Blackwood & Kirkmuirhill Galaday

11/06/2024

💙🖤 INFLATABLES NIGHT 🖤💙

Due to the unfortunate weather we had on our gala day…..

We will be holding FREE inflatables night during the school holidays!

Keep your eyes on the page for more details to be released soon! 💙🖤

We would like to thank Liam Hill and his team at Inspired Events for their support and keeping all the little ones safe on Saturday and agreeing to organising this upcoming event!

09/06/2024

Winners of the Best Decorated Houses 🏘️ 🏆

⭐️1st Arran Stead Paige - Mario 🏆
⭐️2nd Grace Nugent Maid- Horses 🏆
⭐️3rd Sophia & Jacob McKnight Maid & Paige - Wonka 🏆
⭐️4th Jack Cassidy Paige- Euros 2024
Well done 👏 to you all 🥰

09/06/2024

🏆⭐️🏆⭐️Gala Day Winners🏆⭐️🏆⭐️

Esther Serrels Memorial Award 🏆
⭐️ Marshills Milk

Best Float🏆
⭐️1st Barbie Let’s Go Party
⭐️2nd Top of the Pops
⭐️3rd Brownies Banged Up

Best School🏆
⭐️1st Bent Primary

Best Walking Float🏆
⭐️1st Katie Donald Gardener Services
⭐️2nd Butterfly Catchers
⭐️3rd Woodhill Nursery

Best Flags 🏆
⭐️1st Swan Street

09/06/2024

⭐️ RAFFLE WINNERS ⭐️

£150 Country Carpets voucher - C. Lawson
£100 cash donated by Derek Smith Roughcasting - Shirley Anne Cairney
Edinburgh Zoo voucher - Alan Watson (Men’s Shed)
Bottle of Moet Champagne - Jy Smith
AU Vodka - M. Sneddon

Congratulations to all the winners - please get in touch to claim your prizes!

Videos of the prizes being drawn will be posted in the comments 🤍

09/06/2024

2024 Winners of the Best Decorated Shop 🏆🥳🤩💕

⭐️1st Studio 44

⭐️2nd Kirkmuirhill Chemist

⭐️3rd The Salon

Thanks to all the shops that contributed 🥰🥳🎡🎢

08/06/2024

Jacket found today, message the page if it’s yours thanks 🙏

08/06/2024

🌟 IT’S GALA DAY 🌟

07/06/2024

NO FAIRGROUND RIDES THIS EVENING AS CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN HELD UP.
Apologies will be on tomorrow 🎢🎡🎠

07/06/2024

This years judges of the Best Decorated Houses 🏘️ 2024

Mr and Mrs Murray of Blackwood 🥳
Thank you both 🙏

07/06/2024

‼️ GALA DAY INFORMATION ‼️

Apologies in advance for the long post, just lots of information to hopefully have a great day tomorrow!

⭐️ Gala Court will leave from their homes from 10am, if you wish to see any of them leaving.

⭐️ Floats and walking parades should gather at Blackwood Primary School from 10:15am for judging at 10:30am. Procession will leave at 11:15.

⭐️ Crowning will take place at 12:30pm, followed by a short show from Velocity Dance School.

⭐️ There will be lots to do for all ages on the park including, inflatables, petting zoo, climbing wall, face painting, pony rides, shows, toy tent, kids bags and stalls to browse.

⭐️ For Health and Safety reasons, if the winds are above 24mph, the inflatables and climbing wall will not be in use, this is to ensure the safety of everyone!

⭐️ Children walking in the parade will be issued with their wristband before the parade. Additional wristbands can be purchased on the park from beside the inflatables. These will be £5.

⭐️ Last, but certainly not least, we hope you all have the most amazing day!

06/06/2024

FOR ALL JOINING THE PARADE ON SAT
Meet at Blackwood Community Wing from 10.15am, All Floats to park on roadside nearest the corner shop. Judging will begin from 10.30am. The procession will leave at 11.15am. Thanks

06/06/2024

Our list of Decorated Houses, for anyone who would like to go around the villages and see them.
Weather dependent whether they will ready tomorrow evening.
2 more sleeps!!

13 The Whinny Blackwood
4 Ingles Brae Blackwood
12 Flinders Way Blackwood
1 Norfolk Court Blackwood
45 Swan Street Kirkmuirhill
6 Dormiston Place Kirkmuirhill
2 Bentink Gardens Blackwood
1 Curtis Drive Blackwood
63 Hope Road Kirkmuirhill
37 Mornington Grove Blackwood
17 Southfield Road, Blackwood

06/06/2024

A fun-filled Gala Week!

