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Hunter & Lass in Jeopardy

Chairman warns that a lack of interest is hurting the festival

By Thomas Scott
February 26, 2016
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This year’s Hunter and Lass festivities face cancellation following limited interest from the public.

Despite having a population of around 17,000, the organisers behind Penicuik’s well established May time festival are struggling to find two people to take on the roll of Hunter and lass this year.

In an urgent statement issued Thursday, the Chairman, Derek Wilson, called on the people of Penicuik to step up and nominate either themselves or someone they know to lead this year’s rideout. He said that there had been a “lack of candidates” put forward for positions since the nomination process opened late last year.

Continuing, Mr Wilson aimed to dispel any concerns would-be nominees could have, including whether they had to have previous experience horse riding (no) or whether it could be quite costly to fulfil the role throughout the year. The Hunter and Lass organising committee urges anyone with questions to get in touch.

Should the festivities go ahead, this would be the eightieth year of the week long celebrations which culminate in a Rideout and parade, usually seen by the majority of the community. This year’s festival will run from Saturday 21 to Saturday 28 May with the parade on the final Saturday. Penicuik on Parade expressed their concerns over the future of Hunter and Lass on Facebook saying “We need you guys to lead our Parade!”.

Penicuik on Parade has also faced a lack of interest in recent years, however a new committee has been established to make sure the event can go ahead.

If you’re interested in being this year’s Hunter or Lass, or if you know someone who may be, get in touch with the organisation by emailing Penicuikhunterandlass@hotmail.com.

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Thomas Scott

Editor and founder of The Penicuik Cuckoo. Fourth year Architecture student (MA Hons) at Edinburgh University currently writing on the role of architecture in post-industrial towns. Interested in all things Penicuik. Triplet.

  • stuart Thomson

    This event is the only one Penicuik has where all the community come together at once , keeping tradition is vitally important . I would urge people to come forward as this was the best thing I had ever done in my lifetime in 1996 , any questions and advise feel free to ask or even ask any committee member .

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