WELCOME to the 21st Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival. 7 th - 10 th December 2017 Viewing at ALL seven venues from 10am to 5pm until Dec 10 th and then in St Mary s Church & The Isle of Wight Pearl and also in the Methodist Chapel. ( See page 3 footnote) until December 31st See inside programme for details of all concerts and performances from Dec 6 th to Dec 16 th The Churches and Residents of Brighstone, Hulverstone, Mottistone and Brook extend to you a very warm welcome to our Community.
REFRESHMENTS (DEC 7 th -10 th ) Thurs, Fri, Saturday - Wilberforce Hall; Sunday - Scout Centre NB. Saturday Soup & Crusty Bread 12-2.30 pm - Scout Centre. Crepes made to order - Sunday. 11am -4pm -Scout Centre The Three Bishops and The Isle of Wight Pearl open all day from 10am. Free Glass of mulled wine (while stocks last) 12-4 pm Fri, Sat, Sunday - Social Club (Courtesy of The Isle of Wight Pearl). ATTRACTIONS Musical Entertainment - Handbell Ringing - Concerts. - Carol Singing. Children s Mini Xmas Trees in the Library - Craft Fairs - Cake and Biscuits Raffle. Lace making Demonstration (Sat) -Isle of Wight Pearl; Mini Market (Sat & Sun) Winter Wonderland (Sat & Sun) Spectacular Outdoor Nativity Pageant (Sun) Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival. Winter Wonderland Locations encircled are walking distance from each other. NB. Mottistone to Brighstone Approximately 1 ¼ miles The Venues Wheelchair access at all venues -limited access at Mottistone CAR PARKING In Brighstone at Warnes Lane Municipal Car Park; Brighstone Social Club; The Methodist Chapel; Isle of Wight Pearl; Brighstone Holiday Centre and at the National Trust Car Park in Mottistone FREE PARK & RIDE between Brighstone Holiday Centre or IoW Pearl, on the Military Rd and FREE FYT BUS SHUTTLE SERVICE Regular Shuttle Service between the centre of Brighstone Brighstone Methodist Church. Donations welcomed and Mottistone.
Christmas Celebrations in our Villages. Wednesday December 6th: 7.00pm Hospice Lights of Love Carol Service with a cappella Choir Harmonix. Tree Lighting by Mr Nigel Hartley CEO of Earl Mountbatten Hospice In the presence of Cllr Lora Peacey-Wilcox. Chair of the IoW Council and other Council Members.. Brighstone Church Thursday December 7th: 2.30-3.30 The Chillerton Players Clarinet Group Brighstone Church. 3.30pm Carols with Brighstone Schoolchildren, and lighting of the Tree With the Isle of Wight Motto All this beauty is of God by Lizzie Wade. Manager. The Isle of Wight Pearl Methodist Church Friday December 8th: 10.00am - 4.00pm Christmas Gift & Craft Fair Scout Centre 4.00pm Carols with The Village Society Wilberforce Hall 7.30pm The Christmas Choir Carol Concert. Brighstone Church Proceeds in aid of the Raise the Roof Fund Saturday December 9th: 1.00-4.00pm Brighstone School Christmas Fair at the School 11.00 am -12.00 noon The Credorer Ensemble- Seasonal Instrumental Music The Isle of Wight Pearl 3.30pm - 4.45pm Brighstone Bellringers. 4.30pm Carols, crib blessing and hand-bell ringing with Niton Handbells in the presence of Mr Ben Rouse, Isle of Wight High Sheriff and Sir Charles Nicholson Bt Mottistone Church Sunday December 10th: 2.00-3.00pm Rhymes & Chimes of Christmas Brighstone Church 3.45pm The Nativity Pageant See the Christmas story re-enacted by local residents. Free admission. Donations welcomed. Starting point Upper Lane/Woodside Drive,, Brighstone. 7.00pm Stars of Wonder Concert - Brighstone Church A musical extravaganza full of festive flavour and variety in aid of SWAY (South Wight Area Youth). Thursday December 14 th 7.30pm Slipshod Singers/Brighstone Barnacles in Concert Proceeds to local & national charities Brighstone Church. Saturday December 16 th 7.30pm The ever popular Military Band Concert with Sandown & Shanklin Military Band in the presence of Lt Col Sir Guy Acland Bt LVO DL Isle of Wight Chairman of ABF The Soldiers Charity Proceeds in aid of ABF The Soldiers Charity Brighstone Church. NB. All venues open between Dec 7 th and 10 th.. Than, from Dec 11 th to Dec 31 st Brighstone Church, The Isle of Wight Pearl open daily. The Methodist Church can also be opened on request. Please contact Robert & Rosemary Gordon on 741204 or Brian or Bev Attwood on 741519.
