11 July 2016

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The second of the Town Council’s East Court Live events took place on Sunday 3rd July with the carnival show. East Grinstead Carnival parade having set off from Railway Approach arrived several hundred participants strong, plus onlookers and supporters at East Court by 1pm. The music started at 1:15 with fabulous local group The Tar Babies who got the party rocking to their repertoire of well-known tunes.

At 2:30 Sackville School hit the stage with choirs and bands followed at 3:30 by Rock Choir and at 4pm Shaun Angels Urban City Dance gave an energetic and lively street-dance demonstration.  Headliner Rogue Minogue dressed in feathers and full show girl outfit, added to the carnival atmosphere with her Kylie tribute act encouraging a conga line doing the locomotion through the crowd.

It was a great afternoon, the sun shone and the spirit of Rio and the coming Olympics was spread around East Grinstead. The crowds generously donated nearly £700 to the Town Mayor’s charities (Town Museum, Bluebell Railway and Jigsaw) on the day.

The next and final East Court Live for 2016 will be on 7 August “East Court Rocks” with acts including Inchoir, Sweet Revenge, and Euphoria.

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