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Festival Diary
Thursdays 13, 20, & 27th April, 10.00am
"Spring Cleaning" of Ashtead Common. Volunteers meet at the Estate Office on Woodfield Rd.
The tasks are led by experienced leaders; you can work at your own pace and leave at any time.
Tea coffee and biscuits are provided as well as tools, waterproofs and gloves.
Wear old clothes and sturdy footwear; bring lunch if planning to stay all day (until 4pm).
Volunteer projects of practical work continue every Thursday throughout the summer (details as above)
and also on the first Sunday of each month from 10am (279083)
Saturday 15 April, 10.00am-4.30pm
Ashtead Art Group Exhibition, Peace Memorial Hall
Saturday 15 April, 10.00am-4.30pm
Flower Festival "The Real Meaning of Easter"
at Ashtead Baptist Church, Barnett Wood Lane (271561)
Sunday 16 April Palm Sunday, 6.00pm
6.00pm Dvorak's "Stabat Mater", St Giles' Church
8-9pm "Who is Jesus?" Guest Service, St Giles' Church
Wednesday 19 April, 2.00-4.00pm
"Easter Egg Bonanza" Guided Walk of Ashtead Common. Aimed at children (accompanied by parents).
Meet outside Ashtead Common Estate office, Woodfield Rd
Monday 17, Tuesday 18, & Wednesday 19 April, 8.00pm
Easter Meditation, St Giles' Church
Maundy Thursday 20 April
11.00am Holy Communion, St Giles' Church
8.00pm Agape Supper, St Giles' Hall
8.00pm Communion Service, Ashtead Baptist Church
8.00pm Mass of The Lord's Supper & Vigil,
St Michael's Church
Good Friday 21 April
10.00am Stations of the Cross, St Michael's Church
10.45am United Worship by Ashtead Churches,
Ashtead Pond
12 noon-3.00pm Three Hours At the Cross,
St Giles' Church
3.00pm The Lord's Passion, St Michael's Church
8.30pm Easter Vigil Mass, St Michael's Church
Easter Sunday 23 April
8.00am Holy Communion, St Giles' Church
8.30am Mass, St Michael's Church
9.30am Holy Communion, Peace Memorial Hall
10.00am Family Service, St Giles' Church
10.30am Family Service, The Lanes Church
10.30am Family Mass, St Michael's Church
10.30am Family Service, Ashtead Baptist Church
11.00am Family Service, St Andrews School Hall
11.30am Holy Communion, St Giles' Church
6.00pm Easter Carols, "Risen with Christ", St Giles' Church
7.30pm Easter Praise & Holy Communion, St Giles' Church
Tuesday 25 April 3.00pm
Fun for 2-7 year olds with Polly's Puppets in 'A Silly Sunny Spring Show' at Dorking Halls,
by Ashtead's Morag Thorpe.
Tickets £5 from the box office (01306-881717)
Thursday 11, Friday 12 & Saturday 13 May, 8.00pm
Ashtead Players present "Blithe Spirit", by Noel Coward. Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall.
Tickets £6 (concessions £4) from Sue Hawksfield (279614)
Friday 26 & Saturday 27 May, 7.30pm
The Woodfield Entertainers present two one-act plays with supper & wine between the performances.
Tickets from Ray Luget (272318)
14-20 May
Christian Aid Week. Door-to-door collections throughout Ashtead - please give generously.
Will you help collect? Tel Betty Waterhouse (272595)
Saturday 27 May - Monday 29 May, 10am-6pm
Norbury Park Robin Hood Craft Fair (car park & entrance off Young Street, Fetcham).
Admission £4 (adults); £3 (OAPs); £1 (children)
Saturday 3 June, 1.00pm
Ashtead Village Day & Craft Fair, Ashtead recreation ground
Friday 9 June, 7.45pm
Ashtead Choral Society present Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Gondoliers'.
Peace Memorial Hall; tickets £7.50 from Rosemary Stark (274870)
Sunday 11 June
Pentecost Praise: Ashtead Churches United Open Air Service, St Andrews School
Saturday 17 June, 3.00pm
Fun for 2-7 year olds with Polly's Puppets in 'A Fairy Tale Mix-Up' at Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall,
by Ashtead's Morag Thorpe.
Tickets £5 (270190). A donation will be made to the Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall fund
Sunday 18 June, 1.00pm
Latin-American Fundraising Lunch, St Giles' Hall.
Speaker: Howard Gracey, Chairman of South American Mission Society.
Tickets £5 (children £3) from Rosemary Baker (273047)
Thursday 22 June - Saturday 1 July, 8.00pm (Sat. matinee 2.30pm)
Polesden Lacey Open Air Theatre Season features 'Guys & Dolls' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
Details from NT Box Office at Polesden Lacey (451956)
Saturday 24 June, 2.30-5.00pm
Strawberry Cream Tea to benefit USPG. 'The Highlands', Farm Lane, Ashtead (273866)
Saturday 8 July, 2.00pm
St Giles' School Summer Fête
Thursday 13 - Sunday 16 July, 7.00pm-11.00pm
Claremont Carnivale - Millennium Fête.
A spectacular open-air fancy-dress extravaganza with a salsa theme this year.
Immerse yourself in the magic of Mardi Gras, the rhythms of calypso,
and the tropical flavours of Rio, Havana, & the Copacabana! Music on several stages,
picnics and fireworks under the stars, plus prizes for the best costumes.
Claremont Landscape Garden, Esher; Tickets Wed/Thurs £17 & £10(children); Fri £20 & £14;
Sat £22 & Sun £18 (all tickets). (451956)
Saturday 15 July, 1.00pm
Ashtead Horticultural Society & Flower Arrangement Group's Summer Show, Peace Memorial Hall; admission 30p
Tuesday 7 - Saturday 12 August, 9.30am-4.30pm (Saturday to 4.00pm)
Ashtead Art Group Summer Exhibition, Peace Memorial Hall. Opening: Monday 6 August, 7.30-9.30pm
Friday 8 September, 7.30pm
The 'Surrey Ball' at the RAC Club, Epsom, to benefit seeAbility.
Champagne reception, entertainment, auction, three-course meal, & live band.
Tickets £55 from Caroline Allen, seeAbility (373086 ext. 319)
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