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‘Steps’ will launch this year’s Yate Shopping Centre two day Christmas bonanza on Thursday, 15thNovember as part of a musical extravaganza followed by a family super funday on Saturday, 17thNovember.
On Thursday, the musical entertainment will commence at 3pm with our well loved Calypso Band performing festive tunes, followed by a variety of local acts including a fabulous hour of ABBA from the well known ABBA tribute band ABBA Vision, culminating in an appearance from an X Factor finalist at 5.40pm. At 6.15pm STEPS will performing two singles from their Christmas album along with a couple of favourites that everyone can join in with. At 6.40pm STEPS and the X Factor star will then be invited back on the stage to turn on the Christmas lights.
Tracy King Marketing Manager: “Christmas is always a highlight at the Shopping Centre and this year will be no exception. We’ve broken the Christmas launch into two sections. Saturday is very much a children’s day out with a real party atmosphere and plenty of activities for them to watch and get involved in.
“Thursday evening when the lights will be switched on promises to be as colourful and vibrant as ever with a whole host of local musicians and one of the country’s leading pop groups finishing the show. There’ll be music for all tastes!”
November is a busy period for STEPS who on Monday, 12thlaunch their Christmas album – ‘Light up the World’ – and start a six day Christmas tour in Plymouth on 30thNovember.
On Saturday the entertainment is aimed entirely at the children with Santa arriving on his pantomime ponies at Noon to set off three hours of party fun including stilt walkers, Cheeky Elves balloon modelling, Make your own Christmas Cracker, face painting, Roller Skating Christmas Pudding, Roller Skating Snowman, Twinkle the Christmas Tree, and a fun fair.
Andrew Lowrey: “Despite the fact that we will have building works for the four new large retail units going on in East Walk, we will ensure there is a traditional Christmas feel to the Centre with decorations throughout. For the traders Christmas is always a crucial period and we believe we have a first class package of entertainment to kick things off!”
Yate Shopping Centre will be filled with the tunes of yesteryear on Diamond Jubilee Day, Wednesday, 6thJune, when Wartime Tribute Act and 1940′s and 50′s singer Heather Marie will be entertaining the crowds.
Shoppers will also be able enjoy a free cream tea outside Parsons in North Walk between 12pm – 3pm.
For the children, the first 100 will enjoy a free street party in West Walk, starting at Noon, with free lunch, music, face painting, bouncy castle and free water balls.
Heather has been touring the UK since 2009 performing songs from wartime 1940′s through to 1950′s rock n roll with swing and big band mixed in along the way. She has performed at functions throughout the UK and for national charities such as the Royal Air Forces Association and Help for Heroes. In April 2009, Heather was honoured to perform with legendary military dance band The Royal Air Force Squadronaires!
Emmerdale star swaps Yorkshire Dales for Poundland in Yate
Local shoppers will be quids in as Poundland,Europe’s biggest single price discountretailer,announces that its new store will open on 3 May in Yate shopping centre, Yate. The new store will create 30 new jobs.
To kick off the celebrations, there will be a family fun day on 5 Maywhen Emmerdale’s Kevin Fletcher aka ‘Andy Sugden’ – will get the party started signing autographs and having his picture taken with local fans.
From 10am ‘Andy’ will be giving out £1 vouchers, which shoppers can exchange for anything from a pack of Kodak batteries to greeting cards for every occasion.
The family fun day will offer shoppers plenty of ways to win Poundland goodies. Shoppers can take part in the ‘Poundland Lucky Numbers’ where £100 worth of Poundland vouchers will be given away throughout the day. The fun continues all day with Poundland’s in-store DJ and entertainer who will be giving away balloons and sweets and getting the crowds excited!
Poundland has over 390 stores nationwide selling an array of products at just £1. The range includes top brand essentials including Mr Muscle, Cadbury, Weight Watchers, Colgate and Heinz.
Poundland also offers seasonal products including ranges for summer and the Queen’s Jubilee, and there are plenty of offers including 3 for £1 on pick and mix crisps, chocolates and drinks, and ‘Buy One Get One Free’ deals, so shoppers can get even more for a pound.
Poundland’s Trading Director, David Coxon, says: “We are delighted to bring our unique proposition to Yate.
“Poundland offers exceptional value on top branded products to over 4 million customers every week .The £1 price hasn’t changed since we opened our first store 22 years ago. Our current customers love us and we are sure the Yate shoppers will too!”
BUOYANT CHRISTMAS PERIOD FOR YATE SHOPPING CENTRE
“2012 another year of further significant change”
Nearly 6% more shoppers visited Yate Shopping Centre in December 2011than in the same month the previous year. In Christmas week alone the increase was nearly 24%.
Andrew Lowrey, Yate Shopping Centre Manager: “The figures are very encouraging especially as many shoppers delayed their shopping in 2010 because of the severe inclement weather. They also show that in addition to drawing back those customers who may have shopped elsewhere during the construction of the new Tesco Extra we have, importantly, also attracted new customers.
“Our latest marketing campaigns have concentrated on promoting the Centre as a whole and these latest figures show that the campaign has been effective. There was an increase of nearly 13% in shoppers using the Centre’s internal walkways demonstrating that shoppers are visiting all areas of the Centre and not just going to the new Tesco Extra store. The Centre is now a destination shopping centre and is more than just a local facility.
“2012 will be another exciting year for us as several further significant changes take place. The first of these will be the start of works on the new Wetherspoons public house in South Walk which is scheduled for 23rd January with completion in mid-May.”
A planning application will soon be submitted to relocate the existing toilets in East Walk to the site of the former toilets in West Walk. Once the East Walk toilets are demolished, work will be able to start on construction of the new retail units opposite Tesco in East Walk which will house a Marks & Spencer Simply Food and two other operators. In the interim, quality temporary toilets will be erected for customer use until the new toilets in West Walk are completed.
“By the end of 2012 the Centre will have some more prominent high street names balancing the blend of local and national shops and further enhancing the Centre’s reputation as a major local shopping destination”, concluded Andrew.
Waves Night Club to open at Yate Shopping Centre on 29th October 2011.
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FREE ENTRY all night with HEARTS Bush & Troy 8pm to 10pm Games, Band and music for the whole family to enjoy.
So get your self down to Waves for a great night resident DJ will be spinning some great tunes from 10pm to 2am with great promotions on for our very first night.