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Advent Windows back again for Christmas!
Published on 21 Aug, 2011 at 12:12 in News | Viewed 255 times | 2 Comments
The organisers of last year’s brilliant Advent Window project in the town have already started work on this year’s festive event. After the success of the first giant advent calendar about carols last year, businesses in the town will be repeating the project, but this time with a new theme of Christmas stories from...
In pictures: Big Christmas Carol Walk
Published on 24 Dec, 2010 at 14:33 in Pics | Viewed 737 times | 6 Comments
The Big Christmas Carol Walk in Stone was a huge success on Christmas Eve! Starting at 9.30am at the Shelter charity shop in Lichfield Street, carollers performed each window’s song, accompanied by a great accordionist. Like a big snowball, the group got bigger and bigger as it moved up the High Street. About 15...
Big Christmas Carol Walk on Christmas Eve
Published on 20 Dec, 2010 at 23:27 in What's On? | Viewed 271 times | No Comments
The organiser of this year’s Advent Window project has invited everyone in the town to a Big Christmas Carol Walk on Christmas Eve. The final window will be opened at Christ Church, in Christ Church Way, at 11am on Friday 24th December. Beforehand, people will be singing each shop’s Christmas song in a festive...
Monica to open final Advent Window
Published on 15 Dec, 2010 at 20:01 in What's On? | Viewed 505 times | No Comments
Stone’s Big Issue seller Monica has been chosen to open the final Advent Window on Christmas Eve. The final window will be opened at Christ Church, in Christ Church Way, on Friday 24th December at 11am. This will be preceded by a carol parade through the town which will stop at the other 23...
Stone centenarian to open Advent Window
Published on 9 Dec, 2010 at 22:53 in What's On? | Viewed 165 times | No Comments
Birchill and Watson chemist on the High Street have invited their oldest customer, 101-year-old education award-winner Lilian Ward, to open their Advent shop window on Monday 13th December. In the build-up to Christmas 24 shops, businesses and organisations will each decorate their shop on the theme of a carol, which will be unveiled on...
Window with a twist at Yarn Gathering!
Published on 6 Dec, 2010 at 21:47 in What's On? | Viewed 313 times | No Comments
Children from Christ Church First School will be guests of honour at the grand opening of window number 10 of this year’s Stone Advent Windows. On Friday 10th December at 4pm, YarnGathering, Stone’s local yarn store in Radford Street, will be opening their Advent window. Children from Christ Church First School in Radford Street...
First Advent Window is opened (with video)
The first Advent Window was opened in Stone today at Tim Toft Violins in Station Road – with the event going out on Radio Stoke. Mayor Rob Kenney and Advent Windows organiser Pam Pott opened the first window – which has been decorated to the theme of Christmas carol Hark The Herald Angels Sing....
Festive carol finale needs singers and musicians
The organisers of Stone’s Advent Window project are looking for singers and musicians to make the Christmas Eve carol finale a huge success. The first of 24 windows will be opened on Wednesday 1st December at 12pm at Tim Tofts Violins in Station Road. Over the next 22 days, lots of other shops and...
1st Advent Window to be opened on Wednesday
Published on 25 Nov, 2010 at 19:26 in What's On? | Viewed 215 times | No Comments
The first window in Stone town centre’s giant Advent calendar will be opened by town mayor Rob Kenney on Wednesday 1st December. The first window will be opened at Tim Tofts Violins in Station Road at noon. In the build-up to Christmas, 24 shops, businesses and organisations will decorate their windows on the theme...
Advent Window shops revealed
Published on 21 Oct, 2010 at 15:38 in News | Viewed 234 times | 4 Comments
The 23 shops and businesses that are taking part in Christ Church’s Advent Window project in December have been revealed. The giant community Advent calendar will be revealed day by day in and around the High Street in the build-up to Christmas. Twenty-three shops and businesses will decorate their windows as different Christmas carols...