Little Red Riding Hood - Ripon 2017

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(In 20 Minutes) An abridges version of Roald Dahl’s MATILDA THE MUSICAL Book by DENNIS KELLY, Music and Lyrics by TIM MINCHIN

Ripon Charity Pantomime Group Production of Little Red Riding Hood Producing this pantomime has been a wonderful experience due to the simple fact that the teamwork both on and off stage has been remarkable. As a creative person, there’s nothing better than seeing a show that began as scribbles on a notepad over a year ago become a polished, dazzling show in front of an audience.

I hope you enjoy watching this panto as much as we have enjoyed rehearsing it.

Ryan Stocks - Producer & Script Writer ...........................

Ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls...

We are delighted that you have found your way to this our most recent venue for the Ripon Charity pantomime. Some might say a return to home, as it is widely known by many that a number of years ago we used to perform the annual charity pantomime from this very location, when it was Ripon College. We are grateful to Outwood Academy Ripon for welcoming us to their stage this year and hopefully you will appreciate what this venue has on offer. Please make use of these facilities, if you have been to one of our Pantos before, you will notice a new and larger front of house with extra space for refreshments on sale at the interval and before the show.

This will be Ripon Charity Pantomime’s (RCPG) 38th production; a list of all these productions has been provided elsewhere in this programme, so I am not going to list each one again here, but suffice to say that there has been a good mixture of varied titles and themes to keep audiences both entertained and amused over the years, along with raising substantial funds for many charities and good causes in the local area.

I, along with many of my thespian colleagues on an annual basis (and for many more years than I would care to mention), have been involved with RCPG. This is a group of volunteers who each year help a variety of young people, eager to boost their self-esteem and confidence by treading the boards in a light hearted fashion, to put on a show for family, friends and the local populous. Let us not forget that standing on stage in front of a 200 strong audience can be quite daunting! So please clap and cheer when appropriate.

This year’s show is a production of Little Red Riding Hood. As pantomime allows, our producer has put his own slant on the conventional story; mixing his own interpretation of the story with slapstick humour, gives rise to many parts where cheering, singing and booing gives you, our audience, a chance to contribute to the joviality of the performance. Please do join in as your feedback gives our cast the satisfaction of knowing you are having a good time. There is a large contingency of personnel from the back stage crew to front of house who are also invaluable to the Panto. The committee, producer and assistant producers, back stage crew, principal actors, dancers and junior and senior chorus have all worked tirelessly to bring this production to life; I would like to offer my gratitude, appreciation and thanks for all their hard work - this will be evident as the Pantomime unfolds.

One of the side benefits of us having so much fun, and I believe that all our characters fall into the category of having fun is that we are able to help, in no small way, local good causes. Details of last year’s beneficiaries can be found later in this programme. As you can see this programme is much improved, providing more information and photographs for you to enjoy. We have an excellent and dedicated Publicity Working Group who have also been responsible for the production of the programme this year. Many thanks to the businesses who have placed adverts in this year’s programme; the income from adverts has paid for printing the programme which means the proceeds from sales can go to local good causes and charities.

Finally, I would like to thank you for coming to RCPG’s production of Little Red Riding Hood, without your support none of this would happen. So please sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Just one note of caution watch out for the law enforcement officers as I hear that they can be a bit pernickety, persnickety and they also carry water pistols!

Mike Spurgeon - Chairman

The History of Ripon Charity Pantomime Group Ripon Charity Pantomime Group came into being in 1978 when a group of like minded people joined together to perform Cinderella. A way of raising funds for local good causes and having fun at the same time. The group has gone from strength to strength with a loyal audience raising well over ÂŁ50,000.

Little Red Riding Hood will be our thirty eighth production. The committee meets all year round to ensure that the pantomime is ready for an audience in January.

