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Maidstone’s Civic and Freedom Parade
Maidstone residents will have the chance to welcome the borough’s new Mayor, Councillor Derek Butler, and show their support for the county town’s troops at Maidstone’s Civic Day in the town centre on Saturday 21 May. The Civic and Freedom Parade will step off from Week Street at 11:40am with 36 Engineer Regiment exercising their rights as Honorary Freemen of the Borough to march through the town with bayonets fixed and colours flying.
The parade will then turn into the High Street where the salute will be taken by the Mayor outside the Town Hall at 11:45am. Union Jack flags will be handed out to the public to wave along the route of the parade. Once the parade has passed the Town Hall, the Mayor and Mayoress will lead the mayoral procession in a horse and carriage to All
Maidstone Mela to move to town centre
Maidstone’s popular Mela will be moving from Mote Park to the town centre this year, with a new format which will help it reach out to new and wider audiences.
The Mela was introduced in 2002 to contribute to building a better understanding between local communities and celebrate the diversity of Maidstone’s residents. Featuring music, dance and food from around the globe, it quickly became a successful, well-respected and culturally diverse celebration.
2016 Mote Park Photo Competition Love Mote Park?
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But with the town’s changing population – and the need to make the Mela financially self-sustaining – it’s now planned to take the event to the masses. The Maidstone Street Mela will be a celebration of culturally diverse arts, with street performances and interactive arts workshops taking place on Sunday September 11.
We will be consulting with the local communities who have been engaged through the Maidstone Mela Advisory Group. We also aim to meet with those communities that never have been, or are no longer, engaged and ask them for their input. We will again be working closely with Cohesion Plus Kent who have been involved with the Mela since its inception. More details will be published on
www.maidstone.gov.uk and in the next Borough Update.
Handy with a camera? Then enter the 2016 Mote Park Photo competition which runs every month from 1 March to 31 August 2016 and you could win a £250 gift voucher for the Mall / Chequers shopping centre! Send your photos via email to
moteparkphotos@maidstone.gov.uk with your name and contact telephone number by the last day of each month - entries are limited to two photos per person per month and will be available to view and vote for on the Mote Park Facebook page -
www.facebook.com/motepark. Every month, two winners (one chosen by our guest judge and the other being the ‘most liked’ photo on Facebook) will go through to the Grand Final with the overall victor winning the gift voucher.
Gift Voucher
All photos must be taken in Mote Park (we must be able to verify this) and all photos must be your own work. For more details and T&Cs please visit the facebook page or email moteparkphotos@
maidstone.gov.uk. By emailing your photos, you give permission for Maidstone Borough Council and The Mall Maidstone Shopping Centre to reproduce your images in publicity, promotional and advertising material.
We would like to thank The Mall Maidstone for once again sponsoring the photo competition.
Top: 2015 Winning Image © Stewart Nicolaou Above: 2015 2nd place Image © Denise Tate
£250 Saints Church for a civic service at 12noon.
Roads closures will be in place between 10.30am and 12.30pm using rolling closures where possible and roads will be reopened once the procession has passed. Residents, visitors and motorists passing through the town centre will be delayed on the morning and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. It is hoped that delays are kept to a minimum but please try and plan your journey outside of these times if possible. Road closures will be listed on
www.maidstone.gov.uk
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