2000 to celebrate Girl Guides centenary in South Lakeland (From The Westmorland Gazette)

2000 to celebrate Girl Guides centenary in South Lakeland

2:15pm Monday 31st August 2009 in

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NEARLY 2000 girls and grown-ups are expected to converge on the Westmorland County Showground on Saturday night for south Cumbria's celebrations to mark the guiding centenary.

'Cumbagig' - which kicks off at 4pm - will feature The Greatest Take That and Abba Vision tribute bands - and the girls and their guiders are being encouraged to dress to match the music.

It was on September 5 that a small group of young women gate-crashed the annual scout rally at Crystal Palace to ask Lord Baden-Powell to 'do something for the girls'.

One hundred years later, with almost half the UK female population having been involved in guiding at some stage of their lives, the movement is still going strong.

“This concert will start a year packed with celebrations and amazing adventures for our members young and old alike," said Barb Littlewood, Girlguiding Cumbria South County Commissioner.

"We invite everyone who has ever been involved in guiding in the south of the county, whether they’re five or 95-years-old, to join us at the launch to catch up with friends and experience what guiding is all about in the 21st Century!”

To find out more about attending this very special reunion to celebrate 100 years of excitement, adventure, fun and friendship for girls and young women in Cumbria, contact Barb Littlewood, Girlguiding Cumbria South County Commissioner, either via email countycomm@girlguidingcumbriasouth.org.uk or phone 015395-32927.