A lot of hard work, discipline and commitment is required but satisfaction gained from knowing that a production has gone well.

previous RCPG productions 1979

Cinderella

1999

Mother Goose

1981

Aladdin

2000

Sleeping Beauty

1982

Sleeping Beauty

2001

Goldilocks & The Three Bears

1983

Puss in Boots

2002

Aladdin

1984

Sing a Song of Sixpence

2003

Rumpelstiltzkin

1985

Robinson Crusoe

2004

Cinderella

1986

Babes in the Wood

2005

Babes in the Wood

1987

Humpty Dumpty

2006

Dick Whittington

1988

The Grand Old Duke of York

2007

Humpty Dumpty

1989

Dick Whittington

2008

Jack & The Beanstalk

1990

Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves

2009

Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves

1991

Little Red Riding Hood

2010

Tom, the Piper’s Son

1992

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

2011

Snow White

1993

Peter Pan

2012

Sleeping Beauty

1994

Cinderella

2013

Beauty & The Beast

1995

The Pied Piper

2014

Sinbad & The Dark Crystal

1996

Beauty & The Beast

2015

The Wonderful Wizard of OZ

1997

Hickory Dickory Dock

2016

Babes in the Wood

1998

Jack & The Beanstalk

Principal Cast Emma Money - Little Red Riding Hood For the third year in a row Emma Money has been cast in the leading heroine role, in spite of stiff competition. Emma is no stranger to stage performances having first taken part in the Chatsworth Dance school show at the Harrogate International Centre at the age of 4 and since then has performed every two years in “Love to Dance” Chatsworth Show at Harrogate’s Royal Hall, and at York Opera House, with the Pauline Quirke Academy (PQA), including playing Juliet in a mini version of Romeo and Juliet. In October 2016, Emma performed at a special PQA West End Musical “The Lazy Ace” at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London where she was thrilled to have succeeded in landing the leading lady role of Angel Applewood and sang to an audience of over 1,000. Emma is a pupil at Ripon Grammar School and in her spare time, between RCPG productions and homework, she continues to study drama and comedy, film and television studies and musical theatre (achieving distinction at level 4 in the Trinity College, London examination in 2016) with PQA . She also attends contemporary dance, modern jazz and ballet classes at Chatsworth Dance where she has recently taken her IDTA Intermediate ballet examination. Emma is thrilled to be playing ‘Little Red’ with RCPG and says that working with the cast and crew is so much fun. She hopes that the audience and stage production crew enjoy the experience as much as she does and, to the other cast members, says “Break a leg!”.

Mike Hall - Steve the Wolf Mike first took to the stage with RCPG in 2008 and has since only missed one production making ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ his 9th panto. Although normally seen treading the boards as the panto Dame, Mike has also played two other principal roles, including this year, as his first panto villain (the Big Bad Wolf); something he has desired for a very long time. Mike has also had two outings as producer in 2013 (Beauty and the Beast) and 2016 (Babes in the Wood), having also written the script for the latter. He has served on and chaired the RCPG’s committee, enjoyed set building, fundraising and cheque presentation evenings with the group and wishes somehow that there were more hours in the day.

His wife enjoys the peace and quiet during rehearsal season.....!

Chris Scott - The Dame, Fran Tick Chris is a newcomer to Ripon Charity Panto, having recently moved to Ripon from Derbyshire. After appearing twice in the junior chorus in the Clitheroe Trinity Pantomime in the 1970s, Chris returned to the stage in 2004 after a brief 25-year break, and became a regular player in the Church Broughton Pantomime.

He has played Ali Kazaam in ‘Arabian Nights’ (2005), Dame Pollywolly Doodle in ‘Babes in the Wood’ (2007), King Rat in ‘Dick Whittington’ (2010), and Abenazer in ‘Aladdin’ (2013) and many other roles. In 2009, Chris co-founded the Church Broughton Panto Band, a panto off-shoot who perform at local events in South Derbyshire, and in 2014 he directed ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’. Chris joined the RCPG committee in 2016 and is excited to be on stage for the first time with his daughter Edith, who he says is the real stage star in the family.

Anthony Smith - Little Boy Blue This is Anthony Smith’s 3rd year in pantomime. He joined the RCPG with his first production of the ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ which he wrote and produced. Last year Anthony played the part of villain Prince John in ‘Babes in the Wood’ and this year he looks forward to playing Little Boy Blue. He is also the vice chair for the RCPG’s committee and assistant producer for this year’s production.

Anthony says he would be unable to do pantomime and give it the commitment it needed without the amazing support of his wonderful wife.

