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The Big Tent Event final countdown

Final preparations are taking place for The Big Tent Event – 3C Community Church’s four-day summer festival, held in partnership with Dursley Festival.

Attractions at The Big Tent Event (July 15-18, www.thebigtentevent.org) include live music, an multi-media youth night, the Grand Team Quiz with a £100 first prize, a football cage and family games, all on Dursley Recreation Ground.

Registrations are now open for the Grand Team Quiz, taking place at 7.45pm on the first day of The Big Tent Event, Thursday July 15. Music for the evening will come from One Nation, an acclaimed band from the Midlands playing jazz, funk and latin. Registration forms are available from www.thebigtentevent.org. Teams can bring along the form on the night and pay the £5 registration fee.


The following night at 7pm is The Friday Night Project - a free youth event featuring the interactive multi-media show Icon TV, electro-rock/punk group On Off Switch and the OOS DJs.

The Big Tent Event is supplying a football cage as part of the youth attractions at Dursley Festival on Saturday July 17, as well as staging a puppet show in the afternoon.
The final day of The Big Tent Event, July 18, is Sunday Live! – featuring Modern Christian Worship at 11.30am, followed by a picnic on the Rec and Wipeout! family fun and games.
Rev Noel Fellowes, of 3C Community Church, said: "The Big Tent Event should be a great event, with attractions to suit all the family. We're also very pleased to be serving our local community by working in partnership with Dursley Festival."

For details of the full programme, visit www.thebigtentevent.org.
The Big Tent Event is the second summer festival on Dursley Rec organised by 3C Community Church (The first, called Y3C, took place in September 2008). The church, based in Church Road, Cam, was formed in June 2008 by the merger of two churches, Cam Congregational Church and Cotswold Community Church.

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Media contacts: Paul Herbert on familyvonherbert@googlemail.com or 01453 544900 (daytime) or 01453 842260 (evening)

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Summer in Dursley! - The Big Tent Event

The countdown has begun to The Big Tent Event - a four-day family festival for Cam and Dursley organised by 3C Community Church.

The Big Tent Event, from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th July, takes place in and around a giant marquee on Dursley Recreation Ground and is being run in partnership with Dursley Festival (Saturday 17th July).

Attractions at The Big Tent Event (www.thebigtentevent.org) include live music, an interactive, multi-media youth night, a team quiz night and a picnic and family games on the Rec.

Rev Noel Fellowes, of 3C, said: "We're really excited about The Big Tent Event. We've put together a great programme for people of all ages. We're also very pleased to be serving the community by working in partnership with Dursley Festival."

Final details of the programme for The Big Tent Event have yet to be announced. Items confirmed to date are:

• Thursday evening, 15th July: Team quiz + music from One Nation, a highly acclaimed Christian global funk band from the Midlands (to enter a team in the quiz, visit www.thebigtentevent.org)
  
• Friday evening, 16th: Youth Mix: Icon TV (an interactive show from British Youth for Christ) and electro-punk/rock from On Off Switch
  
• Saturday 17th July: Dursley Festival day - 3C Community Church will have its own presence at Dursley Festival, including a football cage in the youth area (to enter the football cage tournament, visit www.thebigtentevent.org)
  
• Sunday Live: Gather with 3C in the Big Tent to worship and celebrate on Sunday morning, followed by a family picnic on the Rec and an afternoon's fun including Wipe-out! games.

The Big Tent Event is the second summer festival on Dursley Rec organised by 3C Community Church (The first, called Y3C, took place in September 2008). The church, based in Church Road, Cam, was formed in June 2008 by the merger of two churches, Cam Congregational Church and Cotswold Community Church.

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Issued by The Big Tent Event/3C Community Church

Media contacts: Paul Herbert on familyvonherbert@googlemail.com or 01453 544900 (daytime) or 01453 842260 (evening)