Berrow Village Hall Official Opening

Well we attended the official opening ceremony at 11 am on 5th March.  There was a colourful dragon dance which apparently is for good luck and prosperity (something which the BCA trustees might be glad of).  Jenny Bentley, the Berrow Parish Council Chair did the honours with a yellow ribbon and we all piled in for tea and biccies.

Reportedly, the local vicar Sally was asked to bless the place but refused as the last time she did it the building burnt down! (wonder if that was the football pavillion…?).

In the evening there was a celebratory do in the hall with dinner, bar and live band.  A good time was had by all who attended, with much dancing, drinking, frivolity and a few cracking headaches in the morning…

stage 2 hits the credit cards HARD!

Following the move into refurbished hall, we are left with a blank canvas…  On the plus side there is the bigger performing space / auditorium.  On the minus side there is a suspended ceiling to which we can no longer attach lighting bars, a lower ceiling which limits our lighting options, no wiring for lights or sound, no dedicated power supply, a hall management committee who are terrified to let us touch any structure or surface lest it be irrevocably scarred, and a show to put on in a few weeks time.  No pressure then!

under pressure
Now we really need to sell some flippin'tickets!

German engineering partly to the rescue; we have ordered a large aluminium box frame to go over the stage to which we can attach lighting and drapery.  Great! (but a mountain of cash).  We have also marshalled our local electrician for power supply fitting, purchased the requisite miles of cables / festoons of dmx thingies, other goobledegook wossits, extra tripods and hired led lights so as not to set the actors heads on fire… Credit card stretched beyond limits… “she canna take it cap’n   aaaaarrrrrg! [KABOOM!!!]  Not to worry then.

Now we REALLY need to sell some flippin tickets!!!

Fringe Benefits Rehearsals

Here are a few images of the ‘Fringe Benefits’ rehearsals.  Rehearsals are in Berrow Village Hall on Fridays and Sunday evenings.  Gold medal to Lynne for catching bus from and to Weston on rainy night…  Shows great dedication I think.  Also a medal to Grahame for being almost word perfect / books down in Act 2.  In fact a big thank you to everyone for giving up the time to get to rehearsals and learn lines.  I know you are all extremely busy.  It will be worth it when you hear the no doubt thunderous applause on March 31st / April 1st & 2nd

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Moving in day!

Today we moved all the stage 2 drama equipment, goods and chattels back into the village hall.

Thanks are due to the hard working souls who gave up Sunday morning to help with this major effort.  So:

Liz
Grahame
Owen
Jill
Joe
Ken
Ian
Jo (and the rugrats!)

You’re all stars!
I was reduced to carrying of small items and making an inventory / directing storage operations as I still have my foot in plaster after breaking it 5 weeks go.

Anyway, it’s nice to be home and have all our “stuff” in one place (we had to farm it out to several kind people for the duration of the Village Hall building and improvement works).

Oh well time to get ready for another rehearsal..  feels like we’re living at the Village Hall today!

I’ll update this with a couple of pictures tomorrow…

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