Sell out Performances…..

Tickets for the annual Pantomime have been selling at a fast rate. Saturday matinee tickets are all sold and only a few are available for the Friday night and Saturday night performances. Please do call 01756 749443 if you would like to know if any tickets are left just in case there are none available on the door.

Come along and grab a bargain on Sunday 27th February when Sheila Palmer will be hosting one of her Flea Market and Craft Fairs. The event opens at 10.a.m ( please pop in earlier if it is more convenient as most stalls are set up by 9.a.m ) and closes around 3.30.p.m. There will be lots of stalls selling collectables, crafts, jewellery, books, bric a brac, jigsaws and more. Craven Cats Protection league and Manorlands will also have stalls raising funds for their respective charities. Refreshments available until 3.p.m.

Once we get into next month there will be two Flea Markets per month, one organised by Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee ( 13th March )  and one by Sheila. ( 27th March ).

Film and Panto News

On Friday 18th February Gargrave and Malhamdale Community Library will be showing the film Official Secrets, The film is based on true events and stars Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes and Matthew Goode. The customary Cafe style seating will be in place, so please bring along your own refreshments. The Village Hall doors open at 7.p.m with the film commencing at 7.30.p.m. Tickets are £5.00 on the door.

Oz the Panto will be taking place at the Village Hall on Thursday 24th February – Saturday 26th February. There are four performances in total, Thursday 24th and Friday 25th at 7.15.p.m and on Saturday at 1.p.m and 5.p.m. Tickets are on sale from both the Dalesman Cafe and from Gargrave Library. £8.00 adults and £5.00 concessions if purchased in advance or £9.00 and £6.00 on the door subject to availability.

Come along on Sunday 27th February for the Flea Market and Craft Fair which is run by Sheila from Broadways Fairs. The Village Hall Management run Vintage, Craft and Flea Markets will be back on March 13th ( the organisers enjoy a break after Christmas ). From March onwards there will be on average two Fairs per month. Booklets advertising all the dates are available by contacting info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk.

Picnic Supper Dance

The accomplished Organist Elizabeth Harrison will be providing the live music for the Picnic supper dance on Friday evening  ( 11th February ). Elizabeth plays for many of the large dance competitions all over the country including those held at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The dancing commences at 7.30.p.m until 11.p.m. Please bring along your own Picnic supper. Tea and Coffee will be provided. A raffle will be held in the interval to aid Hall funds. £5.00 admission on the door.

The next film show will be held on Friday 18th February. Official secrets is based on true events. More details in next weeks Post.

Tickets for the Pantomime ( Thursday 24th February 7.15.p.m, Friday 25th February 7.15.p.m and Saturday 26th February 1.p.m and 5.p.m ) are now on sale from Gargrave Library or the Dalesman Cafe. £8 and £5 concessions in advance or £9/£6 on the door subject to availability.

 

 

 

A Quiet weekend….

We have a rare free weekend at the Hall on the 5th and 6th February with no events planned.

The accomplished Organist Elizabeth Harrison will be providing the music next Friday ( 11th February ) when a Picnic Supper dance will be held from 7.30.p.m until 11.p.m. Please bring along your own Picnic supper. Tea and Coffee provided. £5.o0 admission on the door.

Celebrate the Jubilee with us on Friday 3rd June. We shall be holding a right Royal Coffee morning, hopefully if the weather is good we can have seating outside as well as inside. There won`t be a Platinum pudding but there will be lots of delicious cakes. A display of Village Memorabilia will be displayed and there will be some Royal Regalia. Even the raffle will be Royal!

A Book Fair will be held on the Saturday, with thousands of books for sale on every subject.

We are delighted to announce that on Sunday 5th June we will be holding an afternoon tea with live music. Talented Vocalist Andy Wiseman will be entertaining us with popular and iconic songs from the 1950`s through to the present day. A homemade afternoon tea will be served in the interval. Tickets are priced at £10.00 per person and can be reserved now by calling 01756 749235 or 07989585564. Admission is by ticket only and these are already selling quite quickly.

Calling all Bruce Springsteen fans……

Gargrave and Malhamdale Community Library will be celebrating the words and music of Bruce Springsteen on Friday evening ( 28th January ) when they show the film Blinded by the Light. The feel good film portrays the uplifting coming of age of a British Muslim boy growing up in 1980`s Luton who learns to live life and understand his family through the words and music of Bruce Springsteen. The customary Cafe style seating will be in place, so please bring along your own refreshments. The Village Hall doors open at 7.p.m with the film starting at 7.30.p.m. Tickets are £5.00 on the door.

