WELCOME!
Community involvement and a taste of things to come!
The Steyning community and surrounding areas will once again have the opportunity of experiencing a vast programme of events that includes music, visual arts, theatre, literature and walks. This year will also include an exciting programme of community events. There will be something to suit all ages and interests for all the family to enjoy throughout the two weeks.
The Festival will start with a Children’s Parade on Saturday 26th May involving children from the local primary schools and pre-schools. This will get our Festival off to a great start so do all come along and support the local children.
On Sunday 3rd June the High Street will be closed between 11.00am and 4.00pm for The Big Diamond Jubilee Sunday Lunch. Tables and chairs will be set up all down the High Street and residents are invited to either bring a picnic or to buy food at the event. The plan is to sell tickets in advance, at a nominal price, for people to book a place at a table so that we have an idea of numbers. There will be entertainment in the High Street and a Skateboard Park in the Car Park so that some of our talented young national skateboarders can demonstrate their skills and there will be an opportunity to ‘have a go’.
On Monday 4th June there will be an all-day Sporting Event in the Memorial Playing Field. All the local sports clubs are taking part - there will be demonstrations and opportunities to try things out. There will also be a mini Olympics being organised by Horsham District Council’s Leisure Link and we intend to resurrect the ancient and honourable tradition of the St Cuthman Wheelbarrow Race!
In addition to the Festival events, we are planning to ‘decorate the town’ to make it look as bright and cheerful as possible. We are running a community project to make bunting and also, local shops and High Street businesses will be taking part in the Steyning Festival Diamond Jubilee Window Competition.
Further information of the arts and community events will be available at a later date and our programme of events will available to download around five weeks prior to the Festival.
If you would like to help or be involved, we have some interesting areas at the moment that need additional support. If you have a little spare time, do contact us.
Get involved!
Plans are well underway, but we are always interested to hear from enthusiastic people who would like to help with the festival. If you would like to get involved in any way, please contact Christine Aubrey c.aubrey@mac.com or Rhiannon Stuart-Jones r.stuartjones@hotmail.co.uk We need help in all areas and you can be involved in a big or small way depending on how much time you have available.
Join the Friends of Steyning Festival
Friends are support group for the Festival and for a small annual subscription (£10 individual & £15 family) they can get priority booking for some of the more popular events and a chance to have a drink and meet some of the actors at an event to be decided. If you would like to join the Friends of Steyning Festival please download the application below and return it to the address on the form.
Click to download Friends of Steyning Festival application form
Short Story Competition
A popular part of the Festival is its short story competition, open to anyone who would like to enter a previously unpublished piece of work of up to 1500 words on any theme. The short story competition is being sponsored by Wilton Park and supported by The Steyning Bookshop. The competition will be judged by a Festival panel and author Simon Brett The prize presentations will be held during the Festival at a special lunch at Wiston House, kindly hosted by Wilton Park .
First prize £250
Second prize £50
Third prize £25
Fee for entry to the adult competition is £4 per story or three stories for £10. Entry forms and competition rules can be downloaded below.
Junior Short Story Competition
Junior Section (Ages 12-16) judged by a local children's author
First prize £25 book token
Second prize £10 book token
Short Story Competition Forms
Closing date 31st March for both competitions Adult Short Story CompetitionFor more details, email the competition secretary: steyningbookshop@yahoo.co.uk or download the relevant forms below.
Download competiton details (adult and junior)
Download competiton rules
Download adult application form
Download Junior Section application form
Art Trail
26/27 May - 2/4/5 & 9/10 June
This year Steyning Arts is co-ordinating the Visual Arts on behalf of Steyning Festival. The Art Trail will comprise an exhibition of art work for auction and approximately 60 artists will be exhibiting their work in 21 venues located in Steyning, Bramber and Upper Beeding. The Art Trail will also include demonstrations and workshops with full details listed in the Festival brochure and on the SA and SF websites. We look forward to seeing you at our venues. For more information on artists visit www.steyningarts.co.uk
Previous 2010 Festival Programme
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WENT ON IN THE 2010 STEYNING FESTIVAL
