EVENTS – Summer fairs


First timers


Summer fair success Zena Alli discovers three summer fairs with a difference


‘Our whole team is new to the PSA but we pulled off a sell-out success’ Luckily, the previous committee


crowd of happy kids running around full of sugar, jumping on bouncy castles and downing cold drinks. But how could we achieve this when our whole team, including the committee members, was new to the PSA? None of us had even attended a Queen’s summer fair before.


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t my dream summer fair, there’s uplifting music playing and a


had left notes, so we knew we needed to start by providing a barbecue, bar and cake stall. We chose a 1980s Hawaiian theme – it’s bright and fun, and we knew it would be easy to find decorations. We gave every volunteer a flower garland and asked them to wear bright clothing and Hawaiian shirts


if possible. We decorated the stalls with grass table skirts and Hawaiian-themed paper garlands. The local balloon shop owner is a parent at the school, so we got our balloon arch at the wholesale price. It was pink, orange, yellow and green with watermelon, pineapple and parrot balloons attached. At our tiki bar, we served piña coladas with Hawaiian paper straws. We paid for a bouncy obstacle


course and a bouncy castle. But at the last minute, our order wasn’t


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