WELCOMEWELCOME toto thethe 21st21st BrighstoneBrighstone ChristmasChristmas TreeTree Festival.Festival. 7th - 10th December 2017 Viewing at ALL seven venues from 10am to 5pm until Dec 10th

and then in St Mary’s Church & The 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 6th to Dec 16th TheThe ChurchesChurches andand ResidentsResidents ofof ,Brighstone, Hulverstone,Hulverstone, MottistoneMottistone andand BrookBrook extendextend toto youyou aa veryvery warmwarm welcomewelcome toto ourour Community.Community. REFRESHMENTS (DEC 7th -10th ) 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.

Locations encircled are walking distance Winter Wonderland from each other. NB. 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 FREE FYT BUS SHUTTLE SERVICE between Regular Shuttle Service Brighstone Holiday Centre or IoW Pearl, between on the Military Rd and the centre of Brighstone Brighstone Methodist Church. and Mottistone. Donations welcomed 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 14th 7.30pm Slipshod Singers/Brighstone Barnacles in Concert Proceeds to local & national charities – Brighstone Church. Saturday December 16th 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 7th and 10th. . Than, from Dec 11th to Dec 31st 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 The Isle of Wight Pearl Adventure Activities Isle of Wight Pet Doctors All things Networking Piéd à Tree Brighstone Health Walking Group Red Funnel British Divers Marine Life Rescue Sabirian Fair Trade Calbourne Watermill Spence Willard Woodyard Ltd Sporting Bears Freshwater Independent Lifeboat TAJ Crafts Friends of Buburi Tapnell Farm Hants & IoW Air Ambulance The Arts Society IoW at Quay Arts Healthwatch UK The Bats Wing Tea Rooms Inglefield Nursing & Residential Home The IoW College Pathways Programme IoW Beach Cleaning Volunteers The IoW Motor Caravaners Club IoW Council Fostering Team The Monday Prayer Group IoW Riding for the Disabled The Wight Brainy Bunch John’s Club Vectis 40’s Vintage King Textiles Vectis Corps of Drums. Lacemakers of the Wight Vectis Sunrise Rotary Club (Newport) Lizzie’s Way West Wight Alpacas Making a Dream West Wight Pool League Medina High School West Wight Sports Centre Morrisons Newport West Wight Time Bank Personalize 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

The Wilberforce Hall 6th Newport Scouts IoW Portage Service 11th Newport Guides IoW Special Olympics 1st Yarmouth Beavers & Scouts IoW Zoo Ability Dogs 4 Young People Isle of Sweets Craft Centre Branstone The Joe Ellis Trust Brighstone Busy Bodies Niton & District Camera Club Brighstone & District Horticultural Society Sail 4 Cancer Brighstone Village Society SANDS Carers IoW Seagrove Ward. Sevenacres Cowes Enterprise College SSAFA Friends of Ryde Library The FYT Bus Charity Shop Tree IoW Breast Screening Unit The Newsletter IoW National Autistic Society The Robert Hooke Society IoW Society for the Blind The Wight Squirrel Project St Mary’s Church. 1st Brighstone Beavers Friends of St Mary’s Hospital 1st Brighstone & 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 IoW Foodbank Abbeyfield Yarmouth IoW Law Society Brighstone Community Coffee Morning Island Professionals Brighstone Methodists Niton Pre-School Brighstone Pre-School Phoenix Project Brighstone Village Art Group Queensgate Primary School Coeliac Awareness Sandown Bay Academy Cuddly Bears Pre-School Group St George’s School Freshwater Central WI Teddies for Tragedies Gideons International The Knit & Natter Runners Holy Cross Primary School The Quakers The Three Bishops Age UK (IOW) IoW College - Insights Amey Waste Services (IoW) Relate SW Hants & IoW Cats Protection IoW The Footprint Trust Creekside WI FYT Bus Community Minibus Service Freshwater Bay Golf Club The Pituitary Foundation IoW Citizens Advice Bureau The Three Bishops Trees Ventnor Lions Brighstone Social Club. Brighstone Social Club Newport Lions Brighstone Lawn Tennis Club Optio Voluntary Car Service Eastern Promise Belly Dance Troupe Orchard Bros Harwoods of Yarmouth Oxfam Headway UK Patrick Hayes Decorating IoW Ambulance Service & First Responders Pepperpottering Tree IoW Fire & Rescue -Blue Watch Seahorses Art Studio IoW Morris Minors Club Shiny Creations IoW Samaritans The British Red Cross IoW Trading Standards The New Avenue Group Island Fit Club The RSPCA Newnham Family Wight Woodturners

Mottistone Church Chessell Pottery Barns & PO41 Coffee House FYT Bus Community Minibus Service Hants & IoW Wildife Trust - Woodlands Therapy The Gouldings Resource Centre National Trust Mottistone Gardens The Island Free School Oral Health Promotion The Rainbow Centre Tree Pancreatic Cancer UK The RNLI -Back of the Wight Rutherford Eye Care The Scoliosis Association Saturday Club for Deaf Children The Semi Colon Support Group St Mary’s Primary School (Ryde) Vectis Astronomical Society Stanley Family Tree Wellow Village Tree The Bumblebee Conservation Trust WightDASH The Diabetes Centre Woodlands Mental Health Unit WOW Women’s Centre 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

F R E E A D M I S S I O N 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 [email protected]. 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