PRE EXHIBITION MEMBERS MEETING

It’s just two weeks now until we meet again for our Members’ Pre Exhibition meeting on Thursday 31st July, held as usual at Tangmere Village Centre at 7.30pm. We’re hoping to see lots of you there not just for the enjoyment of being back together again, but for some important Club business. The meeting will be the first opportunity to see the exhibition catalogue (price £1.50) – and to see which of your entries have been accepted and indeed to sneak a peek to see if you have been achieved any of the awards, which will be presented at the Preview on Friday 8^th August at the Assembly Room. The catalogue is quite a work of art and our thanks are due to Andy Dulson for the fabulous job he has made of it.

There will also be a short version of the PDI Show, with thanks to Jeff Owen for that. Every PDI submitted has been accepted and during the exhibition you’ll be able to see all of those on the TV by the refreshments so you can sit and enjoy the showing with a coffee and some cake.

All the Certificates of Merit, chosen by our judge this year, David Smith, LRPS, CPAGB,BPE1*, will be distributed at the Members’ Pre-Exhibition Meeting too and it will be good to have an enthusiastic audience to celebrate each other’s successes.

We know for those who haven’t exhibited before that arriving at the Assembly Room on Friday 8th August to set up your prints can be quite daunting. To help with that guidance notes will be published in the ‘Count Down’ post which will follow. However, please note the date and time to set up your prints: Friday 8^th August 10.00 – 11.00. You will easily be able to set up your prints and labels in this time but it will mean that you will need to be there promptly at 10.00 (not before please).We can give some key pointers at the Pre-Exhibition Meeting too.

Importantly we also need you there to take away the leaflets and posters that advertise the exhibition. You should distribute these as widely as you can – to neighbours, friends, local shops, your hairdressers and the like so we can attract as many people as we can to come along and see our wonderful showing.

Please also publicise the event on your social media – you can find a link to the flyer below if you can use that to please.

There will also be a chance to see what our programme secretary, Kevin Macknay, has in store for next season, both for our Thursday meetings, as well as the key dates for competitions and the other exhibitions.