Christmas in Whitchurch

christmas in whitchurch - the town centre revitalisation project's first activity

Christmas in Whitchurch 2006 is a bigger and better version of CIW2005 which was the first short term project aimed at revitalising Whitchurch's Town centre - there is more here on the whole project. Pictures are to be found on the December 05 news archive page It was the winner of the Social and Community Section of the South East Rural Towns' Partnership annual awards and the organisers received a certificate to mark the event, details are here.
This year's pictures are now on the site press here for switching on the lights, the Christmas Market, WADS mystery plays and shop window displays.

There have been 2 articles on the event in SERTP's June and September 2006 Newsletters

Photographs of the switching on of the lights and other activities on 9th December are here

The participants and programme for 2006 are below,

This year 25 business, 14 local groups and members of the Whitchurch Association are actively working on a programme of activities from the middle of the year until now. These build include annual events such as Santa at the Mill and the Salvation Army Band playing in The Square

Free Competitions

Competition From To Prize Giving Entry Form

Children's Christmas Tree Competition 1 Dec 1pm
16 Dec From the Library

Vote for the Best Shop Window Display 9am
2 Dec Noon
8 Dec 3.45pm 9 Dec press here

Children's Spot the Odd One Out Shop Window competition 9am
4 Dec Noon
15 Dec 1pm
16 Dec press here

'Christmas in Whitchurch' picture competition, 3 age groups 9am
9 Dec Noon
2 Jan 26 Dec press here

Those involved

Businesses

Beehive Farm Shop
Brockenhurst Estate Agents
Clacy's
David Manning
Flower Power
Focus on Hair
G Dowling & Son
Glass-foolery
Gladstone's
House 'n Home
HSBC Bank
John Dennett
Karen Jarmarkier
Lloyd's Pharmacy
Newbury Building Society
Nine Springs Nursery
Redwoods Estate Agents
Serenity Health and Beauty
Somerfield
Street Video
The Harvest Home
The Old Paper Shop
The Silk Mill
The White Hart
Whitchurch Barbershop

Community and Voluntary Groups

Anglican Church
Baptist Church
Country Market
Fire Brigade Band
Ladies Singing For Fun
Library
Methodist Church
Razz m Tazz
Testbourne Community School PTFA
Whitchurch Charities
Whitchurch Primary School
Whitchurch Scouts
Salvation Army Band
WADS
Plus:
Whitchurch Town Council
Basingstoke and Dean District Council
Hampshire County Council

Activities now planned by the Whitchurch Town Centre Revitalisation Team, plus some activities organised by others

Decoration of Town Centre - A coordinated use of white lights in shop windows with Christmas trees, where shop frontage supports this.
Town Centre activities - dates identified are 9, 16 & 23 Dec:

30 Nov &
2 Dec 7.30pm Testbourne Theatre Hall - Razz m Tazz's Kerfuffle

1st Dec 10 - 11.30am Christmas Country Market

10.30am Start of competition for children to decorate a paper Christmas tree. All the entries will be used as part of the decorations in the library, so a whole forest of decorated trees is required.
Collect a tree entry form from the library to take away and decorate
There are small prizes for first and second in two age groups of - 5 years and under and 6 to 11 years

2nd Dec 9am Start of the Children's Spot the Odd One Out Shop Window competition (runs until 15 Dec) entry form here and the opportunity for townsfolk to vote for their favourite Shop Window Display (until 8 Dec) entry form here

10am - 3pm Four Charities' Christmas Sale

10am St John the Fisher - Christmas Sale

2 - 5pm Whitchurch Primary School Christmas Fair

3rd Dec 6pm All Hallows Church Christingle service

8th Dec 9am Judging panel tours Town Shop Windows

1pm Last time for submission of voting forms for the Best Dressed Shop Window

8 & 9th Dec 7.30pm WADS - Julius Caesar - Testbourne Theatre Hall

9th Dec 9am 'Christmas in Whitchurch' picture competition (ends 2nd Jan) entry form here

9am Scouts' Christmas Post begins (ends 20 Dec) - post boxes in the Old Paper Shop and Seeviour's Court Foyer - deliveries in the town only 15p

9.30 - 11.30am Town Hall Staff Tombola - Proceeds to Mayor's Charity

10.30am - 2pm Fairtrade tea and coffee and Fairtrade products in the Cottage from 10.30 - 11.30am and then jacket potatoes with various fillings, mince pies & coffee in the church from 12 - 2pm. �1.50 per potato, 20p mince pie and 50p coffee or tea. Complete with festive surroundings (!) and Christmas music - what more could you ask for?

