St Georges Day

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

It's all happening in HOVE tomorrow ...

Sparkles & Surprises at George Street

Brighton & Hove charity, Sparkles and Surprises will be reclaiming the streets again this April 23rd to celebrate everything that is great about being English. This years St George’s Day Children’s Parade will run from the front of Hove Town Hall, move along Church Road and will finish in George Street.

Children are asked to group in front of Hove Town Hall on Norton Road between 3:30 and 4pm. The parade will kick off at 4pm. Costumes can be anything from a red cross face painting to St. George himself, or even the fair maiden he rescues. Entry to the procession is only a pound, and the winner is in for a great prize!

Once in George Street, everyone will be able to enjoy a whole raft of activities including live music, live theatre, where the story of St George will be told, and there will even be the chance to slay a dragon!

That's the kind of thing we should be doing - taking time out to appreciate what we have!

 

[clapham_gull]

It's all happening in HOVE tomorrow ...

But I thought it was banned ?

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

"....and there will even be the chance to slay a dragon!"

Wonder if I should take the wife!

 

[clapham_gull]

I've often thought that a combined Chinese New Year and St.Georges day in Trafalgar Square would really liven things up for both communities.

I'll ring Ken in the morning...

 

[Horsham Gull]

 

[chez]

Today I will be mostly using this wallpaper

 

[BensGrandad]

I am going to be proper ENGLISH and PROUD and sit down on my Swedish furniture, eating an Italian pizza washed down with some French wine, whilst watching some American program on my Japanese TV

Have you not got a German car to drive home in?

 

[clapham_gull]

What's funny about discussions of St.Georges day is the mistaken belief that something "politically correct" or left-wing is stopping it being celebrated.

Well I think the 1970s being particularly politically correct and I don't remember everyone having a day off then either.

There is also a mistaken belief that the uprising in support for it has something to do with this country being swamped with immigrants. Actually they probably think it's a bit odd that we don't have more celebrations like that.

Not sure where the embarresment comes from either, the country seems awash with St Georges flags when we manage to qualify for an international football tornament..

Scotland have only just voted to make St. Andrews day a holiday. The Welsh as far as I know don't take St.David day off, but there is a push for it. St Patrick's Day has been a holiday in Northern Ireland.

So where has this all come from ?

I'd put it down to a few things..

Because of devolution of Scotland and Wales, the English have quite rightly started to think of themselves as English (and not British) again.

The Euro championships over here got people realising that they could quite happily display the flag again without it having nasty connotations. That's not often talked about - but I think that was a major factor is us-reclaiming the flag from those who want to symbolise nothing quite horrid.

The commercialisation of St.Patricks day into Guinness day has probably got people thinking - can't we have a day of binge drinking too ?

It we really wanted to spice it up, we could perhaps combine it with Chinese New Year ?

It should be a day to celebrate what is good about this country and not given up to those who wish to use it as an excuse to tell the world what they think is wrong.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

If its St Georges day then thats means its 3 years since we drew with West Ham at Withdean - Dean Hammond

 

[bhaexpress]

I thought PC Support is what I do for a living.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

That's the kind of thing we should be doing - taking time out to appreciate what we have!

But Hans that is what we are doing on sunday so why diss the march?

 

[keaton]

I will be at work, but as it is a dress down day I will be wearing my England top and have a few pints of Carling afterwards.

England forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A grown at work in a replica football shirt, followed by drinking Carling?
I think i'd choose the racist gobshite's March instead of that

 

[chez]

A grown at work in a replica football shirt, followed by drinking Carling?
I think i'd choose the racist gobshite's March instead of that

Suit youself!!

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

A grown at work in a replica football shirt, followed by drinking Carling?
I think i'd choose the racist gobshite's March instead of that

there's no need for that.....

 

[surrey jim]

happy st georges day

 

[steve-c]

taken week of work , but i dont work st. georges day, its now official at work i dont work 23 rd april

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

But you are telling people that to celebrate St Georges day they should be reading the BNP manifesto are you not??

Some would say that you are associating celebrating St Georges day with racism!