The bargains are back! Sheila from Broadway Fairs will be holding her first Flea Market and Craft Fair of 2022 on Sunday. There are lots of different stalls booked in selling Collectables, Bric a Brac, Crafts, Jewellery, Jigsaws, and Books. Fund raising charity stalls include the Cats protection League and Manorlands. Refreshments are available from 10.a.m until 3.p.m.  50p admission on the door.

Plans for celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee at the Village Hall are now finalised. A right Royal Coffee morning will be held on Friday 3rd June and this will incorporate a display of both Village and Royal Memorabilia. A regal afternoon tea with live music will be held on Sunday 5th June. Andy Wiseman will be singing popular and iconic songs from the 1950`s through to the present day. Anyone knowing Andy will know there will be a Neil Diamond song somewhere in the mix! We have asked Andy to choose his four most popular personal songs and the audience will be asked to vote for their favourite one of these which he will then perform in his finale. A homemade afternoon tea will be served in the interval. Admission is just £10.00 per person but please tickets must be pre booked by phoning 01756 749235 or info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk. Booking is now open.

Sandwiched between the two events will be one of the Village Halls book fairs which will be held on the Saturday.

 

Village Halls week Coffee morning….

Gargrave Village Hall will be kicking off the National Village Halls week a little early when it holds a joint Coffee morning with Gargrave Library volunteers on Saturday. The national campaign instigated by Action with Communities in rural England officially begins a couple of days later. The campaign intends to shine a spotlight on the contribution England`s 10,000 plus village halls make to rural communities and it gives the hall management committees an opportunity to celebrate their work and showcase their venues. Gargrave Village Hall like so many others has improved life for local residents, providing a safe place where people can gather to combat loneliness whilst delivering a wide range of activities and services.

The organisers of the Coffee morning would be delighted to welcome everyone on Saturday morning from 10.a.m onwards. Table service will be provided and there will be bacon sandwiches, toasted teacakes and homemade cakes on the menu. Slices of cake may also be purchased to take out.

A book, CD and DVD stall will aid Hall funds whilst proceeds from the raffle will go towards Library funds.

The Management committee at the Hall are pleased to also support fundraising for Manorlands Hospice and there will be a stall selling brand new Gents clothing together with a small selection of bric a brac. There is a lot of clothing!

If you are new to the Village please do ask one of the volunteers for a tour of the premises. They will be happy to show you around. Pocket booklets will also be available which list the 2022 dates for Vintage Fairs, Craft Fairs, Book Fairs, Jubilee Celebrations and monthly dances.

Next weekend there will be a film show on Friday evening . Blinded by the Light will commence at 7.30.p.m. Tickets £5.00 on the door and on Sunday the first Flea Market and Craft Fair of the year which commences at 10.a.m. Refreshments available. 50p admission.

Looking ahead to our Platinum Jubilee celebrations: We shall be holding a right Royal Coffee morning on Friday 3rd June, incorporating a display of Village and Royal memorabilia. A Book Fair will be held on the Saturday. The regal weekend will end on Sunday afternoon the 5th June when we shall be holding an afternoon tea with live music. We are delighted to announce that Andy Wiseman will be providing the vocals for the event, singing iconic and popular songs from the fifties to the present day. Tickets are priced at £10.00 and may be reserved now by calling 01756 749235 or email info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk. Admission is by pre booking only.

Happy New Year to everyone….

We do hope everyone had a Happy Christmas and enjoyed good health.

We are pleased to welcome back both our Hirers and Patrons and hopefully we can look forward to 2022 with some optimism.

We do have events planned for January and we hope that Covid regulations will allow us to continue with our plans.

The first event is a Picnic Supper dance on the 14th January, a Coffee morning on the 22nd, the Library Film show on the 28th and the first Flea Market of the year on the 30th January.

Plans later in the year include a Royal celebration in June when we intend to celebrate the Queen`s Platinum Jubilee with a Coffee morning on Friday 3rd June, we may well include a display of Royal and Village memorabilia  during the morning too. We shall be holding a Book Fair on Saturday 4th June and on Sunday the 5th June we shall be holding an afternoon tea with live music, celebrating the music of the Platinum era. This will be a ticket event only so more details will be supplied nearer the time, but please if you would like to reserve a place you can do so at any time.

