ON BEHALF of the Hat Festival Committee I would like to publicly thank the many people who have assisted in producing another successful Bridport Hat Festival.

First of all my fellow committee members and the many volunteers who helped throughout the year and on the day; then our commercial sponsors whose generosity pays for the festival’s expenses.
 
I would particularly like to thank Jim Rowe who officiated at the hat auction, the Bridport Lions who raised an increased amount in our collection buckets for charity, Rob Malpas and Martin Bell who organised the music, Mark Wellman of Bridport Scouts who supplied the trailer used as our stage in Bucky Doo Square and Daryl Chambers and his team from Bridport Council and the staff at the Tourist Information Office.

Last of all I would like to thank the massed ranks of amazing Bridport Hatters, whose inventiveness and creativity seems boundless and without whom there would be no Hat Festival.

BRIAN ATKINSON
Chairman
Hat Festival Committee