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The Parade left top of Prestatyn High Street at 12pm midday on Saturday, 18th July 2009 and was led by the impressive Prestatyn ATC band. It was wonderful to see so many people out supporting the Carnival and fortunately this year, it didn't rain on Prestatyn's Parade!

You can find many more images from this year's Carnival Parade in our fantastic new Gallery, where registered forum members can add comments, rate the images, view them as slideshows, share and send images as E-Cards.

The Friends of the Scala would like to thank the Prestatyn Carnival organisers and everybody involved for their hard work and community spirit!]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:20:25 +0000 http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10079-2009-prestatyn-carnival/ http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10077-scalas-history-book/
Fred has put a tremendous amount of hours writing and researching the Scala and its past. He will be at the Scala from 11 am today with the Friends selling and signing his book.

The limited edition books are on sale for 5.99 pop down and get one to enjoy and a keepsake of the old Scala.]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:22:41 +0000 http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10077-scalas-history-book/ http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10076-time-capsule-in-cinema-milestone-celebration/
A special time capsule will be buried to commemorate the opening of the Scala Cinema and Arts Centre in Prestatyn, the first independent all-digital film cinema in Wales.

Pupils from schools in the Prestatyn area will place items of interest to them in the time capsule, which will then be buried in the grounds of the venue's courtyard. The schools are: Ysgol y Llys, Ysgol Penmorfa, Ysgol Melyd, Bodnant Infants and Juniors, Ysgol Clawdd Offa, Ysgol Tir Morfa and Prestatyn High School.

The time capsule will be buried on Thursday, April 23 at 10.45am. Councillor Joan Butterfield, the Vice Chair of Denbighshire County Council, and Councillor Anne Horobin, Mayor of Prestatyn will join in the celebrations and a commemorative plaque will be erected to mark the occasion.

Councillor Rhiannon Hughes, Chair of the Scala Trustees Board, said: "We are delighted that local schools are getting involved in this initiative and we look forward to seeing what kind of imaginative and interesting things they would like to see buried relating to modern life in 2009. We will also be including copies of local newspapers in the capsule.

Chris Bond, General Manager of the Scala, said: “This is the latest milestone in the development of the Scala and plans are being progressed to officially open the building in June.”

The £3.5 million redevelopment of the Scala now includes two cinemas, performance space, café bar and meeting rooms. It has been funded by Denbighshire County Council, Welsh Assembly Government, Prestatyn Town Council, the Foundation for Sport and Art, the Arts Council for Wales and the UK Film Council.

Source: Dcc website]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:45:02 +0000 http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10076-time-capsule-in-cinema-milestone-celebration/ http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10075-friends-of-the-scala-aprils-meeting-09/ I apologise for the confusion the meeting will still take place at Ty Pendre (top of the high street next to the cross foxes)
Thank you.]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:13:33 +0000 http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10075-friends-of-the-scala-aprils-meeting-09/ http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10074-friends-of-the-scala/
Up to date we have received a massive 485.00 pounds towards the cost of publication and the donations are still coming in, the cost of publication is large but Friends of the Scala think this is a worthy cause and marks the great cinemas past and fight to be rebuilt in history.

Anyone wishing to purchase books when publication is complete will be able to do so from varied locations to be advertised when full details have been finalised.

Friends of the scala are still asking for anyone wishing to make a donation towards the book of group funds to come forward there are a number of ways in which you can do this Cheques can be sent to:

Sandra Pitt (Chair)
Friends of the Scala
301 Victoria Road
Prestatyn
Denbighshire
LL19 7UT

Cash can be donated and handed to the treasurer Melanie Pitt at any of our public meetings or fundraising events or the fast and easy method of donating on line using Friends of the Scala's safe paypal service.

To do this go to our main website pages www.prestatyn-scala.info, click the donations page at the top of the home page, and click the yellow paypal donate button, this will take you to paypals secure pages to donate online.

A huge thank you once again for all the help and dedication from the people of Prestatyn and surrounding areas who have supported us throughout the years to get this wonderful new building up and running again.]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:10:47 +0000 http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10074-friends-of-the-scala/ http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10068-share-your-memories-of-the-scala/

Chris said: "Now that we have the new centre we do not want to forget what has happened in Prestatyn over the last 100 years. We are applying for funding to establish a permanent exhibition of the history of Cinema and the Arts in Prestatyn and are asking residents to record all their memories and experiences and bring them into the Cinema. We would also welcome items of memorabilia and photographs which could form part of the exhibition".

Sandra Pitt, who has been Chair of the Friends over the last 8 years and is a member of the Trust set up to run the Scala said: "We now have a wonderful new building and feel very strongly that people who visit the building should also have an opportunity to find out about its glorious past. We are also hoping that a book recording the history of the Scala will soon be published."

Anyone wanting to share their memories should contact Chris Bond, Centre Manager on 01745 850197.

From a news release issued by DCC on behalf of the Scala Trust, Prestatyn.]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:07:56 +0000 http://www.prestatyn-scala.info/forums/index.php?/topic/10068-share-your-memories-of-the-scala/