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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.

31 Oct 2009 Winning Pumpkins & Guys
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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!

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

Twilight Pumpkin - 2nd Place
Third prize went to Abigail Davis and her family who created a pumpkin with wavy teeth.

Wavy Teeth - 3rd Place

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

Minder Minder - Honourable Mention for their Patch of Pumpkins

Guy Winners

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

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 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 Oct 2009 Creative Pumpkins and Guys 2009
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There have been some fantastic entries into our creative Pumpkins and Guys competitions. Its not too late to enter — full details and entry form are HERE.

Here are some of the entries so far…(last updated Friday evening):

12 Oct 2009 Carve Out a Creative Winner!
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October 25, 2009 5:00 pmtoOctober 31, 2009 8:00 pm

PumpkinTime to be creative!

Whitchurch Arts is having a decoration competition for Pumpkins and another one for Guys, all leading up to a Whitchurch Festival event on the Millennium Meadow at the end of the month.

The grand prize for most creative pumpkin is a Sunday dinner for 4 with a bottle of wine at the White Hart! The prize for best Guy is a dinner for 2 at the Blue Ginger.

Details and an entry form are at HERE or ring Andrew on 893525.  A creative pumpkin was shown in our article in the Andover Advertiser on Friday, 23 October.

Your pumpkins and/or Guys should be ready during the week starting Sunday, 25 October so that members of Whitchurch Arts can judge them starting then, and through that week. Update: you can enter throughout the week, the sooner the better, of course!

Awards will be handed out at the Meadow – so bring your Guy and pumpkins there for 5:30pm on the 31st.

Oh, yes, be on the lookout for hidden pumpkins around this website, and others around town…

08 Oct 2009 Guys & Pumpkins Competitions
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Hallowe'en 2009 poster

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Congratulations to our Winners!
Photos of the Winners: HERE

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Photos of Entrants: HERE

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The Grand Prize for Most Creative Pumpkin is:

Sunday Dinner for 4

with a bottle of wine

at the White Hart

The winner of the Guy competition will receive:

Dinner for 2

at the Blue Ginger


There are tons of other prizes too, including 7-day gym membership, toys, games, and treats!

Pumpkin-Emily

Full details are below our entry form:

Entry Form for Competitions

No more submissions accepted at this time.

Pumpkin Competition

Get yourself a pumpkin and do something creative with it.  You can carve it, or arrange a few into an artistic pumpkin patch!  Be creative!

ARH20091011-34006 (Large)Once done, put your pumpkins in your window or garden where the public can see it during the week starting Sunday, 25 October.  Judging will take place through the week, finishing Friday evening.

Fill in the form above (do it now!) so that we can schedule a member of Whitchurch Arts to pop around that week to  judge the fruits of your efforts.  We’ll take a photo and put it on our website HERE.

Then, on Saturday, 31st October, bring your creative pumpkins (or one from your ‘patch’) to the Meadow at 5:30pm.  The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony which starts there at 6pm.  Photos of the winners (pumpkins, guys and people!) will appear here on our website, too.

Guy Competition

Whitchurch Arts is also having a Guy competition!  Make a creative Guy and bring it to the Meadow for 5:30pm on 31st October.  The ones judged best will win a dinner for 2 at the Blue Ginger, and the honour of being thrown on the bonfire first (of course, you can elect to keep your safe from the pyromaniacs).  We’ll take a photo and put it on our website HERE, too.

Fill in the form above to enter these competition(s).

Meadow Fun on 31st

There’s a fun lot of family entertainment planned by Whitchurch Festival for the evening of the 31st on the Whitchurch Meadow.  Also be sure to have a hunt around this and other websites, including the Whitchurch Forums, for some hidden pumpkins…

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