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    Decorated Shop Window Competition
    Ilminster Carnival are bringing back the decorated shop window competition again this year after it was missing from the town last year due to Covid. Although we are still not holding a carnival procession this year, we are planning a week of carnival events to celebrate. The window competitition will take place between Saturday 25th September & Saturday 2nd October 2021. It would be great if as many local shops/businesses as possible could take part to show support for Ilminster Carnival. Our aim is to keep carnival in people's minds ready for our hopeful return next year, as the carnival procession has been missing from the town for two years now. There is not a specific theme but it would be great if your window display captures the magic of carnival and brings the usual sights of carnival back to the streets of Ilminster with unique designs and lots of bright colours. We look forward to seeing your imaginative designs. We ask that your displays are ready on Friday 24th September for when the competition starts on Saturday, when judging will also begin. This year the public will be voting for their favourite window displays via our website. We will share details of the winner and runner-up on our social media pages once the voting has concluded.
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    Carnival Photograph Hunt
    ​For this years carnival week we are also going to be trying something new, a carnival photograph hunt. We are asking if shops/businesses in the town would display a supplied A4 photograph of a carnival entry in their window. The photograph would be numbered along with the title of the entry in the photograph. We will then be producing an answer sheet with a list of numbers along with the name of the shop where that number is located and the public will then have to go to each shop and write down the title of the entry which corresponds to each number. We hope this will encourage people to explore the shops in Ilminster and also see your decorated window displays. We hope this may also appeal to some of the shops that don't have the space to fully decorate their windows. Once people have completed the form they can submit them back to us and will be entered into a draw where one entry will be picked to win a prize. The photograph hunt will take place between Saturday 25th September & Saturday 2nd October.
    The closing date for entries is Monday 20th September 2021. ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED!
    You can state below via the tick boxes whether you would like to enter the Decorated Window Competition, Photograph Hunt Competition or both:
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