Down on Main Street…

30 Mar 2023 • By Mary Anne Gill

Among the many events in and around Cambridge last weekend was the Main Street Carnival and Art Market. Mary Anne Gill was there to soak up the atmosphere.

Beverley Beetlestone of Cambridge Creative Fibre spinning wool during the festival.

: Belly dancer Karen Walworth, front, entertained the crowds with members of her troupe, in this instance watched on by two bystanders.

: Crowd favourites during the festival were the dancers from K.S. School of Dance seen here acknowledging the vocal support.

: Free Lunch stilt walker Sandra Jensen in Empire Street.

: The inimitable Graeme Cairns of the McGillicuddy Party of Te Pahu and partner Adrienne Carthew ran a sewing machine powered by a bicycle ridden by a member of the public.

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