Get wrapped up and add Thursday 17th November to your diaries as the date that Stone Town Council will once again be staging the annual switch-on of the town’s Christmas lights!
The annual event sees Stone Town Centre packed with families, young and old, enjoying the festivities as an evening of entertainment counts down to the light switch on.
Once again, Samantha Lloyd returns as compere for the event and will get the program underway at 5pm.
There will be a range of entertainment leading up to the switch-on, including Rooftop Studios and the Stone combined schools choir, which is always a wonderful highlight of the evening.
At 7:00pm we will get to the main event – the turning on of the lights. This year the lights will be switched on by the Town Mayor, Councillor Jonathan Powell, and of course, Father Christmas. They will be joined by the winners of the Mayor’s Christmas Card competition.
If you’ve been before, you’ll know what to expect. It’s the biggest event to take place in Stone High Street, so make sure you get into town early to claim a good spot and soak up the atmosphere.
The ever-popular Warwick’s Funfair will be set up in the Market Square and down the High Street, and there will be food stalls, trade stalls, and charity stalls with all manner of things to buy and win. Stone’s hospitality businesses will of course be open, and a number of local businesses will also be open later to welcome shoppers in.
Councillor Jill Hood, Chairman of the Council’s Tourism and Town Promotion Sub-Committee, said:
“I always look forward to this event, when the High Street is lit up with Christmas trees and this year we have had the biggest response from the school choirs who will sing to the town, there will be smiling faces everywhere I look.”
“We will again be putting on a fantastic show, with a full programme of entertainment and even Santa himself putting in an appearance. This is a hugely popular event for all age groups, and I hope you will join us on the evening to welcome the Christmas season to Stone.”
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