Colourful cascade of window creations in Alcester
POOR old January.
It’s dark and grey and gets a bad press but not in Alcester where the annual Window Wanderland event is a wonderful cascade of colour and creativity.
There were 20 entries this year involving the whole community who had four categories to choose from: the creative award; the community window award; save the planet award and the positive message award.
Residents are invited to decorate windows which are then illuminated at nighttime so people can download a map and follow a trail around Alcester to see all the dazzling displays.
The event is run by Alcester Town Council and one of the organisers is Cllr Kathrin Foster who has decorated her house with the help of her family.
“Our theme this year is ponies, stables and little houses inspired and designed by my daughter and we’ve used tissue to create the sky. It’s a lovely annual event which is free and involves the family and gets people outside in the fresh air as they wander around to see all the lovely windows on display,” said Cllr Foster said.
The 2023 Winter Wonderland winner for a positive message was Jen Hopkins who this year has decorated four different windows around town.
“Alcester looks lovely. It’s my favourite time of year. We are so lucky with the food markets and Christmas but this is a shin dig that involves the whole community. With the help of St Nicholas’ School pupils we’ve decorated a window at Church House with a theme of love so we used love hearts. I’ve created a window at Greig Hall where my husband – Chris - is a trustee. We have our own window design at home and there was another crafty collaborative effort for a window at the library for the Holiday Lunch Club. It’s also great that kids are taking part,” Jen said.
The windows remain on display until Sunday.
