Grant Park 100 in Forres on Saturday, August 24, will feature activities, live music, games and entertainment
THE COMMUNITY is gearing up to celebrate 100 years since it was gifted the most beautiful public park in the region.
Thousands of people are expected to descend on Grant Park 100 in Forres on Saturday, August 24, to enjoy a day of activities, live music, games and entertainment.
Grant Park 100 will boast two arenas with a mini–Highland Games including haggis hurling and welly wanging, falconry and gun dog displays, Forres and District Pipe Band and a car cavalcade from throughout the decades.
There will be a live music area boasting seven different performances, two marquees with exhibitions, displays from the five competitions which have been held in the run-up to the event, and storytelling including a talk from Mark Laing, great grandson of former landowner, Sir Alexander Grant.
The event - run by Forres Events Limited, the not-for-profit business behind Piping at Forres - will kick off at 11am.
Attendees are being encouraged to dress up in outfits and costumes from the 1920s to the present day, and at 3pm, everyone can join in a sing-a-long of Happy Birthday to Grant Park.
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A director of Forres Events Limited, Joanna Taylor, said: “From the moment the gates open at 11am there will be back-to-back activities for people to enjoy. There is so much on, guests will be hard pressed to experience it all.
“The programme reflects activities that have taken place in Grant Park over the years, but there is also entertainment, demonstrations and exhibits that focus on the land and heritage of the area.”
She added: “There are many free activities across the park including circus skills, the AES Solar Science Tent, weaving willow, a countryside classroom including the opportunity to milk a cow, kick darts, cricket, lawn bowls and much, much more.”
There was a feeling of excitement during the last volunteers’ meeting ahead of Saturday.
Volunteer coordinator, Ainsley James, said: “An event of this scale cannot run without the support of volunteers. We have volunteers from the age of eight to 80. There are well over 200 people lending a hand in the run-up, on the day or for the clear up afterwards.”
The retired Forres Academy depute head teacher added: “A huge amount of work has gone into this event and there really will be something for everybody. It will be a great, fun day out.”
