CELEBRATION WEEKEND!

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What a great Celebration Weekend!

Starting with the arrival of the Royal Enfield Club of Australia Inc from 5 States of Australia on Friday 23rd of April to the conclusion on Monday 26th of April with the departure of the Royal Enfields and the following clean-up and return to normal.

The new camping/caravan area provided a comfortable area for those who stayed, some for a week or more and it has now been well worked and proven in it's ability to cope with numbers, a great new feature for the Principality and it's many visitors.

Messages of congratulations have begun to arrive as people return home and much of the congratulations go to those who prepared and served the foods and drinks etc that were available over the weekend and those same people who provided the fantastic menu's for the various commemorative meals held during the celebration.

I am pleased to report that everything went according to plan, no major problems arose and the Principality coped well with a large number of people attending at various times over the weekend.

All aproaching events over the weekend were announced quite publicly by the bell, voice and talents of the Principality's own award winning Town Crier, Hon Maggie Harding who flew in from her home in Adelaide to participate and share with the Royal Family in their celebrations.
A great job Hon Maggie!

The new Mini-Golf area was most popular with both kids and adults alike and a lot of fun was hade there, though one problem arose that no-one had even thought to consider and that was the scoring of "hole-in-one's" as that was deemed "impossible" but was achieved by not only one adult but by two children under 12! so certificates had to be very quickly whipped up to commemorate such an achievement.

The musical entertainment provided at various times over the weekend by the Batavia Coast Pipe Band, the Geraldton City Band, the great duo "Local Dose" and last but not least the professional entertainment provided by John Gall went down outstandingly well and it was great to hear the Principality alive with music and if that were not enough, at various times Local Dose and John Gall stepped down to allow visiting guests to get up and also provide performances such as the fantastic voice of Mrs Tam McKeown, and the surprising skills of a visiting Sociologist, Dr Judy Lattas from Macquarie University who played a number of Irish tunes beautifully on her Penny Whistle.

The Chapel of Nain was filled to capacity with visitors for the largest Investiture held in the Chapel for many, many years and a rare event for the public to get to view and a large crowd also awaited outside for everyone to exit the Chapel for the march past by the Geraldton City Band whilst HRH Prince Leonard took the salute with sons Crown Prince Ian and Prince Richard alongside him of the steps of the Government Offices.

The presence of a European documentary film crew throughout the Celebrations created some interest, particularly amongst the public, if not a little discomfort at times for some of us who were trying to celebrate and at the same time having to have some degree of concern for that ever present camera and microphone.

A surprise highlight of the many events that took place over the weekend and one that certainly cannot be ignored nor forgotten, was a presentation made to HRH Prince Leonard by Sir Albert Caine KRO.
Sir Albert has for many years provided transport for HRH on formal occasions using one of his executive hire cars as well as served HRH in the capacity of his Driver for these special occasions. Driving either a Limousine or the Rolls Royce (HRH's favourite) Sir Albert has driven HRH to various events and always attends the Principality on every Anniversary and for the Northampton Airing of the Quilts festival where for a number of years now, HRH Prince Leonard has led the main procession whilst being driven by Sir Albert. This special Anniversary Weekend, HRH Prince Leonard was most surprised and shocked to be presented with the keys of that white Rolls Royce that he has so many times looked forward to arriving to transport him. A very generous presentation indeed by Sir Albert and his lovely wife Dame Jane Cain.

We will be publishing a number of photos of the weekend, please bear in mind that the Webmaster has taken these shots in a "mood of celebration" so they maintain the feel of candid snaps rather than formal poses  and were taken simply to record as many parts of the actual events as possible rather than to provide a sterile set-up of formal shots. Should any wish a copy of a particular photo seen on this site then please contact the webmasters office and we will be only to happy to see if we can supply a higher resolution image by e-mail on request.
 

On arrival at the Principality the members were informally greeted by HRH Prince Leonard who was introduced to the Club Officers on the steps of the Government Building before the Members headed down to the new camping area to set-up tents and vans etc for the duration of their stay.

HRH Prince Leonard is Patron of the Royal Enfield Club of Australia Inc and he had been looking forward to the Club arrival and meeting the members who travelled such distances to get here.

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