Faith & Flowers January 2020

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January 2020 Web.qxp_Layout 1 07/04/2020 16:05 Page 12Christmas Tree Festival at theCrooked Spire in ChesterfieldAs a committee we thought it would be good to advertise CEFAAto the public and church flower arrangers by having a ChristmasTree on display at the annual Christmas Tree Festival held in theChesterfield Parish Church. The festival is so popular it isoversubscribed each year. It was suggested we decorate thebalcony as there was no room for any more trees. Ada had theidea of sewing autumnal leaves onto spool wire, drying thembefore spraying them gold. However, with the wet weather andfloods in the area it proved a challenge. The leaves suggestedwere sycamore. I know now where to find every sycamore treein Chesterfield. Ada, June and I arrived at church on the Fridaymorning with everything we needed. Everyone else was arrivingwith Christmas trees under their arm and bags of decorations.We got our steps in that day, running up and downstairs checkingthe curves were evenly spaced. We were given a long string oflights to add to the garland of leaves. Three arrangements wereplaced evenly along the balcony thanks to Ada’s Pampas grassbush and some strong choir boys carrying the stands upstairs.Once the festival is over, the garland will be used to decorate theRevolution House in Chesterfield for Christmas.12
January 2020 Web.qxp_Layout 1 07/04/2020 16:05 Page 13Christmas Outing to Riverside House Hotel,Ashford-in-the-WaterThirteen members of the Derby Branch met for a Pre-Christmasget together at the Riverside House Hotel on a damp Novembermorning. Not a turkey or Christmas pudding in sight. We hadtime to chat before the meal in a lounge area overlooking thegardens. The food must have been good, I don’t think anyone leftanything on their plates.We all left with ‘A Merry Christmas’ to each other and ‘see youin the New Year for the next get together’.Julie Franks13
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