Hastings Old Town Carnival Association
Press release. 7.2.18.
This year there are exciting changes to the carnival court. We are really pleased to say that following many months of discussion both within the community and the association it has been decided to change the nature of the carnival court. In this year celebrating women’s suffrage it has been agreed that there should be no upper age, or gender barrier to becoming a member of the carnival court. We thank the community for their continued support and input to this exciting decision.
This is the 50th year of Hastings Old Town carnival and we are intending to celebrate in a big way. We are currently hoping to find grants to include many more events and make a whole carnival day.
This year we will open the selection for the carnival court to anybody who lives, works or studies in the Borough of Hastings and St Leonards who is over the age of sixteen. From the entrants the judges will choose both a Sea Queen and a Sea King along with two attendants. It should be a really enjoyable and also ground breaking evening. They will go to represent the town at other carnivals and at various events in the town throughout the year.
The Sea Queen will also gain the title of Miss Hastings for the year and the Sea King a new title of Mr Hastings.
The selection for the new court will be at 6.00pm on Sunday April 15th at the East Hastings Sea Angling club. Entry forms will soon be available on the carnival website https://www.1066.net/carnival/ or by mailing carnival@1066.net. We ask everybody who would like to become our new Sea King and Queen to come along.
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