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Light-up gets the thumbs-up!

Posted on December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 by staff

In excess of 200 people braved the chill air on Friday evening to witness the Enderby Christmas Tree Light-Up.

The event, organised by the Parish Council’s Events Working Party, commenced at 4pm and ran until 7pm on Friday, 3rd December 2021.

Visitors were treated to a mini-market of stalls in the Civic Centre car park and inside the Centre’s Large Hall. Tickets were available for a raffle with prizes generously donated by local businesses.

Volunteers from Enderby’s Community Library staffed a bar serving coffee and cakes supplied by the ‘top’ Co-op. Library volunteer’s also had a stall in the main hall inviting people to get crafty!

Santa was kept busy by a host of young people in his grotto just off the main hall and outside there were performances of seasonal music by the Enderby Band and the Musical Village Choir.

The band – originally set to perform in the car park – had to seek out an alternative position on the pathway adjacent to the Civic Centre to enable some musicians to take advantage of the additional light in order to read the music sheets.

Chairman of Enderby Parish Council, Cllr. John Jones, flicked the switch to illuminate the village Christmas tree which was located in front of the village mural.

A number of local businesses remained ‘open’ for the duration of the event and they and other local businesses contributed to the event, quite fitting as the national focus of the weekend was on ‘small businesses’.

This was the first ‘light-up’ event since the pandemic struck and the first ever on quite this scale. Notwithstanding its success the Events Working Party have gleaned ideas to enhance future years’ light-up events.

Enderby Parish Council wish to thank the following businesses for their donated prizes for the raffle.

Next PLC for a selection of prizes https://www.next.co.uk
Hatton Country World for its family of 4 entry tickets https://hattonworld.com/
Demontfort Hall for 2 Sleeping Beauty Pantomine Tickets https://www.demontforthall.co.uk/
Cosy Club (Leicester) £20 voucher https://cosyclub.co.uk/
Mill Hill Cask and Coffee, Enderby, £20 voucher https://www.millhillcaskandcoffee.com/
Kegs and Bottles of Beer from Everards Brewery https://www.everards.co.uk/
David Lloyd 14 day Pass for 1 https://www.davidlloyd.co.uk/
Selection of gifts from Co-op, Cross Street, Enderby https://www.coop.co.uk/

Some snapped photos from the evening:

Musicians from Enderby Band relocated to illuminate their music sheets
Above and below…. visitors to stalls in the Civic Centre Main Hall

Library volunteers staffed a ‘coffee and cakes’ bar in the Civic Centre Small Hall
Above ….Santa in his grotto with some young guests

[Photo: T. Green] Santa in his grotto
[Photo: Musical Village] Musical Village singers perform in the Civic Centre car park

Musical Village singers perform in the Civic Centre car park
[Photo: LG] Let there be light …on the Christmas Tree

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