Orange Town Hall Curtain Restoration

Orange Town Hall Curtain Restoration The curtain Restoration is complete! Now we are raising $40,000 for stage lighting. Send contributi

07/01/2021

Orange Town Hall Restoration Committee is seeking funds to install stage lighting in the Ruth B Smith Auditorium. We have plans for several stages of lighting, but would really like to raise about $40,000 to do it all! Send donations to the town of 0range, 6 Prospect Street orange MA 01364, with lighting in the memo line. You may also go to the town website and donate there. Thanks I’m advance!

09/21/2020

Town hall curtain has been restored but now we are collecting for stage lighting so that we can SEE its beauty. Please send contributions to town of Orange,6 Prospect St, Orange MA, 01364. Put “ lighting” on memo line.

09/03/2020

Donations are trickling in for the lighting fund. We have a beautiful hall, and a wonderfully restored grand drape. Now we need lights so the stage is usable! Please donate to THRC c/o town of Orange, 6 prospect St, Orange MA 01364. Put “lighting”on memo line

02/04/2020

Dear Friends of the Orange Town Hall Restoration Efforts,
A lot has happened since last summer when we asked for help to restore the Town Of Orange's beautiful 1912 Grand Drape depicting the Concord Minuteman Statue. In three months we raised $12,000 for restoration by Curtains Without Borders. The Restoration is complete, the curtain is hung, and it has even been the backdrop for the Community Chorus Concert. However, it is very hard to see the curtain, or anything else on stage, because there is virtually no lighting for the stage.
We have sought estimates for stage lighting to include basic production quality, state of the art lighting. We also may consider adding to the basic audio system now available for town meetings, etc.
In any event, we need more money to complete work on the stage to make it fully functional. The bids in hand rage from $35,000 upwards , and we have decided to aim for $40,000 in our fundraising efforts.
The curtain is looking wonderful, and we are anxiously awaiting lighting to show it off to best advantage. The Ruth B. Smith Auditorium is such a beautiful performance hall. We want to bring it back to full functionality to compliment the performers who will be using the space.
Please consider helping out the Orange Town Hall Restoration Committee with a tax-deductible donation sent and payable to Town Of Orange, 6 Prospect Street, Orange, MA 01364, with Stage Lighting in the memo line. Donations are also accepted on the Town Of Orange website. Go to townoforange.org click on epayments then Town Hall Restoration and write "Lights" in the memo.
Thank you for your ongoing financial support of the Orange Town Hall Restoration.
Members of the Town Hall Restoration Committee
Maureen Riendeau Pamela Smith William Johnson Linda Temple
Deborah Kent Pennie Smith Denise Andrews

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Enclosed please find my donation of ______________ toward the Orange Town Hall Restoration Fund. I understand that if the for lighting is reached, any extra funds received will go toward the general Town Hall Restoration Fund.
Name: __________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________
City and Zip: _____________________________________________________
Make checks payable to Town of Orange, with Stage Lighting in memo line.

10/31/2019

Come join us at the unveiling of the restored curtain on Saturday , November 9 at 2:00 pm in the Ruth B Smith Auditorium in Orange Town Hall. Music, refreshments, and the story of the restoration.

08/06/2019

The Minuteman Curtain has been restored and hung, and a dedication celebration is being planned. The next phase of Town Hall Restoration will be to raise enough money to install the rudiments of a good stage lighting system. We are seeking estimates and planning to start active fundraising soon. Early donations may be sent to the Town of Orange, 6 Prospect Street, with Lighting” in the memo line

04/18/2019

Well, time for the next part of the project! We are looking at bids, and guess it will take around $60,000 to get stage lights and a minimal hall sound system installed. Send your donations to Town Of Orange, 6 Prospect Street, Orange, MA 01364, with "Town Hall Lights and Sound in memo line. Thank you. Letters will be going out in the next month, but we will take donations anytime!!

03/22/2019

Dear Friends of the Orange Town Hall Restoration Efforts,
A lot has happened since last summer when we asked for help to restore the Town Of Orange's beautiful 1912 Grand Drape depicting the Concord Minuteman Statue. In three months we raised the $5,500 needed to complete the restoration by Curtains Without Borders. We also raised $2000 to cover the estimated cost of rigging it. Since then we discovered that in order to hang the restored curtain, we need to move the existing fly curtains to other pipes, purchase additional pipes and rigging material, and find a licensed professional to perform the work. We needed to have a structural engineer give us a report before proceeding. We do have the funds for hanging the curtain, but not for the additional curtain work which should be done at the same time. We are moving ahead with additional estimates for lighting and rigging, and hope to have firm estimates soon.
The next step now is to raise the money needed to install stage lighting. We are asking for estimates in three steps: One to cover very basic lighting for general stage usage; one for production quality lighting to be used for other projects; and one for "state-or the art stage lighting." We also need a sound system, and it may be more efficient to combine bids for lights and sound.
In any event, we need more money to complete work on the stage to make it fully functional.
The curtain is looking wonderful, and we are anxiously awaiting lighting to show it off to best advantage. The auditorium is such a beautiful performance hall. We want to bring it back to full functionality with lights and sound systems to compliment the performers who will be using the space.
Please consider helping out the Town of Orange and the Town Hall Restoration Committee with a tax-deductible donation sent to Town Of Orange, 6 Prospect Street, Orange, MA 01364, with [Stage Lighting and Sound] in the memo line. Donations are also accepted on the Town Of Orange website. Go to townoforange.org click on epayments then Town Hall Restoration and write Stage Lighting in the memo.
Thank you for your ongoing financial support of the Orange Town Hall Restoration.
Members of the Town Hall Restoration Committee
Maureen Riendeau Pamela Smith William Johnson Linda Temple
Deborah Kent Pennie Smith Denise Andrews

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Enclosed please find my donation of ______________ toward the Orange Town Hall Curtain Restoration Fund. I understand that if the for lighting is reached, any extra funds received will go toward the general Town Hall Restoration Fund, including sound systems.
Name: __________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________
City and Zip: _____________________________________________________
Make checks payable to Town of Orange, with Stage Lighting in memo line.

12/16/2018

At the last Town Hall Restoration meeting we voted to begin the next phase of fundraising in January. We will need lots of money for lighting. Waiting for estimates now. Donations still go to Town of Orange, 6 Prospect St Orange, 01331. Put curtain or lighting in memo line. Thank you in advance!’

Work is well begun. The rigger will come back to hang the curtain and rearrange the stage curtains as soon as contracts ...
11/16/2018

Work is well begun. The rigger will come back to hang the curtain and rearrange the stage curtains as soon as contracts are okayed. Dedication of the restored curtain will be planned at next committee meeting. Town of Orange is still accepting contributions with “curtain” in the memo line. Lighting will soon follow.

09/28/2018

Checks may still be sent to town of Orange, 6 Prospect St Orange MA 01364 with curtain in the memo line. We still have a long way to go before the auditorium is back to its former glory. Stage lighting is one of the next priorities, so we can see that beautiful curtain in all its glory!

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