Attendees
Ping Henningham (Chair Elect), Dan Farrow (Secretary), Naomi Richards, Cathy Roberts, Rooma Parmer, Patricia O’Flannagan
Love Shack – Saturday 1st July
- Naomi unfortunately cannot do 1st July because of work commitments
- We’re losing Dave from Stomp because he’s booked that day
- We decided we can’t change the date again so we’ll have to work around not having Dave to do music
Open Mic – Shacklewell’s Got Talent
- Open to kids & parents
- Patricia suggested asking Andy to play guitar
- Sheena suggested asking Ebony’s sister to sing
- Louise’s dad is a magician
- Mr Spencer plays the guitar
- 5 minute slots for kids, up to 10 minutes for adults
- Finale with homemade instruments and singalong
- School Choir are unavailable sadly
Obstacle course
- Cat is away but we are hoping Jacqui can repeat the course from the Festival of Friendship which was very popular
- To make it easier to run Ping suggested having bracelets which allow kids unlimited play
- Bracelets would be 20p
Other stall idea we discussed
- Musical instruments craft stand
- Kids make instruments from everyday items e.g. shakers
- Ask parents for donations
- Performance with singalong at the finale
- Karaoke
- We would need to hire or buy a machine
- Bouncy Castle – usually we get one from the church
- Dressing up
- ’60s Flower Power theme
- Hippy clothes
- Performance hair salon – hair accessories, crazy styles, hair mascara
- Face Painting
- Nail Bar
- Glittery Tattoos
- Spaghetti & Marshmallow construction
- Materials are cheap!
- Prizes for Tallest Construction, Most Inventive
- Showcase of constructions near the stage
- Salsa Workshop & demonstration
- Swap Shop
- School uniform, toys, books
- Mug Craft stall
- Lucky Dip stall
- Soak-A-Teacher
- Dan has a lovely board from previous years
- Mystery Box game
- Child puts hand in one of three holes
- Finds prize or receives shock e.g. silly string, shaving foam, water, slime, beans
Food
- National Dishes from parents
- This was a big success at the Festival of Friendship
- Crepes
- Naomi has a burner
- Other ingredients are cheap
- Ice creams
- Buy a load from Iceland
- Keep cold in iceboxes
- Extra stock in school freezers
- Dan has a Dutch bike with rack on the front and stand
- Rum punch & Pimm’s
- Sarah was organising an alcohol license
Pricing
- Entrance price 50p
- Stall events 20p
Actions
- Shacklewell’s Got Talent:
- Ask talented parents if they would be up for performing
- Email campaign to recruit talent and helpers
- We need an MC to run the show
- We need a stage manager to organise the acts
- Make sign up sheets
- Ask Jacqui about running the obstacle course
- Cathy to think about what donations we need for instruments
- Ask parents for donations
- Research karaoke machine prices
- Ask Sarah about the bouncy castle
- Ask Sarah about alcohol license
- Naomi to ask Salsa lady about doing a workshop
- Ping to ask teachers to volunteer for Soak-A-Teacher
- Big email campaign to advertise the event and get help / talent