West Wilts Show 2009

FREE Activity Programme

Be creative at the West Wilts Show. Come along and join in some great free workshops and activities for the whole family. Here's a taster of what's on offer.

Minature Garden Competition Winners - Shaw Trust Palmer Gardens
Gardens were judged by Trevor Heeks the Trowbridge Town Crier

 

 

 

 

 

Music and Dance

Samba Drumming with Michael Grant

Your opportunity to try out two different styles of samba – hip-hop and reggae – and get a chance to perform on the main stage! No musical knowledge needed.

Dancing with Annette Purshouse

Learn dances from the hits High School Musical, Hairspray and Kung Fu Fighting! No experience needed.

Doh-A-Deer with Jane Watts

Lively music and singing sessions for those aged one to four.   Learn finger rhymes and songs, and enjoy moving to music using percussion instruments and puppets. All with a strong emphasis on fun! 

The above activities are sponsored and organized by the Wiltshire Music Centre. You can find out more about any of these events by emailing info@wiltshiremusic.org.uk

Samba Drumming

(45 minute sessions)
For adults and children aged 8+

Samba Hip-Hop

Thursday 23 July, 11am, 2pm, 4pm
Friday 24 July, 11am

Samba Reggae

Thursday 23 July, 12midday, 3pm
Friday 24 July, 12midday

Join Thursday’s 4pm workshop or Friday’s 12midday workshop, and perform what you’ve learnt on the main arena straight afterwards!

Dance

(45 minute sessions)
For those aged 7+

Friday 24 July

High School Musical!           2pm
 
Hairspray!                          3pm

‘Kung Fu Fighting’ from       4pm
‘Kung Fu Panda’

Doh-A-Deer (45 minute sessions)
1 to 2½ year olds
Saturday 25 July, 11am, 2pm
2½ to 4 year olds
Saturday 25 July,12 midday, 3pm

Contact:
info@wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Tel: 01225 860100
www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk
All workshops are free and are on a first come, first served basis.  All materials / instrumments provided. Under 8’s must be accompanied by an adult. Go to the Show office (portacabin) outside the Civic Hall for locations.

Crafts and Gardening

Getting Creative with the Wiltshire Scrapstore

Getting Creative with the Wiltshire Scrapstore

Come along and join the Wiltshire Scrapstore in the main activity tent in the children’s area and decorate your own tee-shirt with fabric crayons.  You can keep your tee-shirt and wear it over the Summer!

Funky Figures and Brilliant Badges with artist Anne Poole

 

Funky Figures and Brilliant Badges with artist Anne Poole

Butcher, baker, candlestick-maker… fairy, mermaid, clown – come along and join Anne in the main activity tent in the children’s area and make your own funky figure. If you think you’re too old for all that, then make a brilliant badge instead. We will use all sorts of colourful and varied scrap materials, just bring your imagination.

Gardening with Trowbridge and District Horticultural Society Gardening Club

The Gardening Club invite children up to the age of 12 to come along to the main activity tent in the children’s area and "pot a plant" or "sow some seeds" to take home and care for.  All plants and materials provided.

Shaw Trust Palmer Gardens

Come along and create and make your own minature garden to take home.  You will also have the opportunity to enter a daily competition for the best minature garden.  If you enter you will need to leave your garden for judging and collect it between 4 and 4.30pm on the same day.

Each day’s prize winners will be listed on the Show website after the event and prizes will need to be collected from Palmer Gardens in Trowbridge from Monday 27 July.

Prizes will be a selection of ‘gardening related goodies’

‘Pot a Plant’ - T&DHS Gardening Club

No specific times.  Located in the children’s activity area.

Contact:
Trowbridge & District Horticultural Society Gardening Club
Pat Wilkins Tel: 01225 775900

Minature Garden - Shaw Trust Palmer Gardens

Thursday 11-4pm, Friday 10.30-4pm,
Saturday 10.30-4pm

There will be two age categories for the minature garden competition
Under 7’s and 7-11yrs

Contact: Shaw Trust Palmer Gardens
Clive Jackson Tel: 01225 768977

 

Craft workshops

Teeshirt decorating and funky figures/badges

No specific times.  Located in the children’s activity area.

Contacts:- Anne Poole, artfor@fsmail.net
Tel: 01373 858711

Wiltshire Scrapstore, create@wiltsplay.org.uk
www.wiltsplay.org.uk

All workshops are free and are on a first come, first served basis.  All materials provided. Under 8’s must be accompanied by an adult. Go to the Show office (portacabin) outside the Civic Hall for locations.

Sports and Juggling

Wiltshire Council's Alternative Sports Area

Are you bored with traditional sports?  Why not come along and sample some exciting alternatives at this year’s Show.  You will find us on the tennis courts behind the Town Council marquees.  Throughout the three days there will be skateboarding, Ultimate Frisbee and a climbing wall. 

Thursday 23 and Friday 24 July

Skate park 11 years+

Whether you are a beginner or more experienced, come and have a go with BMX and skateboard coaches from Rubicon Skateboards.  All necessary equipment is available for skateboarding.  For BMX bring your own bike.  Helmets must be worn.

Saturday 25 July

Climbing wall

Come and have a free climb.  Qualified instructors will be on hand to guide both beginners and the more advanced.  You can test yourself on the different levels.

Ultimate Frisbee 11 years +

Over the three days come and try your hand at this fast growing sport.

All activities are free of charge. 
All participants will need to sign in at the gazebo at the front of the courts.

Organised by Wiltshire Council in partnership with Wiltshire Alternative Youth Sports Partnership.

Contact:  Danny Geeson
Tel: 03004560100

Circus Skills with Flip Juggling

Circus Skills and Flip Juggling

Flip Juggling is a professional husband and wife team running Juggling Workshops at festivals all over the UK.

Come along and join them in the children’s activity area.  Adults and children of all levels and abilities are invited to participate.  Enjoy a free lesson with flower sticks, poi, diadolo, staff or juggling balls. All equipment will be provided, so just bring yourself and a smile!

Like any art form, the art of juggling has no rules or limits, allowing the freedom to be creative and the opportunity to express oneself.

"As long as you are enjoying it, you are doing it right!"

or more information visit www.flipjuggling.com