Queen Georgina and Princess Reanne attended Hornsey and Enfield court selections respectively on the 19th and 26th of March 

Both girls had a good time at the events and wish the best of luck to Both Hornsey and Enfields new courts 

It was a very christmasy weekend on the 26th and 27th November when the court helped turn on some Essex Christmas Lights. On Friday 26th they were joined by our junior Princess Abbie for the Leigh Christmas Lights Parade, despite the bitter cold they had fun and danced to christmas music the whole way 

On Saturday 27th the fun moved to Maldon and with even colder weather Queen Georgina and Princess Reanne danced on the float and helped win best float in the Parade . At the evening disco good fun was had by all 

The Southend Carnival Court would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas

Princesses Lauren and Reanne won first and Second prize respectively at the Witham Presentation dance on Friday 12th November . They both impressed the judges with Lauren beating Reanne in to second place 

An excellent time was had by all and despite Reanne being on crutches they danced the night away .Princess Lauren said "I was shocked to win first prize I think we both thought we didnt have  a chance against some of the competition", Princess Reanne was delighted for her fellow Court member" its great we both got a prize"  Queen Georgina Added "Im very very pround of my girls I love them both they should be joint first" 

The Princesses are pictured here Lauren (left) and Reanne (Right) with Withams Court 

Ian Jones

Saturday 16th October saw the selection of the National Carnival Guild Court , Southend Carnvial are delighted to annouce that Our Queen Georgina was selected as the National Carnival Guild Queen after competing against 5 other courts from across the country in a Queen of Queens style competition  , She will be joined in the court by Junior Princess Stacey from Stanford and corringham , Senior Princess Rachael from Basildon and Pitsea and Deptuy Queen Brogan also from Stanford and Corringham, she will visit events and Carnivals in this role for the next year ,

Queen Georgina is pictured above being crowned by chairman of the Carnival Guild Dave Sargeant and right the new Guild Court pose for the first photo.

Queen Georgina Said "the support was amazing last night, from my Princess Reanne, my association, and all the others there and even the executives of the guild, all in all an amazing night, im so proud to be able to represent the guild as their Queen for the next year"

The Finale of the summer season took place at Burnham on Saturday 25th September, Despite the weather turning chilly the Court had a fantastic time dancing to the music and soaking up the atmosphere of this unique Carnvial , The evening was topped off in grand style by winning "Best Visiting Queens Float"  for the first time since 2007 and bringing home the "Challenge Cup" 

Queen Georgina Said "I have had a fantastic summer and met loads of new friends , tonight has been a fitting end to the really great summer, it was excellent to see so many people turn up to watch the carnival" 

After a hectic time of many varied events the week culminated in the Grand Illuminated procession along the Southend Seafront. The day began with a Queens tea at the Civic Centre. We were joined by Courts from Ashingdon, Basildon and Pitsea, Burnham on Crouch, Hornsey, Stanford and Corringham, Wickford and representatives from the Carnival Guild. Also UK Carnivals and the Queen from Bishopstoke attended. After an excellent tea the Mayor Councillor Ann Holland and her escort judged the Court of the Day which was won by Ashingdon. Then it was down to the Seafront on board an open top bus, it was a little bit windy but great fun. The Courts then joined their floats and the judging took place. Burnham on Crouch 1^st, Stanford and Corringham 2^nd and Ashingdon 3^rd. The Seafront was packed with people to watch a brilliant procession. At the halfway break there was a fantastic firework display. The Southend Court then watched the parade pass and thanked everyone for coming.   

The "Carnival Fair" was offically opened despite the wet weather on Friday 13th August by Southend Mayor Ann Hollond and the Carnival Court, Joined by Local MPs David Amess and James Dudridge and the Youth Mayor and Deputy Youth Mayor they gamely tested all the rides and even enjoyed a rossi ice cream, who are supporting the carnvial this year  

The Fair is now open daily untill Saturday 21st from 2pm till 10.30 (sunday 8.00pm) so please come join in the fun its a great day out !! Even the Mayor can vouch for that !!!

After a very early start from Roots Hall car park the taxis travelled in convoy to the Kursaal where they went bowling, there was then a trip down the pier and the afternoon was spent in Adventure Island. Despite torrential rain and a thunderstorm everyone made it safely back to Garons Leisure Centre for tea and a disco, everyone was tired but very happy after an excellent day out.

