Hall Blog - Jan

OK. Unlike our Lottery blog, no more dreadful attempts at humour in the titles! Although our Lottery funded work is now complete, our other work continues as ever, and I've been asked to continue this news blog. So, here's our first monthly report for 2010.

January saw the delivery of an additional 30 chairs. We've been in need of additional seating for some while because of the increasing number of 'sell out' events and the creation of the new balcony space. The opportunity to purchase them at a knock down price (Good old EBay) was something we couldn't resist.

The balcony is now up and running and providing the best seats in the house ! After some gentle negotiations with our friends in the Petherton Combined Arts Society, we are now storing their new demountable staging for them and using some of it to provide tiered seating up on the balcony. A mutually beneficial arrangement which we are trialling for six months. Balcony seating is available to 'Friends of Petherton Arts Trust' (CLICK HERE for membership form); also our volunteers (we don't give them much !) and members of the Combined Arts Society.

The chaps (and lady) from our 'Buildings Group' have also been busy, working to plug the many sources of unwanted fresh air (drafts) in the hall. We hosted a day's course in the Autumn of last year when two consultants gave lectures and demonstrations of the 'Problems of Heating and Insulating Old Buildings' using the Hall as their subject. The resulting documents made quite depressing reading for us, we are spending most of our heating budget keeping the surrounding streets of South Petherton warm - (Perhaps THAT'S why we haven't had as much snow as the rest of the County !) The main window has now got a new roller blind providing blackout and insulation; a number of holes in the glass have been temporarily filled with polycarbonate, pending our ever getting the £5,000 necessary to replace all of the cracked and missing panes and the whole of the top of the window now backed with polyfoam insulation. Not the prettiest of repairs, but we've already noticed a difference.

January saw us hosting the first Pantomime in the village for 15 years. Cinderella was a great hit and almost every available seat was sold over the run of five performances. Lovely to see lots of youngsters in the audience too.

Our opening musical event of the new season was by Dervish, an absolutely thrilling night of Irish music from this amazingly talented six piece group. There wasn't a toe left untapped by the end of the evening.

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