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Local Carnival Gives Over £2400 Back To The Community.

A local Somerset Carnival has helped local groups and emergency services, through its annual donations to the community. Castle Cary & Ansford’s Carnival Committee this week gave donations to local deserving groups and emergency services. At a joyful event, held at the Constitutional Club (Station...

30th January 2011
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Castle Cary Swings Into Carnival Mode

It will be carnival time in Castle Cary this Saturday afternoon (9 October) when the Children’s Carnival parades through the town. The carnival has been going for 25 years and is believed to be one of only two in Somerset specifically for children. It starts...

3rd October 2010
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Donations Flow From Cary’s Carnival Committee

Castle Cary’s Carnival Committee once again proved the value of Carnival to the community by donating a total of £3000 to 14 local deserving causes and emergency services. Over 60 people attended the event, last Friday evening at Cary’s Constitutional Club. The recipients were: Ansford School Drama...

8th February 2010
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Children’s Carnival Hits A Fund-Raising High.

The sun shone on Castle Cary’s annual Children’s Carnival last Saturday – and spectators gave an amazing amount of money to local causes. When the collection was counted after this year’s parade, it came to just over £460 – well above last year’s total of...

10th October 2009
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Castle Cary’s Carnival Programme Is Out

When local artist John Staib was approached by a member of Cary’s Carnival Committee to help out with fund-raising this year, he offered to make a portrait of the winner of a draw, in the Carnival’s 64-page programme. John works in pastels and has completed...

10th September 2009
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“Carnival Royals” Chosen For The 2009 Season.

Although the Carnival season is still a few months away, Castle Cary & Ansford’s Carnival Committee is making preparations. On Friday, 10 July, it held its annual Children’s Disco at Ansford School, to select this year’s Carnival Royals. Around 50 children and their parents attended...

13th July 2009
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Sparkling Variety Show Held In Castle Cary Last Friday!

The Constitutional Club in Castle Cary was the scene for the return of Vintage Varieties company, to perform a wide range of standard songs from the twenties, thirties and forties. The cast of Colin Martin, Mary Buckle, Vivienne Patterson-Evans, David Evans, Bryan Hallett and Charmaine...

11th May 2009
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It’s showtime in Castle Cary this Friday!

The Vintage Varieties company are back by popular demand, following last year’s Victorian Music Hall show. This time, the theme is the music of the twenties and thirties. Cast member Bryan Hallett said, “Vintage Varieties has appeared in Cary three times already. As Time Goes...

4th May 2009
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