After the new court were Crowned on 17th April (Click Here for more details) they have started their reign with a hectic schedule of 4 events in one week 

Starting on Wednesday 21st  April at the Wimpy store in Shoeburyness to give the prizes for the annual drawing competition . This being their first event the girls were very excited and had a really good time , 

The following weekend of the 24th and 25th April  saw the girls attend 3 events in the town , Starting on the Saturday with the Sycarmore Fund childrens party , They Danced and joined in with the childrens games including an easter egg hunt 

On the sunday they attended the St Georges Day service in the morning and also the Taxi Drivers Easter Party where again they joined in the fun and games with the children 

Congratulation to the new girls for the first week and we hope they will have an enjoyable year ahead 

Ian Jones

Southend Carnival Queen Hannah said, ‘it was great to see so many people out on a beautiful summer’s evening to watch the procession and support local charities, the SYCARMORE Fund and Bosom Pals Appeal. My Princesses and I would like to thank everyone for coming and making this such a fun evening.’

The winning entries in the procession can be found Here

For photos of the events Click Here

For Children's fancy dress results Click Here

The winners are 

Southend Carnival Junior Princess 2009 – 

Chani Allott, age 11

Southend Carnival Junior Prince 2009 – 

Alexander Rowland, age 11

They will attend Southend Carnival Procession this Saturday 22nd August as a special guest along with Mayor of Southend who was also one of the judges.

Full Results Here

The Companion dog show held on Sunday 16th August was a big success, Attended by the Court and Deputy Mayor, Queen Hannah and her princesses chatted to the crowd and picked their favourite dog in the courts choice class, The event was well attended and Queen Hannah Said " it was really hard to choose which dog i liked best, they were all great"  

Full Results Here

Queen Hannah and her Princesses took time away from their meet the court day to give prizes to the winners of a Youth Council Competition to design a new super hero for race for life , the cancer research charity , the winners are picture here with the court and other members of the youth council 

The court spent the day in the high street holding a carnival court cashcade to raise funds for the carnival charities , a good day was had by all and the court enjoyed chatting to many of the passers by 

Ian Jones

The official opening of the fair took place on Friday 14^th August, undertaken by the Queen Hannah and the Mayor of Southend Councillor Brian Smith and MP James Duddridge, Hannah and her princesses then tried out many of the rides on their official visit

The fair is open daily from 2pm to 10.30 (Excluding Sunday when it closes at 8pm) until Saturday 22^nd August

Ian Jones

The Carnival Court spent an afternoon visiting the Bouncy Castles in Priory Park. They enjoyed meeting all the children and trying out all of the various inflatables. The event is supporting Bosom Pals, which is one of the charities carnival is supporting this year.

Sheila Jones

Southend Carnival Court attended Clacton Carnival for the very first time on Saturday 8th August, Winning a couple more prize along the way, out of 10 visiting Courts the float took second prize and Queen Hannah scooped 3rd in the Queens Competition

The Carnival was well attended and an excellent time was had by all Queen Hannah said "its really good to be the first court from Southend able to attend Clacton Carnival , being a seaside town like us it's nice to link up in this way" 

Ian Jones 

Southend Carnival Court had a very early start as they went on the Taxi Drivers Charity Fund for Children’s annual outing. They met at Roots Hall car park, where they were joined by Ashingdon Carnival Court.

Queen Hannah returned from holiday to scoop two further prizes at the Maldon Carnival on 1st August , Winning "Best Queens Float" and "Court of the Day" with her Princesses.

Another excellent day was had by all despite the inclement weather 

Princesses Lauren and Kaddy Started a sponsored weightWatchers Walk from Benfleet station to Old Leigh and back on Sunday 19th July. 

The Walk in was aid of the British heart foundation 

With Queen Hannah having a well deserved Holiday Princesses Lauren and Kaddy flew the flag for Southend at Coggeshall Carnival, Scooping Third Prize for Visiting Court and Queens Float, 

The Girls enjoyed another excellent carnival and would like to thank Coggeshall and everyone who made it a good day   

On the 14th July the London Taxi drivers fund for under Privileged children had their annual visit to Southend, Queen Hannah was on duty to welcome the children to their afternoon meal and to wave off the taxis on their return to London 

She partied with the children and helped them have an enjoyable end to their day 

Ian Jones

The Court continued their prize winning form at Witham Carnival on Saturday 11th July with a brace of seconds, Winning second place in the best visiting Queens float category and Queen Hannah getting second in the queen of Queens Contest  

Despite the mixed weather a good day was had by all 

By Ian Jones

The 2009 Carnival season continued on 4thJuly with Hornsey Carnival, The court came away with 2 Prizes winning best visiting Queens float and Court of the Day, Chaperones Alan and Sheila also won chaperones o f the day making a hat-trick of prizes 

Queen Hannah said "its nice to win prizes but it not all about that its about raising money for charities"

A good day was had by all 

By Ian Jones

The 2009 carnival season kicked off on Saturday with Basildon carnival. The court had a really enjoyable time on the float for the first time and danced all the way, Thanks go to Basildon carnivals committee for another good day 

Ian Jones

The Court had a fun afternoon attending two Summer Fetes. First the Court opened St Mary's Church Fete, they enjoyed all the stalls and games including hook a duck and the giant inflatable slide. 

