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Summer Edition www.stgilespanto.co.uk June 2008 2008 AGM Following the Annual General Meeting which took place in April this year I am delighted to say I have been elected as the Chairman of the society for another term of office (2008 – 2011). To support me in this role the 2008 – 2009 Management Committee are as follows: Vice Chairman / - Mick Wilstrop Health & Safety Officer Secretary / - Joanne Sykes Child Protection Officer Treasurer - Andrew Coppin Assistant Treasurer - Ian Gates Membership Secretary - Jill Harrison Ticket Secretary - Julie Mosley Publicity Officer - Alan Smith Social Secretary - Brenda Hall Committee Members - Eric Arundell - Kebir Berry - David Marsh Full Co-opted Members - Barbara Arundel - Julie Carritt Special Co-option - Jill Fieldhouse I would like to take this opportunity to thank the existing committee members for agreeing to continue for another year and also to welcome Julie Carritt to the Committee for the first time. I am sure we will have another successful year for the Society and I know that the Committee will once again work hard to support our Producer Barbara Arundell in her next production. Jeannette Morgan Chairman 60th Anniversary Celebrations As many of you will be aware this year the Society is celebrating 60 years of Panto and the Committee are already starting to plan the celebrations. Roy Gunson has kindly agreed to put a display in the Museum later in the year and would welcome any photos or information relating to the Society. Roy can be contacted at rgunson@tiscali.co.uk or tel: 01977 794563. Panto 2009 Once again we are delighted that Barbara Arundell has agreed to produce the next Pantomime which is: When: 12th – 17th January 2009 Where: Pontefract Town Hall In order to try and boost ticket sales, we would like to increase the opening hours of the Booking Office to include Wednesday and Friday Mornings as well as all day Saturday from the end of November through until January but this can only be done with the help of our members. We hope that at least some members of the Society could spare just a couple of hours (or even one!) between November and January to help staff the Booking Office on one of the required days. This will give more opportunity to the general public to be able to purchase tickets to see the show. With the ever increasing costs incurred by the Society such as the Town Hall, First Aid provision, costumes and scenery etc it is becoming more and more important for us to sell out of tickets, but this can only be done with the help of all our members (not just the cast), so please don’t leave it to everyone else, do your bit and help if you can! You can contact the Ticket Secretary, Julie Mosley on 01977 677980 or Assistant Ticket Secretary Eric Arundell on 01977 795904 for more information or alternatively inform the Membership Secretary that you are able to help and Julie or Eric will contact you. Children in the Society As some of you are already aware WMDC have imposed new standards upon all Societies to meet legislation relating to Children performing in shows. To prevent parents being required to apply for individual licences the Society plans to comply with exemption processes, but as a result there is a significant increase in the administration procedures we have to go through in order to allow those under the age of 16 to perform. Our Secretary, Joanne Sykes will be contacting all parents/guardians of those under 16 to explain the new procedures/requirements and it is important that you read the information as a matter of urgency then complete and return the documentation in the time limit specified. If you do not return the documentation by the specified deadline your child may not be allowed to attend rehearsals and perform in the show as the appropriate exemption may not be received in time. Costume Storage In the last newsletter we indicated that a new storage area was to be sourced for the Societies costumes, however we are pleased to say that this is now not necessary in the immediate future as Tom and Mollie Dixon have agreed we can continue to store costumes at Narrowbeck Farm for the foreseeable future. Annual Subscriptions Membership fees for the year April 2008 – 2009 are now due and our Membership Secretary will be contacting everyone to remind you of this. It is a requirement of the Society that all cast members are a Member / Patron of the Society or for those under 16 a parent/guardian must be a Member or Patron. . . . . but you don’t have to be in the cast to support the Society. Anyone age 16 yrs or over can be a Member / Patron of the Society and gain from the following benefits: • Regular Society updates via the Newsletter • Invitation to Society Social Events • Acknowledgement as a Member / Patron in the Programme for each production • Invitation to a Priority Booking Night giving the option for you to purchase tickets for the show prior to them going on sale to the General Public. Members - Maximum 4 tickets Patrons - Maximum 6 tickets • Opportunity to attend the Annual General Meeting and have your say in the future running of the Society • Eligibility to be nominated as a member of the Society’s Management Committee Membership fee’s for the year 2008 / 2009 are as follows: Members - £1.50 per person Patrons - £3.00 per person Life Members - Free of Charge Under 16yrs - Free of Charge For further information regarding membership, please contact the Membership Secretary, Jill Harrison on telephone: 07889 341352, e-mail: jillchester1@gmail.com. News from the Social Secretary A trip has been arranged for Society members to go and see ‘Oliver’ at Dewsbury Town Hall on Friday 13th June 2008. The Coach transport will pick up from Farm Foods in Pontefract at 6.00pm. Tickets have now been received and anyone who has not yet paid should contact Brenda as soon as possible tel: 01977 705158, e-mail: brenda.poppy@hotmail.com. . . . . and finally The next newsletter will be issued in August. If anyone has any items they would like including, please contact the Chairman, Jeannette Morgan tel: 07711 933457 e-mail: jeannette@jinty71.fsnet.co.uk
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