Yet again, we had a marvellous fete day in Compton Dando 
on 6th July, despite a heavy shower right on the dot of 3pm, when we all got a little wet. The sun soon came out again, though.
Thank you to everyone who came, we could tell that you were having a good time by the ambient noise. We had the fantastic South Bristol Ukes band playing several sessions during the afternoon, much to the delight of the crowd – we have booked them again for next year.
Our Master of Ceremonies, Jonathan Foyle commented as the excitement grew to fever pitch for the annual Duck Race. The torrent of water, helped by the previous night’s downpour, swept numbers 237, 224, and 127 to the finishing line. There were 8 lucky prize winners, as we sold over 700 tickets.
Amongst the other competition winners were: Fiona and Simon Gregg Smith for the Egg Catching; Jim and Oscar for top scores in the Skittles event; Julia Dalby who correctly named the Doll – Clara, Julia’s granddaughter’s name! and Ella McCarthy won the Best Bracelet competition. As usual we were fortunate to have some wonderful donated Raffle Prizes from local businesses and individuals and 7 village families were in the mix of 17 different prizes.
A huge thank you goes to Phillip Gentle, and his team of helpers, for organizing the fete. It takes a lot of background work for several months to put on an afternoon’s entertainment. An especial thank you to the set-up team who turned out in the pouring rain on the Friday evening to put up the marquees and gazebos. As you will see from one of the photos, the wind thwarted us overnight, so a bit of handiwork was required to put everything to rights in the morning.
As usual, next year’s fete will be on the first Saturday in July, that is the 5th. Put it in your diary now.