Rutherglen looks forward to annual Landemer Day celebration

Daily Record

2 days ago

As ever, the Landemer Committee have worked tirelessly organising the event.
People will flock to Rutherglen on Saturday for the annual Landemer Day celebrations.
The event will officially open with the crowning of this year's Landemer Queen, Cathkin High pupil Maci Aulds.
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And she will be ably assisted by her royal court, who this year will be Rutherglen High's Isla Stewart Lindsay and Brook Wade, Trinity High's Emilia Milne and Rosa Ventre, Stonelaw High's Zowie Docherty and Isla Cassidy, and Cathkin High's Bailey Cooper and Sarah Saiz-Ruiz.
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As ever, the Landemer Committee have worked tirelessly organising the event, and there will be a fantastic variety of entertainment, fun and games for the community to enjoy.
Landemer Day chairman Scott Munn said: 'The committee have been working hard.
'We meet formally once a month and spend an evening together, but honestly the team are working constantly, every single day there's stuff happening, a lot of planning. For us this year it's maybe been about making a slight change to how things are done, just to try and modernise things a bit but also respect the traditions of old, it's always been a great day so we're hoping to keep evolving the event as it continues to go on.'
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He added: 'We've got the more traditional part of the day, in terms of the ceremony. A lot of the locals are keen to suggest that it goes back to the park and it goes back to the days of old when it used to be floats and a proper parade.
'But the problem we've got with that is obviously health and safety, the red tape, the logistics, it's not something that's possible any more unfortunately.
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'So I suppose what we're trying to do is make a nod to the traditions of old and respect those but at the same time allow the day and the event to change with the times and change with people's expectations as well.
'That's been important to us, but also difficult to find the balance between what we can and can't do.
'We get a grant from South Lanarkshire Council, but a lot of it is self-funded.
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'Myself and particularly the rest of the team, they do a lot more than me, they give up a lot of their time in the week to do it, so it's difficult to organise it but we're hoping for good weather and plenty of fun for the families.
'We've got the funfair coming, shows, stalls and different things like that, and of course the traditional ceremony and also some live entertainment as well with some local singers and different things like that.
'We're trying to keep it all local as well in terms of the local people and people that are connected to the community of Rutherglen.
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'But, yeah, a nice relaxed day, a good balance of the formal part of the service, and dealing with that side of things, and then plenty of fun for everyone to enjoy regardless of what age.'
The crowning ceremony will take place at 11.30am, but there will be things on for people to enjoy from 10.30am to 4pm.
Scott continued: 'Everything is on all day, not everyone wants to come and see the formal part, some people like to come and do the other bits and bobs, they've got the option to do whatever they please and there's plenty of stalls, we've also got a street market coming as well.
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'We're looking for as much support form the community as possible, and also going forward we're looking for ideas, more of what people would like to see, as the event goes on.
'It's just kind of been, not through any fault of its own, but the event has just been the event, it's always been the same things that have been done, but obviously now in the more modern world that we live in, people's expectations of these sort of events are slightly different, so as much input and support from the local community, that's what we're asking, pop down even if it's just for an hour for a bit of fun.'
And Scott, of Scott Munn Funeral Directors, added: 'I had supported the event last year and was asked to become chair.
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' My business is on the main street as well, and we've got strong connections to the community, have had for a number of years, so for me I suppose it's just another extension of us being able to give back to the community, because that was our thing when we set the business up, just having that ethos of supporting people locally, so hence my involvement in it.'