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2023



Hound Parish Council & our fantastic sponsors, Netley Garage Ltd and Property Matters Ltd are delighted to announce the winners of Let Hound Sparkle 2023:

Best Home or Business, kindly sponsored by Netley Garage Ltd
1st place (£100) - 48 Hound Road, 2nd place (£50) - Amberwoods, 3rd place (£25) - 1 St Edward's Road

Most Creative Decorated, kindly sponsored by Property Matters Ltd
1st place (£100) - Amberwoods, 2nd place (£50) - 12 Queens View, 3rd place (£25) - 11 Wootton


We at Hound Parish Council loved seeing everyone's houses lit up in 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023
​ so much, that we are delighted to announce that we are running our Christmas decoration competition once again! 

Competition Categories to enter:
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BEST HOME ​or BUSINESS
kindly sponsored by Netley Garage Ltd
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MOST CREATIVE DECORATED
kindly sponsored by Property Matters Southern Ltd
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*MOST CREATIVELY DECORATED is up to your interpretation. Will you wind lights around the old wheelbarrow and add stick-antlers to make a reindeer? Will you make your own snowman out of papier-mâché and display him/her on your front porch? Will you cut out paper snowflakes to stick in the window? The limit is your imagination!
There will be a total of 100 points to be awarded based on the criteria below:
  • First Impression - 30 points How do people react when they first see your house? Are they in awe, do they feel nostalgic, is it funny?
  • Theme - 30 points. Do your decorations come together to form a theme? e.g. Snow day, Santa's house, conveying a Christmas song.
  • Creativity - 30 points How original are your decorations? Have you gone out of your way to defy expectations? Environmental elements including recycling, upcycling, use of non-purchased Christmas decorations, energy conservation etc will be heavily taken into account.
  • Public vote - 10 points. How much do you personally like the display? We will create a map for you to go round and mark out of 10 - this will need to be submitted to us by midnight on the 22nd December. 
 
Judges will pay particular attention to those creating more with less (it’s not about how much money can be spent on decorations).
Prizes for each category
1st place - £100 - Love2Shop Gift Vouchers
2nd place - £50 - Love2Shop Gift Vouchers
3rd place - £25 - Love2Shop Gift Vouchers
The competition is open to all Hound residents and businesses




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Rules
You must have completed the above entry form by 12pm on the 15th December 2023
  • All lights must be on from 5:00pm to 9:00pm from the 8th through to the 19th December for judging
  • Only those houses and businesses that have emailed will be judged
  • Your decorations must be visible from outside
  • The public judging form will be available from the evening of the 8th December
  • Participants recognise that by submitting their application, a photograph will be included on the Parish Council’s website
Click here & here to take a look at previous year's entries for some inspiration!

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