Whitecraig Gala Day

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿ROYAL COURT 2024🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hip Hip Hooray 🎉

What a beautiful bunch of kids! Looking very pretty and handsome in your Gala outfits 🌟 The Gala Team, Parents, Family, Friends & the Villagers are very proud of you all, was emotional seeing yous take part in the Ceremony 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Whitecraig has such a great community spirit. We may be a small village but when we come together, we see each other like one big family! 🥰

We would like to give a big thanks to our volunteers on Gala Day 2024 -

GALA TEAM
Becka, Kate, Hollie, Carrie

Ann Dixon our Gracious Lady, Matt our Piper, Councillors Lee-Anne Menzies & Colin McGinn (Garden Judge)

MARQUEE/HOSPITALITY
Joan Loftus & Helen
Merly Dickson
Lorraine Mcneish
Jacqueline Whyte

STEWARDS/VOLUNTEERS
Kel Glass
Lynne Walker
Sue Brown
Sean Campbell
Ian Macdonald
Kacey Ayres
Keyah Ayres

Any feedback on the day would be appreciated. Few things never went to plan but hey ho, the park was full of happy villagers & visitors 😁 we want to improve each year so let us know your thoughts.

Thanks again,

Whitecraig Gala Team 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Big thanks to these kind people & organisations for their help towards the Gala Day, Gala Week or Fundraising events -

Beryl Stevenson
Jacq Stewart
Jackie Mackenzie
Joan Loftus
Deantown Bowling Club
David AndSandra Rattray
Joan AndCharlie Shorthouse
Mikas Design
Lothian Property Services
CW Fireplaces
Klassic Kilts - Dalkeith
Flowers by Arkadius
M&F Funeral Services Ltd
Suzanne Laidlaw - Wallyford Gala
The Mercat Grill
Lorraine Mcneish
Myreton Marquees
Whitecraig Primary School
Whitecraig Village Hub
East Lothian Courier
East Lothian Council
Enjoy Leisure in East Lothian
Hireline Ltd
Rod Paton
St. David's Brass
Stefanie Whyte
Sandra Dick
Jacqueline Whyte
East Lothian Roots & Fruits
Local businesses that donated raffle prizes & sponsored, also the villagers for sponsoring & donating

All this continued support will keep our Gala Day going and thrive each year 🙏

🎉Fancy Dress Parade 2024🎉

The judging will take place at Whitecraig Park at 6.30pm, on Friday 22nd June. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place 🥇🥈🥉 Parade marches off at 7.15pm 🎊

Everyone is welcome to enter. Categories will be-
Individual:
• 4 & Under
• Ages 5-6
• Ages 7-8
• Ages 9-10
• 11+
• Adults
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• Pairs/Groups

We have a Brass Band, Mascots & Pipe Band that will be joining us 🎺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Let's come together as a community, celebrating & enjoying this event 🙌

Next up we have Target Bowls 2024 🎉

Flat shoes to be worn on the green. This event is FREE. Prizes for the winners! 😎

Thank you to The Nail Shed for sponsoring this event 👏

Any questions, get intouch.

**Please share our flyer**

We're thinking of ways we could raise funds towards the Gala Day & Christmas Lights with the skills the team members have. We have many ideas, just not easy putting them into motion with the limited facilities & premises Whitecraig has at the moment, but start small & grow, is the way we roll 🙏

Kate has so much experience behind her with the different job roles she's had, but one we all enjoy is her sweet treats! We also have Hollie who makes lovely Fudge which we've sold at our events & it was a great hit! 😋

We're just wondering if many people would be interested in this. We would offer a delivery service at first but our bigger vision, would be finding a place where we could physically meet up as a community, in a lovely space and enjoy these sweet treats with a cuppa! ☕️

Some of the things we could offer:
☆Cheesecake
☆Scones
☆Fudge
☆Rocky Road
☆Biscoff Millionaire
☆Key Lime Pie
☆Tablet

Let us know your thoughts...

Our ideas go way beyond the Gala Day, our main focus is community 🤝 connecting & overall positive memories to be made in the village 😊

☆CHRISTMAS LIGHTS☆

114 days until 1st December, the week our lights are due to go up. The cost for the hire this year is £2058. Our 3 year contract with Festive Lighting will end in 2023. We're looking into other options available going forward to try and reduce this amount as we also have the cost of getting the lights put up which is £2000.

We'll be looking for sponsorship again as that was a great help towards the cost. We have 16 lights needing sponsored, we'll put up a separate post with the details. If anyone has more ideas to help with fundraising, please get intouch 🙏

We'd like to do a Christmas Light switch on, with the Christmas Tree. The lamppost lights just automatically go on themselves. We thought it would be a great idea for the villagers to come together during the festive period 🎄maybe do a wee bit carol singing 🗣

Whitecraig Gala 2023: What's on for gala day GALA day fun is in store in Whitecraig this Saturday.