Alison Fawcett - ”Wannabe Witch” Anna Conda This is Alison’s 4th year in the cast of the Ripon Charity Pantomime. Previously she has played the parts of: Phabreeze in ‘Sinbad and the Dark Crystal’ (2014); Glinda the Good Witch in the ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ (2015); and Friar / Freya Tuck in ‘Babes in the Wood’ (2016). She has also be in the chorus of the Ripon Amateur Operatic Society’s productions of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ (2014) and ‘Crazy for You’ (2015), performed in three RAOS concerts and is currently rehearsing for the role of Kathy in RAOS’ production of ‘9 to 5’ in April 2017. Alison leads the Panto’s Publicity Working Group and is a member of the RCPG’s committee. She particularly loves sharing the Panto stage with her children and is very proud of Bea who has been the choreographer for this year’s Panto production. She is relishing being a villain this year for the first time - so please Boo loudly when ever Anna Conda comes on stage!

Jess Plunkett - Rick, The Circus Master Jess has been performing with RCPG since she was the smallest member of the junior chorus. She smiled her way up from chorus to principal parts as soon as she was old enough, playing the parts of Titch (a dwarf) in ‘Snow White’; the Lion in ‘The Wizard Of Oz’; and Mags in ‘Babes In The Wood’. Through RCPG she was given a chance to participate in the Nidderdale festival of speech and drama, winning the adjudicators’ special award for her performances as Lucy in ‘Bad Reception’ (2013) and Beth in ‘Grandy’s Last Word’ (2014). She also won Best Junior Actress for her performance as Fifi in ‘Dog Days’ (2015). Jess has also performed as Viola in a 30 minute adaption of Twelfth Night as a part of the Shakespeare Schools’ Festival, as well as Lucianus in Hamlet. She is currently studying for her A-Levels. This year is particularly special to her as it is her 8th and final year of pantomime before going off to university next year. She would like to thank Ryan, Jacqui, Mike, and everyone else who has put up with her for all these years, and promises to come back to see next year’s show!

Joanne Johnson - Bill, The Policeman This is Joanne’s 6th year in the cast of Ripon’s Charity Pantomime. Her journey started as part of the senior chorus in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (2012), having taken her daughters to their auditions and being convinced to try it for herself! This was followed by ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in 2013, by which time Joanne was well and truly hooked! Joanne’s first principle role was in ‘Sinbad and the Dark Crystal’ (2014) where she played Reel, a fisherman who was part of a comedy duo.

In 2015, Joanne played a Flying Monkey in the ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ - a very messy but fun role and then the Sheriff of Nottingham in ‘Babes in the Wood’ (2016). Joanne helped with the costumes for ‘Babes in the Wood’ and is a member of the RCPG committee. Joanne is looking forward to performing again this year and listening to the groans of the audience after telling some very bad jokes!!

Catherine Colman - Ben, The Policeman This is Cath’s 5th year in the cast of Ripon’s Charity Pantomime Group. Previously she has played in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (2012) and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (2013), as a member of the senior chorus. Cath has also played principal roles as Rod in ‘Sinbad and the Dark Crystal’ (2014) and Joker Joe in ‘Babes in the Wood’ (2016). Cath has also performed as part of the chorus for Ripon Amateur Operatic Society’s musical production of ‘Singing in the Rain’ and ‘Crazy For You’ and in their concert of ‘Oh What a Night’. Cath turned her hand to costume making for last year’s panto of ‘Babes in The Wood’ and is also a member of the RCPG committee. Cath is no stranger to playing as part of a slapstick duo and together with her panto buddy, Joanne Johnson, she hopes to keep everyone on the right side of the law in Tomato Town!

Geoff Dickson - The Woodcutter Geoff has had vast experience over many years with various amateur dramatic groups throughout the country, both on stage and directing. More recently, he has played the panto dame twice for Boroughbridge Hightimers, in ‘Dick Whittington’ (2013) and ‘Aladdin’ (2015), as well as playing the Tin Man in RCPG’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ (2014). He also starred onstage for the Hightimers in ‘Hi De Hi’ (2014) and ‘Tip Toe Through the Tombstones’ (2015), whilst finding time to appear for Bishop Monkton Entertainments Group in Gosforth’s Fete (2014) and very recently, ‘Blithe Spirit’. He is now looking forward to his cameo role in Red Riding Hood as the woodcutter.

Jake England - Ted the Bear & Juggling Clown Jake is a sixth form student and has been performing with Ripon Charity Pantomime Group for four years. Last year he played the role of one of Prince John’s guards in ‘Babes in the Wood’ (2016). This year we get to see his juggling skills in the Circus scene and he has been helping to teach other cast members to juggle. In addition to playing Ted the Bear, he is also in the Senior Chorus of this year’s Panto. Jake, who studies musical theatre with Upstage Academy in Ripon, has also recently been cast to play the part of Dwayne in the forthcoming Ripon Operatic Society production of ‘9 to 5’ at Harrogate Theatre (in April 2017).