The afternoon continued with a visit to the Avenue Baptist fun day, again they chatted to the visitors and had a go on the different attractions including gladiator style dueling and taking penalties 

The court had a good time at both events Queen Hannah said "its really great visiting local fetes and fun days we are able to meet lots of people" 

Ian Jones      

A busy weekend continued on the evening of the 16th May when the court attended Maldon Carnival Selection dance, A court of court competition was held and our girls were placed 3rd. 

They had a enjoyable evening and danced with all the other visiting courts 

By Ian Jones

The court attended a mile of coins collection in Southend high street on the morning of the 16th May, Helping to raise funds for Southend hospital. the girls chatted to everyone and gave out bugs to the children. 

By Ian Jones

The new Carnival Court attended a couple of events over the May bank holiday weekend of the 3rd and 4th of May 

Starting on the Sunday with the annual Taxi Drivers Party, the court enjoyed dancing with the children and even joined in the belly dancing 

Continuing a yearly tradition the court also opened the St Margaret's Church fair in Leigh, They had a good time looking round the stalls and enjoyed pancakes and going on the bouncy castle, More photos from these events can be seen in the court photo page Here

By Ian Jones

Just a few days after being crowned the new Southend Carnival court attended their first events, Their first duty on Wednesday 22nd April was the prize giving for the Easter drawing competition at the Wimpy restaurant  in Shoeburyness, Queen Hannah said "it was a really good event to attend it was nice to see the children happy when we gave them their prizes"

The court also attended the St Georges day service on Sunday 26th April 

for more information on the new court please see the court link at the top of the page 

By Ian Jones    

The 2008 court continued their prize winning as they attended the Stamford and Corringham Dance. Stepping up from Junior Princess which she won at her first event in April last year Princess Elyse came joint third in the Senior Princess competition, But our congratulations goes to Princess Dani who improved on her second Place in Senor competition a year ago to win first prize 

The court have a few more events to attend before their reign ends on April 18th 

Ian Jones

The Current Court will continue attending events throughout Essex until this time 

On Saturday 29th November the Court visited Maldon to participate in their Christmas parade and disco to turn on the towns festive lights. Despite the wet weather a good day was had by all, The Christmas themed float won first prize in the competition. Queen Rachael and her princesses had a good time dancing along to the Christmas songs,

A "Miss Personality" contest was held in the evening and both Princesses came away with prizes Elyse winning 1st and Dani 2nd Prize 

Queen Rachael, Princess Dani and Princess Elyse would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy new Year and look forward to seeing you all in the future 

The courts summer season of carnivals came to an end at Burnham Carnival on Saturday 27th September. Supported by many members of the association who came to watch, they came away with Highly commended. With music rocking and lights shining brightly they wowed the crowds watching. The court and float crew are pictured here 

By Ian Jones

Southend Carnival court returned from a few weeks break to secure second prize for the float and court at Wickford carnival on Saturday 20th September. On this hot and sunny afternoon the court were only beaten into second place by Burnham's float who's carnival they attend next weekend  

By Ian Jones

Southend Carnival Queen and her Court have just completed a challenging week visiting Southend Hospital, Nazareth House, Adventure Island and all of the Carnival events around the town. Last night the Court were delighted to see thousands of people line the seafront to watch the many floats and pedestrians parade along.

Queen Rachael said, ‘I am really proud of all those who have clearly put a lot of effort into building their floats and costumes. I particularly like the Art of the Village sea themed float and I have enjoyed dancing to the DJs on the ASDA truck! The procession really made the seafront and town come alive.’

The procession takes a full year to put together and this year was part of Southend’s celebrations over the bank holiday weekend to welcome the Olympic torch to London.

