This year’s Gala Week will be packed full of events and one of the best yet, its organisers have promised.
A packed programme of events kicks off with the gala day on Sunday June 29, when thousands of people are expected to gather on Castle Green.
The family attractions on offer will include a children’s fancy dress competition, pipe band parade, live music, Radio Tay Roadshow, traditional fete games, fresh food from local suppliers, fire engine, face painting, charity stalls, fairground attractions and for the grown-ups only a beer tent.
Entry to the fete is free but there will be a bucket collection and fundraising activities to raise money for local charities such as the Broughty Ferry lifeboat, Age Concern, St Andrew’s Ambulance, YMCA and the Scouts.
Any surplus will go towards the purchase of additional Christmas street light displays.
Gerry Stewart, who chairs the gala committee, said: “A fantastic amount of thought and work has gone into organising this year’s events, so we are confident that this year’s gala week will be one of the best ever.
“We want to see plenty people coming to the Ferry grannies, grandads, mums, dads, kids of all ages, and of course anyone else.
“The committee works extremely hard to make gala week happen, but we couldn’t do it without the generous support of Dundee City Council and the event sponsors.”
The week continues with the window-spotting competition, with the public on the look-out for unusual articles displayed in the windows of members of Broughty Ferry Traders’Association.
This year there are 71 traders involved and entrants will have to work out which item does not fit, such as a paint brush in a baker’s window.
There will be several events every day of the week, including the sand sculpture and pavement drawing competitions, an antiques roadshow, quiz nights, family fun night, a fishing competition, a bonnie baby competition and many more.
Full listings are available from www.cometobroughty.co.uk.