Happy Christmas

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our Hirers, Patrons and friends a very Happy and Healthy Christmas.

We shall be keeping up to date with any new Covid related rules but hopefully we shall look forward to welcoming everyone back in the New Year.

January events include a Picnic Supper dance with live music from Alan Cookson on the 14th January, a Coffee morning held jointly by Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee and Gargrave Library on Saturday 22nd January and a Broadway Fairs Flea Market and Craft Fair on Sunday 30th January.

A busy weekend and updated Covid Guidance!

Please,  as from Friday the 10th December we would request that everyone wears a mask when attending events at the Hall. New guidance rules include the wearing of masks in indoor settings.

Firstly a quick recap on last weekend. There was a great turnout of stallholders for the Book Fair last Saturday. The majority of sellers were regulars on the North West Book circuit and they had some fantastic books. They stock general paperbacks and rare and collectable books too. I found a rare one I had been looking out for and at a really reasonable price, much cheaper than any online prices We were pleased to be able to help out both the Cats Protection League and the North West Air Ambulance charities as they both had book stalls at the Fair.

Local artist, author and book illustrator, Hilary Roper was also in attendance and signed copies of her children`s books. Hilary also paints oil on canvas and as well as selling her work at a gallery in Birmingham, she will also be exhibiting at the Great Yorkshire show in 2022.

Please do continue to support the Book Fairs which are held quarterly at the Hall on Saturdays with an additional mid week date in August added.  If you would like a pocket booklet posting with all Book Fair, Flea Market and Craft Fair dates in 2022 please contact 01756 749235 or 07989 585564 info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk

Now to the busy weekend ahead – Denis Westmorland will be providing the live music for dancing on Friday evening. The event commences at 7.30.p.m until 11.p.m. Admission is just £5.00 on the door. Please bring along your own Picnic supper, tea and coffee will be provided. A raffle will aid funds. Booklets will be available listing all next years monthly Picnic supper dances. Please contact the above if you would like one posting .

The Library and Village Hall Committee will be back in action on Saturday morning when they will jointly host a Coffee morning. Bacon sandwiches, toasted teacakes and homemade cakes will be on the menu. There will be a Book and CD stall aiding Hall funds and a Bric a Brac stall in aid of Manorlands. The raffle will raise funds for the Library. Please come along and enjoy a catch up before Christmas.

Sunday will be the last opportunity to grab a bargain before Christmas when the last Vintage, Collectables and Crafts Fair of the year will be held. The event opens around 9.30.a.m, but please pop in sooner if it is more convenient with your other plans for the day. Stalls will close for business around 3.30.p.m. There are lots of stalls booked in, selling a huge variety of items. Great ideas for Christmas gifts, lots of books and jigsaws to keep everyone occupied over Winter. Beautifully knitted baby and childrens items. Plus lots of unique Vintage and Collectable items. A tombola supporting the Cats protection league and a stall supporting Manorlands. Light refreshments available until 3.p.m.

Please do give these local events your support.

Hoping for better weather..

The weather did and didn`t hamper events last weekend. The film show was interrupted on the Friday for a short spell when the electric went off very briefly and typically just when the film reached that crucial stage. However power was restored and the audience went off happily knowing they knew the outcome of the story.

There was great support for the Coffee morning on Saturday which was organised jointly by the Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee and the Library group. A further event is planned for the 11th December.

The Flea Market began in reasonable weather and then the snow just kept falling. The electric went off for a good half hour or more and customers had stopped arriving due to the road conditions so stallholders packed up and made their slow journeys home. A great shame for Sheila who organises the end of the month Flea Markets, please come along and support her next one on Sunday January 30th. Gargrave Village Hall Management team have a Vintage, Collectables and Craft fair on the 12th December so they look forward to seeing customers old and new then.

This weekend we shall be hosting the North West Book Fair on Saturday. This is a fantastic opportunity to stock up on Winter reading ( next Book Fair at the Hall is not until March ) and Christmas book gifts. There will be thousands of books for sale on every subject, both general, speciality and antiquarian. It is hoped that a local author and illustrator of childrens books will be in attendance and she will be signing copies of her book. Light refreshments available until 3.p.m. Event open 10.a.m, closure 3.30.p.m. PLEASE NOTE THE CLOSURE TIME OF 3.30.P.M. THE GALLERY IMAGE TIME OF 4.P.M  IS INCORRECT.