(Sent by the Festival Committee Chair)
Dear Friends,
Thank you to all who were able to attend last night and those who couldn’t.
The consensus of those around the table was that in view of Covid-19 threats, it makes sense to cancel this years festival. When the festival is designed to bring people together, it would seem wrong to continue, when all advice is to stay apart. I personally feel that I wouldn’t want additional stress being placed on committee members finding themselves having to cover additional duties as fellow members fall ill. Not to mention the financial loss of paying for publicity, staging, PA, etc and finding we cant sell tickets to cover these outgoings. We hope you understand.
On a positive note, our conversation extended to considering a late summer event, just a day or a weekend. This provides an opportunity for the village to have a ‘party’ after the ordeal of spring and could allow the hard work already done be usefully put to good use. The suggested weekend is 5/6th September, which would coincide with the Young Peoples club ‘Howl’ event. I will check the Hall’s availability and get back to you.
If it helps I attache a prayer we used on Sunday.
with love
John
Prayer-for-a-Pandemic.docx