Page 8 - Town & Around - January 2019

8 Town & Around January 2019 Tel: 01485 540620 email: editor@townandaround.net
Hunstanton Christmas Tree Festival – Pre-Christmas fun in St Edmund’s
best yet! Terrace

Ann McKimm
he Tree designers excelled themselves at this years Christmas
Tree Festival in Hunstanton. Visitors mentioned the high
Tstandards of the competitors and the unusual nature of their
entries.
There were 30 trees on display. These included a clever upside-
down Tree from the Red Hat Ladies, an origami tree of birds from
Glebe School and a Dickens themed Christmas Carol Tree from the

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs joined in some pre-Christmas fun
on 2nd December switching on the lights at the Princess Theatre.
During the day visitors to St Edmund’s Terrace enjoyed a fairground
ride, side shows, mulled wine and music from the acoustic trio Kill
Me Date and children of all ages visited Father Christmas in his grotto.
Over forty members of Mike Tandy’s Rock Choir entertained in the
early evening and they are pictured below with Mike conducting.
Photo: Rae Steward

local One Act Play Drama Festival.
Father Christmas arrived to give out gifts on Sunday and he was met
by Town Mayor Amanda Bosworth, the Town Cryer, and lots of happy
local children who attended this
free event.
Festival Director Steve
Hayter said, “We are delighted
with the standard this year and
we have had more than 500
people coming through the
doors to view the Festival and
casting their votes for their
favourite trees.” Ugly Duckling to Silver Swan!
Winner of the cash prize was
the RSPCA Tree made in the
shape of a large dog which have always thought that I was reasonably fit with gardening, dog
received the most votes, closely walking and the allotment but a recent photo came as a reality
followed by the Harry Potter Icheck. I am round shouldered, have a definite tum and my balance
Tree entered by the Hunstanton is not as good as it used to be. What to do about it? I couldn’t sum up
Scouts who won the junior the energy to go to the Oasis and my self imposed exercise regime
prize. The Committee vote for failed. Then I saw an advert for the Silver Swans class - exercises
the most original tree went to based on ballet for the over 50s - and thought I would give it a try.
Glebe School for their Origami From day one I was hooked!
The classes are run by Fiona Fretwell, a qualified ballet teacher and
Birds of Peace Tree made by the we do the exercises that every ballerina does in training. Very gentle
children. but improving your core strength and balance. Fiona is an excellent
The HDFA Chairperson said, teacher explaining the purpose behind each exercise with a light
“We thank everyone for taking hearted approach which puts us all at ease. We are various shapes, sizes
part in this happy event” and she and ages but we are all improving and noticing the difference in our
thanked the team of postures.
hardworking volunteers who ran I don’t think that I shall be ordering my tutu just yet, but thanks to
the three day event led by Fiona I don’t feel such an ugly duckling!
Christine Earnshaw.
Full details of the winning Canny Jones
entries can be found at For further details contact Fiona
www.hdfa.org.uk or Facebook Phone: 07718 521338
pages. email: fionafretwell@hotmail.com