The Enchanted Forest in Faskally Woods, by Pitlochry |
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The Pitlochry Autumn Festival Programme
The 2009 Pitlochry Autumn Festival Programme of Events - We are again organising a number of events to run in Pitlochry throughout the whole period that Enchanted Forest.
2009 Street Festivals
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Friday 16th October
Watch On You Tube
Halloween Marquee
Apple dooking, sticky doughnuts, Splat The Rat, Play Your Cards Right, Hook the Duck, Mulled Wine, Popcorn and Autumn Festival Merchandise. Open every night see times below.
2009 Winners
Cassandra The Black Witch – won by Andy Rowe from Shropshire – will be posted on 6th November 2009!
The Pumpkin Witch – won by Shannon Burns of Milnathort – will be delivered by Stephen
Guess the weight of the musical “Bat” snowstorm – won by Charlie Bucur of Hull – just posted it today 5th November 2009!
Voting slip draw in Best Dressed Business competition – won by Alison Smith of Huddersfield who wins a beautiful 2010 calendar and diary kindly donated by the John Muir Trust (www.jmt.org) – posted 4th November 2009!
Story Telling
With song, celtic harp and bhodran, storyteller Claire Hewitt will bewitch children and adults alike with traditional tales of other worlds. You'll find her within the Mongolian Yurt inside the Halloween Marquee. (Yurt is a round Mongolian Tent with no centre poles). Stories last 15 to 20 minutes and are recommended to be heard just BEFORE you visit the Enchanted Forest to prepare for your woodland experience. Pre bookable tickets will be available locally and at the Halloween Marquee on the night.
Children were invited to come and sit in the magical yurt and listen to the winter goddess, the Cailleach Bheur, tell stories, sing songs of enchantment and magic trees and animals.
“Come and be enchanted for a spell with tales and songs of other worlds told by storyteller and celtic harpist Claire Hewitt, BEFORE beginning your own journey of enchantment through the forest”. – suitable for 5 years to 12 year olds.
Treasure Hunt (£200 House of Bruar Hamper).
Search for pumpkins from most shops and businesses to find the clues and decipher the code to discover the secret Autumn Festival message and collect the treasure - a £200 hampe.
"Autumn Festival Treasure" was the short phrase everyone was searching for in 2009.
2009 Winner of the £200 House of Bruar Hamper is Mrs G. Arthur of Aberdeen.
Thank you everyone for taking part. Lots of great feed back!
Street Performers Every night!
Street performers and local musicians will keep Pitlochry's streets buzzing every night of the festival with shows and sounds for your entertainment. Performances will be busking for your attention and participation up and down the length of Atholl Road from the War Memorial to the Auld Smiddy.
Ghost Tours.
Following on from the previous popular format, the new ghostly characters we have uncovered include Black Donald - the Celtic Devil, Guilder Roy - the notorious Perthshire Highwayman and Donald McBean of Soldier's Leap in Killiecrankie fame. The tour will include a number of ghostly characters as well some pyrotechnics and 'The smell of death'- yuck!
Street Jam,
Sponsored by Atholl Leisure Centre
Saturday 24th October 2009 
Some really cool moves and dance steps were performed on Saturday by a whole gang of dedicated followers of Andy, who was a truly inspirational leader. He demonstrated what was learnt in two Street Jam performances?
Our Street Jam workshops are run by Jammin Fitness of Edinburgh. Workshops were held locally.
Click here to see 2009 Street Jam on 'You Tube'
Halloween
Saturday 31st October
On Halloween there was a competition for the best kids Halloween costume.
The winners of the 2009 Fancy dress Hallowe'en competition was
Lucy Jane Birkett - the gorgeous purple bird
Kids in costume get a free ghost tour (children aged under 7 years were recommended to go with an adult on one of the regular tours).
For year round events in the Pitlochry and Highland Perthshire region you can go to www.hpwhatson.net