Thank you to every single person who has joined in and been a part of our lead up to the big day!

ROLL ON SATURDAY 🥳

06/06/2024

⭐️🏃‍♂️ SPORTS NIGHT 🏃‍♂️⭐️

Come along to Lochanbank Park tonight 6pm for a fun filled sports night!

All children of all ages welcome!

04/06/2024

‼️‼️ PIPER ‼️‼️

UPDATE WE GAVE A PIPER FOR SATURDAY THANJS EVERYONE FOR SHARING 🎈🎈🎈🎈

We need a piper for our Gala Day on Saturday!

Unfortunately the piper we had booked for Saturday has cancelled, does anyone know anyone who could help?

Pipe the court out of the Community Wing and then again into the park.

Please share!!

03/06/2024

⭐️ MONDAY ⭐️

ITS GALA WEEK!!

A reminder of this weeks Gala Activities, starting with our P1-P7 disco tonight!

£2 entry no tickets required, 6:30pm-8:30pm in Thornton Road Community Centre. Includes juice and crisps, there will also be a tuck shop of goodies for the kids to buy ⭐️

02/06/2024

✨🦆 DUCK RACE 2024 🦆✨

1st Place - 387 Pat Reid
2nd Place - 144 Natalie Cole
3rd Place - 266 Pam Bell

A huge thank you to everyone who bought a duck, came along and a special thank you to Paul and Tam Sneddon for encouraging the ducks in the water and catching the winners! ⭐️

02/06/2024

A lovely evening yesterday, Our Gala Day Court having their photos taken and then the Court Dance 💃🏻 All the children were gorgeous in their dresses and kilts.

Thanks
Scott McPhee for Photography
Elizabeth Jamieson Libby for buffet donated from @ The Bothy
Liam Hill Inspired Events
Suzanne Sherry for her excellent hosting skills at the chapel hall.
Charlene McGilvray for saving the day with a DJ

Here’s to Saturday 🥳🥳🥳

30/05/2024

BUNTING UPDATE

Bunting can be collected from Thornton Road Community Centre tonight from 6pm-7pm, or from 5 Ellisland Square, ML119QL any other time.

£1.50 per pack.

27/05/2024

✨🌈 BUNTING 🌈✨

Let’s brighten up the village for our Gala Day!

We would love to see as many houses participate and put out flags to show your support and celebrate the Gala Day ⭐️

Ps, there is a prize for Best Decorated Street!!

The Gala Day has packs of bunting for sale for £1.50 per pack, get in touch to secure yours!

23/05/2024

🦆 500 DUCKS! 🦆

All ducks numbered and ready for their race on Sunday 2nd June at 1pm!

Thank you all for your support and good luck, come along and cheer on your duck 🥳

22/05/2024

📣 DONATIONS 📣

We are looking for the help of the local community for donations for our raffle for the Gala Day!

These can be from individuals or from businesses. Any help is deeply and greatly appreciated ❤️
If you have any raffle prizes please comment or message the page to arrange collection 🤍

Thank you so much to you all for your continued support ✨

Just 17 Days to go until our Gala Day!

20/05/2024

19/05/2024

🎰 BINGO NIGHT 🎰

Come along to our Prize Bingo Night!

⭐️ Tuesday 21st May
⭐️ Blackwood Bowling Club
⭐️ 7:15pm

Lots of amazing prizes to be won!

18/05/2024

Come along to Tesco and buy your ducks 🦆 for the duck 🦆 race 😘

18/05/2024

It’s Duck race sale day! Pop in to Tesco to purchase your duck 🦆

🦆 DUCK RACE SALE 🦆

Come join us in Tesco on Saturday 18th May and buy a duck!

Race will take place Sunday 2nd June at 1pm, Glebe Park

Cash prizes
1st Place - £200
2nd Place - £100
3rd Place - £50

17/05/2024

A huge thanks to everyone in our community the annual door to door collection raised £2446.07 for the Gala Day. Your generosity is overwhelming 🥰🙏🥰🙏, great community spirit 🙌🏼

I have posted our details for anyone we missed thank you 🙏

15/05/2024

We will be doing our annual door to door collection in Kirkmuirhill tomorrow evening from 6pm 🥰☀️🥳

11/05/2024

✨ GALA WEEK ACTIVITIES ✨

Our Gala Week activities featuring our amazing posters from our winners of the competition!

Get involved in a fun week in the lead up to the gala day!