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Recent News
Fortune's Spear raises £365!!!
On Sunday 22 January over 40 people gathered at Knipe’s Hall in Helmsley, the lovely home of Martin Vander Weyer, to hear him talk about his recent book Fortune’s Spear, the fascinating story of a financial scandal in the City in the early part of the twentieth century. The book has been quite rightly highly acclaimed in the National Press.
Afterwards people chatted over afternoon tea and Martin signed copies of his book and answered questions about both the book and the history of his home.
A huge thank you to all who helped to make the event so enjoyable and those who supported.
An enormous thank you of course to Martin for the talk, the generous offer of his home for the afternoon and for donating a third of the proceeds of the sales of his book on the day.
A wonderful £365 was raised towards the digitalisation of the Arts Centre Cinema equipment.
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More Notes for your diary
Thursday April 19 2012 at 7.00pm,
A Fashion Show at Helmsley Arts Centre
in conjunction with Pennitas
A spectacular celebration of the glamour and beauty of Hollywood shown through the fashions stocked by Pennita of Helmsley and modelled by professionals and our own local ladies acting as models, showing that we can all achieve a touch of sparkle.
Local businesses including hairdressers, milliners, florists and beauticians will be present.
Tickets available in the new year at £20 each to include canapés and a glass of fizz
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The next Quiz Night will be on
Friday 16th November 2012.
Now that's forward planning for you.
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Friends' Art Exhibition
Although this exhibition will not be shown until 2013, we really need to know now if you would like to submit any of your art work, because we have to book exhibitions over a year in advance.
Just click here to email Jane Priest.
Tell her your name and the medium you anticipate working in and send.
Now for this you do have to be a Friend to show your work.
Past News
A good night out!!
The evening was a great success. The 70 questions, divided into 7 topic sections, proved to be both taxing and entertaining. The winning team was The Trojans and each member received a £5 voucher for the Centre donated by the Friends. The losing team was called The French Connection and each member was awarded a wooden spoon.
The bar was busy all evening and the raffle was a popular side event
A huge thank you to everyone who made the evening so pleasurably worthwhile. Around £300 was raised.
Many of those present asked when the next Quiz Night was to be held and we will hope to make it an annual event. In fact, put it in your new diaries now, because the next one
will be on Friday 16th November 2012.
Now that's forward planning for you.
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Tea Party
On Sunday 21 August and with the help of a plucky chicken a few of us enjoyed a wonderful spread of tea, cakes and Pimm’s at the Arts Centre. Thank you to all who supported in so many ways and sorry to those who could not join us because of prior engagements.
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Remembering Tony Burns, ARIBA FRSA, 1936-2011
Tony Burns was the Arts Centre’s architect for 20 years, and one of its most devoted supporters. He came on board when the project was still no more than a loose collection of ideas about what to do with the semi-derelict Old Meeting House, and his patience in drawing and re-drawing endless versions of what we might build was remarkable — but he loved the design process itself just as much as he loved eventually seeing the building come to life. He even forgave us when opted to keep the stage at the west end,
rather than turning the building round and putting the stage where the garden is, which was his preference. His patience in waiting for years before we were able to pay him was also exemplary, and a hugely valuable contribution in kind. Tony was a modernist at heart — as a student he once hitchhiked to Finland to meet one of his architectural heroes, Alvar Aalto. But like most British architects he was rarely given the opportunity to design anything that approached the avant-garde. So it is good that the Arts Centre shows off some characteristically bold Burns design touches — the roof shape at the east end, the round window from the office to the foyer, the strongly contemporary west frontage. He was very proud of the Arts Centre, both as a building and as a living institution, and I personally felt privileged to have worked closely with a professional who was so tolerant and encouraging of an opinionated amateur architect like me. I miss the Sunday afternoons when he would call in, en route home to Castle Eden in County Durham from his (very contemporary) weekend hideaway in Sproxton, for a session of scribbling on tracing paper to see how we could improve on the latest plans.
Tony had been unwell for some years but was working almost to the end, and had recently received a Gold Medal from the RIBA and been appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. The Arts Centre was well represented at his funeral in Castle Eden on 27 May. All our condolences go to his widow Maureen and their children and grandchildren.
MVW
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• Membership card (to be produced for certain benefits)
• Priority mailing and booking of all events 1 week
in advance of the launch of each season
• Periodic Newsletters
• Theatre trips
• Social events in the intimate surroundings of the
theatre and its garden area
• The chance to meet some of the performers and
technicians involved with productions and events
• Free glass of wine on production of membership
card for special performances
• The opportunity to exhibit and attend the preview
of the Friends Art Exhibition
• Friends’ Concerts
• Informal luncheon talks
• Friends’ Projects-The opportunity to be involved in
raising funds for specific worthwhile projects.
• Twelve month credit note for ticket price less 10%
administration fee on tickets returned not later than
48 hours before the event to which the ticket relates.
• Sadly we cannot offer special concession for
Friends due to the regulations applying to Gift Aid.
Friends’ Suggested Minimum Annual Donations
Categories
• Individual £15
• Joint £25
• Family (2 adults & 2 children) £40
• Junior £10
• Lifetime for a one-off donation of £200 for an individual or
£300 for a couple up to the age of 70 and over 70, £75 for
an individual and £100 for a couple.
• Corporate for an annual donation of £500
Lifetime and Corporate donations will guarantee an acknowledgment in
all programmes.
If you wish to become a Friend of Helmsley Arts Centre
please contact the secretary, Judy Plummer, by email
Judy Plummer <judy.plummer1@btinternet.com>
Or by telephone
01439 772376
