Wednesday, 01 October 2008
Victoria Hall Stage Group (VHSG) will be holding a Table Top sale and Coffee Morning in Victoria Hall on Saturday 18th October (10am until 2pm) to raise funds for improvements to the Victoria Hall stage facilities. ENTRY IS FREE. We will be holding a Raffle and Tombola with sales of home-made cakes as well as the offers at the various Tables. If you would like a Table there a still a few available ; contact details are at the end of this article. Please do come along and support us if you can, we are trying to make substantial improvements to our community’s stage facility.
The Victoria Hall Stage Group (VHSG) is non profit-making and comprises seven voluntary members mainly from amateur groups and societies which use Victoria Hall stage to provide local entertainment. Grange Drama, Grange Opera and the organisers of Furness and Cartmel and All England Drama Festivals are all represented. Whilst we are an independent Group, we have been working closely with Grange Town Council and earlier this year, with the support of our Council, we gained a grant from SLDC Neighbourhood Forum to buy six stage lights and control equipment. This is a major step forward as it will increase stage lighting by about 40%. But this is only the first stage of the Group’s plans. We are now looking to improve dressing room facilities in particular for our young people who use Victoria Hall stage, safety improvement to our scenery winches, further lighting improvements and more appropriate facilities for control of lighting and sound during performances.
Of course, we need money to fund such improvements and hence the Table Top sale. We are planning further fund raising events for the future and next year we are hoping to produce an “Old Time Music Hall” evening in Victoria Hall. We are assembling a funding plan and will be using it to seek grants, etc., to add to our self generated resources so that improvements can be made sooner rather than later. If you would like to assist us in any small way to improve Victoria Hall stage facilities we can be contacted through our Treasurer, Sally Haines at Grange Town Council on 32375, or email sally@grangeoversands.net
Geoff Entwistle, Chairman VHSG