CLPGS: AGM Weekend - Malvern 9 to 11 October

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CLPGS: AGM Weekend - Malvern 9 to 11 October

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Once again we return to Abbey Hotel in Great Malvern Worcestershire for the weekend of events and our Annual General Meeting.All are welcome and the cost for the Saturday programme including Morning Coffee, Lunch and Afternoon tea is £21.00 and for Sunday including Morning Coffee and Lunch is £25.00. Admission is free for those members just attending the Annual General Meeting. Please book with Dave Roberts at: phonographs@btinternet.com

Programme:

Friday 9th October
18:00 Wine Reception and Welcome
19:00 Dinner in the Restaurant

Saturday 10th October
10:00 Brian Oakley - "Sights and Sounds of the Gramophone Company"
Tea/coffee
11:30 Merle Gardner - "Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies"
Buffet lunch in the hotel Restaurant
14:15 Normal Field - "Grooves 'n' Furrows (Is 78 rpm Recording Extinct?)"
Tea/coffee
15:45 Dominic Combe - "The Story of the Pathé Cylinder"
19:30 Gala Dinner (Pre-booking essential)
21:30 Colin Johnson - "Looking for a Gent"

Sunday 11th October
10:00 Annual General Meeting (members only, please)followed by an open forum with questions to members of the Board.
Tea/Coffee
11:00 Grand Auction
13:15 Lunch in the Restaurant
15:00 Live concert - "Vocal Gems from Stage, Screen and Radio" by Emma Burrows and Tim Sidford
19:30 Dinner in the Restaurant
Evening - in the Worcester Suite, play your favourite records on the Society's Expert Gramophone.

It has all the hallmarks of being another great weekend in good company, I hope to see many of you there.

Tim W-W
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Always the highlight of my gramophonic year. See you there.

Roger.

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Mine too. A great weekend and not to be missed!

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If anyone has photos from the event, please post them, so we in the US can see how you do it across the pond.

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Dear Peter F.,

It was a great weekend as I'm sure anyone who attended will attest.

Yes, I will post photos of the events and the speakers in the next couple of days.

All the best

Tim W-W

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Thanks...looking forward to it.

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See Below for Pictures
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As Promised, some photos of the event. These and many others can be found on our web site http://www.clpgs.org.uk

Friday Evening 9 October
Richard Taylor Chairman of the Board making his Welcome Speech.JPG
Wine Reception Friday Evening.JPG
Saturday 10 October
Bookshop Sales Stand.JPG
Checking the auction lots against the description.JPG
Brian Oakley Training Nipper.JPG
Merle Gardener with Thomas Moore and his Irish Melodies.JPG
A Quiet Moment for Richard Taylor with the Raffle Prizes and a 100 Birthday Card for Member Thomas Round.JPG
Norman Field Hiding Behind the Projector with an image of his newly made 78 RPM Record.JPG
View of Part of the Gala Dinner Saturday Evening.JPG
Colin Johnson The After Dinner Speaker on Saturday Evening.JPG

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More Pictures......

Saturday 10 Cond...
on Saturday.JPG
Sunday 11
Auctioneer in Action During Sundays Auction.JPG
Sunday Afernoons Live concert with Emma Burrows and Tim Sidford.JPG
It Just Got Too Much for Some.jpg

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By way of a postscript, here I am (right of picture) with the most expensive of my auction purchases. As the seller was also present, we decided to record the handover for posterity :
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