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St Patrick’s Day at The Hall

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:12:23 +0000

The little fellow below look familiar? Although all of Houligans Ruff will not be available, we would still like to continue the Parrsboro St Patrick’s Day Party on Saturday March 17th. Jigg’s Dinner at the United Church, two hours of rollicking Irish-ish entertainment at The Hall and then down to Bare Bones to finish the night off in the finest of Irish traditions! What we would like is for anyone who can play a tin whistle, dance a jig, recount a favourite Irish tale, or sing sing and sing some more to join us at The Hall for an Irish Kitchen Party! We can’t promise the high production values, or the incredibly seamless presentation of Houligan’s Ruff, just a great time for all at The Hall. Anyone willing to pitch in, wear green and generally have a good time just let Frank or David know and we’ll see what we can do. And watch here or on Facebook for more details!

Employment Opportunity

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:23:23 +0000

INVITATION TO TENDER

Janitorial Service at The Hall, 44 King St., Parrsboro, NS
Competition Number: PBA 01/12
Posted Date: 31 January 2012
Closing Date: 17 February 2012

The Parrsboro Band Association invites tenders from all interested businesses and individuals for the provision of janitorial services at the Parrsboro Citizens’ Band Hall at 44 King St. Parrsboro, NS.

Description
Bids shall consider that the contracted work shall include the following: vacuming all carpets, cleaning 3 washrooms, sweep all floors, wash floors as required, wash down woodwork as required, all of the previous on an irregular basis and upon request; and must include a single, annual commitment to strip wax and re apply wax in the main auditorium and Annex upon consultation and at the request of the Facilities Chair. Bids received after the closing date and time will not be considered.

Bids clearly marked “Janitorial” will be accepted until 3:00 pm on Friday, 17 February 2012 at the Association Office, 44 King St, Parrsboro or can be submitted by mail to the address above, or by email to the Facilities Chair at. All supplies and equipment will be provided by the Parrsboro Band Association.

Information Contact
Facilities Chair, Patricia Burke at (902) 728-2015 for inspection and assessment for formulation of bids.
trishburke@eastlink.ca.

New Lighting for The Hall

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:14:20 +0000

The Board has approved a project to replace the antique theatre lighting that reached the end of its life during the Film Festival. An urgent Fundraising Appeal has been mounted to cover the costs of replacing and upgrading the system. Click here to learn more

Snag- Post and Beam Building Technique slows Reno

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:05:29 +0000

You’ve not seen dust flying out the doors of The Hall? Has construction on the accessible washroom been halted? Actually, it has. For a very good reason. When the wall was exposed in the old washroom and beam that runs from the floor to the ceiling had a brace on it. One of those ‘old building surprises’

Kerwin and Skip felt that David Beattie had to be brought in to assess the problem. David made a suggestion and will have to draw a new diagram. Kerwin is still waiting for this to show how they could do it without too much additional cost

Kerwin is going to go the plumbing and cannot do that till the `roughing in“ work is completed.
So things are in a bit of a hold, but how fortunate the Association is for the professionalism of our contractor, and the expertise of Kerwin and David, so generously volunteered to boost this project to completion.

More to follow as more becomes know, but the accessible washroom and ramp will get done.

Renovations

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:47:03 +0000

Work is progressing quickly on the renovations at the hall. Click here to see what’s happening.

How are we looking?

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:26:20 +0000

Exterior Painting Almost Complete
Seabord Painting has only one small portion of the western wall remaining to finish up with the final coat of heritage colour. Completing this small portion will conclude this phase of the exterior paint project. Made possible with grants from the Muncipality of Cumberland County, generous donations from supporters of The Hall and hours of volunteer effort, planning is now under way to get estimates to complete the exterior painting of the rear and eastern side of the building.

Just compare the photo from 11 months ago to now. The efforts by all have made a significant change to the exterior of The Hall, making it a structure of which the community can once again be proud.

Next step?
Construction of a main floor accessible washroom, access ramp and two handicapped reserved parking spaces in the parking lot (for performance and event occasions) set to begin after the Thanksgiving weekend.

Also coming up in the near future: phase one of a new integrated sound system in the control booth with ceiling mounted speakers, completion of minor repairs to window and the roof of the Annex, acquisition of a modern professional podium to enhance presentations in the Bernie Burke Auditorium, acquistion of a new popcorn maker, replacement of the hot water heater with an energy efficient ‘on demand’ hot water system which will serve all hot water needs and changes to the interior plumbing to reduce the heat loss from old piping.

Anyone interested in participating or helping in any way in this exciting long term project to revitalize The Hall can become members by contacting member@thehall.ca; admin@thehall.ca; or call (902) 254 3674. Membership is still only $10 annually.

Fundraising – Subscription rebate

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:04:58 +0000

The Shoreline Journal is helping The Hall. For every $23 subscription we sell on their behalf a $6 contribution comes back to us, bringing The Hall one step closer to achieving it’s vision of a Centre for Culture and Well Being. Please click Fundraising to find out more.

Durants Bottle Exchange Support

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:36:55 +0000

If you return your returnable bottles to Durant’s Recycling on Hwy. 1 in New Prospect you can donate your return to The Hall. All funds donated through this will go to maintaining the hall and the program for continuing improvements.

Thanks to the Durants!

post and beam

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:38:43 +0000

Here is a good example of the craftsmanship that went into the building of the annex section of the building. These pins secured two sections of sill timber together in a lap joint. We still don’t have a construction date of the annex. If anyone can help with the dating please let us know. This deteriorated timber was rescued from the repair debris during the replacement procedure for rotting sill sections where the annex and main hall join.

reno’s underway

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:44:41 +0000

Have a look at the Renovation page to see what’s happening.