3.30pm Ladies Singing for Fun - Carols outside the Town Hall until .....

3.45pm The mayor will present the Best Shop Window Trophy presentation and then switch on the town's lights (probably in a snow storm) followed immediately by .....

4.15pm More carols from Ladies Singing for Fun

4 - 6pm Then follow Santa to Santa at the Mill

11th Dec Scouts' Carol Float (until 24th)

13th Dec 7.30pm Ladies Singing for Fun Christmas Concert

15th Dec 1pm Entries close for Children's Spot the Odd One Out Shop Window competition

7.30pm Celebrate Christmas with the Andover Light Orchestra
For the whole family to listen and join in some seasonal classics including a different arrangement of 'The 12 Days of Christmas'

16th Dec 9am - 12noon Whitchurch Fire Brigade - Carols in the Square

10am -3pm Craft Market - Parish Hall

12noon Miracle Play - WADS - Outside Town Hall

12noon - 5pm Christmas Fair - White Hart Car Park

1pm Presentation of prize to the winner of Children's Spot the Odd One Out Shop Window competition

Library Christmas Tree competition ends

2pm Miracle Play - WADS - Outside Town Hall

18th Dec 8pm Carol Singing around the Town's Pubs starting from The Bell

19th Dec 7pm Carol Singing around the Town starting from All Hallows

20th Dec Scouts' Christmas Post ends

23rd Dec 10am -12noon Salvation Army Band - The Square

Advertising - To promote the activities above and any other groups' or businesses' events during the Christmas in Whitchurch period - the first edition of the Community Newsletter, Town Centre posters, road side signs, newspapers, this website, flyers distributed to households

