On Tuesday
8th January all the Christmas trees from the festival were stripped,
taken down and
taken to the National Trust in Formby to be reused in their sand
dune stabilisation project.
There was a
lot to clean up afterwards and the bagging and cleaning was undertaken by a
small but thorough team. The church was
spick and span by the end of the day!
A big thank
you to everybody
who helped
take down and clear up.
Then on
Friday 25th January tree sponsors and representatives of the
charities were invited to a meal in St.
John’s hall.
John thanked
everybody for turning out despite the dreadful, snowy weather. He said that it seemed to be generally agreed
that this years Christmas Tree festival had been the best one yet! He thanked all the sponsors and charity
representatives for all their contributions to the festival and commented that
without them it could not have happened at all.
Clive then
outlined the program for the evening which was to consist of entertainment
from Julie Ann and some of her students followed by a buffet supper and ending
with the second half of the concert.
Julie Ann
introduced her students who, together with Julie, put on an excellent and
varied program of piano and saxophone playing, recitations and of course
singing.
Harry,
Laura,
and Lucy put
on a superb show both before and after the supper break.
Thank you
to everybody who contributed to the evening including the excellent caterers!
We hope to
see everybody back next year if not before!
Put the
dates for the next festival in your diary
– December 13th
& December 14th 2013 !