Southend Carnival Association Chairman, Chris Charles said ‘although the fair and other events are a lot of fun the procession is my favourite and I would like to thank all those who have been involved in all of the events, including volunteers and those who attended.’ This years main beneficiaries is Havens Hospices, who also entered the procession, it is hoped with the help of residents across the town a large sum of money has been raised for them. 

Full results can be found Here

Photos can be seen Here

The Court visited Nazareth House on Friday 15th August. They attended a coffee morning and spoke with many of the residents. The Court wish to extend their thanks to everyone who made them so welcome

By Colin Jones

The carnival children’s events were held on the 12^th and 13^th August. The events were well attended with Tuesdays  “Children’s Competition” drawing a big crowd with entries in every class including the twin’s class which has not had entries for a number of years. Good fun was had by all. The event was attended by the Mayor and Carnival court, who chose the Champion Boy and Champion Girl.

The “Land of Make Believe” Teddy Bears Picnic was a massive success with over 150 children taking part in the fun and games. Southend Carnival wishes to thank Michelle and her team Chantelle, Charlotte, Lucy and Shelby (pictured here with some children who entered both events and the carnival court)  for once again putting on an excellent event, for more information on Land of Make Believe Click Here

Once again the “Children’s Fancy Dress” competition was the most successful for many years with 116 children entering the various classes, With entries ranging from Jelly fish and Chickens to topical entrants from the Olympics, The Child and guardian class was once again well supported with everyone entering into the spirit of the competition

Southend Carnival wishes to thank every one who entered all three events and hope you all had a good day

Results from the events can be found Here

Pictures of the children’s events can be found Here

By Ian Jones

Southend Carnival Court had a fun morning on Tuesday 12^th August with a trip aboard the C2C special carnival train. They were joined by Basildon and Pitsea carnival princess and met the families aboard the train

The court are pictured here  at Pitsea with Amy from Basildon Court

 By Ian Jones

The showman opened many of the smaller rides for the children and the Mayor and Carnival Court attended and took children on the dodgems 

Southend carnival association wishes to thank Don Drake and all the showman for the continued support with this event 

One of this years chosen charities is Havens Hospices. Louise Gloyne, representing Havens attended the opening of the fair and joined the Court on one of the rides.

 We hope she enjoyed her visit.

Mayor Councillor Gwen Horrigan and Mp David Amess joined the carnival court to officially open the annual fair. Showman Don Drake showed them round the fair and gave the court free goes on the rides.  The fair is open daily from 2pm until Saturday 16th August 

There are half price afternoons on Tuesday 12th and Thursday 14th where vouchers from the echo or the Programme are not valid 

Why not come and visit us in chalkwell park 

With carnival week just days away the court joined the Southend Taxi Drivers Fund on their annual outing to Clacton. They joined the convoy of taxi's heading down the A12 to the seaside where they met up with Clacton's own Carnival Court Queen Dana and Princesses Eleyse and Charis. 

They had fun all day and joined the children on the pier. The day ended with a meal and disco before heading home.  

The court continued the preparations for Southend carnival week with a visit to the Maldon Carnival. Although the float was unavailable the girls still managed to have a good time even hitching a lift on Stanford and Corringham carnival queens float. 

Even chaperone Alan entered the spirit and returned to the fancy dress competition after many years to win third place with his beefeater costume

By Ian Jones 

The Court attended Witham Carnival on July 12th 2008. the procession was well attended and  coming away with Highly Commended the day was enjoyed by all, Princess Dani said "it's not the winning it's the taking part and raising money that counts"

By Ian Jones

On Wednesday 9th July the annual outing of the London taxi drivers came to Southend. There were over a 100 taxis and despite the weather the 300 or so children enjoy ed their trip to the seaside.

The Court greeted them on their return to the Cliffs Pavilion for a lovely tea. There was also dancing and the court joined the children on the dance floor. 

The Court then went to the seafront and waved all the taxis off on their way home.

By Sheila Jones

On Saturday 5th July the court made the trip to North London to participate in the Hornsey carnival. With changeable weather the day started well with the float winning it's first prize of the 2008 season winning "Best Visiting Queens Float" awarded by the Mayor of Haringay, A delighted Queen Rachael said "its brilliant to win our first honour with the float, the crew have put a lot of hard work into the design and their hard work compliments us on the float making a winning combination"

The procession started well with music blaring and the court and the crowds dancing we headed along the route, but due to problems with our towing vehicle the spirit of carnival was shown to it full effect. With us stranded our fellow carnival friends Dave Sargent and his son Rob who had a break down truck in the procession joined other carnival associations in putting our vehicle on the tow truck and hitching the float to the back so the girls could remain on their own float. Southend carnival association wish to express it's grateful thanks to all that helped with the dramatic situation, Alan Jones Court chaperone said " its great to see how every one rallied round, its what carnival is all about" 

