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12 Mar 2010 Energetic Green Fun
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March 20, 2010toMarch 27, 2010

Calling all families who want to save the planet and be creative doing it.

The first ever ‘Whitchurch Green Aware‘ week is to take place in town between the 20th and 27th of March, and Whitchurch Arts is proud to be involved.

Firstly, be quick! Enter the photo competition which we’ll be judging!  Deadline is the 15th of March.  Complete rules and details are HERE.  Prizes will be awarded during our Earth Hour event…

Start the week with the ‘Tree Mend Us Trashy Tree’ project on Saturday 20th March at the Green Aware Fair; come along to the Gill Nethercott Centre make decorations for the Trashy Tree using recycleable materials.

The next day, Sunday 21st, come and help to build the Trashy Tree on the Millennium Meadow starting at 1pm.  You’ll explore what is recyclable rubbish, and what isn’t.  Bring your clean rubbish with you and you will see.  You are invited to help build the tree and make more decorations to add to the tree. Come to the Millenium Green from 1pm onwards.

The following weekend, ‘Green’ and ‘Energy’ is the theme for the Whitchurch Arts ‘Off the Walls’ exhibition on Sunday 27th March taking place between 10.30 and 4.30.  Local talented artists will have their work on display.  Find a work of art you like, and create your own piece to interpret it — either as a copy, or your own idea inspired by one of the pieces. Your art work will then be displayed alongside the other artists.  Be sure to bring your parents along, too.

Later that evening, Whitchurch Arts celebrates Earth Hour with a procession that starts from the Town Hall at 7.30pm.  Bring a decorated jar, that has a candle inside, hung from a stick.  We’ll all walk down to the Gill Nethercott Centre for the start of the fun at 8pm, where music and a supper will be offered up.  An environmental quiz will test your knowledge – prizes will be awarded that evening.  At 8:30pm we’ll join the world in turning off the lights for Earth Hour.  Our Carnival Queen will lead those festivities.  Admission just £6 which includes the supper and quiz.

Complete details of week’s events are on the Whitchurch Green Aware website.

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!

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…

26 Jun 2009 Fun Festival Festivities
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Whitchurch Youth Project thirll the crowds with Michael Jackson's Thriller tribute

Whitchurch Youth Project thirll the crowds with Michael Jackson's Thriller tribute

Last weekend’s festival procession and carnival really showed off the creative talents of Whitchurch residents!

There were many creative costumes on show as many Whitchurch residents paraded through our streets, and onto the Meadow for the bustling carnival.

And, who would have guessed that less than a week after the Whitchurch Youth Project wowed the crowds with their dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller song that the famous singer would pass away.  It is a fitting tribute to a talented, influential artist that local youth celebrated his music here in Whitchurch so recently.

Many more pictures are on the Whitchurch Festival website.

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