He hopes, one day, to become a professional actor or even a family entertainer in holiday resorts.

Lucas Crichton - 1st Little Pig This is the first year that Lucas has performed with the Ripon Charity Pantomime Group. He has previously performed and danced in lots of school plays. He has really enjoyed rehearsing for ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and says “I am enjoying practising because I memorise the words and moves, so I’m mostly getting them correct!”

Olivia Horner - 2nd Little Pig This is Olivia’s third time in the cast of a RCPG pantomime. Her first acting role was in the ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ (2015) when she played the role of the Wizard’s assistant. Last year in ‘Babes in the Wood’ (2016) she played the roles of Maid Marion’s trusty ‘Sat Knave’ and ‘Blackberry Messenger’. In addition, she was also in the Junior Chorus in both of these productions. This year she has been having lots of fun playing the role of one of the three little pigs.

Michael Pearce - 3rd Little Pig This is Michael’s third time in the cast of a RCPG pantomime. He has previously been in the junior chorus in the ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ (2015) and ‘Babes in the Wood’ (2016). Michael has developed his dancing skills through attending the School’s Out after school dancing and performance club.

He has also performed in many school plays. He says that: “This year playing the role of a little pig in the Panto has been amazing”.

CAST Little Red Riding Hood The Big Bad Wolf Dame Fran Tick Little Boy Blue Anna Conda Rick the Circus Master Policeman Bill Policeman Ben Woody the Woodcutter The Bear The Three Little Pigs

Front of Horse Back of Horse Young Wolf Chorus

Dancers

Emma Money Mike Hall Chris Scott Anthony Smith Alison Fawcett Jess Plunkett Joanne Johnson Catherine Colman Geoff Dickson Jake England Lucas Crichton Olivia Horner Michael Pearce Abbey Williamson Lucy Horner Hannah Salden Serena Bean Lucas Crichton Jake England Abbie Goodwin Lucy Horner Olivia Horner Sophie McCudden Michael Pearce Hannah Salden Edith Scott Helena Tarren Mia Taylor Abbey Williamson Breanna Williamson Aimee Childs Beatrix Fawcett Zoe Hall Fern Lisle Abbie Pearce Katie Plunkett Ella Salden Charlotte Withington

Act 1 Scene 1 - The Forest Scene 2 - TomatoTown Scene 3 - A Village Path Scene 4 - The Wolf’s Cave Scene 5 - A Village Path Scene 6 - Fran’s kitchen Scene 7 - A Village Path Scene 8 - Tomato Town Circus

PRODUCTION TEAM Producer Assistant Producer Assistant Producer Choreography Stage Manager Props Prompt Wardrobe Mistress Wardrobe Assistant Back Stage Crew Musical Director Lighting Photography Set Design Scenery Painting Chaperones

Front of House Publicity team

Act 2 Scene 1 - The Wolf’s Cave Scene 2 - A Forest Path Scene 3 - The Forest Scene 4 - A Forest Path Scene 5 - Fran’s Bedroom Scene 6 - Fran’s kitchen Scene 7 - Community Song Scene 8 - Tomato Town & Finale

Runner

Ryan Stocks Jacqui Morrell Anthony Smith Beatrix Fawcett Ryan Stocks Bob McLennan Jacqui Morrell Peter Morrell Jacqui Morrell Amelia Sierevogel Gail Preece Peter Morrell Ryan Stocks Ryan Stocks Bob McLennan Bob McLennan Ryan Stocks Committee members Maureen Binks Nicola Horner Sheila McCudden Alison Plunkett Charles Young & Team Alison Fawcett Jane Money Tina Salden Paula Withington Ann Scholes

Company

A few words from the Ripon Charity Pantomime Group Team Ryan Stocks - Producer & Script writer of the 2017 production of Little Red Riding Hood

Ryan Stocks - Writer and Producer Ryan has been involved with every pantomime since his first in 2002. Over the years he has played various roles including the dame in “Humpty Dumpty”, “Tom the Pipers Son” and Babes in the wood”, comical parts like Muddles and even a cheeky dog and Pharo in “Sinbad and the dark crystal”. Ryan has also produced the music for many shows and has run the sound and played in the live band we once had.

