Plea for volunteers to keep Clun Green Man Festival going
"Two people running a festival like this in a town like Clun is challenging, we need people from here to join in."Mr Limond said they wanted people able to offer time to sit on the planning committee but also to volunteer as stewards."We're looking for people that will be able to get to meetings, willing to help out and create a great fun day out," he said."If we can't get enough people to organize it, we will have to call it off."The festival is usually held over the early May bank holiday but was cancelled last year due to the wet winter affecting the event's field."We all have other jobs but we try to find time to organise everything and make it safe - it would be unfortunate to have to call it off," Mr Limond said.
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