3 Days to Go

We still have a few slots to fill for volunteers particularly on the Monday and the Tuesday.

Can you help?

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

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Final Weekend

Cleaning the Grand Pavilion for Derbyshire Open Arts progressed well over the weekend. The Canteen is now clean and ready for use, as is the Grey Room.

We have stripped of all the carpet times in the corridor between and have nearly completed the cleaning of the exposed floor. It vas very sticky from the glue and the generations of beer that have been spilt onto it!

What has been exposed is the original Terrazzo floor, which can eventually be repaired, but is currently able to be used.

Thanks to the 15 or so volunteers who have worked so hard to get us to this stage.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

We're on the BBC!

See the linked article. So far we have done pieces for both BBC Radio and Television.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

News Coverage for the Derbyshire Open Arts

There is a fantastic piece in the Matlock Mercury. We really are moving on. The Grand Pavilion building is nearly ready to host the biggest event for Derbyshire Open Arts.

This weekend we will be doing cleaning after the more major work that has been done over the last few weeks, that starts at 10am Sat & Sun.

Next week each night at 6pm we will be gathering to get things ready for the artists. See you there!

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Preparations for Derbyshire Open Arts

We are now well ahead with preparations and have the building in good shape, it just needs cleaning!

If anyone can help phone 0777 1717 086, here are a list of tasks that we need help:

Before the Event:

Saturday 26th:         from 10am in the Pavilion, Cleaning and organising the carpets.

Sunday 27th:            from 10am in the Pavilion, Cleaning and organising the carpets.

Monday 28th:          from 6pm in the Pavilion, organising and helping the exhibitors.

Tuesday 29th:           from 6pm in the Pavilion, organising and helping the exhibitors.

Wednesday 30th:    from 6pm in the Pavilion, organising and helping the exhibitors.

Thursday 3ist:          from 6pm in the Pavilion, organising and helping the exhibitors.

Friday:                       DAY OFF, if you are a member; come to the Member’s Preview at 7pm.

The event itself:

Saturday 2nd June   PM (2.30-7.30) Bucketeer, Stage Hand

Sunday 2nd June      AM (10.00- 2.30) Stage Hand

                                  PM (2.30-7.30) Catering, Bucketeer, Stage Hand, General Help.

Monday 2nd June    AM (10.00- 2.30) Catering, Bucketeer, Stage Hand, Door Greeter.

                                 PM (2.30-7.30) Catering, Bucketeer, Stage Hand, Door Greeter, General Help.

Tuesday 2nd June    AM (10.00- 2.30) Catering, Door Greeter.

                                 PM (2.30-7.30) Catering, Bucketeer, General Help, Tidier.

The Bucketeers are giving out the brochure (attached) and asking for a donation towards our costs.

Door Greeters will work with the Bucketeers.

The Stage Hands need to be able to lift things and plug things in under instructions from Andie Brazewell.

The rest should be fairly obvious.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Amy Meehan from Peak FM

We had a visit from Amy Meehan the newsreader and reporter from PeakFM. She was very knowledgeable about the Grand Pavilion and amazingly is the only reporter who has followed the campaign from the start! All the others have moved on to other jobs either in their original newspaper of moved to another.

I did a piece for her and later Andie arrived and did a piece, which together should give her enough material for a couple of articles.

Great to meet you at last Amy!

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor

Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

 

 

Grand Pavilion Clean Up Team

Here is a photo of some of the team that have helped with the Grand Pavilion Clean-up.
From the left are; Lynn Allison (also one of our Directors), Gerry Kreibich (remember him playing Mozart!); John Colledge, Mike Frosdick, Me, and then three people who have done so much to make this project a success.
In the middle is Mick Hirstwood. Mick has been in the Grand Pavilion most important helpers in getting ready for D'Arts. Not only has he made the electrics safe but he has been there most weekends to ensure that we have a qualified builder on site whilst people are working.
Either side of him are Maureen and Tony Ball, who have been on so many occasions that I've lost count, from chopping wood at the beginning to painting now, they have been helping.
That you all!
Gregor
N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd
See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &
Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

The Last Drop of Paint!

We have finished the Grey Room with the last drop of paint in the can! Here you see Fred Rosindell painting over the last bit of the horrible black paint in the Grey Room. The colour that we have left it (for the Derbyshire Open Arts) is not a clean colour, we just haven't had time. The room is now a colour that reflect much more light and makes the room feel much brighter. Later we can get the constancy right and make it "look" nice.
Anyway you are all going to be looking at the art, aren't you!
Next Weekend the Grand Pavilion is going to be having a real spring clean: Hoovers, carpet cleaners and lots of cleaning rags. We will them be able to welcome visitors for the Derbyshire Open Arts.
Gregor
N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd
See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &
Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

Matlock People Story

I have linked to the story about us in Matlock People:

http://www.matlockpeople.co.uk/Matlock-Bath-s-Grand-Pavilion-set-reopen-public/story-16088307-detail/story.html

Thanks Lynn.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Derby Telegraph Article

Great article in the Derby Telegraph;

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Historic-pavilion-opening-doors-public/story-16118369-detail/story.html

Thanks for all your help that members have given towards Derbyshire Open Arts so far.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

