Armadale Children's Gala Day 2010

Updated 24 February 2010

Armadale Children's Gala Days of the Past

Armadale Gala 2009

Looking forward to 2010!

Armadale Children's Gala Day 2010 Committee

Office bearers elected at the AGM in Colinshiel on Wednesday 2 September 2009 at 7.30pm :

President, Stuart Borrowman; Vice-president, William Cunningham; Secretary, Susan Rooney 12 Church Place; Treasurer, Freda McInulty; Pageant convener, Annmarie Rickis. 

The committee now numbers seventeen, the highest for many years.

GALA 2010 NEWS: Updated 24 February 2010

GALA NEWS

The committee are inviting fifty-six former Queens of Hearts and almost fifty Queens’ Champions to be official guests at this year’s one-hundredth Gala Day on 19 June. Also invited are Jim Sibbald, Jim Ellis and Nan Douglas (former Presidents) and Arthur Gardiner, Nan Devlin, Betty McLeish, Frances Faulds (nee Powley) and Anne Ross (former Secretaries).

Representatives of the local schools and churches; Mr. Joe McIndoe, chair of the Armadale Traders’ Association; Councillor Jim Walker from West Lothian Council; Mary Mulligan, MSP; local councillors; Mr. Andrew Smart, Vice-chair of Armadale Community Council; and Mr. Davie Kerr who was commissioned to write a special poem for the Gala are also on the list.
Two special guests from each of the older people’s homes in the town are to be invited.

However, the committee has agreed to make one of its own, Mr. William Cunningham as guest of honour. Mr. Cunningham is stepping down, more than a quarter of a century after joining the committee.

Armadale Gala Day Characters 2010

Queen-elect Rebecca McComb will be crowned by Mrs. Jessie Feeney and Mr. Jack Drummond, the first post-war Queen and Champion.

Due to continuing worries about drainage at Wood Park, the crowning will take place at Watson Park.

A final parade route will be advertised once police approval is given.


Armadale Primary School

Queen of Hearts Rebecca McComb

Chief Ladies in Waiting Coral Cole
Emma Todd

Ladies in Waiting
Molly McAllister Caitlin McClung Sarah Walker
Karrigan Ramsay Emily Martin Caitlin Robertson
Zoe Gibbons Adele Stevenson

Champion James Black

Heralds Jamie Tipton Grant Weir

Paige Boys Sam Hughes Robbie McGrath

Guards
Jack Moffat Jack Fraser Shane Hunter
Mark Battison Ross Hyde Brandon McColl
Ronan Milne Ryan Wilson Scott Sievewright
TJay Cuthbert

Rainbow Girls
Kelsey Dunn Brooke Simpson Aimee Ferguson
Alex Carr Kaitlyn Thomson Naomi Skinner
Zoe Tait Lisa Lloyd Taylor Cuthbert
Melissa Middleton Teagan Cook Emily Maciejak
Jorja Bell Aaliyah Brogan Demi-Leigh Broughton
Charlotte Thomson Nicole Anderson Sophie Szulc
Erin McComisky Lucy Walker Morgan Robertson
Jasmine Davis Samantha Livingstone Nicola Brown
Sophie Duncan

Rosebuds
Hannah Leary Melanie Mckinnon Lily Hay
Amy Paterson Isabel McNee Dionne Gillon
Casey McLeary Emma McInulty Allie Dunbar
Libby Drummond Abigail Russell Alice McConnell
Rachel Scully Kate Anderson Keira Gibb
Amy Brown Kate Bolan Ellie Mackay
Abby Copland Charmaine Pritchard Ishbelle Thomson
Paris Skinner Chanel Wilson Elle Berry
Emily Johnstone Keiara Strachan Emily Royer


Eastertoun Primary School

Flower Queen Lanna Meek

Chief Ladies in Waiting Rachel Rintoul
Natalie Lees

Flower Maidens
Caitlin Murphy Charlie-Anne Hardie Charley Walker
Lucy Brown Hannah Phillips Hannah Caddell
Leanne McNulty Rebecca Hulbert Rebecca Burrows
Molly Welsh Alison Murray Ebony Jay Brown
Jennifer Fleming

Guards
Lewis Campbell Thomas Gordon Tylor Graham
Corey Neilson Adam Burns Ethan Caddell
Callum Crawford Corey Robertson Frank Speirs
Ross Watson

Seasons
Spring Eilidh Robertson
Summer Camryn Elliot
Autumn Gemma Craig
Winter Morgan Heffield

Nations
Scotland Holly Cairns
England Chloe French
Ireland Kayleigh Fairbairn
Wales Rachel Gillon

Rosebuds
Taylor Borthwick Annabella Brown Lauren Clark
Codae Kerr Erin Knox Mia Mackie
Rhiannon McCorrie Abbie McMaster Sophie Murray
Jodie Penman Lauren Reid Charlotte Rickis
Skye Stirling Rachel Swan Eve Waddell
Natalie Walker Abbie Woods Eilidh Black
Cerys Eveleigh Roxie Gibb Alena Meek
Emma Nimmo Rebecca Singer Emma Tait
Ella Webster

St. Anthony’s Primary School

Fairy Queen Taryn McCartney

Chief Ladies in Waiting Amelie Ross
Eva McFarlane

Fairies
Ellie Brady Katy Clark
Abby Cochrane Rachel Dunlop
Luisa Greenhorn Megan Linden
Eilidh McKeown Katie McLeish
Louise Smith Katie-Marie Robertson
Katie Tusler Alexis McConnell
Eva Finlayson Neve Buchan
Lynn Lin Jemma Spalding

Bower Girls
Chloe Spalding Teri-Eve Gibson
Kaitlin Leyden Charlotte Fleming
Colette Roy Kelsie Rodger
Niamh Tonner Amy McLellan
Stephanie Johnston Rachel Hamilton
Chloe Taylor Megan Smith

Guards
Liam Smart
Ben White
Owen Park
Jack Birt
 

• If you missed the evening briefing session on 10 February 2010 for parents of Gala Day characters (Armadale Primary School has the Queen of Hearts this year), contact Ann-marie Rickis on 733815

• All 56 past Gala Queens will receive their invitations shortly.

• The Gala Committee have invited Mrs. Jessie Feeney and Mr. Jack Drummond to crown the Queen at the one hundredth Gala next June.  Jessie and Jack were the first post-war Queen and Champion.
• Following consultation with the police, the Gala committee's proposed 2010 Gala parade route has been approved: leave Armadale Academy 11 am > West Main Street > The Cross > North Street > McNeil Crescent > East Main Street > Barbauchlaw Avenue > Grieg Crescent > East Main Street > The Cross > South Street > Bathville Cross >  Upper Bathville > Wood Park

• The Gala Committee has published a commemorative booklet of photos, price £4.  The booklet celebrating the Gala is now on sale from Rings & Things, Nelson's Garage and other outlets.

"The Gala Day is the result of approx. ten months of hard work by an oft maligned committee as they struggle to raise funds, to find bands, seek out kindly owners for the use of cars, to arrange food bags and refreshments, see to the vetting of the guests, recruit the all but few workers, liaise with Police as to Parade and safety requirements, liaise too with School Teachers on the selection of Pageant Principals and ensuring that a mostly disinterested general public is kept informed for nine of those months already mentioned, (the other month is one during which Mr. Everyman is beginning to take notice, generally around late May - early June), the work of the Committee is endless and oh so very necessary....."

If you feel that you could lighten the load of the committee by contributing your skill / enthusiasm / presence / ideas, why not contact one of the office bearers named above? Offers of HELP are always welcome!