Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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8 September 2010
15:1669340DDC Information
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
COMES TO THE BIG SCREEN IN DOVER
An evening of musical celebrations comes to Dover this Saturday (11 September) - as the Last Night of the Proms from the Royal Albert Hall returns to the Big Screen in Dover Market Square and is shown live from 7pm to 10.30pm. Everyone is invited to come along to enjoy the fun and spirit of the evening, and song sheets will be handed out on the night - but remember that all Big Screen events are no alcohol events.
This follows the success of the Cultural Olympiad celebrations on 24/25 July, when Mamma Mia! and Cool Runnings were shown, and film music was performed by the Railway Swing Band.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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8 September 2010
21:2969390that is if they don't turn off the lights and screen to save electricity!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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8 September 2010
21:3769391you're on form tonight alex, i think the bigger problem will be how cold it is on saturday night.
it will seem alright at first but standing still for more than 3 hours tends to bring the body temperature down.
i wonder if the great and good of dover will be in their own pen as they were last year?
9 September 2010
15:5569517The option, then, is to swing and bounce with the music! Shame about the no booze rule - a nice glass of something fizzy would have gone down well.
PS - keep them in the pen, Howard - it's safer...............
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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9 September 2010
17:2669528My guess is that thee will be a great pourdown. It might suddenly start raining cats and dogs.
People will flood into the coffee shops, and dish out some money for hot food and drink, leaving the open-air opera to sing to the birds!
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9 September 2010
17:4069531Hope you enjoy the evening. I'm not going to be "dry" and penned in. At home with my bottle or two.
Watty
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9 September 2010
17:4069532Hope you enjoy the evening. I'm not going to be "dry" and penned in. At home with my bottle or two.
Watty
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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9 September 2010
17:4269533alex
should your prediction come true, i doubt that many coffee houses will be open to serve the hardy.
Jan Higgins
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9 September 2010
18:2969543I am going to be at home very much like Paul. Last night of the Proms on my TV with my feet up and with a couple of drinks, much more comfortable.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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10 September 2010
21:2069862watched a promenade concert tonight on one of those new fangled television things.
excellent stuff, there was a jewish chap called monty verdy singing in various voices, male and female and done it with con summate ease.
i think he did well because a heckler kept waving a stick in his face.
i got to wondering that once bobby g has gone, maybe we could have a similar thing on our promenade.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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10 September 2010
22:1769875It looks as though Paul Watkins may have a bit of a headache the morning after, what with downing four bottles of wine, must be a good vintage
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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10 September 2010
22:2069877paul is much like yourself mr barry, has a fine cellar that befits the discerning palate.
if he runs out he simply goes down the offy for a gallon of paraguayan claret.
Guest 695- Registered: 30 Mar 2010
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11 September 2010
22:1470021At 9.45pm absolutely nobody about in the Market Square to watch the Proms.
Without publicity and other attractions to keep people interested there's no way this will ever work in my opinion. Yet another opportunity missed of attracting tourism in to the town.
Obviously the weather doesn't help but, just a little marketing idea, poncho's given away at the Chelsea Flower Show do work - all sponsored by business.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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12 September 2010
06:5370032You beat me to it Tony. When we left Blakes about 8.30 ish, I looked at the Square and couldn't see anyone.
Obviously the weather doesn't help at all and with HD on TVs now and the size the screens and the sound systems most modern TVs have, it's not surprising people will either pop out for a drink and come back to watch the end of it (we did, with a chinese and a glass of wine) - nice end to the evening, or just stay in.
Warm balmy evenings, open cafe's and restaurants around the Square and a different mentality for most Friday and Saturday drinkers.
Roger
Keith Sansum1
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12 September 2010
06:5870034I think you have to keep at it and provide this cheap fom of entertanment and find out what it people want to see on there big screen.
local cafe'setc will only open if the business is there, as people have said no one turned out, so hardly worth opening.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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12 September 2010
07:0370036But it can be a catch 22 situation Keith.
The cafes won't open unless more people are there; people won't go there if there's no where to buy a coffee or whatever; it'll take a brave man (or woman) to open a Market Square cafe in the evening, but they may end up very successful for being brave - they'd only have to try it once or twice to find out.
Roger
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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12 September 2010
07:0770039Catch 22 yep, I do wonder if anyone would use the cafe?
thats the problem its the cosyt involved to do so.
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12 September 2010
10:3670064It has to start somewhere - and anyway, that's what entrepreneurial stuff is about, taking a risk and seeing the bigger picture, planning for the long term as well as the short term gains. A bit of guts and swagger is what we need!!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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12 September 2010
17:1270130Couln't agree more Bern; perhaps Ian who owns Dickens might be brave one day.
Roger
12 September 2010
17:3970136I think some communication and co-ordination wouldn't go amiss either. Notifying the relevant businesses of the programme of events for the year gives them the chance to plan resource etc., and make sure their insurance covers them for the extra hours (which may be a disincentivising cost of course).
DDC has an Events Committee who laud it over all the voluntary groups trynig to do stuff for Dover, ansdd surely part of their job should be to co-ordinate the year's activitiesd to maximise the benefit to the town.
For example, it's not difficult to find out when there are two/three cruise ships scheduled to be in port at the same time, and, maybe tie the Carnival and a Market Square concert and Pencester Fair together. Also, do the same for Regatta weekend, tie that in with other events such as opening The Grand Shaft or Roman paintd House or something like that at the same time to take advantage of the numbers of people out and about.
It's also not rocket science to pull these things together and then bring in the marketeers to tell the world what is happening. It just requires a bit of passion and a bit of effort.