The Exhibits Adventure Activities Isle of Wight All things Networking Brighstone Health Walking Group British Divers Marine Life Rescue Calbourne Watermill Chessell Woodyard Ltd Freshwater Independent Lifeboat Friends of Buburi Hants & IoW Air Ambulance Healthwatch UK Inglefield Nursing & Residential Home IoW Beach Cleaning Volunteers IoW Council Fostering Team IoW Riding for the Disabled John s Club King Textiles Lacemakers of the Wight Lizzie s Way Making a Dream Medina High School Morrisons Newport Personalize 6th Newport Scouts 11th Newport Guides 1 st Yarmouth Beavers & Scouts Ability Dogs 4 Young People Branstone Brighstone Busy Bodies Brighstone & District Horticultural Society Brighstone Village Society Carers IoW Cowes Enterprise College Friends of Ryde Library IoW Breast Screening Unit IoW National Autistic Society IoW Society for the Blind The Isle of Wight Pearl The Wilberforce Hall Pet Doctors Piéd à Tree Red Funnel Sabirian Fair Trade Spence Willard Sporting Bears TAJ Crafts Tapnell Farm The Arts Society IoW at Quay Arts The Bats Wing Tea Rooms The IoW College Pathways Programme The IoW Motor Caravaners Club The Monday Prayer Group The Wight Brainy Bunch Vectis 40 s Vintage Vectis Corps of Drums. Vectis Sunrise Rotary Club (Newport) West Wight Alpacas West Wight Pool League West Wight Sports Centre West Wight Time Bank YMCA Young Carers Age UK Freshwater Memory & Active Network Club British Lung Foundation & Breathe Easy IoW Needles National Coastguard Institution NHS Mental Health Reablement Team & GYLA Group The Ancient Order of Foresters Court 1821 The IoW Prostate Cancer Support Group Southern Co-op Funeralcare Family Support IoW Portage Service IoW Special Olympics IoW Zoo Isle of Sweets Craft Centre The Joe Ellis Trust Niton & District Camera Club Sail 4 Cancer SANDS Seagrove Ward. Sevenacres SSAFA The FYT Bus Charity Shop Tree The Newsletter The Robert Hooke Society The Wight Squirrel Project
St Mary s Church. 1 st Brighstone Beavers Friends of St Mary s Hospital 1 st Brighstone & Shorwell Brownies Grange Farm Brighstone Cubs Helping Hands - Cambodia Brighstone Explorers Independent Arts Brighstone Guides IoW Caledonian Society Brighstone Scouts IoW Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers CERYS - International Scouting Tree IoW Motor Neurone Association Action on Hearing Loss IoW Parkinson s Association Alzheimer's Café Mitchelmore Family Tree Amnesty International Naomi House Birthwight Philip Crewe Tree Border Karen Ministry Raise the Roof Brighstone Bellringers (Tower display) Sculptglass Brighstone Community Library South Wight Area Youth (SWAY) Brighstone Grange Residential Home South Wight Medical Practice Brighstone & District Royal British Legion St Mary s Church PCC Brighstone Handbells St Saviours Choir Brighstone Primary School (three trees) St Thomas of Canterbury Primary School Brighstone WI The Children s Society CAMEO The Chillerton Players Carisbrooke Priory The Domellie Bridal Studio Christ The King College The Five Villages Christian Aid Group Compassion in World Farming The Isle of Wight Council Cystic Fibrosis The Isle of Wight MP s Tree Earl Mountbatten Hospice The Isle of Wight Pearl Freshwater Flower Club Wessex Cancer Trust Support Centre West Wight Floral Arts Society Brighstone Methodist Church 1st Brighstone & Shorwell Rainbows Abbeyfield Yarmouth Brighstone Community Coffee Morning Brighstone Methodists Brighstone Pre-School Brighstone Village Art Group Coeliac Awareness Cuddly Bears Pre-School Group Freshwater Central WI Gideons International Holy Cross Primary School IoW Foodbank IoW Law Society Island Professionals Niton Pre-School Phoenix Project Queensgate Primary School Sandown Bay Academy St George s School Teddies for Tragedies The Knit & Natter Runners The Quakers
