Afternoon All
Many thanks to all members who entered our first internal competition ‘The Events Cup’ and congratulations all to the winners of the various sections and well done to Freda for her overall winning entry.
Please could I remind all print winners – commended, highly commended, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st to send DPIs of their prints to Stan as he is building up a portfolio of images for various up and coming external competitions, thanks.
Maurice and Robin have taken down our exhibition from the Arts Centre – thank you both and Maurice has sorted out the prints ready for collection this Wednesday.
Email below from Jean Marvin:
To: All Arts Centre Members
From: The Trustees: Muriel Burnham-Airey, Anne Marie Whitehead, Eileen Pearson and Jean Mavin
Thank you for your continued support of Garstang Arts Centre. The Executive Committee regrets that the annual subscription will be rising from £25 to £28 from 1st January 2023 but we hope you will continue to support the activities on offer and will renew your membership subscription. Your Arts Centre Membership covers all the Groups and you are welcome to come any of the meetings as a visitor and try what is on offer. Check out the Arts Centre Website or the leaflet available. Thank you very much.
With the current cost of living crisis, the Arts Centre finances are being stretched and any additional donations or suggestions for fund raising would be gratefully received.
If you are not already a member of the 200 club, then I would urge you to join, as this is a great source of funding for the Arts Centre. The cost is £6.50 every six months and a standing order is the easy way to ensure you are in every draw, the top prize being £400. The next draw will be on Friday 18th November when entertainment will be provided by The John Towers Big Band. Tickets are free and available from the Arts Centre and are on a ‘First come First Served’ basis as numbers are limited for health and safety reasons.
The Christmas Craft Fair will be running from Saturday 25th October until Tuesday 6th December so do pop into the Arts Centre to buy some early Christmas presents.
The Arts Centre will be open on the evening of Monday 5th December as part of the Victorian Festival. Hilary will be serving her delicious hotpot and there will be hot drinks and mince pies as usual.
Thank you for your continued support of Garstang Arts Centre.
Following on from the email above, the Camera Club will absorb the £3 from our reserves. However, if any member wishes to contribute this extra £3 to our ‘coffers’ please give it to Robin, Mike or Lewis, many thanks; every little helps!
An update on Chris:
Another small step in the right direction. Today Chris has been moved from his isolated room into a bay with three other gentlemen who seem to be quiet individuals – no obvious troublemakers amongst them.
We are now waiting for a rehab bed and I am hoping that the presence of others will stimulate him. At least there are people to watch even if his conversation is limited.
Thank you all for your continuing support.
Love,
Dorothy
Garstang Camera Club 