Look Out 2011!

There are many things happening throughout the day and at different times all along the length of Mill Road. Look in all the shops, restaurants, cafes and other businesses. You'll find fancy dress, ethnic costume, special dishes, special offers and fundraising initiatives for several different local charities. 

Also look out for the scheduled activities described below which are all happening on Mill Road itself or close by.

Parades and Street events

Several parades and events are scheduled to take place:

Ssssssh for Suzy  -  Join in this event at 11.00 to pay tribute to Suzy Oakes, former Chair of the Mill Road Winter Fair Committee and a great champion of Mill Road.

Anglia Ruskin University's 'Stomp' inspired performance will set off along Mill Road from Donkey Common at 13.00. Fashion design students will display creations inspired by recycling while music students play.

Arco Iris, Cambridge's community samba band, together with HATS!, will parade from Romsey Mill to ASHCOOP at 15.30. Why not join them. Arco Iris will also play on Donkey Common soon after 11.00 at the end of Ssssssh for Suzy.

Dance

Four different sides of Morris and Molly dancers are due to dance in different places at different times, adding colour and sound to the streetscene. Look out opposite Guest Road and on the corner of Catherine Street at 11.00; in ASHCOOP car park at about 11.45 and 14.45; and near Cavendish Road at 13.00, 14.00 and 15.00; near the Avenue of Limes at 14.00: and outside Regent Language School at 16.00 (if they're not exhausted by then).

Coton Morris Men dance Cotswold Morris and describe themselves as experts in the least stealthy Martial Art.  www.cotonmorrismen.co.uk

Ely and Littleport Riot dance women's border morris and are always keen to recruit more musicians to play for them.  www.elriot.co.uk

Cambridge Morris Men dance with sticks and hankies and are one of the oldest revival sides in the country.  www.cambridgemorrismen.org.uk 

Gog Magog Molly say they look like an explosion in a tie-dye factory and deliver Fenland dancing with attitude.  molly@cusu.cam.ac.uk

Music

There's music of every kind everywhere! During the day on Donkey Common, along the road (at busking spots and in parades), in Ditchburn Gardens, in cafes and galleries, at the Food Fair in Gwydir Street car park, in ASHCOOP car park, in Hope Street Yard and at Romsey Mill. And into the night at Romsey Labour Club.

Poetry

A 'Poet on the hoof' will be out and about at the Fair raising money for the St Phillip's Church Fund. Give him a donation and he will read you a poem.

Skipping

Skip for Skills has a target of 250,000 skips in aid of skills for Zimbabweans stuck in poverty. Join in outside the Regent Language School, near the Mill Road Depot, at 11.00 - 11.45.  www.seed-project.org

Singing

Different local choirs will perform throughout the day:

Greater Bibleway Gospel Choir at 10.00 at Ditchburn Gardens

Good Vibrations at 12.00 on Donkey Common

Cambridge University Press Choir will sing carols at 12.30 at Romsey Mill

Women of Note at 14.00 on Donkey Common

Shout Aloud, the North Cambridge children's choir, will perform at 15.00 at Romsey Mill

Lifecraft Singers will sing at 15.00 at the Food Fair in Gwydir Street car park

Resound at 16.00, also at the Food Fair

Tai Chi

The Cambridge branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Great Britain will do impromptu demonstrations along Mill Road and invite you to try out some of the moves designed to help you find balance and improve your health.  www.taoist.org.uk

Romsey Town Community Garden

If you're down at the bottom of Mill Road then find time to visit Romsey Town Community Garden which is located on the junction of Marmora Road and Madras Road, just off the Coleridge end of Mill Road. The Garden was established in April this year and has had great success in transforming a previously derelict plot and involving the local community. On the day of the Fair the Garden will be hosting carol singing, and Santa's Grotto and giving out mulled wine!