Christmas_Guide_2016

Christmas Guide 2016

Newbury Weekly News

Thursday, 17 November, 2016

Panto stars to light up Tadley A PRINCE and princess will turn on Tadley’s Christmas lights and make it a fairytale occasion on Friday, November 25. Report by JANE MEREDITH email jane.meredith@newburynews.co.uk twitter @janem_nwn

father, the late Joe Green. In Kingsclere, a festive atmosphere comes to Kingsclere Primary school, from 3.30pm to 5.30pm, on Friday, December 2. when the school, in Ash Grove, hosts its annual Christmas Fair. There will be the chance for children to meet Father Christmas in his grotto, alongside stalls and a raffle, in aid of school funds. Entry to the grotto costs £3, including a present and photograph with Father Christmas Father Christmas will also be out and about on his sleigh, with a procession planned from Ecchinswell to Bishops Green at 5.30pm on Saturday, December 3. This will be followed by a party at Bishops Green Village Hall, all in aid of the Ecchinswell Bell Restoration Trust and Bishops Green Community Association. Calleva Women’s Institute will host their annual Christmas bazaar at Pamber Heath Memorial Hall on Satur- day, December 3, from 2pm to 4pm. Silchester Methodist Church will host a carol service, accompanied by Hannington Silver Band, on Sunday, December 11, at 4pm , followed by tea, coffee and mince pies.

Stars of The Anvil’s pantomime, Sleeping Beauty , including Katrina Bryan, who takes the leading role of Princess Briar Rose, are set to light up the town. Ms Bryan is a familiar face to children, as she takes the part of Nina, in Nina and the Neurons , on the children’s channel CBeebies. Ben Harlow, who plays the prince, will make a return visit to Tadley, as he also helped turn on the lights in 2014, when he played Prince Charming in Cinderella at The Anvil, Basingstoke. The occasion starts at 6pm, with a Christmas market in the Ambrose Allen Centre, next to Tadley Town Council offices in Franklin Avenue. Entertainment and refreshments will be available at the family event, which is organised by the town council. Burnham Copse Primary School choir will sing carols at 6pm and at 6.30pm, Tadley Band and the Hurst Singers will join them, followed by the countdown to the big lights switch-on at 7pm. Charity fundraisers Loddon Valley Lions will transport Father Christmas

on a float to the Tadley Christmas lights switch-on. The Lions will then set off with Father Christmas on their annual month-long tour of North Hampshire villages on their Christmas float, ending on Friday, December 23. Tour stops include: Tadley, Pamber End, Monk Sherborne, Sherborne St John, Sherfield, Kingsclere, Pamber Heath, Bramley, Baughurst, Silchester, Mortimer and Little London. For a full list of dates,times, routes and streets, visit www.loddonvalleylions.org. Father Christmas will return to Tadley Pet Supplies, in Heath End Road, from 4.30pm to 6pm, on Friday, December 16, with a sleigh full of presents to give- away to children. There will be chance to meet the real reindeer, set to arrive pulling the sleigh, thanks to Animal Dramatics in Aldermaston, who supply the reindeer. The popular annual event is hosted by pet shop proprietor, Andrew Green. There will be a collection in aid of Burghfield and Mortimer First Responders, in memory of Mr Green’s

Katrina Bryan and Ben Harlow, the stars of

Sleeping Beauty at The Anvil, Basingstoke, will be

switching on Tadley’s ChristmaslightsonFriday, November25

Picture: Sean Dillow

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