St George Fest
Hedge End

The 2009 St George Fest is over and we're all looking forward to 2010. We hope to see you all again next year! You can find pictures of the 2009 St George's Day Banquet here, and pictures of the Regency Ball here.

We would like to make our event even better next year. Please send comments and suggestions to us at Dragon@StGeorgeFest.org.uk

The Scots, Irish and Welsh are very good at celebrating their nationality; the English, unfortunately, have a lot to learn. The town of Hedge End, in Hampshire is organising a celebration in 2009 to help put this right.

We encourage people from Hedge End and from far and wide to join us.

Present day England is a multi-cultural country and we wish to celebrate this as well as the more traditional English things.

The celebrations start on St George's Day (Thursday 23^rd April) and end on the Saturday evening with an event everybody can join in - a barn dance interleaved with pieces by local performers.

The picture on the left is from the National Gallery in London and is by Gustave Moreau.

We have been given permission by Hedge End Town Council to run a Jousting Tournament and a campsite at Woodhouse Lane. The Jousting will be at 3.00pm on the Saturday.

Here is the programme:

Thursday	7.00 pm for 7.30 pm start	Banquet with music, song and dance in 2000 Centre, St John's Road	£29.95 per head
Friday		Regency Ball in Botleigh Grange Hotel, with demonstrations by the Hampshire Regency Dancers	£19.95 per head
Saturday	11.00 am to 2.30 pm	Open Air market, Street theatre and other events at Wildern School and in Hedge End Village Centre	No charge
	11.00 am to 2.30 pm	Traditional music session at the Hedge End Club, Bursledon Rd, aided by members of the Woolston and Bursledon Folk Club.
	2.00 pm start	Guided walk	£2 per head
	2.30 pm start	Jousting Tournament at Woodhouse Lane	£5 per head for both
	3.00 pm start	Falconry Display at Woodhouse Lane
	7.30 pm	Barn dance with Rocas and musical and other diversions at Hedge End Village Hall	£5 per head or £15 per family
Sunday	9.00 am	Strawberry Trail Walk (15 miles!)

We also offer Freedom Tickets for £50 per head which allow free access to all events. Please follow this link if you want to order tickets.

You can see where all these events are taking place on this map, by courtesy of Google. As you can see, they take place in Hedge End, a few miles east of Southampton.

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