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Welcome to Alderney Week 2009
1-9 August
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From 2-10 August 2008 , Alderney Week celebrated its 60th anniversary and you’ll soon be able to read all about it. ITV Channel Television was here throughout the week and has just produced a DVD capturing all the magic moments, which you can buy online www.channelonline.tv or in Alderney Lloyds TSB , who sponsored the video, or the Alderney Tourist Information Centre. A separate video featuring the Magic Mystery Gala Spectacular will be released by the Alderney Week Team in September.
This website will shortly be updated while we are busy compiling files and photographs. Thank you for your patience and please visit this website again. Meanwhile, please check the Newsflash page. Thank you
…. Celebrating 60 years of family fun and frolics since the end of World War II.
This official Alderney Week website has been created to keep you up to date with Alderney’s biggest and most fantastic annual event.
If you are in a party mood, make sure to head for the Channel Island of Alderney for Alderney Week, the island’s biggest annual carnival.
Alderney Week – in a nutshell:
Imagine
8 days of non-stop fun and frolics with events, competitions and entertainment
for everybody, whatever their age. Home-grown entertainment at its very best
with over 130 events produced, staged and organised by the Alderney Week Team,
with the help of many volunteers, musicians, thespians and event organisers -
all making sure you and your family, whatever your ages, will have the most
marvellous time on this little island in the middle of the English Channel.
Alderney Week’s Cavalcade Day, one of the big highlights, always takes place on the first Monday of August, and always concludes with the dramatic torchlight procession the following Saturday night. But there are many more highlights throughout the week which draw visitors from near and far to this little island on the rock. In fact, the island’s 2,400-strong population almost doubles during that week and you’re strongly advised to book your accommodation well ahead of time.
Alderney Week started well before the last war and, what was initially a village fayre, has since developed into a madcap extended week. Every year since then, the organisers come up with a new theme and new events.
Alderney Week 2008 : celebrating the 60th post-war anniversary of Alderney Week
2-10 August
The history of Alderney Week is fascinating and in August 2008 we will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of Alderney Week since the end of the War. And, to celebrate 60 magical years of family fun and entertainment, we have chosen a great theme for Alderney Week 2008:
Pure Magic!
This theme will lend itself to numerous interpretations for floats, costumes, events and, of course, the Gala Spectacular. So come on, all you wizards, magicians, fairy godmothers and even elves, and bring the magic of song, dance and films to make 2008 the most sparkling Alderney Week ever.
Meanwhile, the Alderney Week Team is busy working on the programme and we’ll keep you posted on this website.
This will be a big celebration, but to pull it off with all the plans and ideas we have, we’ll need a lot more volunteers. Please get in touch with us if you want to be involved as a hands-on volunteer.
Miss Alderney
Alderney Week simply cannot start without Miss Alderney and her two Maids of Honour. And this year’s Miss Alderney is 17-year old Adele Woodruff who was elected on Friday 23 May. Her two Maids of Honour are Charlie Smith (left) and Sammy Gaudion (right).
And this year’s Mr. Alderney, 22-year old Adam Barnes, was chosen on Friday 1 August . He walked away with an Oscar, a trophy, a bottle of champagne, a big bag of man’s cosmetics and instantly found himself surrounded by the island’s pretty girls. What more could a young man wish for???
A series of photos of all major Alderney Week 2007 events, day-by-day is published here but you can also buy the DVDs. We’re planning to do exactly the same as soon as Alderney Week 2008 comes to an end.
Become an Alderney Week Sponsor
As a non-profit making organisation, Alderney Week relies heavily on sponsors. This year, we are offering corporate and private sponsors excellent sponsorship opportunities. But whatever your donation, large or small, it will be welcomed and you will join our existing sponsors who appear in our programme and the Sponsor List. Just e-mail you’re your donation pledge to neil@alderneyweek.net
Meet the Magic Alderney Week 2008 Team:
left to right front: Alex Birch, Ilona Soane-Sands,
back row: Neil Harvey, Ronnie Cairnduff and Lee Flewitt
We’ll cast a spell on any dark cloud… or fog and bring you sunshine!
Alderney Week 2008: Awesome!
Thanks for visiting the Official Alderney Week website.
See you in Alderney!
In the Channel Islands, Alderney is the place to be. Be there or be square!
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