On Friday 19th of November we hosted our annual Christmas Lights Switch-On event. It was amazing to have everyone back in the square to see the Christmas Tree lights turned on and of course for the wonderful performances by local schools and groups. A big thank you to everyone for making it such a success, those performing and those who came along to support.
The event was hosted by the fantastic team at Riverside Radio, who broadcast the event live to all of Southwest London. Also showing their support was the Leader of Wandsworth Council, Councillor Ravi Govindia, alongside his fellow Councillors and our local MP Fleur Anderson.
There were stalls from Putney’s local businesses, including Lidl who were raising money for the NSPCC and the Putney Rotary Club. Putney Pantry were on-hand to serve much-needed warm drinks and mince pies!
The night started with performances from Stagecoach Drama School, The Falcons School for Girls and the Hurlingham Chamber Choir.
The lights were turned on at 6pm by Storystock’s Sugar Plum Fairy. Storystock also performed a segment from their children’s show of The Nutcracker, which you will be able to watch in full at Putney Exchange on the 28th of November, and in the Putney Hotel on the 4th of December as part of our Upper Richmond Road Christmas Fayre.
After the lights were turned on, the St Mary’s Church choir took to the stage for some carol singing. They were followed by Putney Arts Theatre‘s Group 64, who did a creative shadow-puppet performance of the 12 Days of Christmas.
The night ended with terrific singing from the Putney Light Operatic Society and The Cygnet Players, who both performed musical and pop classics to entertain the crowd.
Take a look below to see more photos from our Nutcracker Christmas Lights Switch-On. Photo credit: Rebecca Challis
Nicola from Positively Putney spoke to Riverside Radio 
Lidl raised money for the NSPCC 
The Falcon School for Girls sang for the crowd 
Humans were not the only ones to have fun! 
The Rotary Club had a stall and met many people 
Did you see the snow machine? 
The Positively Putney team had a lot of fun hosting the event 
The Putney Light Operatic Society were some crowd favourites 
We loved having the local businesses of Putney present 
Behind the scenes at the Group 64 puppet show 
The St Mary’s Choir performed carols 
Everyone loved the snow! 
The lights on the tree were lovely 
Did anyone spot our traditional lamposts? 
The Sugar Plum Fairy danced beautifully 
We loved saying hello to everyone who came to the event 
Putney Bridge looked spectacular as usual 
We hope everyone had as good a time as we did!