SIMON Emmerson, founder of the international folk band The Imagined Village, will be playing at this year’s Broadwindsor Fun Day this Saturday 11 June.
Simon and some of his musician friends will be performing at the event, which has ‘Global Village’ as its theme.
Stallholders will be representing countries from around the world as the fun gets going on Bernards Place – the village green – in the centre of Broadwindsor, from 2.30pm.
There’ll be plate smashing (Greece), skittles (Russian), a Wild West bar and an Australian-themed barbecue. There will be lots of games for the children, entertainment from a unicycling balloon modeller (who also does a bit of stilt walking), a couple of slots by Irish musician Duff Paddy and some Eastern European folk songs from The Maurice Yarham Singers. Entry to the fete is free.
And all weekend, scarecrows will be out in force throughout the village as part of the annual scarecrow festival.
The fun day starts on Saturday with a Big Breakfast in the Comrades Hall from 9am until 10.30am. Then in the afternoon, a parade of village organisations sets off at 2.15pm from the Magna car park next to the Cross Keys.
The fete will be opened on the green by villager Pip Cadwell, who for years organised the Broadwindsor pram race, and his wife, Nicky.
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