He has now produced five of the groups historic list and this latest is the second he has written himself. Ryan is a falconer during the day and a musician, actor and producer at night.

Mike Spurgeon - Chairman of RCPG Committee Mike Spurgeon is Chairman of RCPG Committee. Over many years he has supported members of his family, who became involved with the RCPG at a very young age.

Some time ago, an off the cuff remark at the end of one show from his daughter, who intimated that “you can’t do that” and his reply of “Oh! Yes I can” was met with him being ‘dragged’ down to the following year’s Pantomime auditions. Mike feels fortunate to have been offered the part of the Magic Mirror in “Snow White” that year. He had so much fun rehearsing with the cast and interacting with the production team that he was hooked. Mike could not wait until next year’s production, this was “Sinbad and the Dark Crystal” and he played the role of the evil Tsar Mingalot.

Then came the Magical Wizard in the “Wizard of Oz”. Followed by the role of Little John in Robin Hood’s gang in “Babes in the Wood” last year; being 6 foot 6 inches tall made Mike the obvious choice for this role! Mike is not performing in this year’s production but says he is looking forward to the next.

Bob McLennan - Stage Manager, Scenery Production & Photography Bob is the stage manger and normally if you see him it’s because something’s gone wrong as he is normally behind the scenes, making sure the stage crew are all on the same page! Not many ball rooms have trees in them but it could happen! This year he has also been making and painting the sets so that the cast have a colourful world to live in, for the show. Some years see him in front of the curtain as well but only he says “as an actor of last resort, as I’m much happier in the wings, out of sight”. Last year he was persuaded to play the role of King Richard in ‘Babes inthe Wood’. Bob is also the RCPG photographer & the cast pictures you see in this programme and on our posters and publicity boards are his work. Bob is keeping his fingers crossed that the scenery paint will be dry before the curtains open and he hopes you enjoy the show.

Jacqui Morrell - Assistant Producer, Prompt & Props Jacqui has been part of the RCPG for over 20 years taking on many and multiple back stage roles. In 2004 she co produced the silver anniversary production of Cinderella alongside Ryan Stocks. She has been assistant producer for the last 5 productions as well as Prompt and doing props with her husband Peter. When Jacqui’s daughter Angela took part in her first show Hickory Dickory Dock, Jacqui soon became hooked. 21 years later she is an integral part of the production team.

Rehearsals are subject to the ‘Jacqui test’ as she will laugh uncontrollably at the same jokes over and over. Producers have been heard to say ‘it’s passed the Jacqui test’.

If you listen whilst watching the show you will be sure to hear her laughing in the wings!! Jacqui also crews for Harrogate Theatre working with RAOS, Phoenix players and any other local societies in need.

Amelia Sierevogel - Wardrobe Mistress / costumes This is Amelia’s first year working with Ripon Charity Pantomime. She is the youngest Wardrobe Mistress (at only 21 years’ old) to have worked on Ripon Charity Panto Group and has thoroughly enjoyed this learning experience. The costumes that have been put together by Amelia and her assistant Gail Preece have been up-cycled from previous year’s costumes or have been custom made, with the exception of a few hired costumes from Dress Circle in York. She has thoroughly enjoyed working on completing each character’s individual look. One of Amelia’s favourite costumes is the dress she has designed and made for the villainess, Anna Conda. Amelia is currently studying for a BA (Hons) Costume With Textiles at the University of Huddersfield. This is her third year of her degree, in which she is taking a work placement year, to gain industry experience. She has previously worked with a few theatres and production companies, including Global Grooves Manchester, The Royal Opera House (London) and York Theatre Royal. She has some exciting experiences to come, including placements with the Australian Ballet and Opera Australia.

Peter Morrell - Props and back stage crew Pete has been crewing and doing props for panto for over 20 years, strictly backstage he has been assistant stage manager and will turn his hand to designing some innovative props. Known for his sweet tooth, Pete is a firm favourite of the cast who seek him out backstage to see what bag of sweets is on offer each night. For those of you in on Saturday night keep an eye on the scenery as Pete is also known to tweak scenery for the last show. Pete has been head hunted on many occasions by other societies to support them backstage taking on responsibility as stage manager for Phoenix players, Props for RAOS and crewing for St Andrews Players.

