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CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
Storm Arwen impacted the Town Council’s Christmas Festival plans when high winds and a severe weather warning prevented
us from holding activities in the High Street. Public safety is always the Town Council’s number one concern so the stage, fairground, marquees and food vendors
all had to be cancelled. Thanks to the hard work of the events team residents were still able to enjoy a range of festive activities.
allowed children to enjoy more crafts, with face painting also on offer.
Stage performances inside the Plaza were generously sponsored by AC Binns, with the audio visual services provided
by Rich at Moore Audio. Thank you to all the local groups who took part: Step ‘n’ Grooves, Fifth Dimension, Corby Male Voice Choir, Thrapston Plaza Opera, Laugh Out Loud Theatre, Thrapston Town Band
The side stalls games were moved into St James Church Hall; thank you to June Davy for facilitating this. Thanks also to our sponsors: Simpson & Partners, Chancery Dental, Thrapston Garage, Nene Centre (Freedom Leisure) and Thrapston Dental Centre, who
and Dynamix. After the tree lights switch on Christmas Carols in the Plaza were led by Thrapston Plaza Opera.
Thank you to everyone who bought a raffle ticket, mince pie or mulled wine from the Mayor’s stalls inside the Plaza which raised funds for Cllr Carter’s chosen charity.
The Central England Co-op also supported the event and ran their tombola inside St James Church, raising funds for Dementia UK.
The Festival wouldn’t be possible without the support from local
businesses and volunteers. Dominos Thrapston kindly provided hot fresh pizza to keep the volunteers going. A huge thank you to everyone involved in organising the event and to the public for their understanding
at the change of plans. We are pleased that, despite the weather, you still turned out to support the event.
all kindly supported the side stall
games. We would also like to thank
the Youth Forum members: Grace,
Jodie, Hannah, Lillie, Charlie,
Connor, Josh, Rowan, Charlotte and
Scarlet who were an enormous help. Children’s craft activities, kindly
sponsored by Orchid Event Management, were also moved over to the church hall and proved very popular.
Thanks to the hard work of the events team residents were still able to enjoy a range of festive activities
Father Christmas attended the event accompanied by his local helpers Claire and Jo from Funky Lil Feet and members of the Thrapston Cricket Club, who helped him with his sleigh. Volunteers inside the library