The Glen Innes Arts Council
welcomes you to the Chapel Theatre |
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Find us at the intersection of Church and Bourke St, Glen Innes, NSW
Phone - 6732 5688 PO Box 93, Glen Innes, NSW 2370 Email: colpike@gleninnesartscouncil.com |
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Yippee!! We finally got our new sign! Check it out next time you pass. |
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Your Arts Council memberships are now due. Membership is still only $5 for individual and $10 family and runs from AGM to AGM. It is open to anybody who feels like supporting us simply because they believe we are worthy of supporting, which we are. You dont have to be "active" in the Arts Council to join. But if you'd like to help out you're more than welcome. How to pay? Simple, just pop into Carelles Young World, or you can pay at the theatre or you can pay by direct transfer - just drop me an email: colpike@gleninnesartscouncil.com Couldn't be easier and it's for a great cause. Members will be in line for a huge prize sometime later this year. I've suggested an SUV as a suitable prize but I may be outvoted by my more moderate colleagues! |
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I think I am being punished. At the AGM (4th feb in case you weren't there) I was elected Secretary of the Arts Council. Stuart Moor is President, Mal Kiehne and Brendan Byrne each VP and Chris Hodder is our Treasurer.
Joining us on the committee we welcome: Kath Spillane, Nicci Jones, Fred Blair and Sharon Stewart. And the following gluttons-for-punishment have agreed to serve another year: Jodi Bain, Naomi Bain, Anne-maree Wetherspoon, Denis Haselwood, Cameron Moor, and Daniel McAlary.
Secretaries day this year was April 28. Sadly, it came and went without any goodies arriving in my mailbox. Better luck next year! I was even too busy to note the passing of "Luke Skywalker Day" this year ("May the Fourth....") |
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We need Ushers! Wanna be one? Excellent ! Tell us! ring me (Col Pike) 6732 6730, or Email me or talk to one of the volunteers, or find some other way to tell us.............. Frequently Asked Questions What's involved? .....Being helpful and keeping order. Is there bloodshed? .....Hardly ever! Well, not much anyway! Actually, no, not at all. Really. Do I have to be on a committee or attend meetings? .....Only if you want to! Will it cost me much? .....No. All of our volunteers are, well, volunteers. Which means we don't charge them much at all! Just an annual Arts Council membership fee of a few dollars. Do I get in free? .....Yes, when you are on duty, you get to watch the movie free. What's more you could probably also snag a coffee and some popcorn! How often would I be needed? .....As often as you like, but once a month would be great. |
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Glen Innes is fiercely proud of its Chapel Theatre.
Rightly so. This is not just another small cog in some huge multi-national cinema chain. Not at all. Run entirely by volunteers, the Chapel Theatre serves as a model for true community-based cinemas and theatres across Australia. Originally built as a Methodist church in 1885, it was purchased in 1983 by the Glen Innes Arts Council Inc. (which, by the way, was formed in 1944 and is the oldest continuing Arts Council in NSW) and converted to a theatre. The Chapel Theatre is a brilliant venue and used extensively for local theatre productions, concerts and touring professional groups as well as films and, of course, as a great big overgrown cubby house by "Glenizens" (inhabitants of Glen Innes area). Comfortably padded seats, well-raked so everyone has a clear view, a superb sound system, acoustics that millions of dollars spent on the Sydney Opera House have not been able to better, temperature-controlled comfort and a friendly, welcoming atmosphere (wish we could bottle it!) are just some of the factors which combine to make an evening at the Chapel a most rewarding experience. If you are visiting, passing through or even if you have been living under a rock in Glen Innes, put a visit to the Chapel Theatre on your 'must-do' list!
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The Old Girl gets a new coat (of paint) 
The Chapel Theatre's plush seating is designed for comfort and a clear view of the stage and screen.  Ever wondered what's behind the screen? Mathew, Mark, Luke and Eric (plus their smaller, wall-mounted, surround-sound friends) deliver all the sound you could want !
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Questions, suggestions, complaints, praise, criticisms, requests are most welcome. The more constructive they are, the more welcome they are!