Eccleshall Busking Festival

Saturday 28th July 2007

Rob Carruthers 1st Responder with raffle prize		The Spencer children
The Wine Cellar girls	Becky Davies does face painting	EBFG Chairman Patrick Hole
Janet Mander at La Room Interiors	Becky Emms and the kids	Hal 'The Knees' Eardley
Martin Watson 1st Responder with young listener		Kathryn Jennings and Lydia Ward
Donnie McCloud Fine Foods	Emma Kempson and Dianne Lutwyche	Mark Legge - the Poet
Luke Myatt and Gordon Dale	Lindsey von Elbing and Hayley Strangelove	Visitors to the farmers market
		The Eccleshall Business Focus Group exists to promote the Eccleshall businesses. For further information contact secretary Vicki Slater at vicki@slatersales.co.uk www.eccleshallbusiness.co.uk
James Brock from Stoke	Emma Davies
Mac McCoig - the winner
		Andrew Brereton and his didgeridoo

Musicians were invited to take part in the first Eccleshall Buskers Festival which took place on the High Street in Eccleshall, Staffs town centre between 10am and 2pm on Saturday 28th July 2007.

The competition was open to any and all musical instrumentalists, professional, amateur or student in fact anyone who would like to hone his or her skills playing to a live audience.

The buskers who entered were free to collect for their busking and could have won one of the four cash prizes, £200 for the winner, with three runners up prizes of £50, £25 and £25.

Pitches along the High Street were allocated amongst the other entertainment provided by the Eccleshall Business Focus Group to attract children and adults to the town's big day. There is also a Farmers Market on from 9am until 1pm which always draws a crowd.

The event is part of a wider days activities to proclaim that Eccleshall is Back in Business following an extended period of road works etc.

The busy shopping centre was trading as usual on the day and press and radio advertising drew crowds to the town.