It’s just one week to go until Merton’s official 2014 Christmas lights switch-on takes place in Mitcham on Thursday 27 November.

Festivities kick off at 3.30pm on Mitcham Fair Green with a host of activities for all the family including arts and crafts, carol singing, Christmas market and Santa’s Grotto complete with live reindeer. There will be a warm up with Tony from local business, “The Singers Tutor” before the screening of Disney’s ‘Frozen’ sing-along.

Then at 4.00pm, Culture Blast present an outdoor screening of Disney’s ‘Frozen’. Family and friends can enjoy a sing along to all their favourite Frozen songs at this stand up event.  Why not come dressed as your favourite Frozen character?

Following the Frozen sing-along, the Mayor of Merton Councillor Agatha Akyigyina will turn on the Christmas lights at 5.30pm. If Frozen’s not your thing, why not explore a KinoVan, on loan from Film London as part of its London: A Bigger Picture project.

The event timetable is as follows:

3.30pm – Festivities start – Santa’s Grotto with real reindeer, Carol Singing from Bond Primary School and Gorringe Park Primary school, Christmas market

3.55pm – Singing warm up with Tony from “The Singers Tutor”.

4.00pm – Free “sing-along” screening of Disney’s Frozen

5.30pm – Lights switch-on

6.30pm – Event finishes

For more information about the event visit merton.gov.uk/christmaslights

The Singers Tutor is a singing school  which helps absolute beginners to sing and intermediate singers realise their full singing potential. Singing made simple! Learn quickly, whilst having fun. Soul and gospel styles. For more info contact Tony on 02086728563 or email thesingerstutor@gmail.com