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Swindon Mela returns to Old Town

Gardens after three year hiatus

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town’s best attended events will you or your organisation would like
again take place in Town Gardens to participate in the Mela contact
in Old Town on Saturday 13 August. info@swindonmela.com for more
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Entertainment at the festival
includes dancing displays and Plans for the 2016 Mela include
music as well as food stalls. more performances by local artists
Sonny Hamid, of the Mela especially the younger generation.
planning committee said: “The Mela are also planning to include
planning process over the past professional head-line acts with
year has been very challenging all of the performances happening
with many small and large issues in the Bowl area of the Old Town
that have had to be faced but Gardens, which should help to
we are pleased to say that with reduce crowding.
much hard work by the team and “As always, we are continuing our
positive contribution by all of our efforts to ensure the event is an
stakeholders, we have managed environmentally-friendly one and
to overcome all hurdles that are actively seeking ways of making
confronted us and we continue to this year’s Mela even greener.”
make good progress on all fronts. added Sonny.
“Our team has been enlarged by “Typically, we are working
the appointment of a new event together with Thamesdown
manager Duncan Thompson from Transport and actively discouraging
Production78 who is an extremely the use of cars to access the event.
experienced professional with much We will be promoting the use of
know-how gained from managing public transport which passes close
several other Melas and specialist to the entrance.
events in other parts of the UK. “We are also advertising the use
“With his assistance and advice of the Park & Ride facilities at
we have made rapid progress in Wroughton which offer excellent
preparing a new and more efficient bus connections to Old Town.
Safety and Security Management “As the last Swindon Mela took
Plan all of which has aided us place in 2013, we’re hoping to see
immensely in getting the 2016 great turnout at the 2016 event.”
Mela off to a promising start.” For more information on the
The Mela team have been taking Swindon Mela 2016, visit their
applications from local businesses Facebook page: www.facebook.
and groups to host stalls and com/The-Swindon-Mela
activities, but the event is still in
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