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Venetian Fete 2009
Carnival is coming to Hythe on Wednesday
19th August 2009 as our town once again
puts on the spectacle that is the Venetian
Fete. The Royal Military Canal will be
festooned with lights and music will play as
an array of decorative floats sail magically
along.
The event began in 1869 and since 1954 has
been held biannually on the third Wednesday
of August. Organised by a committee of
unpaid volunteers that make up the Hythe
Venetian Fete Society, the fete attracts
thousands of visitors from far and wide and is
truly a beautiful and unique sight. A total of
Five free-admission band concerts on the
38 floats have been entered including the
canal bank - at 7pm on Saturday, August 15;
Folkestone & Hythe Sea Cadets, the Valley
3pm and 7pm on Sunday, August 16; and 7
Vipers Wheelchair Basketball Club, the H.G.
pm on the following Monday and Tuesday –
Wells Festival Committee and Park House
have been organised to support the event
Animal Sanctuary – Lord Whisky Sanctuary.
and provide further entertainment for those
The five hour show will feature daylight and
attending.
evening processions of floating tableaus and
will culminate in a grand firework display.
Fete Society Chairman John Schoner said
that enthusiasm for the biennial show was as
Gates open at 4pm with entertainment
great as ever:
starting at 5pm and the daylight procession,
headed by a ceremonial barge carrying the
"Seat tickets are selling well and companies
mayors of the historic Confederation of the
and organisations which have not entered
Cinque Ports in full regalia, at 7pm. When
floats before have come up with new ideas to
dusk falls, the floats will be illuminated
add jollity to the occasion. Because of the
creating an enchanting atmosphere.
economic recession, some traditional
sponsors have dropped out this year and we
would welcome the support of businesses
which would like to be associated with this
unique crowd-pulling event. The fete incurs
considerable costs and it is necessary that
the society not only covers the expenses of
this one but also builds a reserve of funds for
up-front expenditure for the next, due in
2011."
Written by Kate Harwood
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