1 week to go!

1 week to go to Harold Hill Festival! Harry has seen the schools, been to Broadford School Fete, and the sun is set to shine....

Highlights of the day include:

Climbing Wall
Circus Skills
Bouncy castles
Fun Runs
Rodeo Bull
Donkey Rides
Majorettes
Falconry Display
Family "Old Fashioned Sports Day" (including egg and spoon race, sack race, three legged race and space hopper race)
Live music and Acts on the Drapers Academy Stage!
Photos with Harry the Squirrel
Competitions and Prizes
Dozens of stalls

There will be free entry to the event and a £3 wristband for unlimited access to selected activities.

50 days to go to the Harold Hill Festival!

Now only 50 days to go to the Harold Hill Festival 2013 on Saturday 6 July. To keep up with all the latest news please keep following us on the Harold Hill Festival Blog, the Harold Hill Festival on Twitter and the Harold Hill Facebook Page

Got a feeling this is going to be the best ever festival. Which is a reminder to have a word with the sun and make sure it knows to shine for us on that day and to bribe the clouds to have a day off.

Activity Booked: Donkey Rides

As at last year's Harold Hill Festival we will be having donkey rides again this year. The donkeys will be provided by Riffhams Donkeys and will be incorporated into the price of a wristband. To find out more about Riffhams Donkeys see their website at http://www.riffhamsdonkeys.co.uk/ where you can find information about their donkeys and some photographs.

Remember to keep reading the Harold Hill Festival Blog to keep up-to-date with all the latest news.

100 days to go to the Harold Hill Festival!

As the big day gets nearer we're getting both excited and busier with lots of things to do. Harry the Squirrel is looking forward to his biggest day of the year and starting to make sure he's ready for it. So it's time to start counting down with only 100 days to go...

In the run up to the day we will be blogging on the acts, stalls and activities that are booked for the Harold Hill Festival 2013. Keep in touch with us on www.haroldhillfestival.blogspot.com

If you are on Twitter you can follow us @haroldhillfesti or if on Facebook we would like to see you to 'Like' us at www.facebook.com/haroldhillfesti

Harold Hill Festival - Featured in Havering Life Magazine

The Havering Life magazine have done a lovely piece on the Harold Hill Festival for their latest edition. It is an online only magazine and can be found at http://issuu.com/haveringlife/docs/haveringlife_march13

Note: the link is now working.

Poster: Local Talent Wanted (Please share link)

Poster to recruit local talent for Harold Hill Festival 2013 stage. Please share this link with people who might be interested.

Remember you can keep up with all the latest news on the festival at www.haroldhillfestival.blogspot.com and submit your interest in playing at www.haroldhillfestival.moonfruit.com

Meet the Stallholders: Harold Hill Foodbank

In this first of a series of blogposts on some of our stallholders we are proud to introduce Harold Hill Foodbank.

Looking for Harold Hill Talent

The Harold Hill Festival is on the look out for local stage performers whether bands, dancers, singers or entertainers. We want as many local acts on stage as possible so if you are interested or know of someone we should approach then please do let us know. The festival is a showcase of all that great about Harold Hill and will be held in Central Park on Saturday 6 July 12-5pm.

The best way to let us know is by emailing us on haroldhillfestival@gmail.com or leaving a comment below.

Please do share this message through your social networks on Facebook or Twitter. We are on both on Facebook and Twitter

150 days to the Harold Hill Festival!

There are now 150 days to go until the Harold Hill Festival 2013 on Saturday 6 July 12-5pm in Central Park, Harold Hill. The Committee are all systems go after our latest meeting last night with activities, stalls, food vans and stage acts in the process of being booked up for the day. If you want to be a part of it then visit our website www.haroldhillfestival.moonfruit.com or email us on haroldhillfestival@gmail.com

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @haroldhillfesti or on Facebook by giving the 'Harold Hill Festival' a 'Like'

Remember all the latest festival news can be found here at www.haroldhillfestival.blogspot.com

Harold Hill Festival Online

The Harold Hill Festival currently has the following online presence:

Website www.haroldhillfestival.moonfruit.com

Blog www.haroldhillfestival.blogspot.com

Twitter www.twitter.com/haroldhillfesti

Facebook www.facebook.com/haroldhillfestival

Email haroldhillfestival@gmail.com

As the 2013 Harold Hill Festival gets closer more of you are now following us on Twitter (almost 200 followers) and Facebook (over 125 'Likes'). The blog is getting an increasing number of people reading it too. And the recently redesigned webpage has over 1000 views.

Meet the Partners: Friends of Dagnam Park

Friends of Dagnam Park support the Harold Hill Festival through being part of the committee organising the event, volunteering on the day, taking photographs of the event and this year will be exhibiting images of Harold Hill through the years.

Be a part of it!

The Harold Hill Festival are always open to new people joining the Festival Committee. In

addition we always welcome people who want to do a stall or activity along to our monthly

meetings. The dates, times and venue for our meetings is below. We do ask that you email

us first if you can so that we know numbers and can set up the meeting area appropriately.

Our email address is haroldhillfestival@gmail.com

Dates of Next meetings :

Tuesday’s  6.30pm to 8.30pm St Georges Community Centre ( Partners meetings are same

location but from 4 to 6pm)

5^th Feb 2013 – Committee

5^th Mar 2013 – Committee

9^th Apr 2013 - Committee and Partners

7^th May 2013 – Committee  (TBC)

4^th June 2013 – Committee

18^th June 2013 - Committee and Partners

2^th July 2013 – Committee

6^th July 2013 -  Saturday Festival day at Central Park

Central Park, Harold Hill, Essex in the Snow 2

Photo of Central Park where the Harold Hill Festival is held.

Another photo can also be seen of Central Park, Harold Hill, Essex in the Snow

Central Park, Harold Hill, Essex in the Snow

Photo of Central Park where the Harold Hill Festival is held.

Another photograph can be seen at Central Park, Harold Hill, Essex in the Snow

Harold Hill Festival Needs You! - Volunteers Wanted

The Harold Hill Festival is appealing for volunteers to help with planning and support for the Harold Hill Festival 2013.

We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated people from the local area to help us fulfil the following roles at the next festival:

Event stewards

Flyer distributors

Car park marshalls

Food stall volunteers

Wristband/programme sales

Festival committee members

Volunteering is a great way to make new friends, learn new skills, and support new projects within your local community.

If you are interested you can sign-up via our website at www.haroldhillfestival.moonfruit.com

To find out more about how many volunteers it takes to put the festival on see our previous blog post

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone has enjoyed 2012 and is now looking forward to 2013. The Harold Hill Festival Committee would like to wish you all a Happy New Year.

If you're making a New Years resolution why not consider getting involved in the Harold Hill Festival as a partner, stallholder or volunteer. See www.haroldhillfestival.moonfruit.com for more information.

We want your ideas for 2013

We are busily planning the festival for 2013 and would like to know what sort of things you would like to see at the festival? Let us have your ideas for activities, stalls, entertainment etc so we can make the next festival the best ever :)

Either comment below or email us at haroldhillfestival@gmail.com