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NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DRAMA ASSOCIATION

Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 11th April 2017 at Aspley
Present:- Joan Wildgust (Chairman), Christine Davison (Secretary), Neil Mackintosh (Treasurer), Barbara Barton, Mike Stewart, Barbara Fisher, Tony Vokes, Mel Reynolds, Gordon Parsons (President)

1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Roy Ainscough, Linda and Howard Whitehurst, Bob Wildgust, Sonya Oates

2 MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING. - The minutes of the previous Council Meeting held on 21st February 2017 had been circulated and these were signed as a correct record.
There were no matters arising

3 HON TREASURER'S REPORT - as at 11/04/2017 (2 months)
Balance = £8980 53
NS&I = £2355 92
Current = £6389.61
On hand = £ 235.00
No Change
SINCE LAST MEETING
INCOME
NONE
EXPENDITURE
NONE

4 FESTIVALS
Play of the Year 16/17 and Awards Dinner
There have been 21 entries from 13 groups so far. Three more are to be adjudicated in the last week in May.
The dinner will be on 16th June. LW will be looking at menu choices soon and information will go out to groups in the near future.
One Act Play Festival
Nothing to report
Youth Festival 16/17
There are four provisional entries - therefore there will be no Sunday session.
The venue will be available from 3.30 - 6.30pm on the Thursday for get in. MS and MR offered to help. MR to get paints if needed for flats. NM to organise floats. JW and CD to get refreshments from Makro. JW, CD BF and a friend to help with refreshments on the day.
There was a discussion on the proposed entry of the Lace market Youth. As one member of the cast was over 19, it was decided that it could not be entered in the festival but could be adjudicated if they wished.

5 NEW ACTIVITIES
There was a discussion on the details of ticketing for the Broadway event. More details are required before a 'save the date' email can be sent out to groups.
Lace Market Theatre free preview for NANDA members. It was confirmed that the chosen play is Flare Path to be directed by Colin Treliving. Further details will be discussed later.

6 THEATRE LUNCHEON
Nothing to report

7 MEDIA
Nothing to report

8 CORRESPONDENCE /AMENDMENTS TO MEMBERSHIP
Jean Lebeter - change of address
(after meeting)
Chair of Lace Market Theatre is now Gill Scott

9 AOB
NM announced with regret that Orchard Theatre company was closing down (in its 70th anniversary year) and it was officially resigning from NANDA
As the next AGM would be at the Lace Market Theatre, TV thanked NANDA for holding their AGM at the WBDS Studio. JW, in turn, thanked WBDS for their hospitality in hosting NANDA AGMs.
TV noted that WBDS had not yet received the promised letter regarding allocation of funds. RW will action this.

10 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Tuesday May 16th at 10.30am at Ruddington

The meeting closed at 12.05 pm