Steyning & District Business Chamber Late Night Christmas Shopping

Steyning High Street - Wednesday 6th December, 2017 - 18:00 to 21:00

Father Christmas will be leading children from Steyning C of E Primary and Upper Beeding Primary Schools on the Children’s Parade starting outside the White Horse from 6pm and will be accompanied by Stephen Davies and his jazz band.

There will be a Fairground in the town centre car park, local choirs, fabulous bands and our very own mad Christmas Elf, Tom Foolery. As usual, the High Street will be buzzing with a wide and wonderful array of entertainment, stalls and welcoming shops.

Come and join us for an evening of fun, festivities and seasonal shopping.

Entertainment Programme
6:00 Outside the White Horse
Start of Steyning Primary and Upper Beeding Primary Schools’ Children’s Choir Procession with Father Christmas and the Stephen Davies Jazz Band

6:05 After the parade departs White Horse end
Live Lounge: Speedboatz

6:15 Bookshop end of High Street
Steyning Primary School and Upper Beeding Primary School Joint Choirs arrive and sing rousing seasonal songs and carols

6:30 Onwards Outside the Chequer Inn
The fabulous Stephen Davies Jazz Band throughout the evening, alternating with Roger Paxton’s cheery Fairground Organ

6:30 Opposite Sussex Produce (or thereabouts)
Vocal Fusion (men’s a capella choir led by Zoe Peate)

6:45 Bookshop End
Tomfoolery the mad Christmas Elf and a very silly show

7.05 White Horse end
Live Lounge: Folk in Adur

7:10 Opposite Sussex Produce
Yuletide Blowers with Gary Prior

7:15 Bookshop end
The ever popular Steyning Woodcraft Folk children singing jolly Christmas songs

7:40 Opposite Sussex Produce
Kaleidoscope Singers with Zoe Peate

7:45 Bookshop end
Tomfoolery returns

8.05 White Horse End
Live Lounge: Axis

8:15 Opposite Sussex Produce
Mel’s Belles Ukulele Band

8.15 Bookshop End
Great sounds from local band

8:30 Town Centre by bus shelter
Grand Raffle Draw

7:00 until 9:00 Steyning Bookshop
An AMAZING duo of authors, MATT HAIG and CHRIS RIDDELL, will be in the shop all evening, signing the special edition of ‘How to Stop Time’ – written by Matt, illustrated by Chris, as well as Matt’s wonderful new children’s book ‘Father Christmas and Me’. Plus the traditional bookshop mulled wine and mince pies

6:00 - 9:00 Special Extra Treat! at Springwells House (South of the mini roundabout)
Get warmed up in the cosy surroundings of this lovely hotel with delicious mulled wine and mince pies sold in aid of the children’s charity: Winston’s Wish

Programme: Times are approximate

With many thanks to David Clancy, Zoe Peate, Gary Prior, Pete Varkala, Jill Allen, Sarah Pargeter and Corine Wellby for providing and coordinating the musical entertainment

The Steyning & District Business Chamber look forward to welcoming you to this year’s Late Night Shopping Event, we do hope that you enjoy the evening. The town will continue to sparkle and shine all through the festive period with our display of Christmas lights and trees bringing a traditional feel of Christmas to Steyning. The Steyning & District Business Chamber funds and provides The Late Night Shopping Evening and the Christmas lights and appreciates the support of those businesses and residents that enable this to take place once again.

The Chamber would like to specifically acknowledge the kind generosity of it’s members as shown below who make this a truly special event:

Sponsors
The Sussex Produce Company
Hamilton Graham
H J Burt
The Steyning Bookshop
Compass Mortgages
Osborn Humphreys

Raffle Prizes kindly provided by:
Hamilton Graham
The Sussex Produce Company
Gris et Blanc
Little Sweet Shop
Osborn Humphreys
Riverside Brewery
Co-op
Baloos
Steyning Osteopathic
Vintage & Home
Ema’s Nails
Booti
Garlic Wood Farm
Cobblestone Tea House
Get Waisted
Dandylion

We thank everybody for their incredible support, any late donations will be recognised in the January edition of Your Steyning.
Organised by Steyning & District Business Chamber. - www.steyningchamber.co.uk