both congratulate and thank you and your team for a fantastic 2 days! We have looked forward to the Festival again all summer, having been last year. We arrived on Sunday morning and found a fantastic array of activities, displays and demonstrations for our daughter Millie, who’s 4 to enjoy, but also for us to enjoy as a family too.
Highlights for us included no queuing to get in or any parking problems, friendly faces at every turn creating a fantastic atmosphere, the entertainers, Arts and crafts tent, Emergency and Military services, Go-karts and the trampolines and last but not least, the Funky Church in the Community performers!!! We brought a picnic with us and enjoyed that whilst watching a magic show and spent the whole day until close at 5pm. The wrist band for the inflatables was a superb idea as was the “virtual queuing” system on the more popular activities.
Monday we returned with friends and had another fantastic day out. Our friends had not been before and, following our enthusiasm for the event, came along. They spent the first couple of hours wondering what the catch was, why was such a great event not costing us a fortune, how come the kids can make and do loads of quality things for free? This just got worse when some happy chap handed us all a bottle of water each with his compliments!!!! We had another great day out which ended with us all dancing to Amarillo with Disco Daddy around the field. Class!
May I thank you and your vast team of helpers for another brilliant bank holiday event, cleverly organised, superbly executed and so much fun for every one. It looked to have been well attended and everyone we spoke to was having a great time. I sincerely hope you and the team can find the energy to maintain the momentum of this now annual event, I’m sure many people will look forward to next year!
Happy kids = Happy parents = Happy family memories!!!! Thank you.”
- Kev, Shelley and Millie, Wombourne

“Congratulations on a wonderful Children's Festival, we can appreciate all the work that the committee have done over the last 12 Months. It is all the hidden work that no one sees that is lost to all those who come and enjoy the 2 great days. WELL DONE!” – Local Bridgnorth residents

“Hi Stephen, thank you once again for a great Children's Festival. My family and I enjoyed both days of the Festival for the third year running. We still didn't manage to see everything.
My daughters are aged six and four and they very much enjoyed the story tellers "Snail Tails"," Brum and Dudley" and "Disco Daddy". He can never do anything wrong!
The girls had their faces painted by the very talented Harley Entertainers, they did a wonderful job. I think you missed an opportunity to make some money there. I'm sure nobody expected it to be free, or even if you just had a box for donations.
We thought the wristbands for the bouncy castles was an excellent idea too and also the general layout of the Festival much better (everything easier to find). Looking forward to next year already.” - Sarah, Michael, Eleanor and Bethany, Bridgnorth

Hi Stephen, I just wanted to email to let you know how much we appreciated and enjoyed the Festival this year. It was only your email …. that I was made aware of the event, but was then able to take my family and also my visiting family to the event on Bank Holiday Monday. I must feedback how professional we all felt it was, and the range of activities for all ages was superb. Thanks again for a great event! – SG from Kidderminster

Front page headline from The Bridgnorth Journal 29th August 2008
BRIDGNORTH District Council’s chairman and his predecessor have praised the organisers of three big events which had the town buzzing over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The Music Fest, Green Show and Children’s Festival all brought in big crowds of residents and visitors.
“The High Street was throbbing to The Dockers on Sunday when we left for the Olympic flag ceremony in Much Wenlock,” said district council chairman Councillor Ed Shirley. “After we returned from that very successful event the High Street was still busy at 4-5pm.
“The Green Show organised by the district council in the street was also very well attended and I understand that the Children’s Festival also went very well,” he added. “I would like to congratulate everyone involved.”
Former council chairman Councillor Les Winwood said everyone should be very grateful to Fest organiser Malcolm Bridges and his committee. “The High Street was really buzzing,” he said. “The music and the weather was good and the Green Show was a great success as well.
“The Children’s Festival at Oldbury Wells School was a very happy place to be and we must also be very grateful to Stephen Derges and his committee for putting in so much hard work for making it go so well,” he added.

Feedback from previous Festivals
2007 Children's Festival photos: GO>>>
2007 Feedback: GO>>>
2006 Feedback: GO>>>
2006 & 2007 Photos page: GO>>>

Prize draw winners

Thank you to all those who visited the Festival and purchased a Programme with free entry into the Prize Draw. For details of the winners: GO>>>

Lost property

We have a large bag of lost property collected up at the end of the Festival. If you have lost an article we may have it! Please email details of anything you've mislaid to Mark Anderson - GO>>> - and he'll check out whether we've got it.

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