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TIME
TO UNDERWRITE SUCCESS!
New Mills Festival has definitely come of age.
Last year more people than ever flocked to the largest programme
of events on offer since the Festival’s beginnings in the 1990s.
With Arts, Music, Science and entertainment for all the Family,
the second and third weeks of September each year are set aside
for wall-to-wall enjoyment.
Plans are already underway for an even more
ambitious programme in 2001. The Town Council will again be
lending its support to one of the Headline events – word is
circulating that this might be a booking for the legendary George
Melly.
One date that is firmly fixed is for a repeat
on the final Saturday of the hugely popular Lantern-light procession
across the Millennium Walkway and through the New Mills historic
Torrs.
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HAS YOUR BUSINESS
PLEDGED ITS SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY?
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Planning ahead with
confidence
With expenses now escalating above £7,000, organising the Festival
is no small financial undertaking! A very cash-conscious Committee
turned round last year’s wide-ranging programme with a small
surplus to carry forward into 2001 – prudence of which The Chancellor
would no doubt approve! However, that was in part thanks to
a substantial grant from the “Millennium Festivals for All Lottery
Fund” and to generous sponsorship from a local company, Dilworth
and Morris, who have unstintingly underwritten part of the Festival
for the past four years. Also for Festival 2000, another local
firm, Hyperlast, came on board to sponsor the Phil Spellacy
Circus Puppets. The Committee and the local Community are grateful
for these expressions of support. Without them the Festival
cannot meet its ambitious plans.
• It is not possible to promote all events in the expectation
that they will pay their way.
• Quality artists cannot be attracted at the rates financed
by door takings.
• Outdoor activities are prone to become financial victims of
our weather!
WOULD YOUR
BUSINESS CONSIDER SPONSORING THE FESTIVAL?
How to become a sponsor
So as to guarantee the growth and development of the Festival,
the Committee is seeking to extend the number of its Sponsors.
If your Business wants to demonstrate a commitment to the Community,
then sign up for Festival 2001. Only you can determine the size
of your sponsorship. As a guide, events last year cost anything
from £20.00 to £2,000.00 to promote, before receipts and takings.
The Committee will be pleased to acknowledge the names of all
Sponsors on its publicity materials. Requests for sponsorship
to be attached to a specific event can be negotiated once the
programme for September is finalised. With assurance of sponsorship
income, one area that will undoubtedly benefit will be publicity.
Information about the Festival appears in the Press, on the
www.newmills.org website and enters every household ready for
September. Supported by you, New Mills Festival 2001 will be
the greatest yet!
INVEST
NOW FOR GROWTH IN SEPTEMBER!
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If you would like to give financial support
to New Mills Festival 2001 please fill out a Sponsorship
Pledge Form:
Philip Kendall
(Treasurer), The Grange, Spring Bank, New Mills, High Peak SK22
4BH,
Tel 01663 746074, Email festival@newmillsweb.com
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