Wow, what a fantastic day! All of the entries in this year’s Carnival Parade were stunning – I wish you could have all won something! Thank you for making such an effort. I know you will all have your tales to tell from the last few weeks. I am sure you had fun planning and preparing your entries and I sincerely hope you all enjoyed yesterday as much as we did.

If you were part of the events in the park - a big thank you to you, also.  This year was our biggest Carnival Fete ever.

And if you were amongst the many thousands in the crowd, thank you for coming and I hope you had a really great time.

I would also like to say a massive thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters – we couldn’t have done it without you. In particular, I want to mention The Greenham Common Trust and The Berkshire Community Foundation, both of whom made significant financial contributions at a time that allowed us to plan ahead with the confidence and surety that we could afford to stage the event.

To everyone, whatever your part in the day, it has been great pleasure to share the experience of Newbury Carnival 2009 with you.