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Issue:- 20 December 2012

The CTF Annual Village Nativity Play - 2012

THE Churches Together in Formby (CITFAH) group held its annual Village Nativity Play on Saturday, 15 December 2012. Despite the cold, damp and very dull weather, the spirit of Christmas was clearly demonstrated by the hundreds of people who took part in what was a truly community building event. The 75 strong cast, who lead the audience through the biblical story of the birth of Jesus Christ did remarkably well. Dressed in costumes, some of them must have been very cold, but it did not show as they paraded up and down Chapel Lane and then performed on a make shift stage at the West End of the road. Also taking part were primary school children from Woodlands, Our Lady's and St Jerome's, dressed as angels and Roman soldiers; they entertained the villagers at the start of the event and also took part at the end. One of the big hits of the event was the use of real animals, with the return of Baby Doll and friends. Baby Doll, if you did not know is the donkey. At the end, the cast even had a real new born baby, Orla, launching her acting career at an early age of just a few weeks old. Paul Manyara said:- "I would like to thank all who supported this event and it was fantastic to see so many people attending and enjoying the event. It is so easy to get trapped in trivia around this time of year and we hope that this play has helped show the true message of Christmas. We would like to thank people some of the hidden people who have made this event so magical. Andy Johnson, for example, has worked behind the scenes for many months on this project. He and a small team of back stage helpers have helped throughout the play's development and to add to that they had to get here before 7am to put up this stage and get the equipment out. That was done in heavy rain as well! Without their efforts and the cast this would not have been a success. Well done to all of you!!!" If you attended, why not email us your memories and views of this event to our newsroom via:- news24@southportreporter.com.  Click on here to see our full photograpic coverage of this event.

SANTA CAM 2012

THE Southport & Mersey Reporter Santa Cam is nearly activated, and the countdown is on. The Camera and new page will be live for Christmas Eve. It will be child friendly, with child friendly links! So if your children are driving you mad as you get Christmas underway, get them to take a look and see if they spot Santa! You can see it by going on to our Santa Cam Page from 2011 at this point in time via this link  and the new page will be active very soon! - BE WARNED, the music might drive you mad, but it is very good fun, so we are please to say that we have for yet another year on our annual cam, music with big thanks to Southport band Psychic Robot!

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