Southend carnival association would also like to thank Daniel from D & G Cars for his assistance on the journey home from Hornsey and for rescuing us from being stuck on the A127 for 3 hours 

By Ian Jones 

The Carnival Court help out with the mile of coins in aid of Strokebusters in Southend high street on Saturday 17th May. Despite the poor weather conditions . Queen Rachael and her Princesses Dani and Elyse had a good time collecting money and placing it on the floor to spell out Mile of Coins 

Organiser Malachy O'Sullivan was pleased with the help and thanked them for attending and helping raise over £400 for the appeal

Southend  Carnival Association came together to celebrate the wedding of two of the  Associations most active members Colin and Maxine Jones. The ceremony took place at St Mary's Church Prittlewell on the 26th April 2008.

Association members joined family, friends and work mates for a fantastic evening, Carnival Courts from 2003, 2006 2007 and 2008 joined in the dancing. 

Colin and Maxine wish to extend their thanks to all the members who came along and made this a really  special days 

Starting on the evening of Saturday 19th they attended Stanford and Corringham carnivals presentation evening . Where Princess Elyse and Dani competed in  a junior and senior princess competition respectively. Princess Elyse came first in the junior princess competition and Dani came a respectable second behind Maldon in the senior competition, these being the first engagements this is a massive achievement for both girls as they were up against courts who have competed throughout the last year. This continuing the our success at this event following on from Princess Shelby in 2007

On Sunday 20th April the court attended 2 events in Southend with a St. Georges day service at St. Johns Church which was also attended by the Mayor and local councillors. The second event was the Taxi Drivers Easter party where they helped judge an Easter bonnet competition and danced with the children. The court are pictured with Brian and Heather Houssart the organisers of the event 

By Ian Jones

Southend Carnival Court joined members of Southend Youth Council at a buffet reception hosted by the Mayor of Southend at Porters. The Mayor, Councillor Daphne White, said she wanted to celebrate all the good work the Youth of the town do, and how proud of them she is and what a credit to the town they all are.

Queen Kristie, Princesses Cherie and Hannah are pictured here with The Mayor, Youth Mayor (bottom left) and Deputy Youth Mayor  (top centre)

By Alan Jones

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Queen Kristy said "It was an amazing experience I only had three hours sleep after seeing the new year in but wouldn't of missed this for the world"

Further pictures can be found Here 

They joined the parade with Father Christmas, Morris dancers and the Essex Samba Band, with the float decorated in Christmas lights and festive music playing the parade went from Marine parade to Leigh Road 

Despite heavy rain the court enjoyed every minute of the festive parade and the crowds braved the weather to watch 

By Ian Jones

The Southend Carnival Court, Queen Kristie and Princesses Cherie and Hannah have been helping with the counting of the money raised at this years procession and events. Kristie said "it was rewarding to see all the hard work put in by the band of volunteers who count the collection". 

By Ian Jones

Bright and early Sunday 30th September morning after spending Saturday night in Burnham the Court helped see off Ollie Brown, a self employed painter and decorator from Leigh on his 38 mile walk from Southend to Ilford along with other local people. Ollie made the walk for 10 different charities including St. John Ambulance and The Royal British Legion.

Support came not only from the Princesses but also Olympiad Roger Mills who visited from Cambridge. On arrival in Ilford Ollie was greeted by Hornsey and Waltham Forest Carnival Courts.

The girls have now returned back to school but will be taking part in a variety of events around the town until the end of their reign in April 2008. Princess Cherie said, ‘I would greatly recommend applying to be part of the Court to any aspiring Queen or Princess in the town as it has been an amazing opportunity’, she continued, ‘I have met many people in Southend whom I would have never had contact with unless I had been involved with Carnival. I will be sad to hand over my crown.’

Applications are open for the 2008 Carnival Queen and Princesses click here for more information and a application form 

By Gemma Steptoe

People often wondered what the Southend Carnival Court get up to after Carnival Week in mid-August. They are incredibly busy and each weekend represent the town across Essex

Last weekend they attended the annual Burnham Carnival. They were awarded a first prize for both their float and the court of the day. 

Princess Hannah said, ‘whilst we  are disappointed that Burnham Carnival will be the last in this summer’s season we have had a fantastic day and are delighted to have been awarded first prize in all the categories we have entered.’ 

