18th December - The Live Nativity!

Sunday saw Wokingham gathering in the Market Place at 3pm to see donkeys (supplied by JAC) and make some crafts amoung other activities before processing on mass to Howard Palmer Gardens for the Live Nativity.

Howard Palmer Gardens saw almost 500 people young and old enjoy a performance of the Nativity story.

BottleTop is a community of people from all backgrounds and ages. They are passionate about telling stories and building relationships. Since September they've worked with around 100 members of the local community to make this event possible, from churches, schools, choirs, shops, the Salvation Army and craft groups. So many people have worked tirelessly to make today possible and for them to be able to tell what we believe is most exciting, inspiring and hope filled story ever told.  

With a story influenced through an exploration of the senses it was fitting that Bottletop brought Kim an adept of British Sign Language on to sign the whole performance.

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Tonight we will be at the Hope & Anchor for a performance by a 7 piece Ukulele band, The Mighty Lemons.

21st December - Live Nativity in Howard Palmer Gardens

Sunday night was the Live Nativity.  Local theatre community Bottletop took up the task of presenting their own spin on the traditional Christmas story but they didn't stop just there. 

From 3pm the audience arrived in the Market Place to enjoy a mini festival, with fun crafty stalls like santa beard making, seasonal refreshments and musical entertainment by local acts.

Just before 4pm the audience was led by a donkey to Howard Palmer Gardens for the main performance. The Wokingham Christian Community came together to present this telling of the Nativity story with actors sourced from a number of churches across the area.  

There was a fabulous atmosphere in the park that day with around 600 people of all ages enjoying the performance.

Please enjoy this small selection of photographs from the performance.

There is also an excellent article on the event from Get Wokingham.

3rd December 2013 - Churches Together in Wokingham Choir at Wokingham Railway Station.

Voices rose en masse on Tuesday night with the Churches Together in Wokingham Choir performing outside the new Wokingham Railway Station.

Wokingham Borough Councillor Rob Stanton introduced the act and an audience of around 40 stayed to watch and join in with the full performance, with commuters watching as they passed.

The Churches Together in Wokingham “scratch” choir have been performing Carols at the Station for about 5 years now, to welcome commuters home and to get them into the Christmas spirit.  The choir and musical group is made up of people from all of the Churches in Wokingham.

There were a number of carols sung, including perennial favorites “Away in a Manger”, “Ding Dong Merrily on High” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”. Afterward the choir gave out small chocolates to the audience.

Below is a short video of the event.



We hope to see you tonight at Herrington and Carmichael at 27 Broad Street tonight at 6:15pm for another musical treat.