What’s on in the Skegness area this week

WEDNESDAY

* Annual Christmas opening at Gunby Hall on theme of ‘a wild Christmas’, with handmade flora and fauna. Gunby Hall. 11am to 4pm. £9.25 (£4.75 for children, or £2.50 for adult members and £1 for child members). Daily until Sunday.

* Alford Arts and Crafts Group. Alford Corn Exchange. 1.30-3.30pm. £2.50. Painting classes with Fossey. Village Church Farm, Skegness. 11am-1pm.

THURSDAY

* Jazz Night with Dave Broc’s Dazzlers. Spilsby Theatre. From 7.30pm. Free entry, donations in the hat.

* Glyn’s Art For Life, Methodist Hall, Algitha Road, Skegness. 9-11.30am. Book on 01754 228477 or 07941 024285.

* Learn to dance – ballroom or sequence, Latin American, jive, rock ‘n’ roll – County Hotel, Skegness. Weekly modern sequence dance at the Pensioners Hall, Skegness, 7.30-10pm.

* Little Gems Dance Group, Lillibet’s and Imperial Rooms, Grosvenor Hotel, Skegness, 5–7pm.

FRIDAY

* Open Poetry and Spoken Word. Spilsby Theatre. 8-9.30pm. Free entry, donations welcome

* A celebration of Christmas involving Burgh Primary School Choir, with mix of traditional and modern carols. Burgh Baptist Community Church. 6.30pm.

* Alford Corn Exchange’s Christmas arts and crafts fair. Alford Corn Exchange. 10am to 2.30pm. Admission free.

* Raise the Roof for Christmas with Elizabeth Singers of Alford. Alford Corn Exchange. 7.30pm. Ticket prices vary.

* Palms Tai Chi Club, at Trusthorpe Village Hall, Fridays 10.30am to noon, £4.

* Bingo, Burgh Windmill Granary, 7pm.

* Keep fit class for over 50s, Burgh WI Hall, 11am to noon. 50p per crown.

SATURDAY

* Carol service. St Peter’s Church, near Gunby Hall’s gardens. 3-4pm. Free, but normal admission charges apply.

* Missing Sheep Hunt. Burgh Baptist Community Church. 11am.

* Christmas bingo. Irby and Bratoft Village Hall. 7.30pm. Entry £2.

* Carols and readings. Monksthorpe Baptist Church. 2pm.

SUNDAY

* Annual Christmas opening at Gunby Hall on theme of ‘a wild Christmas’, with handmade flora and fauna. Gunby Hall. 11am to 4pm. £9.25 (£4.75 for children, or £2.50 for adult members and £1 for child members).

* Nativity with carols and seasonal drama sketches. Burgh Baptist Community Church. 10.30am. Final day.

MONDAY

* Palms Tai Chi Club, County Hotel, Skegness, 10-11.30am. £4.

* Learn to line dance, Burgh Methodist Church. Beginners’ class from 1.30-2.30pm, and an improvers’ class from 2.30-3.30pm. Enquiries to 01754 811505.

* First Step To Fitness, Spilsby Pavilion, Ancaster Avenue. 9am. £5. Contact Lisa at Lincolnshire Fitness on 07749 842092 for details.

* Active Ageing, Spilsby Pavilion, Ancaster Avenue. 10.15am. £5.

TUESDAY

* The Mark’s Tuesday Walks group. Walk – Southview, coffee; Christmas dinner – Poppy’s. 10-11am.

* Carols and mince pies event in aid of Butterfly Hospice Trust. Burgh Methodist Church. 7pm.

* Burgh parish quiz. WI Hall. 7.30pm. Teams of four allowed. £4 per team. To book, call 810194 before Sunday.

* Weekly bingo. Alford Corn Exchange. 6.30pm for a 7pm start. £1 per book of eight games, £1 per flyer game.

* Skegness Running Club beginners, New Life Centre, Spilsby, 6.30pm.

* Zumba Fitness with Michelle, Lillibet’s & Imperial Rooms, Grosvenor Hotel, Skegness, 7-8pm.

* Tone-Fit, Burgh le Marsh WI Hall, Orby Road, 10.30am. Enquiries to Jan Hutson on 07833 331149.

* First Step to Fitness, Burgh le Marsh WI Hall, 6pm. £5. Stretch and Release, Burgh le Marsh WI Hall. 7.30pm. £5.

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