Burnham Carnival 2007 will go down as one of the highlights of the 2007 Carnival courts year, The court sang and danced the whole way round the route and even curtsied for the judges. A Rousing rendition of "We are the Champions" ended what has been a classic summer season with the court winning a prize at every carnival attended. 

For a full list of prizes won click here   

By Gemma Steptoe and Ian Jones

Southend Carnivals two on loan seahorses have returned from the 2 year break touring Kent Carnivals 

The seahorse left Southend on a snowy Sunday in February 2005 Southend Carnival Association members Colin and Ian Jones handed over the two seahorses to Mel and Maurice then of Folkestone Carnival . 

Following a successful 2005 season with Folkestone Carnival the two seahorses  continued on their tour of the South Coast by spending 2006 on the Sandwich Carnival Queen Float.

The seahorses were returned to Southend at Hornsey Carnival and Mel now with Invicta Carnival is seen handing them back to Colin and Ian of Southend Carnival   

Mel Said "The Seahorses have been a big success on both floats and hope we can continue to work together in the future" 

By Ian Jones

June 2007    Carnival Court off to Flier at Basildon

Southend’s Carnival Court won 1st prize for the Courts float at Basildon carnival on Sunday 24th June 2007, the first outing for the float this year. The new design featuring improved treasure chest and lobster pot wowed the crowds and took the honors. Float Manager Colin Jones said “we repainted the base blue to improve the undersea theme and added the lobster pot which was a big success at the new years day parade”

The day got better during the evening dance as Queen Kristie came second in the Queen of Queen’s competition and also came third in a court of courts competition with her Princesses Hannah and Cherie. Court Manager Alan Jones added, “this is an excellent start to the reign, the girls did brilliantly considering this was their first competition of this kind “

The float can be seen at various Carnivals across Essex, check the float facts page for further information

By Ian Jones

April 2007    Tearful Goodbye and Happy Hello

The annual crowning of the new Carnival Court took place on Saturday 14th April. An excellent evening was had by all. The evening started with the presentation of the donations to local charities from the street collection followed by the farewell speeches from the outgoing court Carly, Chantelle and Shelby. 

Their last task as Carnival Court was to crown the new Queen Kristie and her princesses Hannah and Cherie. After the crowning old and new courts danced the evening away with visiting courts from Basildon, Havering and Wickford.

Southend Carnival Association would like to thank Carly, Chantelle and Shelby for a brilliant year and wish the new Court all the best for the coming year.

By Ian Jones

Southend Carnival Court have been busy in the run up to Christmas with visits to Bromley in Kent and Leigh on Sea to support Christmas light switch-on events.

The under sea theme on the float was adapted to form a snowy Christmas scene with a Reindeer and a Christmas tree. Although bad weather at Leigh didn’t dampen spirits

Southend Carnival court will also be starring in the New Years Day parade in London this year so why don’t you come and see us in this spectacular display. Visit the link in the article above for more details.

Southend Carnival wishes to thank Sea life adventure for their generous loan of items for the centrepiece of the new years day parade float.

Carnival Queen Carly and her Princesses Chantelle and Shelby would like to thank Hummerdays Luxury Limousine Hire for the use of one of their Limo’s on Southend Carnival afternoon.

Queen Carly was overjoyed at the surprise when she was picked up to be taken to the Carnival Tea at Saxon Hall. She Said “ we didn’t realise anything special had been arranged for us it was a big shock when Alan and Sheila turned up in a big white Limo”.

Princesses Chantelle and Shelby caused a massive stir in their street with neighbours coming out to see them leave and take photos.

You can visit the Hummerdays website by clicking here.

Southend Carnival’s 2006 Queen and Court were crowned on Saturday 25th March at St Thomas More School in Leigh. The Event was attended by the Mayor of Southend Chris Dandridge and MP David Amess who performed the Ceremony along with Neil Raven Sponsor of The Carnival Court and 1989 Carnival Queen Hazel Starling.

Also in attendance were Visiting Carnival Courts from Thurrock and Ashingdon who danced the night away with the newly crowned Queen Carly and her Princesses Shelby and Chantelle and their Families.

Outgoing Queen Tess performed an emotional Poem thanking everyone for their help and support throughout the Year and Princesses Jessica and Stacy also performed farewell speeches and presentations before handing the Reins to Carly, Shelby and Chantelle.

Carly who was Princess in 2004 was surprised to find fellow 2004 Princess Beth had turned up to support her.

The Evening was a great Success and we wish the New Court all the best for the Coming year.