SOUTHWATER will be holding its biggest ever celebrations on 15 and 16 December and everyone is invited to come and see why.
The important dates signify not only the onset of Christmas but also the end of the village centre’s £25 million redevelopment where a whole new village centre has been put in place.
Shops, housing, a new health centre, a community centre and a Co op store are just some of the additions to the new focus of village life based around the newly named Lintot Square. A new public house will be completed nearby soon.
Beeson House, the impressive new community centre, also offers parish council offices, a library, a business resource centre, community police office, youth centre and a Citizens Advice Bureau.
To celebrate completion of this momentous project there will be a series of special events taking place on Friday, December 15, and Saturday, December 16.
Putting the cherry on the top of the cake and - linking with the area’s distant history - there will be the unveiling of a specially commissioned iguanodon dinosaur sculpture on 15 December.
The celebrations are free to enter and take place in Southwater’s Lintot Square and as follows:
Friday 15 December 2006:
| 1.15pm | Lintot Square, Southwater
Unveiling of the Southwater Iguanodon dinosaur sculpture by the Chairman of Horsham District Council, Cllr Bernard Baldwin
Followed by a dinosaur exhibition in Southwater Library (first floor) in Beeson House, Lintot Square. Free to enter. |
Saturday 16 December 2006:
| 10am | Grand opening by Sonia, the star of ‘Jack & the Beanstalk’ at The Capitol, Horsham |
| 10.05-11am | Tanbridge House School Band (Beeson House) |
| 10.15 am | ARRIVAL OF FATHER CHRISTMAS |
| 10.30am-12noon | Father Christmas in the Christmas Grotto* (Beeson House) |
| 11am-12noon | Children’s hand painting (Beeson House, first floor) |
| 12-4pm | Roving magician entertainer and balloons** |
| 1-2pm | Dark Star live band in Lintot Square |
| 2-3pm | Father Christmas in the Christmas Grotto* (Beeson House) |
| 2.15-2.45pm | Elsden School of Dance (Lintot Square or Beeson House) |
| 3.30pm | West Sussex Trafalgar Concert Band in Lintot Square |
| 4pm | The Venerable Roger Combes, Archdeacon of Horsham |
| 4.05pm-4.35pm | Church Choirs and Community Carol Concert in Lintot Square |
* gifts will be limited
** professional performances permittingAlso……
At Southwater Library, Lintot Square: 11am, 11.30am, 3pm and 3.30pm – DINOSAUR STORY AND TRAIL