Pavilion Clean-up

We have done a substantial amount of work and this weekend we had no less than 15 helpers!

So far we have received help from 45 of you and between us we have done 364 hours!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH to all who have helped already.

Until the Derbyshire Open Arts, we will be in the Pavilion Saturday and Sunday from 10am, getting the interior ready for use.

Please come for as long as you can spare on any day between now and then.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor

Accounting and Controls Specialist; CCS

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Matlock Bath Fell Race

Over 120 competitors arrived at the New Bath Hotel for the fell race and all bar one finished in between an hour and five minutes and 30!

The winner was a junior who did, what I would take half a day to do, in 30 minutes and 8 seconds.

I organised the stand and had some interest and a £1 donation. Hopefully we will get some memberships from the application forms that I handed out to anyone who was interested.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

The Friends of the Grand Pavilion AGM - 15th May

Our AGM will be on Tuesday the 15^th of May at 7pm, in the Pump Room of the Mining Museum. Please let me know if you can come, as we will need a bigger venue if everyone comes!

After the meeting there will be Cheese and Wine available.

The agenda will be:

·         Opening remarks (Andie Brazewell)

·         Presentation of the Accounts (Nick Whitehead)

·         Presentation by The Grand Pavilion Ltd (Gregor Macgregor)

·         Amendment of the constitution (re-nomination of Directors) (Andie Brazewell)

·         Election of Officers of the Group (Charles Beresford to preside)

·         Election of Nominated Directors (Charles Beresford to preside)

Please could nominees for either the Friends Committee or Nominated Directors (who will have to also serve on the Friends Committee) please let Andie of I know. Nominations will close at the meeting.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Farenheit raise the Roof

We had a good sized audience for an amazing show at the Temple Hotel last night.

Farenheit put on a fantastic show singing, in their barber’s shop style a number of well known songs. They included sings from Alison Moyet, the Steriophonics and other artists of from the 80s and more recently. They also fid fantastic renditions of classics, including “The Boogie Woogie Trumpeter from Company D”!

They also showed how the harmonics of Barber’s Shop works and more importantly how it fits together.

The audience were entertained by the whole show and wouldn’t let them go without two encores!

We wish them well in the final of Britain Does Variety, which will be on the 23^rd of June in Watford. Anyone wishing to take the coach and see the show, email Ally at ally@farenheitquartet.co.uk for a ticket.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Floral Hall Hornsea

I have just received a call from Keith Twig from the campaign to save The Floral Hall in Hornsea. They are a group set up to save the hall only six weeks ago. The Floral Hall was going to be demolished under council plans and turned into a car park at a cost of £1.2m. But following objections, the plans were rejected and residents were given time to come up with a plan for turning it into a community-led trust. Does that sound familiar?

I was able to give them some ideas from our campaign and wish them well. I hope to meet them in the summer. They are fortunate in that the hall, currently in a poor condition, is still open.

I wish them well with their campaign.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

35 help with Pavilion Clean-up

A total of 35 people have helped with the clean-up of the Grand Pavilion. Together we have put in over 220 hours of work towards our objective.

We are getting the building ready for the Derbyshire Open Arts Festival in June at the moment.

This is only the start, as our objective is to get the building back to where it was before the discothèque added all the balconies and stage changes.

This open space will be much easier to develop as no preliminary work will be needed.

Well done everyone, it is a great job that you are doing.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Farenheit Rises

This will be on Saturday, 21st April Temple Hotel, Matlock Bath. Please be seated by 7.30pm.

Matlock Bath would like to claim Farenheit as our own. They are a fun female quartet who sing a diverse range of acappella songs.

All four women are proud members of DaleDiva, the award winning Derbyshire chorus who were winners of the Channel 5 show Don’t Stop Believing. And they are no strangers to high achievements themselves, winning 1st place at the Derby Music Festival and a 4th place medal at their regional Sweet Adelines competition.

We are now up to 23 reservations for Farenheit so this is a good support so far. Each day is bringing in another dozen or so, since I sent the flyer to the members.

There is no charge to members for the event though donations for the raffle would be greatly appreciated. Guests will be welcomed, subject to availability, at £5 per person.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Front Page of the Matlock Mercury Again!

It’s not often we hit the Front Page, but when we do it is a cause to celebrate.

Last week we put in our application for our first Heritage Lottery Grand and, unbeknown to us, so did Masson Mill!

This made a good front page story for a press release that I had feared would disappear without trace. I had a hint that something may have been published, when Christina phoned me to confirm that Charles Beresford was indeed the Vice Chairman, but I had no idea that she was writing a local scoop.

Well done again Charles for your hard work and the front page article is well deserved.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Pavilion Clean-up is Progressing Well

We are making good progress with the Pavilion Clear-up.

Today we went a long way to clearing up the old Tourist Information Centre. This is going to be used for two exhibitions in June and July /August. The attached photo is of those helping with today’s work.

We met each Saturday and Sunday at 10am, if you would like to join us please let me know and I will tell you what to bring.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Cash Machine boost

The number of transactions in March was 5,423, narrowly missing the 5,500 threshold; when the rate goes up.

This is an increase of 28.9% on the transactions last year!

April will be more of a challenge…..because of the good weather then the number of transactions was 6,055; so we will have to use the machine much more to get the number above that.

Friends Group membership now stands at 1,022.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Stripping Windows in the Pavilion

With the help of Fred, we have just done the ground floor windows in the Pavilion. They may not look much better but Fred has dug out all the rotten wood and painted them with wood hardener to help preserve them. We must then do something to preserve the wood revealed a bit better. The next final stage will be to strip the rest of the old paint and repaint the whole window.

One of the little jobs that need doing! Thanks Fred.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Our 1st Lottery Fund Bid is Issued

We have just submitted our first Lottery Find bid. This is for the Heritage Centre that we propose to have in the old Tourist Information Centre.

This will allow us to build a relationship with the Fund and help us with the main application, which I expect us to make early next year.

Most of Matlock Bath parish is a Conservation Area. There are 33 Grade II listed buildings and 3 registered Historic Parks and Gardens of Grade II status within this area. The Conservation Area also falls within the buffer zone of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. The area is therefore formally recognised for its historic importance.

Our project is to develop a Matlock Bath Heritage Centre, in a currently unused area of the Grand Pavilion. This will provide both local communities and visitors from further a field with an accessible way to discover more about the rich and unique history of Matlock Bath. An extension of this will be a project to collect and preserve oral histories from the area.

Congratulations for organising the bid must go to Charles Beresford and his little team, without whom this bid would never have seen the light of day.

Friends of the Grand Pavilion Membership now stands at 1018!

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk