A BUMPER-filled day of activities for all the family is in store at the annual Stalybridge Spring Show.
With spring well and truly in the air, the town’s Festival Committee is busy finalising preparations for the show in Cheetham Park.
It all gets under way at 11am on Sunday, May 4, and includes live entertainment from midday.
There will be a large family fun fair, hot food stalls and a large number of trade and community stalls.
Taking centre stage in the park’s performance area will be the five-metre-high Maypole – around which members of Sarah England School of Dance will perform several choreographed dances.
For animal lovers, there’s the ever-popular dog show, which will start at 1.45pm. Anyone who wants to enter their dog can just turn up and register on the day.
Entry is £2 per category and the categories will be the dog with the loveliest eyes; the dog with the waggiest tail; the cutest puppy; the best presented dog, and the best rescue dog.
The winner of each category will also be competing for the title of Best Dog in Show, and there will also be dog agility demonstrations throughout the day in its own performance area.
Bringing the curtain down on the festivities will be young members of Perform With Hart.
Organising Secretary Ian Cochrane told the Correspondent: “There will be lots of activities for all the family to have a great day in the Park and help us raise extra funds towards this year’s Carnival – which is taking place on Sunday, June 22.”