Chatsworth Players' run of "A Man for all Seasons"

The Chatsworth Players are putting on “A Man of All Seasons”.

As before, they’re offering a range of fabulous pre-show options, to make the evening with them really special. Make bookings as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. They already have so many advance reservations for the Gala Dinner on Friday evening that they’ve had to arrange another special treat to make sure that everyone can join in the fun – a black tie Champagne Dinner on the Saturday evening.

So, here are your Chatsworth options:

·         Tuesday October 11 – First night special. Drinks and buffet, followed by the show, £30

·         Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 – High tea followed by the show, £25

·         Friday 14 - Black tie Gala Dinner with wine, followed by the show, £45

·         Saturday 15 – Black tie Champagne Dinner, followed by the show, £45

·         Sunday 16 – Tour of Chatsworth House and gardens, followed by high tea and the show - £35

As always, there will be some tickets available for each evening for the performance alone – these cost £15.

And then, after their Chatsworth run, they have a new adventure. For the first time, and inspired by this amazing story, they will also be performing “A Man for all Seasons” in Sheffield Cathedral. What an appropriate and atmospheric venue in which to perform such a magnificent piece. They will be performing in the Cathedral for two nights – on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 October. The tickets cost £10.

To make reservations, just call Sylvia Jackson on 01629 810174. She asks you to send her a cheque to cover the cost of your tickets (payable to Chatsworth Players), together with a stamped, addressed envelope. She will then send you your tickets by return post.

They’re all looking forward so much to entertaining audiences in October, it’s going to be truly wonderful!

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Members in Buxton!

I never thought that we would sign up members in Buxton. With all the facilities there, the Opera House and their Pavilion, we thought that we would not find anyone; who would be that concerned to support us in Matlock Bath.

Well tonight I have just signed up two members from Buxton!

I was at the RNIB fashion show in Cromford Mill and signed up six people, two from Buxton!

Membership now stands at 561.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Friends Group Membership Continues to Rise

551 Members!

Currently I’m in Bonsall and tonight I will visit a Fashion Show in Masson Mill and erect the stall.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Ashbourne Sinfonia

The second event we are organising will be a concert by the Ashbourne Sinfonia in the Members Room of Derbyshire County Council (View a video of the Members Room here (opens in a new window)) Smedley Street, Matlock on Saturday the 8th of October at 8pm. Tickets will cost £7.50 with members and concessions paying £5. Accompanied under 18s will be allowed in free. What will be played will be pieces from Handel, Mozart, Benda and Vanhall.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Events for Members

We always said that, once we had reached 500 members, we would organise events near to the Pavilion to show what the Pavilion could do; once it was fully open.

The first event will be Matlock Musical Theatre performing an evening of music from the shows that they have put on in the past. It will be on Friday the 23rd of September at the Temple Hotel, Matlock Bath between 7.30 to 9.00pm. Afterwards members, who want to stay, can retire to the bar!  Members will be able to attend for free, although there will be a charge for non members.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Grand Pavilion Membership Reaches 500

The Friends of the Grand Pavilion has now reached a significant goal; it has passed 500 members. When the Friends Group was launched The Grand Pavilion Ltd said that, if it reached 500, we would start to put on events around the Grand Pavilion; to show what the building could do. We have now started to organise these events.

“We have achieved this membership number earlier than we expected, and it is pleasing that the reaction on the door carries on being positive; the further we go from Matlock Bath. Currently we are in Bonsall and people are just as enthusiastic about the project as they were in Matlock Bath

Nearly 200 of our members are from Cromford, on no less than four roads in Cromford: Intake Lane, Castle View Drive, Derby Road and Cromford Hill, we have more than 25 members. We now have over 20 members in Bonsall and nearly 70 members in Matlock.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Family Fun Day at Bakewell Showground

Yesterday I was at the Family Fun Day and Dog Show at Bakewell Showground. This was organised by the High Peak Pony Club. It was a bit of a disaster for membership, one big zero, but there was interest and there may well be members coming in by post as a result.

Today I have starting knocking on doors in Bonsall. Great reaction and a number of members.

Membership now stands at 489. 11 more and we will be 500!

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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A Draft Lease Arrives At Last!

At last, after 6 months of waiting, we have a draft lease. It has a number or errors; it even has our name wrong!

Today I’ve been off to discuss it with our solicitor – who is working for us for nothing.

Hopefully we can get it in place by the 24^th of September, when the quarterly rents are now due. This gives us the chance to pay the insurance that we will need to have in place at the time of taking over the lease.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Membership now up to 471

I’ve been away for a while (see photo) so things have been a bit slow. However memberships are continuing to come in apace, we have also been busy with events at Cromford and Matlock Bath.

This week I will be in Bakewell at the Family Fun Day and Dog Show. Come and see us here.

Gregor                                                                          

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Bonsall Carnival

We had a lovely day in Bonsall yesterday. If only we had arrived a bit earlier; I turned up at 1pm only to discover that the carnival had already started! There was a mad dash to get the stall erected and of course there was no parking left nearby. You can imagine me on that hot afternoon lugging the stand over to the recreation ground and setting it up.

Helen and Charles arrived soon after that and we ran a well organised stall. In the end we had a good afternoon and signed up seven people. This brings the total new members for the week to 33.

Membership now stands at 455!

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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New Banner Unveiled

I’ve been out in Cromford, Intake Lane area, today and met some interesting people; I’ve met the couple who owned the house next to ours in Upperwood Road and remembered all our neighbours, both old and new; I also met someone who worked with my wife Penny and kept her horse in a field in a field near our fields; small world!

We now have a banner (pictured) organised by Andie and used for the first time when we had the festival fundraiser in the Fishpond.

Membership now stands at 422.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Membership Passes 400!

We now have 412 members!

Today we appeared at the “Sheldon Day” and had a great afternoon. We had a lot of interest and signed up six members. Sheldon is near Ashford-in-the-Water and therefore near the boundary of the area that we regard as our natural audience. As a result we were expecting a few people to show less interest in The Grand Pavilion; this was not a problem, all bar one were enthusiastic.

We appeared with Robin and Max from the Mining Museum and this worked well.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Fishpond Event

We have had a great event in the Fishpond. I have no idea how many bands were there, but the recently repainted building was “positively humming”.

We had the stand as you can see from the photo. As usual we signed up a few people. More important we made some more useful contacts and carried on building our relationship with the new owner of the Fishpond.

We are now at 395 members – more soon!

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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Highfields - Schools Will Rock You

We have just finished our three evening stint at the “We Will Rock You” at Highfields School. The whole event was sold out, that means more than 650 tickets sold! It was a fantastic performance and really showed what 17/18 year olds can do. Of particular note were Chris Woods, Louise Wallwork, Rose Laud, Luke Marsden, Tristan Kawalek and Meg Woods, who played the leading roles really professionally. I hope we can persuade them to do a performance for our members in the near future.

We had the stall open at the beginning, the interval and as people left. We got a lot of interest and signed up some members. Thanks to Trina, Sue, Helen and Janet for their help.

We are now at 382 members – more soon!

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor

Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd
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Membership Motors Past 360!

After a successful weekend we are now at 361 members – more soon!

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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