Faith & Flowers January 2020

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Christmas Tree Festival at the
Crooked Spire in Chesterfield
As a committee we thought it would be good to advertise CEFAA
to the public and church flower arrangers by having a Christmas
Tree on display at the annual Christmas Tree Festival held in the
Chesterfield Parish Church. The festival is so popular it is
oversubscribed each year. It was suggested we decorate the
balcony as there was no room for any more trees. Ada had the
idea of sewing autumnal leaves onto spool wire, drying them
before spraying them gold. However, with the wet weather and
floods in the area it proved a challenge. The leaves suggested
were sycamore. I know now where to find every sycamore tree
in Chesterfield. Ada, June and I arrived at church on the Friday
morning with everything we needed. Everyone else was arriving
with Christmas trees under their arm and bags of decorations.
We got our steps in that day, running up and downstairs checking
the curves were evenly spaced. We were given a long string of
lights to add to the garland of leaves. Three arrangements were
placed evenly along the balcony thanks to Ada’s Pampas grass
bush and some strong choir boys carrying the stands upstairs.
Once the festival is over, the garland will be used to decorate the
Revolution House in Chesterfield for Christmas.
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