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	*Christmas in Whitchurch 2006* is a bigger and better version of CIW2005 which was the first short term project aimed at revitalising Whitchurch's Town centre - there is more here on the whole project. Pictures are to be found on the December 05 news archive page It was the winner of the Social and Community Section of the South East Rural Towns' Partnership annual awards and the organisers received a certificate to mark the event, details are here. This year's pictures are now on the site press here for switching on the lights, the Christmas Market, WADS mystery plays and shop window displays. There have been 2 articles on the event in SERTP's June and September 2006 Newsletters Photographs of the switching on of the lights and other activities on 9th December are here The participants and programme for 2006 are below, This year 25 business, 14 local groups and members of the Whitchurch Association are actively working on a programme of activities from the middle of the year until now. These build include annual events such as Santa at the Mill and the Salvation Army Band playing in The Square
Free Competitions
	Competition		From	To	Prize Giving	Entry Form
	Children's Christmas Tree Competition		1 Dec	1pm 16 Dec		From the Library
	Vote for the Best Shop Window Display		9am 2 Dec	Noon 8 Dec	3.45pm 9 Dec	press here
	Children's Spot the Odd One Out Shop Window competition		9am 4 Dec	Noon 15 Dec	1pm 16 Dec	press here
	'Christmas in Whitchurch' picture competition, 3 age groups		9am 9 Dec	Noon 2 Jan	26 Dec	press here
Those involved
	Businesses
		Beehive Farm Shop Brockenhurst Estate Agents Clacy's David Manning Flower Power Focus on Hair G Dowling & Son Glass-foolery Gladstone's House 'n Home HSBC Bank John Dennett Karen Jarmarkier Lloyd's Pharmacy Newbury Building Society Nine Springs Nursery Redwoods Estate Agents Serenity Health and Beauty Somerfield Street Video The Harvest Home The Old Paper Shop The Silk Mill The White Hart Whitchurch Barbershop
	Community and Voluntary Groups
		Anglican Church Baptist Church Country Market Fire Brigade Band Ladies Singing For Fun Library Methodist Church Razz m Tazz Testbourne Community School PTFA Whitchurch Charities Whitchurch Primary School Whitchurch Scouts Salvation Army Band WADS Plus: Whitchurch Town Council Basingstoke and Dean District Council Hampshire County Council
Activities now planned by the Whitchurch Town Centre Revitalisation Team, plus some activities organised by others
	Decoration of Town Centre - A coordinated use of white lights in shop windows with Christmas trees, where shop frontage supports this. Town Centre activities - dates identified are 9, 16 & 23 Dec:
	30 Nov & 2 Dec	7.30pm	Testbourne Theatre Hall - Razz m Tazz's Kerfuffle
	1st Dec	10 - 11.30am	Christmas Country Market
		10.30am	Start of competition for children to decorate a paper Christmas tree. All the entries will be used as part of the decorations in the library, so a whole forest of decorated trees is required. Collect a tree entry form from the library to take away and decorate There are small prizes for first and second in two age groups of - 5 years and under and 6 to 11 years
	2nd Dec	9am	Start of the Children's Spot the Odd One Out Shop Window competition (runs until 15 Dec) entry form here and the opportunity for townsfolk to vote for their favourite Shop Window Display (until 8 Dec) entry form here
		10am - 3pm	Four Charities' Christmas Sale
		10am	St John the Fisher - Christmas Sale
		2 - 5pm	Whitchurch Primary School Christmas Fair
	3rd Dec	6pm	All Hallows Church Christingle service
	8th Dec	9am	Judging panel tours Town Shop Windows
		1pm	Last time for submission of voting forms for the Best Dressed Shop Window
	8 & 9th Dec	7.30pm	WADS - Julius Caesar - Testbourne Theatre Hall
	9th Dec	9am	'Christmas in Whitchurch' picture competition (ends 2nd Jan) entry form here
		9am	Scouts' Christmas Post begins (ends 20 Dec) - post boxes in the Old Paper Shop and Seeviour's Court Foyer - deliveries in the town only 15p
		9.30 - 11.30am	Town Hall Staff Tombola - Proceeds to Mayor's Charity
		10.30am - 2pm	Fairtrade tea and coffee and Fairtrade products in the Cottage from 10.30 - 11.30am and then jacket potatoes with various fillings, mince pies & coffee in the church from 12 - 2pm. �1.50 per potato, 20p mince pie and 50p coffee or tea. Complete with festive surroundings (!) and Christmas music - what more could you ask for?
		3.30pm	Ladies Singing for Fun - Carols outside the Town Hall until .....
		3.45pm	The mayor will present the Best Shop Window Trophy presentation and then switch on the town's lights (probably in a snow storm) followed immediately by .....
		4.15pm	More carols from Ladies Singing for Fun
		4 - 6pm	Then follow Santa to Santa at the Mill
	11th Dec		Scouts' Carol Float (until 24th)
	13th Dec	7.30pm	Ladies Singing for Fun Christmas Concert
	15th Dec	1pm	Entries close for Children's Spot the Odd One Out Shop Window competition
		7.30pm	Celebrate Christmas with the Andover Light Orchestra For the whole family to listen and join in some seasonal classics including a different arrangement of 'The 12 Days of Christmas'
	16th Dec	9am - 12noon	Whitchurch Fire Brigade - Carols in the Square
		10am -3pm	Craft Market - Parish Hall
		12noon	Miracle Play - WADS - Outside Town Hall
		12noon - 5pm	Christmas Fair - White Hart Car Park
		1pm	Presentation of prize to the winner of Children's Spot the Odd One Out Shop Window competition
			Library Christmas Tree competition ends
		2pm	Miracle Play - WADS - Outside Town Hall
	18th Dec	8pm	Carol Singing around the Town's Pubs starting from The Bell
	19th Dec	7pm	Carol Singing around the Town starting from All Hallows
	20th Dec		Scouts' Christmas Post ends
	23rd Dec	10am -12noon	Salvation Army Band - The Square
	Advertising - To promote the activities above and any other groups' or businesses' events during the *Christmas in Whitchurch* period - the first edition of the Community Newsletter, Town Centre posters, road side signs, newspapers, this website, flyers distributed to households