Beatrix Fawcett - Choreography This is Beatrix (Bea’s) 4th time performing with the RCPG. She has performed as a dancer in ‘Sinbad and the Dark Crystal’ (2014), the ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ (2015) and ‘Babes in the Wood’ (2016). Bea’s passion for dance and performance started at a young age when she took ballet, tap and modern jazz classes and performed with Butterflies School of Dance. She has progressed to focus on modern dance and performance and took classes with School’s Out between the ages of 7-11 years. Bea now attends a weekly dance class with Sam Rich’s “Fresh” seniors group.

She joined Ripon Youth Theatre in 2015 and performed in RYT’s Cats in 2016.

She would like to thank Ryan for the opportunity to work on the choreography with him for ‘Little Red Riding Hood’.

Acknowledgements for raffle donations & publicity Ripon Charity Pantomime Group would like to thank the following businesses and individuals, for their generous support with raffle donations for this years production of Little Red Riding Hood.

Thank you also, to all of the businesses who have allowed us to display posters and have helped in any other way.

Thank you all so very much for your support to Ripon Charity Pantomime Group.

A.M. Row & Son Beauteous of Ripon Booths Curzon Cinema Deli on Duck Hill Fig & Willow Floral Pride

Forbes Gifts & Interiors Karen Fowler Design Little Ripon Bookshop Marmaduke Graphic Design Memorable Moments Morrisons of Ripon

Ripon Library Ripon Pet Shop Rosie & Clover Stuff4Offices Tutto Bello Wrens The Spa Pharmacy

Oliver’s Pantry Roundabout Ripon & Masham Infocus Community House Sainsbury’s of Ripon Hutchinson’s Butchers of Ripley

Ripon Charity Pantomime Group Committee Chairperson - Mike Spurgeon Vice Chairperson - Anthony Smith Secretary - Jacqui Morrell Treasurer - Charles Young Publicity - Alison Fawcett Members Catherine Coleman, Mike Hall, Joanne Johnson, Helena Tarren, Nicola Horner, Bob McLennan, Chris Scott, Ryan Stocks Publicity Sub Group Jane Money, Tina Salden & Paula Withington

Following on from the successful production of Babes in the Wood in 2016, Ripon Charity Pantomime Group are delighted to announce that £2600 was donated to local causes & charities. Here are a few words from some of 2016’s beneficiaries: Defibrillators for Ripon On the 30th April 2016, a cheque was received by the ‘Defibrillators for Ripon’ group from the RCPG, for the sum of £350.

This money was put towards the purchase of a defibrillator unit that was then installed at the ‘Bowling club’ on Boroughbridge Road. The installation took part on the 17-06-16, when the Bowling club manager, and a few members of the ‘Ripon Lions’ were present for the presentation to the club. ‘Leo the Lion’ also made a guest appearance on the day.

The ‘Ripon Lions’ are the main charity who have raised the funds for all the defibrillator units installed within the City. They must therefore take nearly all of the praise for the units. (The ‘Defibs for Ripon’ group play the role of ordering and arranging for installation).

Scuba Diving For All Scuba Diving For All provides a unique SCUBA diving opportunity to some of our community disabled, special needs and blind members that would be normally unavailable from a main stream diving organisation. The group membership increases annually as well as our requirement to train new staff to support our regular Wednesday night special needs sessions at Ripon Spa baths, which provides specific one to one diving contact for around 20-30 individuals. SDA would like to thank Ripon Charity Pantomime Group for their very generous donation which has helped pay for essential scuba equipment servicing and maintenance. SDA has an annual running cost of approx. £15,000 which is gained through donations, fundraising and other events, all funds and donations received goes directly to the charity and do not pay staff salaries or fees, all of our instructors and staff are volunteers and provide their services for free.

Further information regarding SDA can be found at http://www.sda-ripon.org.uk/ or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RiponSCUBA

North Yorkshire West Guide- Madagascar 2016 On behalf of NYW Girl guides I am writing to thank Ripon Charity Pantomime Group for their generous donation towards our trip to Madagascar in the summer of 2016. On July 31st 2016, twelve girls and six leaders travelled to Madagascar, to spend the next three weeks taking part in various projects and activities to aid less advantaged people living throughout the country. Whilst in Madagascar the Ripon Charity Pantomime Group donation contributed towards the Madagascar project work, which included helping to paint classrooms in a new school which T.A.S.C. (Tossing A Starfish Charity) had funded.

