What’s happened to Burtonfest this year ?
By Webmaster | June 22, 2009
The more observant of villagers may have noted the lack of a large marque and loud music in June.
Burtonfest hasn’t gone away, but we’re having to scale back what we’re doing in 2009. There’s no doubt about the recession – as we’ve lost large number of our usual funding sources. With so much to pay for and with so many people in the local area having to cut back, we can’t honestly ask anyone for an increase in ticket prices, so we’ve had no option than to redress with an “alternative” Burtonfest 2009.
All should be announced after the next Committee meeting, but the forecast at the moment is for a much smaller festival being held later in the year, when it doesn’t clash with other local events.
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Congratulations to JR
By Webmaster | December 13, 2008
Last night was the night of Stars, as JR became the first person to have won Burtonfests “Stars In Their Eyes” competition for the second time.
The photographs are already uploaded to the website for all to see, click on the “Image Gallery” at the top of the page to see the sights from the evenings entertainment. Unfortunately it will take more than a couple of days to place all the videos online – but rest assured, *all* the performances were caught on tape and will be made available to all.
Can I just add on behalf of the Committee a big thank you to everyone who made the night a fantastic success. We raised our budget for the evening with all the money going towards the Burtonfest 2009 event in the summer. “Stars In Their Eyes” is one of our biggest fund raising events during the year – but when you put it into perspective, it only raises enough money to pay for the Porta-loos for the three day event in the summer. So finally, once again – thank you for everyone who dug deep at last nights event and to those who made it a success.
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One day till Stars…
By Webmaster | December 11, 2008
The BurtonFest website has been upgraded today, ready to host the photos and videos of tomorrows “Stars In Their Eyes” event. If you spot anything strange about the site, we would appreciate it if you could drop us a quick email to let us know – just so we can fix it quickly and ensure everyone gets to see the photos and videos of the event.
There are only dozen tickets left for Stars In Their Eyes – which if they aren’t sold in advance will be available to purchase before entry on Friday night.
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Less than a week to “Stars In Their Eyes”
By Webmaster | December 8, 2008
Tickets are selling well – with special thanks to SteveO who managed to make it to two Musos sessions this last week. With over 100 people attending, it’s going to be a great night.
With the credit crunch impacting hard this Christmas, don’t forget that you can stock up with your own booze from your favourite outlet and bring it along with you – saving you a nasty expensive bar tab.
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Stars In Their Eyes : 12th December 2008
By Webmaster | November 22, 2008
It’s not long now until this years “Stars In Their Eyes” competition – and it’s going to be bigger and better than last year !!
With upto 12 acts, a bar and the larger venue of the village hall, this could be the event of the festive season.
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Welcome
By Webmaster | November 20, 2008
Welcome to a new look Burtonfest website.
The aim of the new site is to keep people informed about the 2009 Burtonfest event, maintaining the social awareness of the event within the local community. It’s also a good chance for the committee to pitch suggestions and ask for your feedback whilst the event is being created.
Whereas you don’t have to be registered to read any part of this site, registration will allow you to feed comments back into discussions, as well as allow you to book or reserve tickets. Registration is completely free and will ensure you’re kept upto date automatically with the latest Burtonfest News.
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