The Committee

Chairman's Address

Dickens night has now been an annual event for many years and has continually grown in both size and stature to become the premier community event in Atherstone.

Dickens Night does not “just happen” on the last Saturday in November as I learned whilst being on the committee for the last couple of years, the planning and fundraising is a continual process that starts immediately after each event.

The Dickens night committee meet on a regular basis at varying venues around the town with all the meetings advertised on the web site and in the town council notice board in the market square.

Everyone in the town is welcome to join us at any of the meetings and you can join us on the committee if you so wish and believe me we can have some very rewarding times.

The Elected Committee of 2008-2009 is:-

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Ray Jarvis Chairman	Dave Evans Vice Chairman	Nathan Sweet Secretary	Gill Davis Treasurer

As well as the four elected persons above, the Dickens Committee voted for Team Leaders to be introduced who now oversee a specific area and are the main contact regarding any issues regarding their area. Below is the table of Team Leaders and the area they are responsible for.

Team Leader Name	Area Responsible for
Denise Clews	Market Square Stalls
Karen Evans	Memorial Hall
David Evans	Long Street Stalls
Ray Jarvis and David Evans	Entertainment
Pete Farrugia	Security
Pete Farrugia	Road Closures
Barry Beeson	Electrics (Market Square)
Dave Stone	General Stall Erection
Susie and Chrissy	Santa's Sack
Steve Noctor	Programme

Assisted by many other individuals and groups that attend our meetings and / or help in staging the event.

I am proud to be chairman for 2006 and know that I can rely on the hard working committee for their support in staging another memorable event.

Ray Jarvis
Chairman