That front door

Now it's all white!

Gregor

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That door changes again!

Now it's three quarter red, now it's half white!

One day we will get it right. Keep watching this space.

Gregor

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50s/60s Evening at the Temple Hotel

The Friends of the Grand Pavilion are pleased to announce the 50s/60s Night at the Temple Hotel on the 19th of July. As before it will start at 7.30pm and will be free for members.
Do come and enjoy the music and dancing. Bring a Raffle Prize to help pay for the evening.
Gregor

Work Starts on the Stairs and Up into the Pavilion

SPECIFICATION FOR DECORATIVE WORKS TO PAVILION ENTRANCE/STAIRS AND UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR

13^th May 2013

Objective

We all agreed, during our meeting in the spring, to brighten and tidy the areas. We believe that you volunteers will be capable of doing most of this work; some is at a high level requiring a scaffold. As and when you are available, i.e. weekends, weekdays and evenings we would be grateful if you can help. This will start now in June and carry on throughout summer and autumn.

Progress and sequence

The area is to be broken into 5 or 6 sections and marked on a drawing displayed in the upper corridor. Also there will be a diary [one page per day] in which all those helping can add their names and times in and out, together with what they have completed and what needs to be done next. Also any problems or suggestions can be added, such as the need for more paint and materials.

There will be no specific leader and the method of working will be largely as laid out in the specification below.

The sequence of works will be from the ground floor entrance [including the front door] which will be zone A, up to the end of the upstairs corridor, next to the Grey room.

There is a scaffold tower on site [on the stage] as well as ladders.

Materials

Emulsion paint, brushes and rollers will be provided, although if anyone has old water based paint [white magnolia or cream] in their garage that they don’t want [or anything else useful] for that matter, please bring them along as it will help keep down our costs.

Do not worry if the paint is old, emulsion lasts for years and we will only be using it as undercoat and buying new paint to finish off.

We also need Tarpaulins or sheeting to protect the floors etc.

Access

It would be better if people got together in groups themselves, so that access could be pre-arranged, and avoid opening up for one person.

If you contact Les Small or Gregor initially than access can be arranged. We could also leave keys at the Mining Museum if necessary. This would avoid the need for Les or Greg to attend every session.

Specification

Front entrance door

Rub down and prepare doors and architrave.

Undercoat and 2 coat finish in approved colour gloss.

Stairs and landings

The walls in these areas have already been painted, but we need to paint the ceilings in white emulsion. Because the present colour is dark blue we will need at least 3 and possibly 4 coats. We will make that decision after a third coat has been painted.

Ceiling access up the stairs is a bit tricky and care should be taken. Leave any areas of high risk and report back to Les or Dave Mowle.

Ceilings appear to be sound and will probably not require any sanding or prep [just cobwebs maybe]

Top of stairs [corridor]

Ceilings as stairs [moving scaffold tower as you go]

There will be a degree of masking to be done around light fixtures and features on the walls and ceilings.

There will be need for preparation to the walls and doors/frames along the corridor, before painting can be carried out. A large amount of sandpaper is now on site.

Undercoats can be white/magnolia or cream as long as they are water based.

Final coat to walls will be Magnolia or Cream giving a contrast to the white ceilings.

Please record in the diary how many coats have been added to each area and finish one section of work in each area until you move tower to the next section. This will avoid any duplication of work.

Woodwork

Woodwork in  general will consist of doors, architraves and skirting boards, and these will be painted in oil based gloss, again in a cream or similar shade.

Prior to this, woodwork need to be thoroughly rubbed down and repaired where necessary, followed by undercoat [2 coats]

Outside Window and Sills

These need to be rubbed down (even where we have already painted them) and given two coats of undercoat. Where bare wood is exposed primer should be used to cover this, prior to the undercoat. After the undercoat has been applied, one coat of white gloss should be applied.

Please do not remove the diary and map without advising others and try to keep the diary up to date for those following on from you.

Thank you for your time and efforts in advance.

Gregor

Theaters Trust Visit to the Pavilion

Rebecca Moreland and Mark Price from the Theatres Trust have just visited the Pavilion.

The Theaters Trust has been a great supporter of our campaign right from the start. They lobbied the District Council when there was a debate about selling the building. They have been a great source of advice about how we could proceed.

Charles and I showed them round the building and answered their questions. They were enormously impressed as to how far we had progressed in such a short time. They admitted that they were expecting a building in a much poorer condition than we presented it.

They offered two practical suggestions; we should seek funding for the Pump Room and we should plan to have a larger access onto the stage from the wings.

They also offered advice on funding the project.

Gregor

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909 Visitors!

When counting the number of visitors to the Grand Pavilion we saw 909 people through the doors.

This was down on last year, but then we did much more publicity. This was expensive and was only done because it was our first event.

The comments from those visitors though were overwhelmingly positive. Here are a selection.

Gregor

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Successful Final Day

On day 3 of Derbyshire Open Arts we had 417 people through the door, taking us to about 900 for the three days.

This is down from 1,350 for the first three days last year. We will need to look at what caused the drop, but relying on DARTS to do all the publicity must have been a factor. Today, having put up more signs and given out flyers, we had the best day of the weekend.

Gregor

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People's Views From Yesterday

This is what they said.....

Gregor

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Derbyshire Open Arts Opens!

We opened for our Members Preview on time and all organised.

One artist had technical problems but, by the end of the evening, was just about set up by the time that we closed.

Today we welcome the public to this great event.

Gregor

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Gift Aid

We have just had £1,565.50 paid into our bank account this week from HMRC, which can only be our new gift aid claim - now that's what I call quick!
Gregor

Andie's Artwork

Here is Andie's door!

This was after the excess paint had been scraped off. Will have to buy some more gloss and repaint it.

Gregor

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Amanda Penman Visits

Here is Amanda Penman (better known as Hatfield) visiting tha Grand Pavilion to deliver her new publication "Arts beat".

She produces this substantial magazine on her own each month!

Amanda has long been a friend of the Grand Pavilion and we wish her will with her new venture.

Gregor

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Ballroom Nearly Ready

Here is Dave up a ladder fixing the last of the boards ready for the artists. It really is looking smart, improved by the fact that many artists are doing their own painting!

Gregor

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All is getting ready for Derbyshire Open Arts

After Dave's sterling work, we are now in a much better position to host the event. The boards are up and little booths for all the artists have been created.
I helped in the Pavilion organising the Café seating and sweeping it.
You must see the new front door! Andie was the artist painting it.
Gregor
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HLF Bid Meeting

We have just had another Bid meeting to discuss our bid-in-the-making.

We are close to appointing a professional helper for our bid application.

We are also clear as to how much work is involved!

Gregor

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