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When:
April 20, 2024 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
2024-04-20T11:00:00+01:00
2024-04-20T12:00:00+01:00
Where:
Stratford Town Centre
to Holy Trinity Church
to Holy Trinity Church
Cost:
Free
Contact:
- 11:04am – In recognition of its 200th anniversary, the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon, the oldest Shakespeare Society in the world, will lead the Birthday Parade behind the band of the Air Training Corps. Students from King Edward VI Schools and local primary schools children will follow.
- 11:20am – The WMFS Band will accompany the Civic Procession and other guests from Bridge Street and adjoining streets, along High Street, Chapel Street, Church Street and Old Town to the church.
- 11:28am – The Compere invites spectators, intent on going to church to lay flowers, to join the end of the Procession as it moves into High Street.
- 11:40am – The Procession will pass through Holy Trinity Church, depositing flowers at Shakespeare’s grave.