This year's Beaulieu Village Fete was held on Saturday 20th July and thankfully, after a damp start to the day, the afternoon was dry and bright. A record number of about 1500 people attended the fete, raising a wonderful sum of money for local good causes.
Beaulieu Camera Group were delighted to be invited to show a display of prints once again with a total of 74 images on show representing nearly every one of our members.
For this year's Fete, Beaulieu Camera Group held a prize draw to help raise funds for the Common Good Foundation. Three images from our members were selected as the prizes. They were "Sunrise,Hatchet Pond" by Hilary Flaxman, "Doe in the Evening Heather" by Ian Hutchinson and "Storm Over Beaulieu" by Ian Park. The photos were all of locations in the New Forest and Alan Price kindly printed, mounted and framed them. A total of £140 was raised with the three winners of each draw delighted to receive their chosen print.
The delighted winner of "Storm Over Beaulieu".
The event was opened by Jon Cuthill, a BBC presenter, who was invited to choose his favourite print from those on display. The winner this year was Alan Price ARPS with his image "Trasher", who was presented with a bottle of Champagne.
Each year we ask members of the public to vote for their favourite picture, with the winner being awarded The Bob Grier Trophy. This year's winner was Emma Port for her lovely image "Lacy's Dance". The total number of votes overall was 348.
Thank you to all the members of Beaulieu Camera Group who helped with the setting up, stewarding, and taking down the display on the day. It was as always, a lovely, sociable occasion and such a great way to be involved with Beaulieu Village and all the other organisations who take part in the Fete.
Next year's Fete will be held on Saturday 19th July and we look forward to taking part again.
To see lots more photos of this year's Fete please click on this link to the Beaulieu Fete website: Beaulieu Village Fete 2024 Gallery of Images