Join us for The Big Village Party on Saturday!

Preparations are well underway for the Big Village Party 2, we do hope you can join us at the Playing Field this Saturday.

Entry is free to all. There’s lots to do for all the family.

Our theme is Festival Colour… we hope to see all the colours of the rainbow…feel free to dress up! Sparkles, feathers and sequins or fancy dress are very much the order of the day but not obligatory!

Kidsfest activities kick off at 4pm ~ football skills, face painting, ice creams, hair feathering, bouncy castle and more…

Memory Man will be running a Circus Skills Workshop at 4pm followed by his incredible Live Show. This performance is made possible by Applause Rural Touring.

Food will be served from 5.30-9.30pm we have a selection of gourmet burgers, hot dogs, halloumi burgers and a veggie curry. Plus local strawberries and cream and or ice creams.

Live music Line Up
5.30pm Jason Lines
6.30pm India Brown and Yaron Ash
7.30pm Folkstack Lightnin’
8.30pm Groove Hoover
9.40pm Phoenix Fires

Don’t miss our Rodeo Sheep ride! We look forward to seeing you there…

 

Sing for your Supper

Friday 22nd June at the Village Hall from 7.30pm

The Variety Club would like to invite members and interested friends to join us for a fun filled sing-along with live music.

We will be joined by pianist Dom Hartley.  Favourite songs and popular numbers over the decades are on the menu together with Carol’s legendary chilli. (Vegetarian option will be available on request.) Bring a bottle with you or soft drinks will be available at the hall.

Entry is free to all, but donations to the cost of the food would be most welcome at the event.

Homefront Lindy Hop Club

We teach Lindy Hop and Bal-Swing at the Village Hall on Thursday evenings.

Lindy Hop is a very sociable dance and has the added bonus of being really good exercise!

We also hold a monthly dance at local Village Halls in East Sussex. Come along and enjoy dancing, whether you Lindy, Jive or Rock ‘n Roll!

For more information please do not hesitate to contact us, for details of classes please see the calendar.

Activity Address Hadlow Down Village Hall
Name of Contacts Melanie and Simon
Telephone Melanie – 07766 881045  Simon – 07796 962997
Email homefrontlindyhop@yahoo.co.uk
Website www.homefrontlindyhop.co.uk

Pop Up Supper Club at the Pavilion

The Playing Field Committee are pleased to announce that the first of this years Pop Up Suppers will be a Polish themed menu. In fact you might say we are “supper” excited!

Please join us at the Playing Field Pavilion from 7pm on Friday 15th June. A three course meal will be served for £15 per person.  Bring your own wine and beer.

The Pavilion is a lovely setting especially when it is  transformed for the evening into a convivial pop up restaurant.

Book early to avoid disappointment. Call Glenys on 01825 830857.

EAT WELL. RAISE A GLASS. MAKE FRIENDS

Open Gardens are back!

Please join us on Saturday 16th June 12:00pm – 5:00pm

After the successful launch of the Open Gardens Project last year during the Celebrate Festival its back! With even more gardens for you to view. Teas will be served all afternoon at both Hadlow Lodge, Wilderness Lane and Springwell Cottage, Hall Lane.

The Gardens
The Corner Cottage, Wilderness Lane
Hardly Beacon, Wilderness Lane
Hadlow Lodge, Wilderness Lane
Gyll Hope Farm, Wilderness Lane
Rose Cottage, Hall Lane
Springwell Cottage, Hall Lane
Hastingford Lodge, Hastingford Lane

Entry is £5 per person, payable at the first garden you visit. Children under 16 free. Look out for the balloons at the entrance to each garden.

All proceeds will go to the Alzheimers Society and Engage Charity.

 

Quiz Nights at the New Inn

Currently suspended due to Covid 19 rules.  But we hope you can join us for the next Village Pub Quiz at the New Inn on any second Tuesday of the month  at 7.30pm.  once the rules are relaxed.
Teams of 4 are required, entry is £5 per head. Refreshments are served halfway through the questions and the winning team chooses which local cause to support by donating their winnings!
NO CHEATING!
Mobiles are not to be used and turned off during the quiz.  Breach of ‘phone rules will mean immediate disqualification.

 

The Big Village Party 2

The Village Fayre Committee are proud to be hosting the second Big Village Party at the Playing Field.

The Party will start at 4pm on Saturday 30th June and will finish at Midnight. Our aim is to embrace the young and old of the
village and to help with this the School will be curating a festival area for the young which will be running from 4pm.

After 3 brilliant years bringing you the Village Fayre from Tinkers Park, we bid a fond farewell and are enjoying settling back into our original home at The Playing Field in the heart of our village.

The Playing Field is a beautiful setting and its ours, the Villages’ and we love it! It’s got loads of space for us to run around and offers a stunning outlook for the Marquees.

Like last year we will bring you fantastic live music from 5pm with a diverse line up, again something for all tastes. Stay in touch here and on the Village Website for the confirmed line up announcements. A full schedule with timings will be
published shortly before the festival.

Our aim is to provide a range of delicious food and drink using locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. There will be a delicious barbecue, with gourmet burgers and salad.
Vegetarian options including pesto and halloumi burgers, a vegetarian curry and more! Meal tickets will be
sold at the event or before with a discounted price for groups/ families.
If you would like to pre-buy meal tickets please contact
Mandy on 01825 830916 mandy.chapman45@googlemail.com
or Glenys on 01825 830857 glenys.lake@btopenworld.com
no later than Monday 25th June.

We hope you will embrace the Festival vibe! Our inspiration this year is all the colours of the rainbow and we hope you will embrace all that brings. We plan to party whatever the weather so dust off your sequins,get creative with your make-up and outfit! We positively encourage fancy dress…so get your thinking caps on. Let’s dress up and dance!

 

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The Ghost Train Postponed

It is with great regret that Hadlow Down Variety Club, following in the best tradition of British Rail, must announce that the Ghost Train scheduled to run on 4th. & 5th May has had to be postponed.  One of our lead actors has suddenly fallen ill and will need a long period of recovery and we all wish him well.   Being so close to the performance date finding someone to take the part on is not an option but the director and cast having already put so much work into what will be a great local theatrical production are determined that the show is not cancelled but just postponed.   The new dates are November the 23rd. & 24th.   The good news is that there may be more seats available!  Watch this space!!
For all ticket queries and to book for the November dates ring:
Glenys on 01825 830857

Football

We now have a brand-new football area. Fully leveled, drained and re-seeded.
It’s run by a committee of trustees with much help from our friends and volunteers. Thanks to a grant we received from Wealden District Council, we have purchased some goals, corner flags and a line marking machine and paint. So we are fully kitted up and ready for the 2018-19 season.

Contacts  Nigel Harrison – Chairman
Telephone 01825
Email nigel.mayette@gmail.com
Website http://hdpf.uk