James
Appearances
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
I'm part of the Friends of Ray Common Committee, and what we did last year was we created this incredible event called the Rayfest. It was such a success that we are doing it again this summer, 6th July. We've got this massive playground here and the lovely field, and we're going to fill that with about 1,500 people. We've got a stage, a main stage. We have live bands. We've got live music.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
We get the school involved, which is a really big part of the Rayfest, is to get many of the children performing. We've got choirs. We've got dancers. We've got cheerleading. We've got, like I say, live music, bands. Local vendors from the area come down, selling loads of great food. We have pizzas last year. We've got curries. We've got Joe's Diner this year, which we're really excited about.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
Our makers market, so that's celebrating anybody who wants to sell anything, basically. Those kind of arts and crafts. Yeah, we've got, I think this year the Bats Hill Gin guys are coming down. Well, that's going to be a draw, isn't it? Exactly, yeah. And we've got jewellery makers, fashion, we've got all kinds of stuff going on there.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
Then we have our kind of like fun zone, which is where we raise loads of money. And the classic games of Splat the Rats and Huck the Duck, you know, all that stuff for the kids. And they love that. We've got inflatables. We've got chill out zone, which is going to be really exciting. We've got crafting going on over there. We've got tug of war. I can't. There's so much stuff going on.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
It's amazing. And you're going on and on and on, which is absolutely fantastic.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
You're really lucky as a school. Yeah, we're really lucky. The school's great. And not only just the people that come to the school, but the surrounding community is wonderful as well. So this is for everyone. It's not just for people that come to Raycommon, right? This is for everybody in the area. It's something for the community. that just happens to be on your land.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
Yeah, and I think that's what's really great. And obviously we're raising money for the school and it's part of the PTA. Our bonfire night's always been a big one. That's a success every year. And again, the local community gets involved. And we really wanted to make the summer event as big as that. So that's what we're trying to do and get as many people down as we can.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
What are you looking forward to as well for this particular event? The thing that I got really excited about last year was seeing some of the children perform on the stage I think it was like giving them an amazing place to sort of get involved I think making them a big part of it is really important for us and obviously and a big shout out to any parents we're looking for volunteers so
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
Thanks to all the parents that did it last year, but again, we need volunteers again this year to help out on all of the stalls, which is a really big part of this as well. A great team last year, so I really hope that we get the same people this year as well. So James, give us the details. When's it all happening? Saturday, July 6th. It starts at 12 o'clock. And goes until four in the afternoon.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
And the prices? Everyone's £4. Nice and easy.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
39: The Reigate Summer Festival, Wrayfest, and remembering a well-known Redhill and Reigate shopkeeper... and more
Well, tickets are on sale now. The best way to find us is to follow us on Instagram. And our Instagram is Raycommon. So if you search Raycommon on Instagram, you will find us there.