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• Santa’s Grotto & Farm Village Festive Fun
  Hatton Country World 6th & 7th, 13th & 14th, 18th to 24th December 2008 Come and see Santa in his magical Grotto, say hello to his reindeer and meet the nativity animals as you hear the Christmas story.
• Tutbury Village Christmas Festival
  Friday 28th November   Get into the Festive Spirit with a Musical Procession through the village, Illumination Switch On, Traditional Street Market, Christmas Produce, Ghost Stories, Fairy Grotto, Santa, Tutbury Band, other musical entertainers and much more.
• Victorian Evening at Hoar Park
  Thursday 4 December 2008 from 6 pm Come along to Hoar Park and enjoy a Traditional Victorian Christmas Evening.
• Spooky Stomp
  Funky Monkeys and the Myasthenia Gravis Association are organising a Spooky Stomp this Friday in Sutton Park.
• Diwali 2008
  Walsall Art Gallery 22nd November 11am - 4pm   The celebration of the festival of light, where the lights or lamps signify victory of  good over the evil within every human being.
• Creature Crazy
  Walsall Art Gallery 28th – 31st  October 1pm - 3pm  If you love dressing up come and create a weird animal headdress this half term for you to wear or some alien antennae.

Spooky Stomp

Funky Monkeys and the Myasthenia Gravis Association are organising a Spooky Stomp this Friday in Sutton Park.
The event is a 45 minute guided walk around Blackroot Pool with storytellers along the route.
The first walk departs at 5.15 and the last at 7.15 with groups setting off at 15 minute intervals over the course of the 2 hours.
Anyone interested must call Anna on 0121 342 2415 or email anna.smith@mga-charity.org to book a place as they cannot guarantee availability on the night.
All participants are asked to bring a torch, and if children have a pumpkin that they have carved, please bring it along as they are also having a Pumpkin Competition. Entry is £3 per person and would suit primary school children.