World Jam Festival

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Literally rolling in and some from the other side of the world as Australia is making its mark on this years awards. Another winging its way from Chile. Europe have always been competitive. Wouldnt it be lovely be able to say one from each county in the UK. And the Mad Hatter says he would then consider eating his hat. The word consider makes us all wonder. Which brings us to thinking if he ever did what would the Mad Hatter do for a hat. We will be holding a competition on the day -22nd September 2024 - for you to make "A hat fit for the Mad Hatter". All we ask is you to bring your HAT for judging with a label with all your contact details on by 12 noon on the day . There is no entry fee and there will be a prize for the best hat. So even if you dont make jam but like to be crafty get your thinking caps on to bring your hat along.. Open to all ages. To give you a few ideas of what you could come up with ....

Entries are still open with just over a month to go .You may like to read the newsletter https://mailchi.mp/0cd3c75f1539/submit-your-entries-now-for-the-world-jam-awards-17383996?e=0ba77f484f and join the mailing list we rarely send a mailchimp out so dont worry about being overloaded . This is just a gentle reminder as we would hate you to miss out. We have added more judges, never forgetting the sterling effort Gilly from the Malton Cookery School did as she waded through so many one year we dont know how she did it. There will be food too, so lunch out at the Star in Helmsley and we are expecting there to be a scrumptious BBQ too. Paul Garbutt will be jamming away in another way with his guitar. There will be a competition for the Best Alice in Wonderland so time to look out your fancy dressing up clothes. We are hoping to make it a fun day for everyone and plenty of jam to sample and buy

It was a very exciting and busy time in the run up and after the event not to mention the day itself. It all ran smoothly on the day after a few last minute hitches. We are lucky to have Siobhan from New Zealand stand in as a very good Mad Hatter as we were let down in the last week Siobhan was staying in the area and was a good sport donning a top hat and twirling her umberella despite the rain. Tracy and her team at the Feathers pulled out all the stops and not only provided us with their function room but a wonderful colourful balloon entrance . The winner was unable to attend as it was a 4 hour drive for him and with a 6 month old baby who hadnt been well couldnt come. We were lucky that Adrian Dangar stood in for Andrew Pern who was going to present the winner and runners up as one of his staff's wivees had had a permature baby during the night and they had a wedding party in so Andrew was needed to step in.But happy to say the show went on . The decorations looked good and th...