Wednesday 21 December 2016

Christmas Extravaganza 2016

Well, what an amazing Christmas event we had last Saturday! It all kicked off with a children's festive art workshop volunteer led by award-winning illustrator Emmeline Pidgen, where we all drew our very favourite things about Christmas and went wild with the glitter card to design our very own Christmas jumpers! 




The workshop went so well, and we're so pleased to announce we raised almost £40 for the library from the workshop alone! That's going to go so far in continuing our work to purchase new craft items for the kids, prizes for children's reading challenges, and for new events - so thank you so much to everyone who came!


At midday we welcomed the brilliant Sing It Big choir into our main space, to perform a selection of the most amazing Christmas songs, from traditional carols straight through to modern-day Xmas bangers. For the first time, we live-streamed part of the event on Twitter! So make sure you follow us to keep up with our live feeds for our events next year.



Speaking of new events...we're excited to announce our first ever OPEN MIC NIGHT on Saturday 18th February 2017. It's something we've been hoping to put on for a while now, and we can't wait! So book that in your diary, and come along to perform a song or two, or just to enjoy the music! No pressure, friendly environment and all music styles welcome. Give it a shot, and support your library! See you then.

Finally, a huge Merry Christmas to all of you! The Friends of Chorley Library couldn't exist without your support and we've been so chuffed to meet so many amazing people at our events this year. Here's to a fantastic 2017! 

Wednesday 7 December 2016

Christmas At The Library 2016!



Join us on the 17th December for festive fun at the library!
We have a children's festive art workshop at 11am with Emmeline Illustration and Andrew of Chog Zoo Animation (£2/child), then the amazing Sing It Big choir performing at 12:30! There'll be hot drinks and mince pies all round!
As usual absolutely all money raised goes towards supporting the library! You can catch up with all the amazing things we've done this year on our website www.friendsofchorleylibrary.co.uk