Booking Heritage Hall
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- Published on Saturday, 03 March 2012 16:17
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Regular Users
Local Organisations wishing to use the Heritage Hall on a regular basis should write, or e-mail stating the day(s) and time(s) you would like to book. If you are considering a long-term let we would ask your organisation to nominate a key-holder, over 18, who will be fully responsible for the Hall during your use. We would ask that this nominated person makes sure that lights and heaters in the hall are switched off before you leave and that the building is properly secured on departure.
Particular Dates
If you are making an individual booking, perhaps for only one or two evenings, please call and we can check the Hall Diary for you to see if your date is available. You can call 732701 to speak to John. If you are leaving a message on Centre answering machine (739739) please be sure to leave your contact name and number.
Rules
- We hope that you will enjoy the use of the Hall- it is for the use of all the community- so please leave it at you would hope to find it on your next visit.
- Please make sure that any activities in the Hall are properly supervised at all times.
- The Hall is not suitable for indoor games of football, cycling, skate-boarding – so please don’t!
- Likewise smoking, gambling, alcohol (or any other anti-social habits you may have) will not be looked on favourably.
- Please try to look after the fixtures and fittings. W e know they are not much- but they are all we have for the moment. Your donations will help to refurbish and replace equipment for your use and for others. So, if you break a cup – bring us a new one on your next visit!
- There is a book in the kitchen area for you to note any faults or comments- light bulbs needed, no loo paper, no water etc. We will try to rectify any problems as soon as possible- if you let us know about them.
- We will require a deposit of £5 for key-holders (this will be refunded when you return the key at the end of your let). Replacement, or lost, keys will have to be charged for.
Heritage Hall History
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- Published on Saturday, 03 March 2012 16:07
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St Peter's Heritage Hall, formerly the church hall for St Peter's Parish Church, sits on part of the Glebe land near the River Dee.
Sheena Wellington 2011
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- Published on Saturday, 03 March 2012 15:43
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PETERCULTER Heritage Trust will create an historic moment of its own on Friday, June 17 2011, when the woman who sang at the inaugural opening of the Scottish Parliament gives a concert at the Heritage Hall to help commemorate the closure of Culter Mills thirty years ago.
Sheena Wellington, one of Scotland's leading traditional singers, secured her own place in Scottish history when she was sang 'A Man's a Man for a' That' at the opening, in 1999, of the firs Scottish Parliament for over 291 years. No-one who heard Sheena's eloquent and moving performance of the famous Burns song in Edinburgh that day could have failed to feel a burst of pride in being part of the Scottish heritage, whether by birth or adoption.
A passionate advocate of traditional music, Sheena has played a leading role in the fight for recognition, status and improved funding for Scottish traditional arts. The honours and accolades she has received are too numerous to mention, but include Doctorates from St Andrews and Dundee Universities, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Patron of the Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland (TMSA), in 2009 Sheena was installed in the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, joining luminaries such as Aly Bain, Jimmy Shand, the Corries and Sheila Stewart.
But it is as a singer of Scottish songs from Burns, to the ballads to contemporary song writing, that we will be meeting Sheena in June. A good friend and one of my own early influences as a traditional singer, she is a fine, 'nae nonsense' sort of woman, humorous, down-to-earth and simple in her approach to song despite the huge respect she now commands as one of the leading exponents of Scottish traditional culture. Coming from a family of weavers in Dundee (we'll have to take her for a walk down the Shoddy road!), I'm sure that in amongst her repertoire that night there will be many songs, both serious and humorous, which folk can relate to Culter's by-gone days as a mill village.
Other local musicians will be supporting Sheena during the concert, and in order to help raise funds for the Heritage Trust she is performing at a huge discount to her usual fees. This is an event not to be missed so make sure and come early to get a seat - tickets cost £10 and the concert starts at 7.30pm.