The Hive's May Day Festival and Street Party:
Our 2011 Royal Wedding street party:
The street party on Belmont was a fantastic day for everyone involved, with a variety of exciting activities on offer for people of all ages, in addition to acoustic performances, street theatre, arts and crafts workshops, information stalls, refreshments and lots more. A whole host of interactive workshops and community activities were on offer to visitors, including;
- Stop-frame animation workshop
- Face painting
- Street Theatre with Shropshire Youth Theatre
- Textile workshop
- Flag-making workshop
- Maypole and traditional dancing workshops
- May crown and wedding crafts workshops
- Balloon modelling by Poi Joi
- Resident Hive DJ
- Large games including Connect Four
- Plus lots more...
An abiding memory of 2011 was our Royal Wedding Street Party in April where hundreds of people from the local community plus almost one million BBC TV viewers, joined us for a good old knees-up! The event presented a superb opportunity for the Centre to engage with our neighbours - both residents and businesses - and to bring various groups of people together for an enjoyable day. We were keen to involve as many local businesses as possible and we were very grateful to everyone who came along to support us!
The Hive was grateful with 2011's event to Severnside Housing for assisting with the organisation of the event ~ Wace Morgan Solicitors for donating towards catering costs ~ Simon Baynes Books and Music for kindly donating money towards the event ~ Simon Boyd Interiors for donating materials for bunting workshops at Cross Hill Court ~ The Golden Cross Hotel and The Pantry Cafe for providing tea and cakes ~ Iddys Ices for providing ice creams ~ Bright Owls (based at the Hive) ~ Juliet Chilton for donating decorative fairy lights ~ The Shrewsbury Bakehouse and The Shrewsbury Coffeehouse for donating cakes ~ Poppies Sweet Shop for providing hot drinks and sweets ~ Toot Sweets ~ Art International group for providing workshops ~ and Shrewsbury Town Centre Residents Association for providing additional support ~ plus the Shrewsbury Rotary Club and Primesave Properties for donating towards the event.
Businesses supporting the 2012 event:
