Diary of Functions 2000/2001
| 8 May 2000 | Annual Meeting of the Town Council & Election of Mayor |
| 9 May 2000 | Leighton Buzzard Childminding Assn Website Launch |
| 11 May 2000 | Beazer Homes, Billington Park Showhome and Environmentally Friendly Garden Opening |
| 12 May 2000 | Leighton Art Society Spring Exhibition Preview |
| 15 May 2000 | Inauguration of Mayor of Dunstable Town Council |
| 17 May 2000 | Inauguration of Mayor of Bedford Borough Council |
| 18 May 2000 | Inauguration of Mayor of Luton Borough Council |
| 20 May 2000 | Luton University Millennium Concert |
| 27 May 2000 | Bedford River Festival |
| 31 May 2000 | Leighton Youth Forum Pavement Art Competition |
| 2 June 2000 | South Beds CVO Volunteer Audit Presentation |
| 2 June 2000 | Cedars Upper School Drama Department Production "The Children" |
| 3 June 2000 | Beating Retreat - Army Benevolent Fund Reception |
| 6 June 2000 | Italian National Day Reception |
| 7 June 2000 | Macintyre Homes - opening of New Residents' Houses |
| 7 June 2000 | Bedfordshire Advocacy Alliance AGM |
| 9 June 2000 | Bedfordshire British Olympic Appeal Launch |
| 10 June 2000 | St Barnabas, Linslade. Summer Fair (part 1) |
| 10 June 2000 | St Barnabas, Linslade. Summer Fair (part 2) |
| 11 June 2000 | Last Service of Revd Colin Mattock, Vicar of St Barnabas, Linslade |
| 12 June 2000 | Fire Cadets Display, Sandy Fire Station |
| 13 June 2000 | Leighton Youth Forum. Presentation of Prizes for Pavement Art Competition |
| 16 June 2000 | Cedars Upper School Barbeque and Jazz Band |
| 17 June 2000 | Visit to Saturday Morning Music School rehersals |
| 18 June 2000 | Ex-Servicemans' Service of Thanksgiving. St Mary's Church, Luton |
| 18 June 2000 | Pasque Hospice Midsummer Fair, Barnfield College, Luton |
| 19 June 2000 | Leighton Sports Council presentation of Grant Awards |
| 22 June 2000 | Twinning Visit to Titisse-Neustadt - 4 pages |
| 23 June 2000 | Twinning Visit to Titisse-Neustadt - 5 pages |
| 24 June 2000 | Twinning Visit to Titisse-Neustadt - 5 pages |
| 25 June 2000 | Twinning Visit to Titisse-Neustadt - 7 pages |
| 26 June 2000 | Twinning Visit to Titisse-Neustadt |
| 30 June 2000 | RAF Stanbridge Reunion |
| 30 June 2000 | Opening Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre |
| 1 July 2000 | Opening All Saints Church Fete |
| 1 July 2000 | Sculpture Competition, Swan Hotel |
| 1 July 2000 | Millennium Concert. All Saints Church |
| 6 July 2000 | Visit to Call Control Centre, Police HQ, Kempston |
| 7 July 2000 | High Sheriff's Garden Reception |
| 8 July 2000 | Leighton-Linslade Town Carnival (part 1) |
| 8 July 2000 | Leighton-Linslade Town Carnival (part 2) |
| 8 July 2000 | Bedford Anglo-Italian Millennium Concert |
| 9 July 2000 | Bedford Sprint Regatta |
| 14 July 2000 | South Beds DC Chairman's Reception, Whipsnade |
| 15 July 2000 | Leighton Music School Junior Concert, Vandyke Upper School |
| 21 July 2000 | S Beds Magistrates Court, Luton. (License application for Reception) |
| 21 July 2000 | RAFA Millennium Scroll Handover, RAF Stanbridge to Leighton RAFA |
| 21 July 2000 | Mayor of Houghton Regis Reception |
| 22 July 2000 | County Youth Band Rehersal |
| 22 July 2000 | County Youth 2nd Band Rehersal |
| 22 July 2000 | County Youth 2nd Orchestra Rehersal |
| 22 July 2000 | Macintyre School Summer Funday, Wingrave |
| 22 July 2000 | County Youth 3rd Orchestra Rehersal |
| 22 July 2000 | County Youth 3rd Band Rehersal |
| 22 July 2000 | County Youth Orchestra Rehersal |