Pavilion AGM

Last night the Friends of the Grand Pavilion had its AGM and re-elected it's committee for the next 12 months.
As promised, when people joined, I did a presentation on the past year and our expectations for the year ahead.
Two comments we made, one was the lack of Young People involved in the campaign and the other was about charging for Friends' events.
We have not addressed the issue of young people properly. We actually have a lot of younger people (say under 40) who are members. It is probably because older people have more time that we have not managed to attract many younger people to events and other functions. We agreed to put more work into this area.
We do not charge for Friends Group events as a rule as it creates much more work. The money raised will in no way help towards our £2.6m target and we want as many people to join the Friends Group. People performing, or talking, charge us nothing so it is reasonable that we do not pass on a charge to the members.
After the meeting we took about thirty members around the newly cleared areas of the Pavilion and the rest enjoyed a glass of wine and some cheese.
Gregor
N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd
See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &
Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

Grand Pavilion to Reopen!

For the first time since the “Pav” closed in 2008, the Grand Pavilion Matlock Bath is to re-open, this time as an arts venue. From the 2^nd to the 5^th of June the Pavilion will be the largest venue in the county for the Derbyshire Open Arts exhibition, featuring 11 artists, as well as music, dance and audio-visual displays.

The Pav closed as a nightclub in 2008 and up until now the “lights have been out” at the Grand Pavilion, with the future of this key local landmark in doubt. However, the local charity The Grand Pavilion Ltd put forward a persuasive business case resulting in Derbyshire Dales District Council awarding them a three year lease. The charity is currently applying for grants to fully renovate and modernise the Grand Pavilion as a 400 seat theatre, arts and community venue. Part of the plan also includes creating a Heritage Centre for Matlock Bath.

This first event, Derbyshire Open Arts, is a countywide project to display contemporary arts in unusual spaces all over Derbyshire, from cathedrals to village halls, free of charge to visitors. The Grand Pavilion has been chosen as a venue and has the greatest number of artists under one roof, in all of Derbyshire. As it is Jubilee weekend, the Pavilion will also be providing music, dance, poetry, storytelling and video to visitors, along with a display about the renovation, refreshments and a bar.

Exhibition organiser, Mark Crowfoot, said; “this is a tremendous showpiece for what the Grand Pavilion can do. We will offer visitors a whole range of arts, that you can look at, hear and watch. I hope that our venue will become the flagship for Derbyshire Open Arts in the future.”

An enormous amount of work has been done to get the Grand Pavilion ready for this event. Grand Pavilion Building Officer, Dave Mowle, said; “this has been a tremendous commitment from people who really want to reopen the Pavilion and restore the venue to its central position in the Matlock area. Over 500 hours of time has been devoted to this by over 50 volunteers. We have done all the necessary work without having to spend any money on skips. All the surplus materials that we have taken from the building have been sold for scrap. We have actually made a profit from recycling old iron and wood!”

Grand Pavilion Ltd Chairman, Gregor Macgregor, said; “When the proposal to host Derbyshire Open Arts was first made I had some doubts as to whether we could pull it off. Now with just a few days to go before the event, we have shown what hard work and good will can do. Thanks again to all those who have given time. We now have a fantastic venue that is attracting attention from all over the Region – look out for us in East Midlands Today!”

Andie Brazewell, the Chairman of the Friends Group supporting the renovation of the Grand Pavilion said, “We are delighted to throw open the doors to the public for  this amazing event over the Jubilee weekend, which will be completely free for everyone to enjoy!”

The Grand Pavilion Programme: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h4en1tq4rrzzvja/Programme.pdf

Derbyshire Open Arts website: http://www.derbyshireopenarts.co.uk/about

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

Matlock Civic Association

I gave just done a presentation to the Matlock Civic Association. It went well and there were about 30 people there. There were some informed questions, as you would expect from such an organisation.

Many of the 30 were supporters of out Grand Pavilion campaign and a number were members of our Friends Group. I think we will get a few of the rest to join as a result of the presentation.

Gregor

 

Derbyshire Open Arts Brochure Published

The Grand Pavilion’s Brochure for Derbyshire Open Arts is going to the publishers early next week. The Front pave is visible with this post.

It will be given to everyone who arrives and become a souvenir that people can take back with them. It will list all the artists and musicians who are playing over the weekend.

We now have 20 adverts in it and they have gone a long way towards paying for all the printing that we have done for the event.

We are now starting to paint some of the interior of the building ready for the artists to set up inside. This will take much of the three weeks left before we open. Anyone wanting to help; please contact me to give some time towards this.

Gregor

N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd

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

Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk

 

John Gill Ignites the Temple

A fantastic night was had by all at the temple last night. John Gill and Please Y'self finished off an evening of great entertainment which included Basement Jack Gill (photographed) and a number of other performers of all ages.
Performers ranged from Mitch, aged 12, to Basement Jack who will be 90 this year. All of them have been trained by John Gill and what we provided was a proper concert audience, rather than the small audience they get in the Pub. If you want to see them, they are at the Princess Victoria every 2nd and 4th Sunday in the month.
We filled the Panorama Room and had a successful Raffle, which enabled us to show a good return for the evening. We also signed up 8 members on the night and took one guest fee on the door.
Gregor
N.Gregor Macgregor
Chairman, The Grand Pavilion Ltd
See our Progress: www.savethepavilion.co.uk &
Support out vision: www.thegrandpavilion.co.uk