The Annual Teddy Bears Parchuting and Flower Festival took place o
ver the weekend Saturday 713h and Sunday 14th June 2009. A total of 470 teddy Bears and variuos other toys braved the jump from the top of the Church tower, some of them even venturing up more than once! The displays of flowers inside the Church were on the theme of West End Musicals and involved the flower arranging skills of a wide cross section of the community.
Refreshments were available for the whole weekend and there were also many stalls, including crafts, flowers and plants and a tombola stall
The whole weekend raised over £2,500 for the Church fabric fund which is set aside for the maintainence and repair of this historic building.
Taverham Band Concert: Blundeston Church on 15 April 2010 was organised to celebrate St Georges Day.
It was a disappointingly small, but very appreciative audience of around fifty people who enjoyed this splendid concert by the Taverham Brass Band under the leadership of their musical director, Ian Colman. We were entertained by a wide selection of popular music which included well known popular classical pieces and pieces from West end shows and from film scores. The band members were very complimentary about the acoustics of the Church Building saying that it is one of the best venues that they play in. During the second half the audience participated in a world War II sing song before a finale which included the popular Dam Busters theme.
Amazingly the age range of the band on the night went from 14years up to 81 years and the encouragemnet of young talent is a major feature of the Taverham Band
For those of you that missed the concert and for all who enjoyed it and want to hear the band again, keep an eye on the notice boards and in the Hexagob because we hope that they will rteurn to Blundeston Church in 2011.