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1996 Procession

Videos

1996 – Yeovil Boys Brigade JCC – Sunshine After The Rain

1996 – Wills CC – Twilight Cafe

1996 – Wick CC – Banana Bonkers

1996 – Vagabonds CC – Spirit Of The Brave

1996 – Puriton Pilgrims CC – Boomerang Don’t Come Back

1996 – Pentathlon CC – All Keyed Up (A Toymakers Dream…!)

1996 – Masqueraders CC – Intergalactic Circus

1996 – Marina Sydenham JCC – Tribal Dance

1996 – King William CC – Polarization

1996 – Harlequin CC – Wardance

1996 – Gremlins CC – Robot Attack

1996 – Centurion CC – Ghost Train

Feature Cart – Local

Title
Club
Position
Cup
VOODOO SPIRITS
5
THE AQUANAUTS
6
TOTALLY TROPICAL
7
FRIGHT NIGHT
8
PETER AND THE PIRATES
9
STARS AND STRIPES
10
THE TOYMAKERS DREAM
11


Feature – (Five Or More On Foot)

Title
Club
Position
Cup
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO A WEDDING
1
JUMPIN JOCKS
Jokers CC, Ilminster
2
CAN’T FATHOM IT OUT
Samvantra CC, Chapmanslade
3
JUST CRUISING
Herbert Family, Frome
4


Feature Cart – Open

Title
Club
Position
Cup
INTERGALACTIC CIRCUS
Masqueraders CC, Meare
1
WARDANCE
Harlequin CC, Ilminster
2
MOLOONG
Young At Heart CC, Bridgwater
3
SUNLORDS
Prattens CC, Midsomer Norton
4


Masqueraders (2-5 On Foot)

Title
Club
Position
Cup
MOBILE JOKE SQUAD
Martin Ford
1
WONDER OF OZ
Claire & Angela Parker, Ilminster
2
WORZEL AND AUNT SALLY’S WEDDING
Muskateers CC
3


Comic Feature Mounted

Title
Club
Position
Cup
BANANA BONKERS
Wick CC, Glastonbury
1
BOOMERANG DON’T COME BACK
Pilgrims CC, Puriton
2
MOONIN AROUND
Cary Comedians CC, Castle Cary
4


Masquerader on Foot – Adult

Title
Club
Position
Cup
MAN IN BLACK
Trevor Spriggs
0
ROBOT
Stuart Cooper
1
FLY FISHING
Bob Kingston, Ilminster
2
WHAT AN EYEFUL!
Colin Burnap, Puriton
3
PINBALL WIZARDRY
Brian Gray, Taunton
4


Masquerader on Foot – Juvenile

Title
Club
Position
Cup
ST GEOERGE & THE DRAGON
Christopher Spriggs
0
GUY FAWKES IN GLASS
Mikaela Dredge, Shepton Mallet
1
COLUMBINE
Sheryl Fielding, Frome
2
PUPPET MASQUERADERS
Andrew Parker, Ilminster
3
PUFF
Emma Kingston, Wincanton
4


Feature – Juvenile (Mounted)

Title
Club
Position
Cup
SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN
Yeovil Boys Brigade CC
2
JUNGLE ROCK
Hillview JCC, Highbridge
3
PUPPETS DREAM
Zodiac CC, Cheriton Fitzpaine
4


Feature – Juvenile (On Foot With Props)

Title
Club
Position
Cup
HELL RAISERS
Candy Children, Bridgwater
1
THOMAS
Tigers CC, Axminster
2
SPOOKY EXPRESS
Cavalier Pups, Bridgwater
3


Feature – Juvenile (On Foot)

Title
Club
Position
Cup
WINTER WONDERLAND
Young Renegades JCC, Bridgwater
1
GOLD BLEND
James Bulloch & Co., Ilminster
2
SUNFLOWER REJECTS
Young Generation JCC, Bridgwater
3


Tableaux Cart – Local

Title
Club
Position
Cup


Tableaux Cart – Open

Title
Club
Position
Cup
ALL KEYED UP ( A TOY MAKERS DREAM!)
1
POLARISATION
King William, Glastonbury
2
STARMAN
Huckyduck CC, Coleford
3
HEDGEROW BALL
Shambles CC, Shepton Mallet
4


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