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31 Oct 2009 Winning Pumpkins & Guys

Category: Competitions, Reports | Tags: Community, Competitions, Events, Hallowe'en, Meadow | Leave a Comment

Congratulations to all our winners!

All the entrants to the Whitchurch Arts Creative Pumpkins and Guys Competition were stunning. The members of Whitchurch Arts had a tough task to pick the grand prize winners.

Whitchurch Arts along with local businesses and the Whitchurch Festival donated a load of fabulous prizes – there were enough for everyone to delight in. A special thank you goes out to Julie at the White Hart for her creative shopping talent.

The prizes were given out at the start of the fireworks evening on the Meadow – photos are on the Whitchurch Festival and Whitchurch Meadow websites, and more photos are one theWhitchurchWeb.

Now, without further ado…the winners….

Pumpkin Winners

The grand prize for the most creative pumpkins went to Tina Hills and her family – they grew some of their pumpkins themselves, too! The family won a Sunday dinner for four with wine at the White Hart Hotel.	Witch and Death - The Grand Prize Winners!
Second prize went to Lorraine Darling for her meticulously carved pumpkin depicting the star of the movie ‘Twilight’.	Twilight Pumpkin - 2nd Place
Third prize went to Abigail Davis and her family who created a pumpkin with wavy teeth.	Wavy Teeth - 3rd Place
Honourable mention went to the children who are minded by Kathy Hardy on Winchester St – they had a garden full of wonderful pumpkins. A great pumpkin patch!	Minder Minder - Honourable Mention for their Patch of Pumpkins

Guy Winners

Conductor Guy Five and His Pumpkin Train - Grand Prize for Guy

The grand prize for the most creative Guy went to Rising Fives – the children at the nursery spent considerable time and creative talent to make a conductor Guy for their train, which had two pumpkin passengers. Their prize is a dinner for two at the Blue Ginger, and a few fun toys for everyone to play with. The crowd at the Meadow let out a large cheer when their Guy was tossed onto the gigantic bonfire – it was consumed in seconds!

The Rising Fives Guy is tossed onto the bonfire by Kathy and Nicki

The runner-up went to Beth Price and her family. Beth opted to take her Guy home with her!

25 May 2009 The Whitchurch Community Play

Category: Events | Tags: All Hallows, Community, Parish Church, Whitchurch Community Play | Leave a Comment

March 10, 2010
7:54 am
June 24, 2009
7:30 pm	to	8:30 pm
July 9, 2009
7:30 pm	to	8:30 pm

A message from Steven Wells (edited slightly to clarify):

With the kind co-operation of the Vicar of Whitchurch, Kelvin Inglis, and the support of the Rural Dean we are pleased to announce the initial plans for a Whitchurch Community Play (note from editor: WADS has been putting on community plays for over 50 years; this is the first “community play” run by the All Hallows church).

A production of Murder In The Cathedral by T. S. Eliot will take place in the Parish Church, All Hallows, week commencing Monday 14th September.

It will be a totally open production with actors, designers and theatrical support drawn from the whole town. Auditions and casting will take place in July and will be open to all with the parts being given to the best actors we can find. All ages will be welcome.

Being a Community Play we hope to involve all aspects of the local community including schools, businesses, local groups etc and really hope as many people as possible will want to play an active part in this one-off event. All profits will go to local hospices.

~~We will shortly be announcing an inaugural meeting to establish a committee to help to decide the basis on which we will operate. Kelvin Inglis has already agreed to act as the Chair for this meeting.~~ See update below!

Anyone interested in helping with this project can contact me for further information.

Stephen Wells
Wellswood
13 Park View
WHITCHURCH
RG28 7FE
Tel: 896846
wellsinternet {at} aol {dot} com

Update 1 July 2009: The date of the first play has changed to Monday, October 19, 2009. The next public meeting is 9 July in All Hallows, 7:30pm. Track further changes at the Whitchurch Community Play website.

Update 15 June 2009: An inaugural meeting, chaired by the Vicar, will be held on Wednesday 24th June at 7:30pm in the All Hallows Church Room, adjoining the Church.
Anyone interested in helping in any way with this project is welcome to come along. We are looking for help in many ways Lighting, Sound, Costumes, Prop Making, Front of House, Publicity, and, of course, actors. We will welcome actors of all ages and experience.

11 Mar 2009 Off The Walls Project Wins Grant from B&DBC

Category: Ongoing Events | Tags: Community, Events, Off The Walls, Whitchurch | Leave a Comment

Basingstoke & Deanne Borough Council (B&DBC) has awarded Whitchurch Arts £1000 towards the Off the Walls project!

This will go a long way towards our start-up and running costs of the project. If you are local artist and want to have your art hung on the walls of local businesses then please do contact us.

Whitchurch Arts would like to especially thank Ceri Adams of B&DBC for the work done to support the Arts here in Whitchurch. Thanks, Ceri!

04 Mar 2009 Call for Artists to Help Primary School

Category: Miscellaneous | Tags: Community, Decoration, Murals, Whitchurch Primary School | Leave a Comment

Our primary school is asking for local artists to get in touch, from the March 2009 Parish Magazine:

We are hoping to paint murals in one of our corridors and would welcome support from local artists.
– Sarah Peters Head Teacher

24 Jan 2009 Off The Walls

Category: Miscellaneous | Tags: Community, Events, Off The Walls, Whitchurch | 7 Comments

Off the Walls is an initiative managed by Whitchurch Arts in association with local business venues in Whitchurch to show original artwork by local artists on their walls.

Please visit our dedicated Off the Walls website to view works already in the programme, and to learn which venues have our members’ art on their walls. (Artists and venue owners can also use that website to update their collection and biography.)

Most of the art is for sale, and literally sold ‘off the walls’. A small part of the proceeds will go to the business and Whitchurch Arts, with the majority going to the artist.

All local businesses in Whitchurch are invited to participate, to support local creativity as well as having works of art to grace the walls of your establishment.

If you are a Whitchurch business owner and want to liven up your establishment with some locally created art, or if you are a local artist and would like some of your art to be considered for this program, then please contact us.