The Local Community News
July 2019
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After 24 years it’s farewell... The Whatfield Players have been ‘on stage’ for over 24 years. At first they were frequently, ‘on the road’, helping villages, local churches and clubs to raise funds as well as ‘treading the boards’ in Whatfield Village Hall with Pantomimes, Musicals, Music Hall, Plays, Murder Mysteries, Harvest Horkey Shows, and entertainment for Christmas Parties. On Saturday 1st June, members, past and present were invited to a party to mark our farewell, and to recall memories together. As guests arrived, the words ‘it is a sad occasion’ were often heard. We hope that our audiences will remember us positively. We always attempted to stage our shows with a view to limiting costs, and making everything home grown where possible. In recent years the expertise of H.A.D.S members helped us tremendously on technical matters. During the party, a display of posters, production files, programmes, photos, costumes, and props, helped to jog memories, and of all the fun we’d had. Whatfield Community Council provided bar facilities and a Buffet Supper was supplied by Angel Delights. During the evening a rolling picture show, organised by David Dray was screened and guests Simon and Rebecca Welham entertained us with music for singing. Sad as it may be, we take pride in the amounts we have raised for local Suffolk Charities. Since our start in 1995 we have donated over £12,000. The committee take this opportunity to thank all our members, and audiences for their support, hoping that we have ‘done well’, and justified the hope placed in us by our founder members and joint past presidents, Mona Bruce and Robert James.
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