COTHERSTONE fun weekend organisers have hailed the new parade route a success.
With rising costs for traffic management, the fun weekend committee decided against applying for a road closure for their traditional fancy dress parade this year. Instead the committee devised a route, using the back paths, to bring the colourful procession from the Fox and Hounds to the village’s east green.
Organiser Kelly Green said: “We just couldn’t justify the cost of the road closure so we thought we’d try something new and it seemed to go down really well.”
The fancy procession, led by Ravensworth-based Ovinos Samba, was well supported with any number of cartoon characters on display from old favourites Batman through to modern animations from Inside Out.
Fancy dress results: Girls under five: 1, Ada Tarn; 2, Erin Gregory; 3, Heather Dunn. Boys under five: 1, Arthur Thorn; 2, Stanley Gill 3, Rex Nicholls. Girls 5-10: 1, Evie Tarn; 2, Annabelle Toulson; 3, Penny Green. Boys 5-10: 1, Brandon Yip; 2, Joe Coulson; 3, Jack Francis. Girls over 11 years: 1, Josie Green. Boys over 11: 1, Toby Green; 2, Charlie Whitburn; 3, Adam Wheldon.
Groups: 1, Botanical Garden; 2, Inside Out – Green Family; 3, Smurfs the Whitburn family.