Wrong and who mentioned racism? Steward 433 is a supporter of the BNP. I simply said he could spend his day off reading their manifesto. You have put all the links together and come up with St Georges Day and racism....not me.

 

[footychick]

i've just put mine up in the garden and the guy whose garden backs on to mine has ask me to take it down as it is upsetting his wife who is german,as you would expect i have ignored him.

How bloody ridiculous

 

[footychick]

It's all happening in HOVE tomorrow ...

Sparkles & Surprises at George Street

Brighton & Hove charity, Sparkles and Surprises will be reclaiming the streets again this April 23rd to celebrate everything that is great about being English. This years St George’s Day Children’s Parade will run from the front of Hove Town Hall, move along Church Road and will finish in George Street.

Children are asked to group in front of Hove Town Hall on Norton Road between 3:30 and 4pm. The parade will kick off at 4pm. Costumes can be anything from a red cross face painting to St. George himself, or even the fair maiden he rescues. Entry to the procession is only a pound, and the winner is in for a great prize!

Once in George Street, everyone will be able to enjoy a whole raft of activities including live music, live theatre, where the story of St George will be told, and there will even be the chance to slay a dragon!


Details ...

S+ George's Day
Children's Parade
Hove Town Hall to George Street, Hove
Wednesday 23rd April 2008

Last years St Georges Day Parade in George Street, Hove, proved to be the only parade celebrated on the correct day south of London. Thanks to the support of the local children, businesses and the Business Forum, local charity Sparkles & Surprises was able to put on the event at very short notice, giving no time for the local schools and nurseries to take part. The event raised over £650 to take local complex special needs children and their families on the Bluebell Railway last Christmas Eve. The Children’s Parade caught the imagination of the press, with BBC South East TV filming and broadcasting several minutes on prime time TV, The Argus gave a full page in colour and Juice FM promoted the event and did live broadcast from the street plus interviews with Southern FM and Radio Reverb.

YOUR SCHOOL OR NURSERY CAN JOIN IN THE FUN
We are inviting your School or nursery and families of your pupils to meet by 4pm at Hove Town Hall for the start of the Parade march. We invite children to be dressed up as Princesses, St Georges or Dragons and enjoy the slow street procession behind the marching band from the Town Hall and all the way up George Street. Once in George Street the children will receive prizes for their costumes and then watch the fairytale street play of St George and the Dragon. There will be face painting, a Dragon Race, bouncy castle, zero gravity spaceball, radio station live broadcast and many fun things for the children and families to join in, ending at 6pm. The Parade is a fun, children orientated event, supported by Brighton & Hove Business Forum and City Council.

We are inviting each local nursery and school to design and make banners and flags to parade with, including the name of your nursery, and your children to make costumes, masks, headgear, swords etc to wear on the Parade. Teachers are warmly welcomed to join the parade and help coordinate each school/class at Hove town Hall by 4pm. Each child will be asked to donate voluntarily £1 to join the parade and receive a prize for the fancy dress competition for best costumes in the Dragon, St George and Princess categories, judged by the actors in the street play. The street will be dressed up before the Parade:
✫ Bunting and flags to dress the street
✫ Shops to dress up shop windows
✫ Fun stalls
✫ Face Painting
✫ Bouncy Castle and Spaceball
✫ Tombola and flags for sale

4-6pm HOVE TOWN HALL - GEORGE STREET
✫ St Georges Day Parade from Hove Town Hall, leading it’s way up George Street
✫ Parade to be led by a marching band and characters of the St George & Dragon fairytale
✫ Fancy dress competition for all the schools taking part
✫ Complex special needs children included in all events
✫ Local children’s drama group to act out the St Georges story in the middle of George Street
✫ Juice FM to compare event and live outside broadcast/promote event
✫ Dragon Race… where children race to slay the dragon and win a prize

Wouldn’t it be great if every local school and nursery took part in some way! Contact us soon.

Damn, why can't they have one of them here.

 

[keaton]

How bloody ridiculous

And untrue, i'm guessing