Author Topic: Skatepark Art Auction and Entertainment Evening [14 October 2016] (Read 8195 times)

admin · « **Reply #25 on:** October 15, 2016, 06:51:58 AM »

I'm pleased to report that last night's Art Auction raised £856 for the Skatepark Project, which is actually worth £1,712 to us thanks to Council match-funding. This means that we now only have £5,700 to raise to reach the £100,000 target and achieve our aims.

Thank you to all the artists, photographers and author who donated their works free of charge.

Thank you to comedian Graham Heywood, our auctioneer who made it a most entertaining evening and also gave his time free of charge.

Thank you to the volunteers who acted as runners and a special thank you to Steve Abbott and Joyce Reed, who have worked tirelessly to take the event from idea to reality.

Thank you to Phil Jarvis and Marple Conservative Club for providing a great venue for the event free of charge.

Thank you to Marple Co-Op for providing a fabulous hamper for the raffle.

Thank you to Robin Sunflower for providing musical entertainment and the other musicians and singers who came to support him too.

And finally, a big thank you to the people who came along and supported this event with their cash! We hope you enjoy your purchases.

There are some lots that didn't sell, or didn't reach their reserves. Once we've got these recollated they'll be offered to raise a few more ££'s!

wheels · « **Reply #24 on:** October 14, 2016, 11:56:20 AM »

Ok thanks. It's just a pity that's all.

admin · « **Reply #23 on:** October 14, 2016, 10:52:12 AM »

Quote from: wheels on October 14, 2016, 10:02:29 AM

Do you know why the photographs have the skatepark logo at the bottom? I'd bid for one, it probably obvious which one, if it didn't have that.

Simply, that's the way the students and the school chose to do it. They have provided everything as is themselves.

wheels · « **Reply #22 on:** October 14, 2016, 10:02:29 AM »

Do you know why the photographs have the skatepark logo at the bottom? I'd bid for one, it probably obvious which one, if it didn't have that.

admin · « **Reply #21 on:** October 14, 2016, 07:08:44 AM »

Here are the final four lots for tonight's Art Auction to raise funds for Marple Skatepark Project. Listen out for an interview about the project on Pure107.8FM at around 10.20am this morning and we hope to see you at Marple Con Club tonight!

To confirm the timings: Doors open for viewing from 6pm, bar opens at 7pm, auction is expected to start between around 7.45 and 8pm.

Huge vintage canvas of the Roman Bridge donated by The Marple Website. Size 120cm x 80cm.

Limited Edition print (20/300): No. 2 Lock Marple, by David Lee. Size 45cm x 55cm.

Win Hill by Marian Swindells. Size 35cm x 30cm.

Dandy Lion, by Marple Hall School student. Size 33cm x 43cm.

admin · « **Reply #20 on:** October 14, 2016, 06:28:33 AM »

The big day is here at last and we start with a rather different lot to raise some extra funds for the Skatepark Project donated by local author Chris Simms.

Chris has provided copies of two of his acclaimed works:

Sleeping Dogs (priced £10.99 on Amazon) is the seventh book in the critically acclaimed Detective Inspector Spicer series.

A Price To Pay, audio book, (priced £15.89 on Amazon) is the second book in a series with a female lead character: Detective Constable Iona Khan of Manchester’s Counter Terrorism Unit.

Chris Simms has worked in airports, nightclubs, post offices and telesales centres. He now lives in Marple with his wife and four children.

Along with nominations for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year award and Crime Writers’ Association Dagger awards (for his novels and short stories), Chris was selected by Waterstone’s as one of their ‘25 Authors For The Future’.

Reviews for Chris include these:

'Chris Simms combines psychological insight with gritty realism to give the reader a genuinely exciting story' Crime Time Magazine

'Simms keeps you guessing' Daily Telegraph

'An exciting new psychological thriller' Daily Mail

‘Chris Simms has been quietly building one of the best police procedural series in the country’ Catholic Herald

admin · « **Reply #19 on:** October 13, 2016, 04:28:32 PM »

Check out the amazing hamper donated by Marple Co-Op to be raffled during our Art Auction and Entertainment evening tomorrow night at Marple Conservative Club!

admin · « **Reply #18 on:** October 13, 2016, 01:02:37 PM »

Listen out for news of the Art Auction and Entertainment night on Dave Stearn's morning show between 6am and 11am on Pure 107.8FM tomorrow, including a short interview about the project at around 10.20am. You can listen to Pure 107.8FM online here: http://www.pure-radio.org/

admin · « **Reply #17 on:** October 13, 2016, 07:38:07 AM »

Here are four giant framed photos taken at Marple Skatepark by Marple Hall School students that are up for sale at the Art Auction tomorrow:

Skater Boy I, by Marple Hall School. Size 63cm x 83cm.

Skater Boy II, by Marple Hall School. Size 63cm x 83cm.

Skater Boy III, by Marple Hall School. Size 83cm x 63cm.

Skater Boy Trio, by Marple Hall School. Size 63cm x 83cm.

admin · « **Reply #16 on:** October 12, 2016, 07:20:44 AM »

First four framed photographs by students at Marple Hall School up for auction on Friday night. Please tell all your friends about this event!

BMX Shadow, by Marple Hall School student. Size 43cm x 33cm.

Skatepark Trainers, by Marple Hall School student. Size 43cm x 33cm.

All a Blur, by Marple Hall School student. Size 43cm x 33cm.

Forgotten Combination, by Marple Hall School student. Size 43cm x 33cm.

admin · « **Reply #15 on:** October 08, 2016, 08:01:39 AM »

Last two artworks and first two photographs in Marple Skatepark Auction on Friday 14 October:

Duck, by Svetlana Roberts. Size 45cm x 37cm.

After Cezanne, by Magdalen Preen. Size 40cm x 51cm.

Morning Glory (Winnats Pass), by Lewis Abbott. Size 33cm x 43cm.

Me and My Shadow (Ernocroft Wood), by Lewis Abbott. Size 33cm x 43cm.

admin · « **Reply #14 on:** October 07, 2016, 07:38:24 AM »

Another four works of art for auction to raise funds for Marple Skatepark on Friday 14 October:

Night Sky II by Sandra Whittaker. Size 56cm x 46cm.

Brazilian Waterfall (Iguazu Falls) by Denis Whittaker. Size 70cm x 52cm.

Lake Buttermere, by Sarah Morley. Size 76cm x 61cm.

Field, by Svetlana Roberts. Size 57cm x 46cm.

admin · « **Reply #13 on:** October 05, 2016, 07:29:56 AM »

We're delighted to confirm that the entertainment during the Art Auction will be provided by Robin Sunflower and Friends.

Robin is a great performer and is the host of the Open Mic nights every Tuesday from 9pm at the Navigation Pub.

If you're a local musician at a loose end on Friday 14 October you would be most welcome to come along and join Robin in some Open Mic sessions too.

Please SHARE this event and invite your friends everyone!