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 Continue Reading »
The February Film line up is posted on the Film page. Looks good.
By the way The Hall is warm and cozy on a winter’s night.
The Hall has received a grant from the RRFB (Resource Recovery Fund Board) to install a recycling collection centre for patron usage. This moves the hall along it’s planned path toward becoming a green facility and helps the volunteer staff more easily do it’s job. The sorters have a garbage section, refundables section and paper section. The board of directors is very appreciative to RRFB for assisting in the purchase of above. Thanks also to Councillor Lisa Ward Continue Reading »
Host – Rob Bentley
MC – Frank Hartman
Mark your calendar! Tune up your instruments! Open Mic returns to The Hall on Friday, Feb 17th at 7:00 pm An evening of fabulous variety entertainment!
Admission is again by Donation only. Great music, 50/50 draw, nightly door prize. Call Rob Bentley for details 254 4669 or simply drop in and sign up to perform!
Click here to go to the Open Mic for pictures and more info!
Michael Fuller goes over the lighting cues with Alex Odlin during the tech rehearsal on Sunday evening.
Monday evening was the first public exhibition of the new lighting system at The Hall. The system was acquired almost totally through the efforts of Michael Fuller who, through his extensive contacts in the theatre community was able to locate some incredible bargains on equipment purchases and through a fund raising campaign with the members and friends of The Hall. Then with the assistance of Rob Bentley and Kerwin Davison, he spent hours rigging the gear into place. If that were not enough Continue Reading »
The final touches were put on the steps and ramp today making The Hall finally accessible to all. This project has been one of the principal goals of the Board of the Band Association over the past two years and seeing it come to fruition is cause for huge celebration.
Within hours of its completion, the ramp was put to good use for the Christmas concert, permitting three residents of Parrsboro who might otherwise not have been able, to attend the concert. We will be adding two reserved parking spaces in the driveway beside the ramp in the near future, which will permit at least two vehicles for those with disabilities to Continue Reading »
The Annual Citizens’ Band Concert on Monday 19 December was played before the largest audience for a concert in recent memory. Over 100 residents of the town and surrounding area gathered at The Hall to celebrate Christmas in music.
The concert opened with the revitalized Parrsboro Junior Band playing, including two pieces they had seen only two weeks prior to the concert.
This was also the first time the new lighting system had been used in a ‘performance’ setting and Alex Odlin Continue Reading »
The Urgent Fundraising Campaign for a new Lighting System for The Hall is just wrapping up with wonderful results. For more info.. Click Here
Saturday , Nov 26 – 7pm
There’s going to be a sizzling concert on Saturday night when Eileen Joyce takes to the stage. Eileen has been singing the blues for a long time and Saturday night she sings the blues in Parrsboro She’s been nominated for an ECMA.
$15 at the door.
The Band Association has been notified by Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations that it has been granted funds of $5700, or 66% of the project costs, to proceed with the accessible washroom and ramp for The Hall. This is huge news for the Association. This means that The Access for All at The Hall project, which we have tried now twice to fund through participation in the Aviva competition, will be able to proceed.
Construction will begin this Continue Reading »
