Maidstone Borough Council 3 Celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
On Friday, June 1 the town will hold the first of many jubilee celebrations. The fun will kick off at 11am with jazz and street entertainers. At 12.15pm the new High Street area outside the Town Hall will be officially named Jubilee Square.
From 12.30pm there will be a children’s and older persons street party including 50s music and street entertainers. At 2pm the Kent Messenger will be planting a time capsule and the event will close at 3pm. The event has been organised by Maidstone Borough Council in partnership with Town Centre Management and Kent Messenger newspapers.
On Saturday, June 2 Market Buildings Traders will celebrate the jubilee with a 50s car show, bands, fancy dress, dancing and a raffle.
On Monday, June 4 the Jubilee Proms in Whatman Park will include the Kent Concert Orchestra and the Maidstone Singers. The programme will include light classical music, as well as Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory. The day will be rounded off with the lighting of a Jubilee beacon and fireworks
Brenchley Gardens will be blooming during May to mark the Jubilee. The council will be planting up flower beds with the flags of England, Wales and Scotland. There will also be a Union Jack flowerbed, as well as the Diamond Jubilee motif for 1952 and 2012
Welcoming the torch to Maidstone
Maidstone has been chosen for a major role in the lead up to this summer’s London 2012 Olympics.
The Olympic Torch will arrive in our borough on Thursday July 19. There will be an official evening celebration with locally and nationally organised entertainment and a cauldron lighting ceremony at Leeds Castle.
The next morning, Friday July 20 the World’s attention will turn to Mote Park as the torch is relit and leaves the county town via the town centre and by boat along the River Medway.
Tickets for the free evening celebration will be limited to 8,000 so the council is holding a free community concert at Mote Park at the same time. The Leeds Castle celebration will be beamed onto a big screen and there will be lots of other entertainment.
See the torch
Don’t miss your chance to see the Olympic Torch relay.
Harrietsham - Thursday July 19, 2012
We get our first chance to see the torch as it travels along the A20, Ashford Road, at Harrietsham starting at 6.19 pm at the Ashford Road/Church Lane junction. The torch is carried through Harrietsham before going back to vehicle convoy at Ashford Road/Lenmead at 6.30pm.
Maidstone - Friday 20 July 2012
Children lining the route will take park in a joke relay as the torch leaves Mote Park at 6.42am. It will travel along Mote Avenue, Mote Road, Wat Tyler Way, King Street, High Street, A229 Bishop’s Way, A229 Mill Street, to the Archbishop’s Palace, arriving at 7:05am.
The flame will then be transferred to a replica Royal Barge and rowed down the river to the Maidstone Rowing Club river jetty, arriving at 7:25am.
It will then be run up James Whatman Way to the A229 Royal Engineers’ Road, leaving Maidstone by vehicle convoy at 7.32am.
Community Concert for all the family
Concert goers won’t miss any of the action at Leeds Castle and they will get lots more entertainment to enjoy as well. The evening will begin with a live screening of the celebrations at Leeds Castle, followed by a performance of ‘Traditional Values’ a specially written piece by Orlando Gough.
Our ‘Maidstone’s Got Talent’ competition winners will take to the stage to prove they are the best the town has got.
Shaun Williamson will then take centre stage. Known as Barry from EastEnders, Shaun has gone on to star in numerous TV shows including Life’s Too Short and Extras.
The evening will be rounded off with Alvin Stardust and a fireworks finale.
Maidstone Community Concert, Mote Park, 5pm, Thursday, July 19 – Free.
Torchbearers
Our cover picture shows two of Maidstone’s torchbearers. Julia Chilcott, from Allington, was selected for her commitment to foster caring. Melwyn Moore from Fant has worked for Kent Police for 18 years and has run 21 London Marathons and countless half marathons.
For more information about the Olympic Torch Relay and events in Maidstone including ticket information visit:
www.visitmaidstone.com/whats-on www.facebook.com/OlympicTorchRelayEvents
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