Invitation to join in Bridport festive name game (From Bridport and Lyme Regis News)

Invitation to join in Bridport festive name game

4:00pm Wednesday 3rd October 2012 in News By Anne Bell

BRIDPORT’S new Christmas festival organisers are writing their festive wish-list and right at the top is a new name for the event.

The committee wants suggestions for a new title for the glittering evening on Wednesday, December 5.

In common with Dorchester’s Christmas Cracker and Weymouth’s Christmas Sparkle, a competition has been organised to find a suitably seasonal tag for the special evening, which has proved hugely successful in past years.

And like Santa, the festival needs more helpers to make the event come to life.

From 6pm to 8pm on the night shops will stay open, stalls and entertainment will be on the streets and Father Christmas will be the star of the show.

The new co-ordinator is Becky Kingston, who designs and makes greetings cards, has a market stall and is involved in craft fairs.

Other committee members, who have come forward to ensure the event continues are Jason Foote of Footeprints, Tourist Information Centre manager Terri Foxwell, arts centre programme manager Margie Barbour, Coun Sandra Brown and town surveyor Daryl Chambers.

To update the event and give the town a Christmassy brand to promote, people are asked to write down their suggestions, with their name and address and contact details and drop their entries into the Tourist Information Centre or the town council offices at Mountfield or email enquiries@bridport-tc.gov.uk by Monday, October 8.

The prize for the winning suggestion will be 100 personalised Chris-tmas cards designed and printed by Foote-prints and two sheets of personalised Christmas wrapping paper.

Becky Kingston said she was hoping plenty of people would come forward to take part in the festivities.

“I really want more people to show what they can do,” she said.

“The evening is a chance to make the most of the atmosphere and to get a real Christmassy feel in the town.

“The road will be closed and we would like to see more stalls and a lot more younger people getting involved “And we could always do with more people to help, beforehand or on the night.”

Anyone interested in getting involved is asked to contact the town council on 01308 456722.

You can also email enquiries @bridport-tc.gov.uk