Dore Festival 2011 and Scout & Guide Gala

The 2011 Dore Festival was held from Saturday 25th June to Sunday 10th July, with the Scout and Guide Gala on Saturday 9th July.

This year there were three well-dressings, produced by the Guides, Scouts and Dore Primary School, and Dore Methodist Church celebrated its 150th anniversary. See below for some photos.

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Guides' Well-Dressing   Information Plaque for the Guides' Well-Dressing
Scouts' Well Dressing   Dore Primary School's Well Dressing
   


The programme of events was:

25th June - Sat 9km round walk from Ashover to Easton Hall and Ogston Reservoir organised by Wyvern Walkers. All welcome.
9.30am Meet at the Old School, 9.30am. Return mid-afternoon, bring sandwiches.
26th June - Sun Village Open Gardens, Organised by Dore Garden Club
2pm to 6pm Tickets £3 from first garden visited or from Valerie of Dore.
27th June - 1st July Preparation of Village and Guide Well Dressing Boards
10am - 12pm
2pm - 4pm
7pm - 9pm
Visitors and helpers welcome. Scout HQ, Rushley Road.
29th June - Wed Dore, Raising the Curtain
7.30pm A talk on the history of Dore by John Dunstan in Dore Methodist Church Hall. Tickets £3, contact 0114 236 0002 for more information.
30th June - Thur Gardeners' Question Time
7.30pm Dore Methodist Church Hall. Visitors £2.
2nd July - Sat Setting up of Village Well Dressing and Guide Well Dressing
10am Village Green and Devonshire Terrace Road.
2nd July - Sat 8km round walk from Snake Pass over Bleaklow to the largest aircraft crash site, ornanised by Wyvern Walkers. All welcome.
9.30am Meet Old School, 9.30am. Return mid-afternoon, bring sandwiches.
2nd July - Sat Dore Guilbert & Sullivan Society Summer Concert
7.30pm Dore Church Hall
3rd July - Sun Well Dressing Service
3pm Village Green
3rd July - Sun Afternoon Cream Teas
3pm - 5pm Dore Methodist Church Hall
4th July - Mon The story of Dore Methodist Church and its People: a talk by John Dunstan to Dore Methodist Ladies Fellowship
2.30pm Dore Methodist Church Hall, all welcome.
4th July - Mon Family Fun Run
7pm Dore Recreation Ground
4th July - Mon Lord Conyer's Morris Men
8pm The Devonshire Arms
5th July - Tue A Hack's Tale: a talk by Ian Soutar, of the Sheffield Telegraph to Dore Ladies Group
7.45pm Visitors £3, including refreshments.
6th July - Wed Open Air Theatre "The Rivals" Performed by The Company
7.30pm Village Green, Interval Collection.
7th July - Thur Dore Male Voice Choir and Dore Mercia & Totley Townswomen's Guild choirs open evening
7.30pm Dore Church Hall. Collection for Charity.
8th July - Fri 5km Health Ranger walk around the Village, arranged by Wyvern Walkers. All Welcome.
10am Meet Old School, 10am. Refreshments provided on return.
8th July - Fri An Evening of Jazz, by the Walker Brothers
7.30pm Christ Church Dore. Tickets £6. Contact 0114 236 0002 for more information.
9th July - Sat Dore Scout & Guide Gala
2pm - 6pm Dore Recreation Ground
10th July - Sun 9km walk to Hathersage via Houndkirk and Hathersage moors, organised by Wyvern Walkers. All welcome.
9.30am Meet Old School, 9.30am. Return by bus or train.
10th July - Sun Festival Songs of Praise
6pm Christ Church Dore