Posted 16 04 2010 in:

CHESTER is to host the third World Town Crier Tournament in June which will see thousands of visitors pour into the city providing a huge boost to the local economy.
Organised by Chester Renaissance alongside Chester’s own champion Town Crier, David Mitchell, the event will see as many as 40 town criers arrive for a week-long festival during which there will be three days of fierce competition.

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Executive Member for Culture and Recreation, Councillor Richard Short says he is delighted to be able to support the event which will provide a welcome boost to the city’s economy.

MORE than 40 town criers from around the globe will descend on Chester including participants from America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as many other European countries. It is guaranteed to bring thousands of visitors to the City.

In the first round sponsored by The Coach House Hotel in Chester each town crier will cry three times before the best 12 are selected to compete in the final.

The second round, sponsored by Northgate Church, will take place on Thursday, June 17 with entrants proclaiming the attractions of their home towns.
Each crier will be marked on five different categories including, volume and clarity of cry, diction and inflection, which is pitch, confidence and bearing, content of cry and finally how they engage with the audience.

The final will take place outside the Town Hall on Saturday, June 19, where 12 finalists will be chosen to make their last and final cries.

The Chester World Town Crier Tournament is a free Chester Holiday event that is part of Chestival, the city’s new cultural extravaganza running from the 11th June until July 14th.

A little about Chestival…

Chestival is the festival that celebrates Chester’s best bits, bringing the streets, buildings and parks of Chester alive for 33 days and nights.

This ‘festival first’ has something for everyone, including a Roman weekend, the Halfords bike tour, the Midsummer Watch and Giant Parade, Rhino mania with up to 70 fabulously decorated Rhinos stampeding the streets of Chester, and the spectacular outdoor Chester Music Festival.

Full dates and this year’s programme will be available on the Chestival website soon. Please contact the booking department for details of our hotel accommodation Chester during the festival.

Article source: Chester Chronicle