In collaboration with West Lancs District Council, local arts centre ‘The Chapel’ (also known as The Chapel Gallery) and with funding from Historic England, Ormskirk Parish Church formed the venue for a concert by the prizewinning Fairey Band (formerly Fairey Aviation) culminating in a live, big-screen performance of Raymond Briggs’s ‘The Snowman’ on Saturday 2nd December 2023. The ‘Walking in the Air’ solo was beautifully provided by local singer Hannah Arnold, grand-daughter of our very own Ken and Mary Arnold. This was a huge success, played out to a packed audience. At the same time, this year saw the revival of Ormskirk’s Christmas Tree Festival, in which local businesses, schools and voluntary organisations displayed their individually-decorated (and often themed) Christmas Trees along the north and south aisle walls of the church.
‘The Snowman’ – the audience settles to watch the animated performance accompanied the band. Generous hospitality followed in the Tower Room!
The story behind The Fairey Band:
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