BRIGG TRADITIONAL CELEBRATION WEEKEND WITH CRAFT MARKET & BLESSING OF PUMPS

BRIGG TOWN BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP 

Traditional Celebration Weekend

Commencing Friday 6^th June – Saturday 7^th June

Folk Music Weekend at the Angel Courtyard,

Market Place, Brigg, Friday, 6^th June 7.30pm – 11.00pm

Come along and listen or take part with local folk musicians playing and/or singing folk music.  Hosted by our Master of Ceremonies (MC) Mr Dave Hoy.

Free for all performers.

Advance tickets £2.00 available from Climatise, 1 – 3 Bigby Street Brigg

Tel: 01652 601753

Craft Market/Blessing of the Pumps Saturday, June 7^th 2014

Why not head towards the Market Place in Brigg where a Craft Market will join with the general Saturday Market from 9.00am – 3.00pm to coincide with the traditional blessing of the Pumps

The music starts at 10.00am followed by the traditional blessing of the Pumps at 11.30am, where the old town Water Pumps will be dressed by flowers carried by the Brigg Brownies and blessed by a local Clergyman.

A spectacle that must be seen with Morris dancing from local dance groups and music from the  Lootbeggers Old Time String Band!

Don’t miss this unusual tradition!

 RUNNING ORDER for Pump Blessing

	Scunthorpe Tatterfoals Morris Team	Grimsby Morris Men	Bootleggers Appalachian Dancers and the Lootbeggers Old Time String Band
Bandstand	10.00am	10.20am	10.45am – 11.20am
Dunham’s Bakery (over the bridge)	10.40am
Boots	10.20am	10.40am
Chapel Court		10.00am

Short break for Tatterfoals and Grimsby Morris Men 11.00am – 11.15am

·         11.00am – Brigg Brownies arrive in Market Place;

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·         11.15am Parade leaves the Bandstand ;

Order: 1^st Tatterfoals, 2^nd Bootleggers and Band, 3^rd Brownies, 4^th Grimsby Morris Men

Arrival outside The White Hart, dance spot by the Tatterfoals followed by the Grimsby Morris Men (One dance each).

·         11.30am Blessing of The Pump (County Bridge)  followed by dance spot by

Grimsby Morris Men then the Tatterfoals (One dance each);

·         12.00pm Parade leaves to process along Wrawby Street to the Pump at Grammar School Road South near Brian’s DIY;

Order: 1^st Grimsby Morris, 2^{nd  Brigg} Brownies, 3^rd  Bootleggers and Band, 4^th Tatterfoals

Arrival at the side of The White Horse, dance spot by the Grimsby Morris Men then the Tatterfoals (One dance each);

·         12.15pm Blessing of The Pump (Grammar School Road South) followed by a dance spot by theTatterfoals then Grimsby Morris Men (One dance each);

·         12.40pm Parade leaves to process back along the Wrawby Street in the same order (Grimsby Morris stay at White Horse, the Tatterfoals peel off at Boots for their dance spot at Chapel Court).

	Scunthorpe Tatterfoals Morris Team	Grimsby Morris Men	Bootleggers Appalachian Dancers and the Lootbeggers Old Time String Band
White Horse		12.45pm
Boots	12.45pm
Bandstand			12.45pm – 1.30pm
Climatise/Petticoats		1.10pm
Chapel Court	1.10pm

1.30pm all teams meet back at the bandstand (one dance each) to finish at approximately 2pm.

Ceilidh Band Saturday, 7^th June 7.15pm – 11.00pm

St Mary’s Church Hall, Brigg.

Brassy Sharman’s Fancy will be playing so come along and enjoy a night of Ceilidh dancing with a live band!

 Bring your own food and drink.

All are welcome!

Advance tickets costing £6.00 are available from Climatise, 1 – 3 Bigby Street Brigg

Tel: 01652 601753

All proceeds will be divided between Brigg Town Business Partnership and our nominated charity of the year 2014 – Brigg Food Bank.

Malcolm Bailey, Chair of Brigg Town Business Partnership would like to thank everybody who has worked so hard to organize these events. Thank you to all!