Bank Holiday Monday 31 May 2010 saw another successful Stalybridge Splash event, organised by Tameside Council. The annual Splash event really adds a bit of life into our town centre: a funfair, fast food, street entertainers and thousands of people filling the streets. It’s a great atmosphere – a real community feeling.
Holy Trinity Stalybridge added their particular bit of sparkle to the event this year by having a fun open day at church, and opening up the St. Matthews building round the corner to provide rest and refreshments for event officials. We opened the entire Splash event by ringing our bells.
The open day kicked off to a great start outside with performances by the Hope Tameside Gospel choir. Inside, crafts for kids, a fully waited cafe and our puppet show kept the crowds in fine spirits.
Splash 2010 News Report from Holy Trinity Stalybridge on Vimeo.
What struck me most about the day was the fun and the work. All the events were very well received, and, as ever, it was a pleasure to be serving our community. But the sheer behind the scenes effort to make the open day run smoothly is amazing. Baking buns, staffing and stocking the cafe, rehearsing puppets, recording choir backing tracks, running the projection systems, recording the welcome video, turning the church round into a theatre/cafe and putting it back together again, preparing slideshows … and of course – clearing this lot up! Dozens of volunteers not only worked selflessly on the day, but in the weeks before to make sure the event was top quality for all who visited.
I was impressed on the day; but it’s even more impressive to see such a fantastic behind-the-scenes team work so well together.
See you at next year’s Splash – and don’t forget – make sure you book a visit to Trinity’s Open Door in your iPhone calendar!
see the welcome video featuring our very own Charlie and Heather! http://vimeo.com/12142303