| 23 July 2000 | RAFA Millennium Scroll Handover, Leighton RAFA to Bedford RAFA |
| 23 July 2000 | County Youth 4th Orchestra Rehersal |
| 23 July 2000 | County Youth 2nd Orchestra Concert, Bedford Corn Exchange |
| 24 July 2000 | Council |
| 25 July 2000 | Meeting with South Beds DC Chairman |
| 28 July 2000 | Charity Reception, Duncombe Drive Social Centre |
| 12 August 2000 | Presentation of Cross-Stitch to All Saints Preservation Trust |
| 25 August 2000 | British Legion Presentation Evening |
| 31 August 2000 | Christmas Carol Concert Planning Meeting |
| 2 September 2000 | South Beds DC Chairman's Charity Coffee Morning |
| 5 September 2000 | Victim Support Bedfordshire AGM, Redbourn School, Ampthill |
| 6 September 2000 | RAFA Battle of Britain 60th Anniversary Big Band Concert |
| 8 September 2000 | County Youth Opera Performance |
| 9 September 2000 | 201 (Herts & Beds) Yeomanry Battery Royal Artillery Volunteers Freedom of Luton Parade |
| 12 September 2000 | Luton & South Bedfordshire Relate AGM, Luton |
| 15 September 2000 | Buzzer 10th Anniversary and Launch of new Vehicles |
| 16 September 2000 | Reception for the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir, Luton Town Hall |
| 17 September 2000 | RAFA Battle of Britain Service |
| 19 September 2000 | Luton University Degree Ceremony |
| 22 September 2000 | Visit to South Bedfordshire Magistrates Court |
| 22 September 2000 | DADDs Social Evening |
| 23 September 2000 | Presentation by All Saints Preservation Trust |
| 24 September 2000 | Royal Naval Association Standard Re-Dediaction Service |
| 24 September 2000 | Leighton Orchestra Concert, Cedars Upper School |
| 25 September 2000 | High Sheriff of Bedfordshire's Civic Service, St Pauls Church Bedford |
| 25 September 2000 | Council |
| 30 September 2000 | Mayor of Bedford's Charity Entertainment Evening |
| 3 October 2000 | Leighton Library Birthday Celebration |
| 4 October 2000 | Official Opening of Autoflow Warehouse, Stanbridge Road |
| 7 October 2000 | All Saints Church Craft Day (part 1) |
| 7 October 2000 | All Saints Church Craft Day (part 2) |
| 7 October 2000 | All Saints Church Craft Day (part 3) |
| 8 October 2000 | Mayor of Ampthill's Charity Lunch |
| 14 October 2000 | Mentmore Rd Under 5s Open Morning |
| 15 October 2000 | Leighton Buzzard Ramblers 15th Anniversary Walk |
| 16 October 2000 | Funeral of Rita Styles, Town Mayor's Secretary |
| 18 October 2000 | U3A Expo 2000 Exhibition at The Working Mens Club, Garden Hedge |
| 18 October 2000 | Homestart AGM and talk about NHS Direct, Leighton Library |
| 19 October 2000 | Leighton Art Society Autumn Exhibition Preview |
| 21 October 2000 | "Songs & Shimmies" Charity Fundraiser |
| 22 October 2000 | Mayor of Ampthill's Civic Service |
| 25 October 2000 | Leighton Lions Club Dinner Meeting |
| 27 October 2000 | "Motown Magic" - Mayor of Houghton Regis's Charity Fundraiser |
| 28 October 2000 | Mayor of Luton's Reception for Benizir Bhutto |
| 28 October 2000 | Olympic Appeal Fundraiser - Pearly Kings & Queens Musical Evening |
| 2 November 2000 | Open Meeting for Carers |
| 4 November 2000 | Lions Club Firework Display & Bonfire |
| 9 November 2000 | Judging Best Dressed Shop Window for Living History Day |
| 9 November 2000 | Launch of Radio Link |
| 9 November 2000 | Charity Carol Concert planning meeting |
| 12 November 2000 | Royal British Legion Remembrance Day Service, All Saints Church Leighton Buzzard, and Wreath Laying at both Leighton and Linslade War Memorials |