Age UK (IOW) Amey Waste Services (IoW) Cats Protection IoW Creekside WI Freshwater Bay Golf Club IoW Citizens Advice Bureau The Three Bishops Brighstone Social Club. Brighstone Social Club Brighstone Lawn Tennis Club Eastern Promise Belly Dance Troupe Harwoods of Yarmouth Headway UK IoW Ambulance Service & First Responders IoW Fire & Rescue -Blue Watch IoW Morris Minors Club IoW Samaritans IoW Trading Standards Island Fit Club Newnham Family IoW College - Insights Relate SW Hants & IoW The Footprint Trust FYT Bus Community Minibus Service The Pituitary Foundation The Three Bishops Trees Ventnor Lions Newport Lions Optio Voluntary Car Service Orchard Bros Oxfam Patrick Hayes Decorating Pepperpottering Tree Seahorses Art Studio Shiny Creations The British Red Cross The New Avenue Group The RSPCA Wight Woodturners Mottistone Church Chessell Pottery Barns & PO41 Coffee House Hants & IoW Wildife Trust - Woodlands Therapy National Trust Mottistone Gardens Oral Health Promotion Pancreatic Cancer UK Rutherford Eye Care Saturday Club for Deaf Children St Mary s Primary School (Ryde) Stanley Family Tree The Bumblebee Conservation Trust The Diabetes Centre WOW Women s Centre FYT Bus Community Minibus Service The Gouldings Resource Centre The Island Free School The Rainbow Centre Tree The RNLI -Back of the Wight The Scoliosis Association The Semi Colon Support Group Vectis Astronomical Society Wellow Village Tree WightDASH Woodlands Mental Health Unit Don t forget to come and meet Santa in his Winter Wonderland at the Exchange, New Rd, Brighstone on Sat & Sun 11am-3pm See the children s mini trees in the Library, North St. Brighstone Outside Trees. St Mary s Church - The Hospice Tree courtesy of J.R.Buckett & Sons. The Methodist Church -The Island Motto Tree courtesy of Isle of Wight Pearl. Wilberforce Hall - The Parish Council Tree Mottistone Church courtesy of Shide Trees. Reading Rooms/Social Club Tree
Friday December 8th at 7.30 pm FREE ADMISSION Retiring collection In aid of the Raise the Roof Fund. Seasonal light refreshments.
A Folkey Christmas Concert In St Mary s Church, Brighstone. 7.30pm Thursday Dec 14th. with All welcome Admission Free Refreshments The Slipshod Singers & Brighstone Barnacles Donations Welcomed All proceeds to Local and natioal charities
This event has been made possible thanks to the work of many people. We hope you enjoy your time in our villages. A big Thank you to all our exhibitors, and to the many helpers who have worked tirelessly to ensure your enjoyment of the Festival. All proceeds will go to local and national charities. Further Information at www.bxtf.org. E-mail chris@brighstone.org. or see us on Facebook at We wish all visitors a very peaceful Christmas. Thank you for your support
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS Bookers Cash & Carry. Brighstone Holiday Centre. Brighstone Horticultural Society. Brighstone Parish Council. J.R.Buckett & Sons. Flowers for You (Ventnor). B&Q Centrepiece Cake Designs. Harvey s of Yarmouth. W. Hurst & Sons. IoW Biscuit Co. The IoW Beacon. The Isle of Wight County Press. The Isle of Wight Pearl. The Village Shop. John s Club. M&S. Morrisons. The National Trust. Orchard Bros (Freshwater). Red Funnel Ferries. Sainsburys. Scarrotts Lane Bakeries. Signpost Express. Shide Trees. The Southern Co-operative & Co-op Funeralcare. Tescos Ryde Extra. The FYT Bus. A.J.Wells & Sons. Waitrose. Wightlink Ferries. Yarmouth Harbour Commissioners Also to The Village Society for decorating the Wilberforce Hall. West Wight Rotary Club for decorating the Hall Stage. Flowers for You of Ventnor for decorating St Mary s Church Porch. Members of Brighstone Social Club for decorating The Social Club The Brighstone Scout Groups for helping with The concert refreshments and to all our numerous volunteers. Apologies to anyone we have inadvertently overlooked. Also a big thank you to the Communities of Brighstone and Mottistone for your forbearance with the increased traffic during the festival. Your patience, support and understanding has been so much appreciated She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life THE BRIGHSTONE CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL Runners up in the Local Communities category Community Action Awards 2015
A. J. Wells & Sons are pleased to support The Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival