{"id":5802,"date":"2013-05-28T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T10:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=5802"},"modified":"2013-05-28T11:34:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T10:34:59","slug":"shaun-the-sheep-%e2%80%93-first-time-visit-to-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/05\/shaun-the-sheep-%e2%80%93-first-time-visit-to-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun the Sheep \u2013 first time visit to Northern Ireland!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join Shaun the Sheep and his flock for some baa-rilliant\u00a0family fun at\u00a0Meadowbank Sports Arena on Saturday 1st<\/sup> June from 1pm to 5pm as part of the Magherafelt <\/span>Strawman Festival.<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Family favourite Shaun the Sheep and friends will host the\u00a0Championsheeps LIVE! for the first time in Northern Ireland.\u00a0 Come along and help us give Shaun the Sheep a very warm welcome, and be among the first to take up the challenges presented by the farmyard themed games, featuring a range of amusing activities from Shirley sheep space hoppers, a farmyard assault course and a naughty pig\u2019s sack race.<\/p>\n

Challenges on the day will include:<\/p>\n

Shirley\u2019s Pieathlon – Race a Shirley-shaped sheep hopper while trying not to drop the piece of cake you\u2019re carrying and avoid the fruit obstacles that stand in the way at the same time!<\/p>\n

Free Range \u2013 Lift the chickens and see what you find: If it\u2019s a chick, take it back to the safety of the henhouse; if it\u2019s an egg, balance it on the wooden spoon and take it to the wicker basket.<\/p>\n

Get Fit with the Flock – Get fit with a hula hoop challenge whilst wearing ears just like Shaun the Sheep and friends.<\/p>\n

Sheep Shape – Add your creative touch to the growing farmyard scene by creating Aardman style Naughty Pigs out of clay. Use your newly created model as a prop in Animate It! Then take your masterpiece home to share with friends and family.<\/p>\n

Naughty Pig Sack Race – Dress up as a Naughty Pig and race your challengers to prove that you\u2019re the fastest porker in the yard!<\/p>\n

This <\/ins>amusing event has been developed jointly by SGA Productions and Aardman Animations, the award-winning animation company\u00a0and creators of the popular Shaun the Sheep series.<\/p>\n

In addition to the\u00a0Championsheeps LIVE! the Strawman festival will feature a Carnival of Strawmen and special characters, junk art workshops by the Big Lottery Live and Learn project, puppet shows, mega inflatables, local food stalls, it\u2019s a knockout, rodeo sheep, face painting and many more enjoyable activities \u2013 guaranteed fun and laughter for the whole family!\u00a0 Children are also <\/del> welcome to come along in cowboy fancy dress to join in with our country theme.<\/p>\n

Sharon Arbuthnot, Arts & Events Officer with Magherafelt District Council said: “We are delighted to be hosting the\u00a0 <\/ins>Championsheeps LIVE! for the first time in Northern Ireland. \u00a0We are really looking forward to meeting Shaun the Sheep and his flock, and experiencing the hilarious farmyard challenges to help launch our inaugural <\/ins>Strawman Festival.\u00a0 It\u2019s an exciting new fun activity for our event, and we would encourage people to come along and give it a go, it really will be tremendous fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Admission to the event will cost just \u00a31 per child, adults go free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Join Shaun the Sheep and his flock for some baa-rilliant\u00a0family fun at\u00a0Meadowbank Sports Arena on Saturday 1st June from 1pm to 5pm as part of the Magherafelt Strawman Festival. Family favourite Shaun the Sheep and friends will host the\u00a0Championsheeps LIVE! for the first time in Northern Ireland.\u00a0 Come along and help us give Shaun the … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5806,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802\/revisions\/5806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}