THIS IS A PAST EVENT
23rd April 2011
Join in the FREE festivities in Nottingham's Old Market Square to celebrate St George's Day, on Saturday 23 April 2011.
To mark St George's Day, the city will be hosting a full day of celebratory events and activities for the whole family to enjoy.
Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm
The grand St George's Day parade will leave Forest Recreation Ground at 12noon and will process down Mansfield Road and into the Old Market Square via Long Row.
The parade will feature St George and the Dragon, costumed characters, marching bands and over 400 Scouts and uniformed participants.
The programme of activities in the Old Market Square will include:
* The Nottingham Dragon and St. George on horseback
with accompanying Knights
* English food and drink market featuring local producers
* Traditional music and dance with local groups
* Maypole dancing workshops for all ages
* Traditional English games
* Contemporary folk music performance by Nimming Ned
* Performance of a contemporary mummers play by Arts in
Education students
* Storytelling for all ages
* Brass band concert featuring Carlton Brass
* Costumed characters
* Medieval combat demonstrations with the Dogs of War
* Robin Hood
* Scouting activities
* Tours of the Council House
* Nottingham Civic Society will be conducting a
Right Royal Walk around the city centre
Celebrate St George's Day with some crafty fun - FREE for all. These activities will be going on throughout the day:
* Make a paper rose windmill to take away with artist Rosie Hobbs
* Be a knight! Design your own sword, shield,
helmet and tabard with Artists Jade Goacher and Annette Waterfield
* Create your own fantastically fierce dragon puppet with artist
Catherine Connolly
* Scale the dragon! Create your own scales to add
to this beast with artist Elaine Lim-Newton
* Watch and help Dean the Art Wizard who will be creating a
large floor based installation of St George and the Dragon using
CDs & more
* Watch out for 10 dragon head sculptures, created by Nottingham
After School Cubs
Activities will be taking place at the following times in the Market Square:
11.00am - 12.00pm
Morris Dancing with Rattlejag Morris, Foresters Morris and Greenwood Step Clog Dancers
12.00 - 12.40pm
Nimming Ned (contemporary folk music)
The Parade enters the Square
1.30 - 2.00pm
The Dogs of War medieval combat display
2.00 - 2.45pm
Carlton Brass Band concert
2.45 - 3.15pm
Maypole dancing and 'have a go' workshop
3.30 - 4.15pm
Carlton Brass Band concert
Harry, England and St. George - A Modern Mummers Play
1.15pm, 2.15pm and 3.15pm
FREE tours of the Council House
11.00am, 11.30am, 12.00pm, 12.30pm, 1.00pm, 1.30pm, 2.00pm and 2.30pm
A right Royal walk around Nottingham led by Kurt Hatton of Nottingham Civic Society
Depart from the steps of the Council House at 2.00pm.
'O to be in England'
St Peter's Church (next to Marks and Spencers), St Peter's Gate
Come and join local poets and celebrate St George's Day with poetry themed broadly on England from poets old and new. This is a FREE event and everyone is welcome!
1 - 2pm
Seven local poets share their own poems and their favourite poems of England. They will also talk about what poetry means to them.
2 - 2.30pm
Anyone welcome to share a poem of their own or a favourite poem on the broad theme of England. Sign up at the door, first come, first served. You can either read it yourself or have it read by a local poet.
Come for one session, both, or just drop in and out.
