Stone town centre will be transformed into a giant Advent calendar again this December as the Stone Advent Windows project returns for a fourth year.
After the success of the last three years – including a special commendation in the Social and Community section of the 2012 Market Towns Awards – this year’s event will see a record 19 schools and organisations working with shops and businesses in and around the town, many of whom are already busily at work on their displays.
The theme of the windows will once again be Christmas carols and there will be a joyful rendition of the carol depicted at each opening. Windows will be unveiled at 11am each day, with Costa on the High Street hosting the first in partnership with the Beaver Scouts on Sunday December 1st. The final window will be unveiled at Christ Church on December 24th after which warm drinks and mince pies will be served in Christ Church Centre.
The full calendar is in the process of being finalised and will be available on the site soon, as well as at participating shops, businesses and schools.
Click HERE to see reports, photos and videos from previous Advent Windows years.
For more information about this year’s Advent Windows, contact Andy Cranston at acranston.ccstone@gmail.com or on 818983.
This year’s list of windows includes:
Costa Coffee, Dunoon Mugs, All Season Fruit and Veg, The Dezign Room, Lock Keepers Salon, Birchall and Watson, Donna Louise Hospice, Stone Library, The Mill, Shear Genius, Zeta, Mayfair’s Dry Cleaners, Footsteps, Katharine House, The Swan, Folwells Estate Agents, John Burton Solicitors, Bailey’s DIY, Home and Colour, The Blue Room, The Royal Exchange, Crazy Daises, Christ Church.
Participating schools and organisations:
The Beaver Scouts, Oulton Guides, Stone WI, Signposts, Trinity Skills, Oak Tree Farm, Christ Church ‘Breathe’ Youth Group, Alleyne’s Academy, Christ Church Academy, Walton Priory, St Dominic’s Priory, St Dominic’s Primary, Pirehill First, Christ Church First, Oulton First, St Michael’s First, Manor Hillbillies, Mumbles Nursery and Oulton Abbey Playgroup.
