22nd June Jill Danials Veterans Concert at Southport Theatre 23rd June The RAF College Band at Southport Theatre 24th June, OPERA Display at the Art Centre. 24th June Irish Guards Performance at the Art centre 24th June, Veterans Golf Day at Royal Birkdale Golf Club. 25th June D-Day Landings Talk by Tony Parkinson, Lord St West Church 24th June Gilbert and Sullivan at Christ Church, Lord St. 25th June Field Hospital and Ambulance Display Chapel Street 25th June St Dunstan's Gala Dinner Royal Clifton Hotel 26th June Ex-service Associations Display at Marble Place Shopping Centre 26th June The Veterans Ball, The Floral Hall. 26th June Cadets Barbecue and Disco on Princes Park . 27th June The CCF Regatta on the Marine Lake . 27th June The British Armed Forces and Veterans Day Parade 27th June. Southport RBL and Maghull RBL Band in Wayfarers Arcade . 27th June The Champion Veterans Day Carnival. Lord St to Victoria Park 28th June The Southport Veterans Day 2009 Victoria Park
The St Dunstan's dinner is £30 with wine on arrival, three-course dinner and singer Stephen Fitton. The RAF Band, Jill Daniels and the Irish Guard singers are £10 or £8 for Veterans badge holders. The Cadets Barbecue and Disco are £3 including a burger. Stage provided by the councils Positive Futures Youth scheme, Disco by Dune FM and food by Altcar army caterers.
Tony Parkinsons D-Day talk is £2 from 14-00 to 16-00. The RAF Regimental Band will lead the British Armed Forces Day Parade from Chapel St, to form at 10-30, two minuets silence at the cenotaph at 11-00 and a march past on Nevile St. The Veterans Golf Day is £800 a team, refreshments on arrival, golf, trophies, three-course meal and entertainment by comedian and Radio Merseyside presenter Sean Styles, with raffle and auction.
The Veterans Fund provides this event to raise awareness to veterans and we are trying to raise funds to build a Veteran Centre in Southport . The centre will be for the use of all Veterans and associations complete with meeting rooms, function rooms, restaurant, offices for ex-service organisations and a local Military History Museum .
Standards and associations welcome to join our parade
