This is Daffodil Lil, the 'new' DW Information Centre on The Green at Thriplow Daffodil Weekend.
Please come and say hello if you’re passing!
Thank you to our friends at the Cambridge Edition for the great feature on page 25 this month!
Folk music line up confirmed for DW2019
Music Café - Cricket Pitch Marquee
Saturday 12-4pm
On The Edge
Causton & Walker
Rincóns
Karen Johnson & Tony Clark
Sheri Kershaw Band
RAC
Ian Pease
Kaszak & Afifi
The Folk Folk - Marquee The Green (near pub)
Saturday 1-4pm
Kaszak & Afifi
Penni McLaren Walker/Tony Mace
Ian Pease
Rincóns
Causton & Walker
Karen Johnson & Tony Clark
Music Café - Cricket Pitch Marquee
Sunday 12-4pm
Tony Phillips
Idle Kelpies
Martyn & Chris
Paul Ballantyne
Boxwood Chessmen
Kaszak & Afifi
Carolyn Sheppard & Sheena Stebbing
Little Oak
The Folk Folk - Marquee The Green (near pub)
Sunday 1-4pm
Kaszak & Afifi
Tony Phillips
Carolyn Sheppard & Sheena Stebbing
Little Oak
Martyn & Chris
Boxwood Chessmen
Our map and programme of events for 2019 is finalised!
Our nominated charity for 2019 is…
Rosie Maternity Unit, Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) who are raising funds for essential equipment needed by the Acute Neonatal Transport Service and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, to help support new born and vulnerable babies across the east of England.
We've been swamped with stall applications for DW19 and bookings are now closed.
We’re sorry if you are disappointed. Please try again next year and get your application form in early!
Tickets for TDW 2019 are on sale now!
Get 10% discount when you book your tickets online at https://www.thriplowdaffodils.org.uk/book-tickets/
Join us on 23 & 24 March 2019 for even more cheery daffodils, a big helping of good spirits, and plenty of fun things to see and do for all ages.
Love daffodils? We've planted 15 new heritage varieties for next years display
If you love the cheerfulness that Spring daffodils bring after the long winter, Thriplow Daffodil Weekend is for you with over 100 varieties planted in the village. This year, we have added some lovely heritage varieties to our collection.
Variety / year identified / description
Albatross / 1891 / 3w-yyo
WP Milner / 1869 / 1w-w(m)
Sulphur Phoenix / 1820 / 4w-y(m)
Horace / 1894 / 9w-gor(l)
Van Sion / 1620v4y-y
Henry Irving / 1885 / 1y-y
Sir Watkin / 1868 / 2y-y(m)
White Lady / 1898 / 3w-y(m)
Amabilis / 1877 / 3w-w
Lucifer / 1890 / 3w-yyo(m)
Leedsii / 1850 / 2y-yyo(m)
Firebrand / 1897 / 3w-yyr(m)
Mrs Langtry / 1869 / 3w-wwy(m)
Barii Conspicuus / 1867 / 3y-yyo(lo)
Seagull / 1893 / 3w-y(m)
Find out about the classification of daffodils at:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=365
10% discount on all store applications received in October 2018
Stall applications for Daffodil Weekend 2019 are now open, and we're forecasting a beautifully sunny outlook for Daffodil Weekend 2019, with lots of good natured and happy visitors! Please get your application in early, as last year we were fully booked by end of January.
OFFER: submit your stall application by 31 October 2018 and received 10% off.
Weekend rates (2 DAYS)
Craft stalls and food/artisan stalls ALL AREAS
Outside:
3m x 3m: £130
6m x 3m: £240
Undercover:
3m x 3m: £140
6m x 3m: £250
Power for lighting: £10
Catering units for onsite consumption ALL AREAS – outdoors only
3m x 3m: £260, £ per extra m: £75
Camping £10 per night (Sat/Sun only)
Charity stalls and amusement stalls, please apply direct, via email to thriplowstalls@gmail.com
Daffodil Weekend Open Meeting 14th June 2018, 8pm in the Village Hall
Please come along to give us feedback on this years Daffodil Weekend, hear about plans and improvements for next years event and to see where the money you raised for charity is going. Don’t worry the presentations wont last long!
