Philippa D’Ath, with railway modeller Paul Murphy and his wife Diane.
The Cambridge Christmas Festival is once again filling the town hall with festive décor, music and gift ideas.
Enjoying the festival opening are Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk and her husband Andrew Reymer, left, and Jon and Janet Broadley. Photo: Viv Posselt
The event is run annually by the Cambridge Christmas Festival Society, with funds raised going back into community organisations. Funds raised at last year’s festival hit their highest ever in the event’s 20-plus year history, enabling the distribution of $37,340 to 17 Waikato charitable organisations.
This set-up gives a nod to a camping-style Christmas. Photo: Viv Posselt
A range of musical groups and choirs will perform at differing times throughout the festival – a list of dates and times is on the town hall door. There is also a model railway display entitled ‘White Christmas’ mounted by the Cambridge wing of the Greater Waikato Railway Modellers. The event will run in the hall to December 15.
A closer look at the detail on this year’s new harakeke tree – complete with several woven reindeer. Photo: Viv Posselt
Cambridge Christmas Festival Society president Philippa D’Ath, left, and longtime member Deb Robinson stand in front of a tree decorated in harakeke – one of Deb’s novel ideas for this year’s event. Photo: Viv Posselt
Trees decorated in a variety of ways share space in the hall. Photo: Viv Posselt
Paul Murphy with the ‘White Christmas’ set up in the hall, mounted by the Greater Waikato Railway Modellers (Cambridge). Photo: Viv Posselt
Sharing a spot of festive cheer at the opening are, from left, Cambridge Christmas Festival Society president Philippa D’Ath, with railway modeller Paul Murphy and his wife Diane. Photo: Viv Posselt
