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06 Jan 2010 In the News ~ Christmas Windows 2009
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Both the Andover Advertiser and Basingstoke Gazette have run a story and photo of our Family Christmas Windows Decoration competition.
Congratulations once again to the winners, and thank you to all the helpers and supporters who made this year’s event so much fun for the Whitchurch community!

20 Dec 2009 Window Prize Giving Ceremony 2009
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Congratulations to all the winners of our Family Christmas Windows Decoration competition in 2009!!

There were many fabulous windows around town for everyone to enjoy.

The Prize Sponsors

Many thanks to our supportive sponsors this year:

The Winners

The members of Whitchurch Arts viewed all the entrants’ windows and had a wonderful experience seeing all the creativity on display in Whitchurch.  Each member chose their top three windows and the results were collated by the chairman.

The 1st place winner is…

‘Painted Santa’ by the Miller Family of Evingar Road.

Their entire front window was painted with a very festive scene. You will see more examples of their window painting around town if you visit the Charity Shop being run by the Scouts, and the loos on the Meadow.  Very creative work indeed!

'Painted Santa' by the Miller Family

'Painted Santa'

The 2nd place winner is…

‘Plush Nativity’ by the Stead Family of Newbury Street.

Their big bay window was filled with stuffed animals all coming to visit a baby in a manager.

'Plush Nativity'

'Plush Nativity'

The 3rd place winner is…

‘Santa in the Jungle’ by the Lloyd Family of Dances Lane.

They were also the winner of our world-wide online poll – double congratulations!

Their window was transformed into a wild scene of animals and trees.  Lights outside and inside completed the creative endeavor.

'Santa in the Jungle'

'Santa in the Jungle'

The Runners Up were:

  • ‘Shining Trees’ by the Whitmarsh Family of Oakland Road
  • ‘Nativity’ by the Jackman Family of Bere Hill
  • ‘Winter Wonderland’ by the Ramsell Family of Newbury Street
  • ‘Driftwood Santa’ by the Reeves-Hall Family of Lynch Hill Park
  • ‘Autumn in Winter’ and ‘Tristmas Tree’ by the Cooper Chapman Family of Bere Hill
  • ‘Star of the Meadow’ by the Burgess Family of The Weir
  • ‘Glowing Tree’ by the Goodall Family of Newbury Street

Congratulations to all of our winners of 2009!

Prize Giving Ceremony

16 Dec 2009 Decorated Christmas Windows 2009
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Another creative Christmas is upon us!

Have a look below at the windows that have been entered into our Family Christmas Window Decoration competition and vote for your favourite.

Prize Sponsors

A big thank you goes out to the sponsors of our prizes:

The White Hart Hotel The White Hart Hotel
WhitchurchEcoShop-Logo Whitchurch Eco Shop
The Barber Shop
The Dolls House Hampshire
Whitchurch Festival Whitchurch Festival

Vote for Your Favourites

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04 Dec 2009 Family Christmas Window Decoration Competition 2009
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December 5, 2009 12:00 pmtoDecember 18, 2009 12:00 pm

Let’s make the town bright, colourful and full of creativity and excitement this Christmas!

Update! See the windows entered in this year’s competition HERE.

Last year, many local residents decorated their windows with creative scenes for the festive season and Whitchurch Arts is proud to be sponsoring this popular family contest again this year. All Whitchurch residents are encouraged to participate and to have a chance at winning some fabulous prizes.

The idea is simply to decorate one of your windows that is visible from the street with a creative display for the Christmas season. Entry forms are available from Saturday December 5 at the White Hart Hotel, and online HERE.

Return the completed form to the competition’s drop box at the White Hart Hotel – or by filling in the online form HERE.

Entry deadline is 3pm on Sunday December 13.

Judging by members of Whitchurch Arts will take place between Sunday December 13 and Friday December 18.

If you include £1 with your entry (in the drop box) then Father Christmas will pop around to look at your window and leave a message for any children on the evening of Sunday December 20 between 6 and 7 pm.

You can see last year’s decorated windows, including the winning ‘Santa in space’ by the Lloyd family here: Last Year’s Winners.

23 Nov 2009 Meeting Scribbles ~ November 2009
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Three new members, a great turnout  and many wonderful pieces of art shown by our members – a great meeting!

We met at our new, creative start time of 7:43pm (mainly to give John time to have his supper) at the White Hart on 17 November 2009.

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