The parish celebrates 50 years of Thriplow Daffodil Weekend
On a balmy Spring day, the amazing Thriplow community celebrated 50 years of Daffodil Weekend with a parade of floats, children's games, ice-cream, champagne, a hog roast, speeches and the all important thanks and awards ceremony.
A rather alpine Daffodil Weekend: Saturday 17 March 2018
The Thriplow spirit endured and Daffodil Weekend went ahead as scheduled. Our loyal visitors from far and wide helped to keep us going and were as delightful as ever despite the cold.
STARS, our nominated charity, were amazed at the unique warmth and friendliness that purveys throughout Daffodil Weekend, of which we are very proud.
Golden treasure Hunt - will you win?
Enter our Golden Treasure Hunt to win a gold bullion sovereign coin worth £250.
Print out the clues and bring it with you, or pick up a clue sheet from the Information tent on The Green.
Look at all the fun things we have going on at Country Thriplow:
Daisy Courtauld limited edition giclée prints
Daffodil Weekend souvenirs will be on sale in the Information Tent on The Green, including these lovely limited edition giclee prints by Daisy Courtauld, £13 unframed.
So please come and say hello and have a look!
Original daffodil paintings to fall in love with
Original Daffodil paintings to fall in love with by Annette Waddy Smith will be on sale on our souvenir stall in the Information Tent on The Green.
Annette is a very talented painter who has exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Www.annettewaddy-smith.co.uk
All profits to our charities.
Join the Golden Treasure Hunt
What's on at Daffodil Weekend, 17 & 18 March 2018:
The live music line up for Taste of Thriplow is in:
Saturday 17 March 2018
11:30 - Different Accents
https://www.facebook.com/Differentaccents/
12:30 - Claudette Burch
https://www.facebook.com/ClaudetteBurchSinger/
13:30 - Kingston Blues
https://sites.google.com/site/kingstonbluesjam/home
14:30 - Dodo Bones
www.dodobones.co.uk
www.facebook.com/dodobones
15:30 - The Familiars
https://www.facebook.com/The-Familiars-Cambridge-613389612128059/
http://familiars.uk
Sunday 18 March 2018
11:30 - The Melody Beats
https://www.melodybeats.info
https://www.facebook.com/Melodybeatsmusic/
12:30 - Roger Sea
https://www.facebook.com/roger.crosskill
13:30 - Sophie Winter
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sophiewintermusic/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/sophieewinter
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/sophie-winter-3
14:30 - Kelly and Woolley
http://www.kellyandwoolley.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/kellyandwoolley/
15:30 - Special Groove
http://www.specialgroove.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/specialgroove/
Catch yourself some fab live folk music at Daffodil Weekend.
Here's the line up:
SATURDAY 17 MARCH
Music Cafe at Cricket Pitch
including:
12.00 Chris Fox
12.30 Daniel Nestlerode & Paul Ballantyne
13.00 J P Lodge
13.30 Karen Johnson & Tony Clark
14.00 Kaszak & Afifi
14.30 Tony Phillips
15.00 Alchemy
15.30 Boxwood Chessmen
The Green Man Pub
including:
12.00 Kaszak & Afifi
12.30 Alchemy
13.00 Tony Phillips
13.30 Penni McLaren Walker
14.00 Tony Mace
14.30 J P Lodge
15.00 Daniel Nestlerode & Paul Ballantyne
15.30 Karen Johnson & Tony Clark
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SUNDAY 18 MARCH
Music Cafe at the Cricket Pitch
including:
12.00 On The Edge
12.30 The Santillys
13.00 Sheri Kershaw Band
13.30 Ian Pease
14.00 Richard & Joey Twinn
14.30 Guido & Nicole Rincon
15.00 Alice Moralee
15.30 Causton & Walker