The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

MUSIC FESTIVAL
On Friday 3 June the Jubilee music festival took place at Mill Chase Recreation Ground, Bordon, with an estimated 1500 people attending during the day and evening. The Town Mayor and Town Crier were again in attendance with the Town Mayor opening the afternoon event and Town Cryer opening evening event. The Platinum Jubilee event at Mill Chase recreation Ground was a free event funded by Whitehill Town Council, Whitehill and Bordon Town Partnership, Whitehill and Bordon Regeneration Company and a grant from County Councillor Andy Tree. Cllr Bisi Kennard (former Town Mayor) sang the national anthem on the big stage with children from Woodlea School.

Curtis Bone (Chairman of Whitehill & Bordon Town Partnership) said: “I would like to thank the funders [Primarily Whitehill Town Council but also Cllr Andy Tree through a County Cllr grant and Whitehill & Bordon Regeneration Company as a sponsor], Altis for loan of generators, Woolmer Lions for their support on the day, Weyford Nursery & Primary School for use of their site for parking and to Woodlea School Choir. The Event attracted approximately 1500 and generated over £10k for local businesses, this was through us hiring equipment but also turnover on the day with the bar being drunk dry!”

Cllr Andy Tree (Leader of Whitehill Town Council said:) “Me and my family thoroughly enjoyed the jubilee music festival! The collaboration between Whitehill Town Council and Whitehill & Bordon Town Partnership (WBTP) has been a huge success! We were very happy to fund and support this event and thank Curtis and all the volunteers for their huge effort that paid off by providing such a wonderful event for our community. I would like to especially thank Cllr Catherine Clark, Deputy Leader of Whitehill Town Council, who worked extremely hard all day in her role as a WBTP volunteer, as its Vice-Chair.”