I left carnival through boredom (From Dorset Echo)
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I left carnival through boredom
10:21am Thursday 26th August 2010 in
In reviewing Weymouth Carnival I send congratulations to all in getting the floats back – and up to 6.30pm it was a great day.
My only criticism is that somebody must take control of the procession, The 100-yard gaps between floats left myself and other locals yawning, wondering why only six vehicles passed us at the Edward Memorial in an hour.
For those at the Greenhill End it was a long wait.
As a resident of Weymouth I have now watched all the carnivals except two (walking processions omitted) and for the first time ever (since 1949) I left during the parade through sheer boredom. Other locals did the same. It broke my record and was such a shame. For me to do it after all the years watching it had to be bad.
Does anybody remember when it started at The Marsh?
In the past (I used to drive when Drake & Son entered many lorries) we were told ‘Keep together, keep moving, 10 yards apart, keep the punter interested’.
How true. This year, everyone around me was just staring at the gaps.
I don’t want to take my three-year-old granddaughter and have her whining for over two hours waiting for the next float and upsetting everybody around us.
I am usually a ‘diehard’ when it comes to watching the floats, and although I appreciate everything the committee does in getting it up and running, please next year make sure the floats keep up.
How times have changed. Am I wrong in trying to compare the quality of yesteryear?
Alan Wolsey Weymouth
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FitterC
says...
6:49pm Wed 8 Sep 10
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islandman says...
4:02pm Fri 27 Aug 10
Once it did get underway, no doubt for anyone walking in the procession, it would have been difficult to keep pace with the vehicles, not to mention stopping to collect money, so gaps appeared. Then there would have been the obligatory stops to get a "breather", so it is easy to see how the gaps grew greater.
Everyone is aware that the carnival was organised by a different body of people, and I would bet that in the days since, they have sat and discussed the pro's and con's and how improvements could be made.
You are quite right to bring this concern of yours out in the open arena for discussion. It is through constructive comments that hopefully any recommendations made, can be implemented.