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The e news letter of the Patrons of Queen’s Hall – April 2008

2008 Directors were elected at the Annual General Meeting held on the 17th March, 2008 at the Queen’s Hall Lobby.

Ms Marlene Goddard, Chairman
Mr. Martin Farrell, Vice Chairman
Ms. Maritza Hee Houng, Hon. Secretary
Mr. Lloyd Skerritt, Hon. Treasurer
Directors: Alice Borrell, Noble Douglas, Deborah de la Rosa, Phillipa Forde, Laura Franklin, Merle Latchman, Linda Mentor, June Nathaniel, Octavia Noel, Gillian Seecharan Scott, Anthony Whitehall
Secretariat: Margaret Walcott, Shirley Kelsick

UWI Singers of Mona Jamaica come to Queen’s Hall
“From Beethoven to BUJU”

The internationally acclaimed group are celebrating their 50th Anniversary with a Caribbean Tour. They will be performing at Queen’s Hall on Friday 11th April and Saturday 12th April. They present an extensive repertoire, a special feature is original music of the Caribbean composers. The music director is Noel Dexter and Prof the Hon. Rex Nettleford is the artistic director
Tickets are on sale at the Queen’s Hall Box Office at $100, Patrons of Queen’s Hall get a 10% discount.

A concert of Festival Champions
The Marionettes Chorale are presenting their festival winners in a recital at the Queen’s Hall on Sunday 13th April at 5 pm. On stage will be:
Marlon De Bique, Tahirah Osborne, Justin Salloum, John Thomas, germaine Wilson, Turon Roberts-Nicholas, Arnold Ransome, Sacred Heart Girls’ School, Presentation College, Key Academy and others.
Tickets are available from the Queen’s Hall Box Office and from members of the choir.
Admission $100 open seating. Patrons of Queen’s Hall enjoy a 10% discount.

We will miss Our Fruit Lady

For twenty years Queen’s Hall staff depended on Fruit lady, her husband who died 9 years ago and her sons Ravi and Rakesh for that healthy snack and ole talk in the middle of the morning. How can we express to her sons, who were children of Queen’s Hall, our sorrow at her death and their sister and the very painful experience they had to undergo. “Time will heal” seems very weak and hollow at this time but we want them to know that if there is any way we can help we, their Queen’s Hall friends, are there for them.

Queen's Hall, The grande dame of the theatre in Trinidad, is a state facility built in 1959 through the efforts of the music community and partially funded by the Government of Trinidad & Tobago.

The Queen's Hall, St. Anns, Trinidad

Designed by architect Colin Laird, it is a multi purpose facility to accommodate theatrical presentations and various community activities. The nation's talented artists have performed on her stage. The Hall is centrally located in Port of Spain the capital of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago on 3 1/2 acres of land.. Its eminent neighbours are the President on one side and the Prime Minister on the other. The Hall is available to organisations and individuals at a reasonable rental fee.

HISTORY

Queen's Hall is a state facility build in 1959 through the efforts of the music community led by Mrs May Johnstone, a music teacher and partially funded by the Government of Trinidad & Tobago. It is designed as a multi purpose facility to accommodate theatrical presentations and various community activities including sport.

The Hall is located on 3 ½ acres of land in St. Ann's. Its eminent neighbours are the President's House on one side and the Prime Minister's residence on the other.

Queen's Hall was incorporated by an Act of Parliament (No 20 of 1969 and amended by Act No 12 of 1986). The Hall is administered by a Board of Management that is appointed by the Minister responsible for Culture. There is a small administrative and technical staff. It receives a annual subvention from Government which meet approximately 2/3 of its recurrent expenses the other third met from rentals of the facility and its equipment.

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HISTORY