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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!
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.
Many thanks to our supportive sponsors this year:
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'
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'
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'
The Runners Up were:
Congratulations to all of our winners of 2009!
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.
A big thank you goes out to the sponsors of our prizes:
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The White Hart Hotel |
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Whitchurch Eco Shop |
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The Barber Shop |
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The Dolls House Hampshire |
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Whitchurch Festival |
A special prize will be awarded for the window with the most votes in our online poll – hurry, voting ends late Friday night! more…
| December 5, 2009 12:00 pm | to | December 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.
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….
| 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 |
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!