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Sam Hooper Cup

Bridgwater Carnival Sam Hooper Cup

Inscribed: – Bridgwater Carnival Committee 1931 The Sam Hooper Cup presented by Mrs E. Hooper.

Awarded for: – Concert – 1st position – Gang or Feature – 2nd to the White Hart Cup.

Winners

Year
Title
Club
2023
Coppelius’s Toy Theatre
2022
At the Museum
2019
The Wreckers of Moonfleet
2018
The American Civil War
2017
 Tempus Fugit
2016
 Frontier
2015
 The Secret Creed
2014
 Dr Suess, The Suessical
2013
Priscilla
2012
Mrs Lovett’s Pie Emporium
2011
The Wacky Racers
2010
The Intergalctic Circus
2009
The Merchant Of Venice
2008
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
2007
The Kraken Awakes
2006
The Vikings – A Rock Opera
2005
Halloween
2004
Ancient Egypt – Aegyptus
2003
Les Miserables
2002
Moulin Rouge
2001
The Wizard Of Oz
2000
You’ve Never Seen Anything Like It
1999
Viva Brasil!
1998
Beauty & The Beast
1997
Comic Strip
1996
Theatreland
1995
Fairtime 1920’s Style
Pariah CC
1994
Toys And Dolls
1993
Skullduggery
1992
Lore Circles Of The Magnakai
1990
Rio Masquerade
1989
Laughter Parade
1988
The Mikado
Pariah CC
1987
Phantom Of The Opera
1986
Kublai Khan
Bohemian CC
1985
Kabuki
1984
Spartacus
1983
The Battle of Blenheim
Bohemians CC, Bridgwater
1982
Signs of the Zoziac (The Birth of Astrology)
Town Council CC, Bridgwater
1981
Wedgewood
Town Council CC, Bridgwater
1980
The Four Crowned Williams of England
Town Council CC, Bridgwater
1979
A Day at the Grand Hotel
1978
MacBeth
Town Council CC, Bridgwater
1977
Fire Lords of the Pheonix
Town Council CC, Bridgwater
1976
The Sentinels of Saturn
Town Council CC, Bridgwater
1975
The World of Hans Christian Anderson
1974
Pinocchio
Hinkley Point CC, Bridgwater
1973
Worshippers of the Condor
1973
The Desert Song
Coates Fencing CC, Bridgwater
1972
Sacred Burial of Chief Sitting Bull
Hinkley Point CC, Bridgwater
1971
The Sword in the Stone
Hinkley Point CC, Bridgwater
1971
Death or Glory Boys 17th Lancers
1970
Lolanthe
Coates Fencing CC, Bridgwater
1969
The First Christmas
1968
Philadelphia Entertainers
1967
Hamlet – Prince of Denmark
Devonshire CC, Bridgwater
1966
Last Days of Pompeii
Devonshire CC, Bridgwater
1965
The Highwaymen
1964
My Lord Mayor
1963
Princess Turandot
1962
Roman Scandals
1961
Scene from Faust
1960
King Richard 1 and Saladin
1959
Staleg 13
1958
Bustles and Boaters
Roberts Bros. , Bridgwater
1957
A Christmas Fantasy
Roberts Bros. , Bridgwater
1956
Nursery Fantasy
1955
The Wooden Horse of Troy
Cryptonians CC, Bridgwater
1953
13th Somerset Light Infantry at Jellalabad 1842
1952
Corny Country Cousins
1951
British Cavalcade
Golden Lion CC, Bridgwater
1950
Thousand and One Nights
Town Council CC, Bridgwater
1949
Pages of Rhythm
1949
PAGES OF RHYTHM
1948
Persian Slave Market
Rhode Lane Soc. Club, Bridgwater
1948
HARMONICA MINSTRELS
Rhode Lane Soc. Club
1947
GENTLEMEN OF OLD ENGLAND
Greinton Club
1947
Sussex Gunners
Greinton Club, Bridgwater
1946
Monastry Garden
Crown Inn, Bridgwater
1946
SPANISH TELEVISORS
Crown Inn
1938
Harmonica Minstrels
Cardiff Arms Club, Bridgwater
1938
HARMONICA MINSTRELS
Cardiff Arms Club
1937
Gentlemen of Old England
Cardiff Arms Club, Bridgwater
1937
GENTLEMEN OF OLD ENGLAND
Cardiff Arms Club
1936
Spanish Televisors
Steam Packet, Bridgwater
1936
SPANISH TELEVISORS
Steam Packet
1935
Revels of Old Seville
Hope Inn, Bridgwater
1935
Romany Rye and his Zigeuners
Bridgwater Carnival Club, Bridgwater
1935
ROMANY RYE AND HIS ZIGEUNERS/REVELS OF OLD SEVILLE
Bridgwater Carnival Club / Hope Inn
1934
ST MORITZ SKI-ERS
Territorial Club
1934
St Moritz Ski-ers
Territorial Club, Bridgwater
1933
BOYS OF THE OLD BRIGADE
Devonshire Arms
1933
Boys of the Old Brigade
Devonshire Arms, Bridgwater
1932
Costers in Carnival
Lions Club, Bridgwater
1932
COSTERS IN CARNIVAL
Lions Club
1931
Whoopee Makers
Green Dragon, Bridgwater

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