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Pentathlon Carnival Club (Associate)

Pentathlon Carnival Club

Pentathlon Carnival Club was formed in 1971, and it’s first ever entry Verdi’s Grand Opera Aida took first place at Bridgwater Carnival in the open tableaux class. This was an amazing achievement for a new club, and it would be easier to state the years in which the club didn’t win, such has been the  impact the club has had on the top prizes over the years.

The club went on to take the top spot at Bridgwater Carnival in its second year in 1972 and also went on to win the county cup for the first time with Ceremonial Procession of India.

The 1980s were a prolific time for the club, winning the county cup five times. The club also has the distinction of being the first club to win the county cup three years in succession – 1987 (Cossacks Display of the Tsar), 1988 (Shogun – Lord of the Samurai), and 1989 (Cleopatra’s Escape from Egypt).

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, even when not winning the open tableaux class in Bridgwater or the county cup, the club rarely did worse then second place.

The clubs is currently based at The Walnut Tree in North Petherton.

Contact Samantha Cooke, Secretary

Procession Results

Year
Title
Class
Position
Cup
2023
Zulu – Battle of Rorke’s Drift
Class 1 – Tableau Cart Open
3
2022
Pentathlon’s Travelling Funfair
Class 1 – Tableau Cart Open
3
2019
Broken Boot
Class 1 – Tableau Cart Open
5
2018
Day Of The Dead
Class 1 – Tableau Cart Open
4
2017
Braveheart
Class 1 – Tableau Cart Open
3
2016
What Lies Beneath…
Class 1 – Tableau Cart Open
3
2015
What Lies Beneath
Class 1 – Tableau Cart Open
1
2014
Roll Up, Roll Up!
Class 1 – Tableau Cart Open
3
2013
Oz: The Emerald City
Class 1 – Tableau Cart Open
3
2012
Atlantis
Tableau Cart – Open
3
2011
Overthrow Of The Tsar
Tableau Cart – Open
1
2010
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
2009
Ceremonial Barge of the Dragon Emperor
Tableaux Cart – Open
4
2008
GET THE PARTY STARTED (BY INVITATION ONLY!)
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
2007
TENOCHTITLAN
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
2006
ICE WARZ
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
2005
BAL MASQUE
Tableaux Cart – Open
2
2004
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
Tableaux Cart – Open
3
2003
LES MISERABLES
Tableau Cart – Open
1
2002
DISNEYS HEROES & VILLIANS (THE GAME)
Tableau Cart – Open
2
2001
MAKE ‘EM LAUGH
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
2000
CAVALCADE OF CARNIVAL
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1999
STAR WARS – EPISODE ONE – THE PHANTOM MENACE
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1998
BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1997
SNOWFLAKE WIZARDRY
Tableaux Cart – Open
4
1996
ALL KEYED UP ( A TOY MAKERS DREAM!)
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1995
WARHAMMER (THE GAME – THE FUTURE)
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1994
THE PARADE OF ALI
Tableaux Cart – Open
2
1993
HOOK
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1992
EL CID (LORD OF SPAIN)
Tableaux Cart – Open
2
1991
ENCHANTICA
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1990
MASQUERADE FROM THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1989
CLEOPATRA’S ESCAPE FROM EGYPT
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1988
SHOGUN – LORD OF THE SAMURAI
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1987
COSSACKS DISPLAY FOR THE TSAR
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1986
BEN HUR
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1985
STAR WARS, THE FINAL CHAPTER
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1984
LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1983
THE SAPA INCA – SON OF THE SUN
Tableaux Cart – Open
2
1982
SCENE FROM THE STUDENT PRINCE
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1981
THE VICEROY’S BODY GUARD
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1979
ARABIAN ADVENTURE
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1978
FANTASY OF THE SEA QUEENS
Tableaux Cart – Open
3
1977
TWO FACES OF A CLOWN (HAPPY/SAD)
Tableaux Cart – Open
2
1976
FANTASY WORLD OF THE ICE PRINCESS
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1975
PLANET OF THE APES
Tableaux Cart – Open
3
1974
PRIDE OF SCOTLAND
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1973
SCENES FROM THE BULLFIGHT
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1972
CEREMONIAL PROCESSION OF INDIA
Tableaux Cart – Open
1
1971
VERDI’S GRAND OPERA AIDA
Tableaux Cart – Open
1

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