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Mountmellick Arts Centre Seat Dedication

UPDATE- JULY 25TH
Thank you so much to everyone who donated both online and in person. I have now stopped taking donations as we have reached our target. You are all so amazing. Thank you for making this mad dream, a reality.
All the best,
Cathy Bishop


Terry Prachett once said “The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.”

So, our beloved cinema. Those of you of certain vintage (and I include myself amongst you) know that you didn't have to meet under Cleary's Clock for a date. A date in the cinema was where many love stories began………..in fact, some even ended here!!

You know this place holds many memories for us all. For me, I grew up in its shadow. It was part of the streetscape I called home. It is undergoing major renovation at the moment, thanks to funding by the Department of Rural and Community Development and Laois County Council under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and some matching funding from the Arts Centre. As a result, works like new flooring, internal and external painting, fire and security system installation are all taking place. You don’t need me to tell you the trojan work of the Community Arts Centre Committee and the local Community Employment Scheme, based in Mountmellick and funded by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, which has made all of this a reality.  They have worked together to make the funding stretch to ensure this building will be here as a centre of entertainment in the midlands for future generations. Who knows? Maybe they will make memories here too.

With the permission of the Committee, I've come up with this fundraising idea. It's a  way of saying thanks to this building, a sort of gesture to show our pride and gratitude and in the process,  create a small pool of funds to ease the road into the future when the doors are reopened. 

I am sure so many of you feel the same. My plan is like this: the 450 seats will be going back in over the next week or so. If you would like to associate your name, or the name of a loved family member who has passed on who may have spent time in here at the flicks, then you can do that.

A map of the seating area will be created by a graphic artist. Your designated name relating to your associated seat will be added to the map and the complete map will be framed and displayed here forever. You will get a personalised certificate to memoralise this association for posterity. The cost of associating the name with a seat is €50.  I've set the goal here of €5,000 just to get started as not everyone is on social media or platforms such as this.

If I manage to convince 450 of you, we as a community can raise €22,500 to present to arts centre committee to light the way for their path into the future. Much like the torchmen of old!


Com’ on everybody, let’s shine that torch for our old cinema!!

Donations 

  • Anita Furlong Storey
    • €50 
    • 5 yrs

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Cathy Bishop
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