Christmas Pantomime with Russell & Isobel

 Christmas Pantomime 

It was Pantomime time! ‘Oh no its not, Oh yes, it is!’. With great seats we followed Mother Gooses desperation to recover her youthful looks and agrees to let Demon Night have her precious Goose, Pricilla. Only later does she realise the mistake she has made and realises friendship and family is more important than looks and fame. There was much hissing and booing from the audience and plenty of laughs as the Panto Dame got into all sorts of mishaps. 

An afternoon tea treat was enjoyed at Parkers Tavern. We took our seats in the old fashioned library which was already laid with teapots and China cups. How posh! Our festive spread offered a delicious selection of savouries & sweets created by the talented pastry team. With traditional festive finger sandwiches and Christmas spiced scones, accompanied by ‘Rudolph the red nose rocher’, double citrus mince pie, eggnog cheesecake and yule log, we devoured it all!

Excitedly we headed out to a local concert hall to kick start our holiday. We took our seats ready for a concert by the Prime Brass and a local children’s choir. The performance was based on the Nutcracker ballet, and we were serenaded by majestic playing and the children’s choir sang beautifully and they totally charmed us. The concert finished with audience participation singing festive Christmas carols. 

We headed into the city centre to the fabulous David Attenborough Museum of Zoology. It was full to the brim with exhibits displaying animals, birds, insects and reptiles both extinct and still living. They have skeletons of lots of big animals but the biggest is the whale that hangs from the ceiling. We all found it really fascinating. 

The market which was full to burst with Christmas treats and gifts. All the festive lights really shone brightly as it was quite a wintery day. 

It was game on at the ten-pin bowling alley which was buzzing with lots of people having fun. We set up our games, divided into two teams and it was competition time. The games were sometimes too close to call with high scores and a few great strikes. 

Scottsdale's Garden Centre was a winter wonderland full of magnificent Christmas displays buying a few last-minute gifts.

 

We even got the chance to say a quick hello to Santa and we were keen to know if we were on the naughty or nice list!