Brockham Bonfire

Archive for July, 2008

Brockham Bonfire 2008  – Firework Sponsorship For the last few years many families and friends of Brockham Bonfire have sponsored Fireworks. This has been for birthdays, friends, proposals of marriage, remembering loved ones, thank you and ‘just good luck’. This has been great fun, a new dimension to the fun of the evening in creating a fantastic family atmosphere and a great way of raising funds to cover our costs and of course a way of purchasing fireworks we could otherwise not afford. 

However, the idea has become a victim of its own success. Reading the list of sponsors last year took a full ten minutes and whilst reading out some captures the imagination of the crowd it was generally felt that the list was too long. However, we think firework Sponsorship is great and so many residents and their friends enjoy the contribution they can make in personalising a firework for the family. This year we will introduce a new system for Firework Sponsorship. 

Twelve ‘sponsor messages’ will be announced over the pa system on Bonfire Night. Three of these will be at the discretion of the Bonfire Committee and nine will be picked randomly. All Sponsors who notify us of their intentions with a message before the 1st October will see their message printed in the Bonfire Brochure and be placed on the Brockham Bonfire Web site. This will enable you to write a slightly longer message if you wish – up to 50 words. We will also place them on the other two Village web sites. The ‘hits’ on these web sites last year during bonfire week exceeded 50,000. This will also give us the opportunity to maintain a permanent record of firework sponsors and will give you the opportunity in years to come of looking back at your ‘sponsorship’.

The ‘Grand Finale’ of every display will be dedicated to all Firework Sponsors. Last year this was 300 fireworks in 2 minutes.  If you want to sponsor a firework please:Send us your short message for the Brochure and if you wish an additional longer message for the web sitesYour name and phone numberYour donation for sponsorship, a minimum of £25.00 pleaseContact Doreen Bates, 01737 843041, cheques payable to Brockham Bonfire Ltd, 41 Hillside Gardens, Brockham, Betchworth, Surrey We will notify you during ‘bonfire week’ if your short message is going to be read out on Bonfire Night. Please see www.brockhambonfire.com