"Roll up! Roll up and take your seats for another Holiday Club spectacular down at Upton Methodist Church. So if you’ve got the X Factor come and prove that Upton’s Got Talent and join our cast of Showstoppers!"
Well you certainly did that!
Showstoppers! was a Christian-based children's holiday club (for children at school aged 5-11 years old) organised by Upton Methodist Church. The club ran every morning from Monday 20th to Friday 24th July 2009 from 10 am till 12 noon. It was a week jam-packed full of craft activities, quizzes, songs, stories, Sooty & Sweep and fun and games (including refreshments).
Some of the highlights each day ...
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The Props Department - A whole host of different craft activities to have a go at! Snakes, F.R.O.G.s, giants - we made them all! | |
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On the Big Screen - We watched a short video each day with a different story acted out from the Bible! We saw Adam & Eve, David & Goliath, Daniel & the lions, Jesus' birth and Jesus' death and resurrection. | |
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Interval - Drinks & yummy homemade biscuits each morning were enjoyed by all! | |
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Showstoppers Challenge - The daily team game which tested the abilities of the different groups to observe, count, remember and just guess! It was a closely fought competition but congratulations to the three winning groups! | |
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Sing It Again - All our favourite funky action songs were sung plus the tremendous SHOWSTOPPER THEME! |
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In The Spotlight - Sooty and Sweep (and their mates) were back in full effect re-creating scenes from famous West End Musicals and tying it all in to the daily theme - with the help of sweets! We had Oliver, Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, The Wizard of Oz and even High School Musical!!! Guest appearances from Brian The Lion and Squawky! |
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The Messy Bit - Oh yes! We just couldn't do a Holiday Club without it! More challenges - more mess! Just great! Everything from runny custard to cold baked beans this time! |
The week wrapped up with an extra-special Showstoppers service on Sunday 26th July at 11 am FOR ALL AGES followed by a barbecue lunch in the Church garden.
It’s hard to believe that this will be the 8th children’s holiday club that we’ve run. For the last few years the club has been fully booked in just TWO OR THREE DAYS! This year passed all previous expectations and was fully booked in less than 2 days! We even had a waiting list as well this year.
THANKS A MILLION to all my wonderful team of leaders and helpers and also to the FANTASTIC children themselves for making SHOWSTOPPERS a simply brilliant week. You're all legends!