| 12 November 2000 | Remembrance Day Service, St Mary's Church Luton |
| 18 November 2000 | Living History Day - part 1 |
| 18 November 2000 | Living History Day - part 2 |
| 18 November 2000 | Linslade Middle School Assn Craft Fair |
| 18 November 2000 | Switch on Christmas Lights |
| 18 November 2000 | Festival Singers - Faures Requiem |
| 23 November 2000 | Chairman Aylesbury Vale DC Reception |
| 24 November 2000 | South Beds DC Chairman's Supper Dance |
| 27 November 2000 | Council |
| 28 November 2000 | Cedars Upper School "Showcase Concert" |
| 29 November 2000 | Interviews for Mayor's Secretary |
| 30 November 2000 | All Saints Preservation Trust Reception |
| 2 December 2000 | Leighton Saturday Music School Junior Concert |
| 3 December 2000 | Sandy Victorian Fair |
| 6 December 2000 | Opening of £Stretcher Store, Waterbourne Walk |
| 6 December 2000 | Vandyke Upper School Christmas Concert |
| 8 December 2000 | Dunstable Mayor's Christmas Social |
| 9 December 2000 | Leighton Saturday Music School Senior Concert |
| 9 December 2000 | Cedars School Assn "Christmas Crackers" |
| 10 December 2000 | Mayor of Bedford's Carol Service |
| 12 December 2000 | Greenleas Lower School Christmas Play |
| 12 December 2000 | Senior Citizens' Christmas Lights Coach trip and fish & chip supper |
| 13 December 2000 | Brooklands Playgroup Christmas Play |
| 14 December 2000 | Italian Vice-Consul's Christmas Reception |
| 14 December 2000 | Leighton Middle School Christmas Concert |
| 15 December 2000 | County Council Chairman's Reception |
| 16 December 2000 | Leighton-Linslade Mayor's Charity Carol Concert |
| 18 December 2000 | The Mary Bassett Lower School End of Term Assembly and Presentation to Sue Walker on her Retirement as Head Teacher |
| 18 December 2000 | Cedars Upper School Christmas Concert |
| 21 December 2000 | All Saints' Church Young People's Christmas Play |
| 22 December 2000 | Visit to Post Office Sorting Office |
| 25 December 2000 | Visit to Westlands Old People's Home |
| 25 December 2000 | Visit to The Knolls Old People's Home |
| 25 December 2000 | Visit to Swiss Cottage Old People's Home |
| 31 December 2000 | County Youth 3rd Orchestra Concert |
| 2 January 2001 | County Youth Band Concert |
| 3 January 2001 | County Youth 2nd & 1st Orchestra Concert |
| 13 January 2001 | Senior Citizens Party |
| 15 January 2001 | Sports Council Awards Presentation |
| 16 January 2001 | Hospice at Home display at Leighton Library |
| 19 January 2001 | ATC Freedom of Entry Planning Meeting |
| 21 January 2001 | Mid Beds DC Chairman's Civic Service |
| 23 January 2001 | Civic Service Planning Meeting |
| 24 January 2001 | Launch of Greenleas Lower School Walking Bus |
| 27 January 2001 | Dunstable Town Mayor's Charity Coffee Morning |
| 28 January 2001 | Holocaust Reflective Service, Luton Town Hall | 29 January 2001 | Council |
| 2 February 2001 | Charity Collection at Leighton Buzzard Railway Station |
| 3 February 2001 | 1003 Squadron ATC 60th Anniversary Dinner |
| 18 February 2001 | South Beds District Council Chairman's Civic Service |
| 21 February 2001 | James Goff Big Band concert for Imperial Cancer Research in memory of Rita Styles |
| 23 February 2001 | Lions Club Charter Night Dinner |
| 24 February 2001 | Civic Service Parade Rehersal |
| 24 February 2001 | DADDs Line Dance Marathon |
| 25 February 2001 | Leighton-Linslade Civic Service |
| 2 March 2001 | HSBC Technology Tournament, Luton |
| 2 March 2001 | Mid Beds DC Chairman's Civic Reception |
