Hartpury Drama Group Newsletter, April 2023.

Secretary : Angela,. Chairman : Dave P,. Treasurer : Ron F,. Committee : Kevin B, Mike C, Richard K, Sue K, Steve J.

Angela Gaskell, Secretary:
email: hartpurydramagroup1973@gmail.com
Address: Nettlecomb House, Highleadon GL18 1HH
Mobile number: 07807 130901

Dear Thesps,

Mother Goose:

Tickets available (limited) for Saturday evening’s performance and Thursday evening.
Box Office: susanknox@btinternet.com

Scenes from behind the scenes:

A wonderful card and letter from one of our HDG supporters, Margaret L. Thank you, Margaret,
from all of the cast and crew of Mother Goose!

Social Supper night out 23 March:

We had a wonderfully enjoyable Social Supper evening out at The Swan Hub, as evidenced above.
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Hartpury Drama Group’s upcoming Social Events

Social Evening:

There is to be another social evening out at the end of April. Mike J, our Social Evening 
selector, will be booking The Royal Exchange. Contact the Secretary if you wish to join us at hartpurydramagroup1973@gmail.com 

Firmed-up date details to follow.

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Safari Supper: Date planned Saturday, 17th June:

Apéritif provided by Trish and Frank G
Starter course provided by Dave and Lynda P
Mains provided by Mo and Den G - assisted by Anne N and Liz N
Puddings  and cheeses provided by Steve and Chrissy J

If you wish to assist with any of these courses please get in touch with the Secretary or
any member of the Committee

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AGM, and BBQ

BYO drinks and fold-away picnic chairs.
There will be entertainment provided*

The date planned: Saturday, 2nd September. 
Steve and Chrissy J, once again are to host the event. 

Dave invites anyone wishing to entertain* the members with a short entertainment 
routine: sing your favourite song; recite a poem; or perform a comedy sketch.
Please contact the Secretary with your proposal, asap. hartpurydramagroup1973@gmail.com

(There will be no requirement to learn lines if you want to have a role in a provided comedy
sketch as the scripts are designed to be read.)

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Autumn Production 
Trish G is to direct our HDG autumn 2023 (November 24/25th 2023), with Sue F assisting.

Forthcoming HDG Murder Mystery Dinner Production 
Audition date TBA.

Poem to keep you going.
Bliss!?

We met and married at 16 - a long time ago,
I’d a job down coalpit with Mr Scargill & Co.
No telly; rusty tin bath; times they were hard;
Cold water; dolly-tub mangle; loo in the yard. 

We’d charabanc holidays; red lino on floors, 
Donkey-stoned steps; left-open, front doors.
Our nippers were safe to play out in the park,
Our teenagers were okay; off-out in the dark.

Wages in brown envelopes, £sd not decimal–
We’d atone our sins at Saturday confessional.
Plenty of kids - practising Catholics back then;
We’d eat beef-dripping us working-class men.

No graffiti, no muggings (we had nowt to rob),
‘Appy with a shilling; even ‘appier with ten-bob.
People felt camaraderie in the ‘good ole days’,
Hard-working honest men - in so many ways. 

Milkmen and postmen would whistle and sing;
Going to flicks with a girl was quite a mad fling.
She’d get into ‘trouble’- it always caused strife:
As ‘shotgun weddings’ were a grim start to life!
Gaskell, A.

Cheers,
Angie

Angela Gaskell (HDG   Secretary).