Light In Darkness – St Mary’s Church 7th Advent Festival

“Light In Darkness” – St Mary’s Church 7th Advent Festival
Friday 30 November – Monday 3 December 2012, 1.00pm – 6.00pm daily, St Mary’s Church

This was a wonderful festival not just of Advent and Christmas Carols but also of the creativity of our fantastic village and its groups. This festival could not have been staged without their help and creative contribution and hope you were able to enjoy the wonderfully decorated church in person.

The decorations (many appearing on these pages) included:

1 Tutbury Flower Club - Les Fleurs de la Nuit
2 Rolleston Kindergarten - Reflections of Kindergarten
3 Rolleston Conservatives - Let it snow
4 St Mary's Coffee morning - Cafe au Light
5 Burton Wine Society - Light into Fruit into Wine
6 Rolleston on Dove W.I. - t'WI Twinkling Stars
7 Ann & Elsie - Monochromatic
8 RODSEC - A cross for Advent
9 Viewpoint - Style & Substance
10 Rolleston Almshouses - Twilight
11 Rolleston Choral Society - The people who walked in darkness have seena great light
12 Beavers Combined Monday & Tuesday Colonies - Pyramid of Light
13 St Mary's Sunday Kidzclub - Christingle Tree
14 Rolleston Parish Council
15 Helen & Aaron Gilbert - Christmas on a Plate
16 Rolleston Monday Cubs
17 Rolleston Civic Trust - A Lightning Tree
18 Frankie, Ed, Ben & Granny - Jubilee Tree
19 Rolleston Thursday Cubs
20 Rolleston Playgroup Tree
21 Rolleston Club - Heart of the Village
22 RBL - Gifts - Wonderful or Wasted
23 John of Rolleston School Alderbrook site - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
24 Rolleston Allotment Society - Out of the dark earth........
25 Edge Hill Beavers Tree
26 Doveside Wl - Handbags
27 Christian Fellowship - Star of light
28 Memory tree - an opportunity to remember a loved one, a wedding or a baptism
29 Cherry Burston - Come to the Light
30 Rolleston Methodist Church - Methodist logos
31 Burton Flower Club - Midnight to First Light
32 John of Rolleston School, Sherbourne site
33 Wyers Family - A Star of Stars
34 Rolleston Pre -School 35 4Cs - Light Fantastic
36 Jinnie Inn
37 FOJORPS - Creating Childhood Memories
38 Sue Willmot - For those in peril on the sea
39 Brownies - Lighting the Way to Christmas
40 TREATS - Spanners not Spangles
41 Festival team "Australian trees" - when it's light, here it's dark there Refreshments & craft stall in Old Grammar School