The vicarage garden was packed recently for St Peter’s annual summer fete. There was plenty of good old-fashioned fun to be had with the coconut shy, hoopla, tombola and raffles as well as stalls selling bric-a-brac, plants and books. The tea tent did a roaring trade in scones with jam and Sark cream and the stocks were busy as people took the chance to throw wet sponges at each other….
Built in 1700, Clos a Jaon was for generations a simple pair of cottages with an adjacent barn, built of Sark granite walls and thatched roofs. Having become uninhabited and fallen into disrepair over the centuries, the once beautiful properties enjoyed an initial restoration in the 1970s, before an ambitious project was undertaken in 2015 to completely renovate the buildings. Sympathetic changes have been made throughout to enhance the beauty and…
After another year of hard work by the Sark Community Blooms group, the island was looking at its best today for the RHS Britain in Bloom judges. Sark won last year’s regional round so this year is representing the Bailiwick in the national competition. The three judges visited the Permaculture Garden at Stocks as well as seeing various projects around the island. They were shown the…
Sark School celebrated the end of their year recently with a presentation evening at the Island Hall. Each class gave a performance starting with Class One’s story of the Gruffalo followed by a body percussion piece by Class Two then the older children wrote their own top forty. There were awards to the best achievers and improvers as well as sports trophies, and leavers books for those who are moving…
After a slightly damp start, this year’s Sheep Racing and Carnival Weekend got off to a flying start. Saturday was race day with seven sheep races as well as food stalls, games and Dodgy Dave the bookmaker. Cerys was crowned as Miss Sark Princess and India from Manchester was awarded the title of Miss Sark Visitor Princess. There were party nights on Friday and Saturday with live music and the…
Sark School pupils took part in their annual running race today with the older children covering a mile-long circuit and the infants running a shorter route from the Heart back to School. Brothers Solomon and Bruno came first in Class One and Two respectively and Martin and Freya came joint first out of Class Three. Bruno had the fastest time overall completing the course in 9 minutes and 14 seconds….
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A group of 14 young performers from the Jersey Academy of Music were on Sark this weekend and gave two concerts, one at the Seigneurie and one at the new Sanctuary Centre. Their programme included pieces for their six-part flute choir as well as violin, choral and piano pieces and the musicians were aged from 9 to 19. The highlight of both concerts was a delightful performance of ‘Lupin, the…
The island’s junior thespians put on two excellent shows this week when Sark School pupils performed Roald Dahl’s play, Snow White and the Seven Jockeys. In this modern take on the classic tale Snow White (Esmée) flees from the huntsman (Finn), sent by her wicked step-mother (Katrina) to kill her, and is taken in by seven penniless jockeys. To repay their kindness, Snow White steals the queen’s talking mirror who…
The Sark Tapestry Weaving Group held two very successful open days this week in the cider barn. Visitors were invited to try their hand at tapestry weaving either on a piece of their own or by adding a few stitches to one of the three panels that will make up an image of Les Autelets, an on going project started by the group last year. Project organiser Amanda Petrie was…
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St Peter’s Church Fete
August 14, 2017