We also met up with hundreds of Malagasy guides and scouts and visited a twins orphanage where we played with the children. Throughout the trip we donated food and blankets to people whom we met along the way. We also visited a few “outcast villages”. The people who were living in these villages had been excluded from society mainly due to diseases such as leprosy and the disfigurements which they had been left with.

Every person we met was so happy to see us and it was incredible to be able to put huge smiles on their faces and leave them with memories to last a lifetime by doing things as simple as singing and dancing for them. Further information with regards to T.A.S.C. And the work they do can be found at http://www.tascmadagascar.org/.

Ripon & Rural Voluntary Car Driving Service An ageing population and cutbacks to local transport services mean that some people struggle to get out and about in our local communities. Our Voluntary Car Driving Service helps to address this transport need across Ripon, Masham, Pateley Bridge and the surrounding areas. Set up over 15 years ago, our service works with over 30 volunteer drivers to help those who are older, have a disability or live rurally and are unable to access public transport, to get to where they need to. Currently our fantastic team of volunteers carry out well over 2,000 journeys per year helping people get to medical appointments, day centres and for social outings. This support helps people maintain their ties with the local community and passengers always welcome seeing a friendly, familiar face on a regular basis.The money raised by RCPG last year has been used towards valuable training for our fantastic team of volunteers. Sessions included Emergency First Aid, safeguarding and dementia awareness, all vital skills to enable our volunteers to carry out their role in a safe and friendly manner. Thank you for your support and good luck for this year’s productionof Little Red Riding Hood! To find out more about using the service or becoming a volunteer driver, just call us on 01765 645907.

Hedgehogs Appreciation Prickly Pals Yorkshire (H. A. P. P. Y).

This year has been one of expansion for our rescue. Following a successful first year we have just celebrated our second year of rescuing hedgehogs. The money raised by a supporter in Thirsk combined with the donation from RCPG allowed us to expand our outside space. Peter rebuilt the shed in the garden, fully insulated it and lined with shelving. We kept the large hutch which houses four, and combined with the new unit, on September 3rd we officially opened The Hogles Wood annex. Named after the rescue run by a lovely friend who passed away this year in Lowestoft, we vowed to honour her memory. Hogles Wood has allowed us to double the number of hogs we can accommodate. To date we have rescued over 250 hedgehogs and yearly running costs are between £3-4,000. Thankyou RCPG - you have helped us to help our spiky friends. Sadly on the decline, less than 1 million hedgehogs remainin the U.K. which is a significant reduction since the 1950s when there were 36 million. If you would like to know more please check out our Facebook page or give Jacqui Morrell a call on 07506 186567.

Ripon Walled Garden Ripon Walled Garden continues to grow and thrive. We now support over 50 people with learning difficulties to achieve their goals, developing skills and interests as they contribute to the productive running of our garden nursery with café and garden maintenance business. The generous contribution from Ripon Charity Pantomime Group has been very welcome in improving our members’ area. We have had work done to put in an additional toilet and a new kitchen as well as new lighting and heating. The area was in much need of refurbishment and we are now looking forward to the final stages of decorating, to new furniture and then also double glazing on the windows and door. Huge thanks to everyone for making this possible. Please do come up and visit us for relaxation and refreshment, as well as being your local garden nursery it is also a place of historic and horticultural interest.

Saving Yorkshire’s Dogs Saving Yorkshire’s Dogs have had another successful year. From having our first litter of puppies born to a stray in our care, to finding them all homes and watching them grow the sense of achievement has been fantastic. SYD became a registered charity in May 2016 which will help in our ultimate aim to build our own kennels. The donation we kindly received from the pantomime group was spent on a much needed storage shed for our ever growing amount of event equipment and donations from our loyal supporters. Our aim for 2017 is to continue rescuing , rehabilitating and rehoming dogs from Yorkshire

Donations were also received by Ripon YMCA & Ripon Christmas Market.

Any group who would like to be considered for a donation from Ripon Charity Pantomime Group in 2017 on behalf of a project, please contact Ripon Charity Pantomime Group Secretary Jacqui Morrell, in writing at: 76 King Edward Road, Ripon. HG4 1RR.

Invitation to Producers, Music Directors, Choreographers and Committee Members.

Come to our Ripon Charity Pantomime AGM Thursday 23rd March 2017 , 7.30 pm Ripon Operatic Society Hall, Allhallowgate, Ripon

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