| 4 March 2001 | Mayor of Sandy's Civic Service |
| 16 March 2001 | Bedfordshire Heartlands Tourism "Golden Lions Awards" |
| 17 March 2001 | Leighton Music School Junior Concert |
| 18 March 2001 | Mayor of Dunstable's Civic Service |
| 19 March 2001 | Leighton Rotary Luncheon |
| 22 March 2001 | Memorial Service for Maureen Woodcock, Mayoress of Milton Keynes |
| 23 March 2001 | Taiko Drummers Concert, Raven Theatre, Cedars Upper School |
| 24 March 2001 | Leighton Saturday Music School Senior Concert |
| 24 March 2001 | Luton University Baroque Concert, Putteridge Bury |
| 25 March 2001 | Leighton Narrow Gauge Railway Season Launch |
| 26 March 2001 | Leighton Fire Station, visit Full Time Firefighters |
| 26 March 2001 | Visit RAF Stanbridge |
| 27 March 2001 | Visit to Leighton Buzzard Fire Cadets |
| 29 March 2001 | Macmillan Cancer Wine & Cheese Evening |
| 30 March 2001 | ATC Freedom of Entry Planning Meeting |
| 31 March 2001 | South Beds DC Chairman's Coffee Morning |
| 31 March 2001 | Mayor of Luton's Civic Reception |
| 1 April 2001 | Mayor of Flitwick's Civic Service |
| 4 April 2001 | Visit to Police HQ and meet new Chief Constable |
| 4 April 2001 | Welcome Vicar of All Saints, Marondera to The White House |
| 4 April 2001 | Visit Retained Fire Fighters at LB Fire Station |
| 5 April 2001 | Mentmore Road Under 5s Easter Bonnet Parade |
| 6 April 2001 | Herald & Post Cancer Unit Appeal Fundraiser, Police HQ |
| 9 April 2001 | Visit ATC Headquarters, Stanbridge Road |
| 13 April 2001 | Reception for Accordian Club twinning visit with Heath Band/a> |
| 14pril 2001 | Heath Band & Accordian Club Concert |
| 16 April 2001 | Croquet Club start of season |
| 19 April 2001 | Visit ATC Headquarters, Stanbridge Road |
| 20 April 2001 | Mayor & Mayoress of Sandy's St Georges Ball |
| 21 April 2001 | South Beds DC Chairman's Coffee Morning |
| 21 April 2001 | County Youth 4th Orchestra Concert |
| 21 April 2001 | County Youth 2nd Band & 3rd Orchestra Concert |
| 22 April 2001 | ATC Freedom of Entry Ceremony |
| 22 April 2001 | County Council Chairman's Civic Service |
| 22 April 2001 | County Youth 2nd Orchestra Concert |
| 23 April 2001 | Visit to Mayday Trust at Kilgour Court |
| 23 April 2001 | County Youth Band, Middle Schools Choirs and Youth Orchestra Concert, Royal Albert Hall |
| 25 April 2001 | James Goff Big Band Annual Dinner, Tilsworth Golf Centre |
| 26 April 2001 | Leighton Toy Library 8th Birthday |
| 27 April 2001 | Mayor of Kempston's Civic Reception |
| 28 April 2001 | Buzzer Street Collection |
| 28 April 2001 | Luton Multi-Faith Civic Service |
| 28 April 2001 | Friends of Westlands 50s/60s Dance |
| 29 April 2001 | Leighton-Linslade Scout Council St Georges Day Service & Parade |
| 1 May 2001 | Presentation of cheque to Imperial Cancer Research for £1206 in memory of Rita Styles |
| 2 May 2001 | End of Term Dinner hosted by Mayor of Luton |
| 3 May 2001 | Leighton-Linslade Flower Club demonstration meeting |
| 7 May 2001 | Opening of May Fair |
| 7 May 2001 | Opening of Crazy Cafe, North Street |
| 7 May 2001 | Draw All Saints' Preservation Trust May Fair "Christmas Present" raffle |
| 10 May 2001 | Presentation of Freedom of Entry Certificates to 1003(Leighton Buzzard) Squadron ATC |
| 11 May 2001 | End of the Year Show |
| 12 May 2001 | Rotary Club "Childline" Concert |
| 14 May 2001 | Leighton Art Society Spring Show |
| 14 May 2001 | Presentation of Cheques to Buzzer and Music School |
| 14 May 2001 | Annual Meeting of Council and Handover to New Mayor |