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Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree on the village green is now standing up and decorated with lights. Thank you to the Donaldson family for providing the tree, and to the squad led by Dave Ramsey and Peter McQuade for putting it up. Have a Merry Christmas!

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Children’s Christmas Party – Friday 20th December

Just to let you know that the Garvald and Morham Children’s Christmas Party will be at Garvald Village Hall on Friday 20th December from 5pm till 7pm. Alexander the Great will be providing some magical entertainment. Please could each family bring a plate of food. Same set-up as usual…any queries, contact Lorraine (830346).

Garvald Poetry Competition 2013 – Results

The Garvald Poetry Competition was organised to celebrate National Poetry Day, 3rd October 2013. After reading and re-reading over a hundred entries, judge Liz Lochhead has chosen her winners. Her comments are published along with the winning entries on the Poetry Competition 2013 page. In addition we have published a booklet online containing all entries for you to read and enjoy (downloadable in PDF format).

We would like to express our thanks to Liz for being our judge; with so many entries it was a tremendous undertaking. We would also like to thank Garvald and Morham Community Council for providing funds for the book token prizes and Georgi Gill, Learning Manager at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, for her support and for donating some lovely poetry books as prizes, on behalf of the Scottish Poetry Library.

The winners are as follows…

Category: 5-7 years

Winner: Molly Mack (I Can See Water)
Second: Rudie Shearer (Bubbles in the Jacuzzi)
Runner Up: Fergus Montgomery (The Rocky Water)

Category: 8-10 years

Joint Winner: Isla Kilkenny (Waterfalls)
Joint Winner: Craig Milligan (Floods)
Runner Up: Lochie Bruneau (Waterfall)

Category:11-13 years

Winner: Murron Bland (The Sea is Full of Life)
Second: Hubie Litherland (Battle on The Seas)
Runner Up: Arabella Flame (Fish)

Congratulations to the winners. We hope you enjoy your prizes. And congratulations to all entrants for their fabulous range of poems of all different styles. We hope you have been inspired by this competition to continue your poetry-writing.

Hogmanay Hoolie …

When organising your festive diaries, don’t forget the ceilidh in the Hall on New Year’s Eve. There’s a super band lined up, The Jaggy Nettles, and there will be a simple supper to power everyone through the dances. Tickets are already on sale.

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    Christmas Eve Church Services

    The Christmas Eve Carol Service will be held at 6.00pm in Garvald Church, followed by soup and Carols round the village Christmas tree. The Christmas Eve Service at Morham Church will start at 11.30pm. All are welcome.

    Warm Home Discount

    A message sent to us by Sylvia Wood:
    Energy suppliers may be able to offer some customers a Warm Home Discount. A discount of £135 may be available to people on low incomes/benefits. Customers must meet certain criteria and should contact their individual suppliers for information and to apply. Hurry, because the offer is time restricted.