Ladies and Gentlemen of Amberleigh,

As your Master of Ceremonies, it is with the greatest of pleasure that on behalf of our most esteemed Lady Elizabeth & Lady Caroline, we proudly announce Amberleigh’s fourth -

ANNUAL GARDEN FETE.

The situation shall be on the large front Green at COMELY PARK, surrounded by birch trees hung with colourful bunting between them. In the centre of the Green will be the White Marquis, where aromas of hot and cold refreshments will be served in fine china. A long side table shall provide sumptuous deserts, cakes, pies, sandwiches & savouries. A quartet playing soft concerto’s will sooth and calm the soul.

Surrounding the marquis will be green & yellow tents that shall house all your creative entries on display for the judging competitions where you may enter several items in the one category, and also catch a glimpse of our fair hostesses.

Under the bunting surrounds will be many vendors with bric a brac, homewares & produce for sale. There shall be hay bales for seating set in between locations where you can hear the Apple Scrumpy Band. Why not sip on an ale or cider from the ROSE & CROWN INN where proprietors Mr and Mrs Wallis will serve in the red striped tent. Here you will also find displays of clog dancing, The Mummers with Shakespeares Sonnets and the Morris Dancing, and for the little masters and misses, the puppet show, Punch & Judy, the tombola, coconut shie, Aunt Sally and other games, for everyone to enjoy.

On the notice board on the village green, look for the varied competition sections. We have included new categories and some old favourites. May you all feel at home in participating with the option of multiple entries in our -

" Friendly Competition Amongst Our Neighbours”.

This year we shall announce all our winners of each category on the day of the Fete

Your humble Servant,

Master of Ceremonies

Launcelot W. Penn Esq.

Here are the categories for your perusal. This is the only swap in the year that we ask every member join in to make it as much fun and joy for everyone.

We love to see what you will create and don't be daunted - there is a long month for you to bake, sew, write or make & to photograph your items or garden flowers. When you send to your one partner the photos, copy in Anna at [email protected]
This will ensure your items will be posted on the blog, and we can all vote on which ones we want to win in each category.

You may enter in as many sections as you desire, with multiple entries most acceptable. The more the merrier, we would love to see all your entries so we can post them on our blog, prior to the opening of the Fete. You will get the chance to choose which entries shall win each category by a special Poll vote that Anna will set up after the swap send by,. May the best entries win your approval. and encourage you
ALL to put at least one item in one category Thankyou.

There will be games to play on the actual Fete day of 24th June on our forum. Bingo, Scavenger Hunt, plus other games to participate. We like all our members to enjoy the games.

THE CATEGORIES

• Best Cake, Sweet or Savoury Pie or Tart

• Best Bread, Buns or Scones

• Tastiest looking Home Preserves: Jam/Jelly, Pickle or Relish/Chutney

• Most Pretty sewn or embroidered item, in keeping with our era

• Best Paper Craft

• Most descriptive Poem or piece of Prose.

• Most Popular Painted or drawn image, in keeping with our era

• Loveliest Floral entry: Photos of gardens, flowers or flower arrangements

• Best miniature item, in 1:6, 1:12 or 1:24 scale

• Best handmade jewellery item

• Handsomest Home Handicraft, such as woven items, cosplay, soap making, basketry & etc. All crafted items, not fitting in other categories.

Just to clarify this is an EMAIL ONLY SWAP.... . You will have ONE partner to send your photos.

You may enter as many of these categories as you like of your entry’s should be sent as a photo to your swap partner and ALSO forwarded in an email to Anna who will create a blog post showing all of our lovely items.

If you are entering the cake or pie competition you will send a photo of your creation with a slice cut out so that the inside as well as the outside may be seen. All other photos should be photographed in a well lit area so that they may be seen to their best advantage. If your paper creation is something that opens up, please include a photo of the inside as well as the outside.

So to your partner, you will EMAIL a photo or photos of what you have entered in the competitions with a description.

Use your imagination and most of all enjoy yourself. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have.

Anna, Nickalli and Jane