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Week
St Mary Scarecrow Festival was a resounding success with hundreds
of visitors coming to the village over the week to see the 52
Scarecrows that have been set up by the residents.
The
Scarecrows range from the very tiny (under 6" tall) to man sized
and can be found in all sorts of locations including on roof tops,
in gardens, stuck in 'quicksand', garening, resting, skiing etc.
The
people of Week St Mary have certainly exercised their imaginations
and a great deal of ingenuity has gone into their creations.
All
the scarecrows have been invited to stay in the church once they
have been removed after the festival and to remain there until Week
St Mary Revel on 21st September.
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| This scarecrow
helps to keep the village tidy |
There
are plans to display them once more as a tableau in the Revel Harvest
Queen's Procession and the Champion Scarecrow will lead that procession.
Following
the successful Scarecrow Festival at Week St Mary, the villages'
visiting Scarecrows were invited by the Rector, Revd Rob Dickenson
to take a well earned rest in the Parish Church.
They
were offered an all expenses paid holiday for four weeks interrupted
for only one hour on Sundays, in order that they might wait until
the Week St Mary Revel and be able to be present at the Revel Service
on Sunday 23rd September at which the preacher will be the Bishop
of St Germans, the Very Reverend Roy Screech.
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| The scarecrows
have settled well in the village and attend church! |
Approximately
50 of the Scarecrows have accepted this offer so far and the Family
Service of 1st September, led by Revd John Cotton was their first
experience of worshp in the church.
They
behaved impeccably and were welcomed with great enthusiasm by the
regular congregation.
The
Festival was a competition judged by how much money the scarecrow
creators could raise.The winner was 'Jubilee Joe', created by village
Postmaster Jeff Roberts who raised £51 for the Revel Fund.
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| The surf's
up for one of the village scarecrows! |
The
total raised by the Festival was over £750. Many thanks to all who
attended the Festival from far and wide and helped to make it such
a special week in Week St Mary.
If
you have spotted scarecrows in your village send us in a collection
of photographs and we will feature them within our village pages.
email:
cornwall@bbc.co.uk
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