Rolleston on Dove Special Events Committee

Rolleston on Dove Special Events Committee (RODSEC)

RODSEC is the successor to Rolleston's successful Millennium Committee. It is a coordinating body for village organisations and interested residents. Its aim is to provide periodic community events, to raise funds to enhance community amenities and assist in preservation of the village. The Chairman is John Phillips.

Using extracts from various reports in Rollestonian amongst other sources this section of the web site is intended to provide news of their activities.

RODSEC - Summer 2009 News
(Details extracted from article that first appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of the Rollestonian)

Reluctantly, RODSEC has been nudged into another era with the long-signalled departure of Arnold Burston and Tom Martin from the posts of Chairman and Secretary respectively. At the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 10th March a nifty piece of community engineering hoisted and then lowered into the considerable voids caused by these departures two new replacements. Delia Wyers has agreed to undertake the role of Minutes Secretary and I (John Phillips) find myself concreted into the foundations as the third chairman in the eight year history of RODSEC. It is the memory of Ann Burston, the friendship of Arn and the persuasiveness of Tom that ultimately caused me to accept this challenge. We are determined to do justice to their example and move this brilliant concept forward. Much needed stability is provided by Ron Price who continues as Vice-Chairman and Helen Barnett, who maintains control of the purse strings as our Treasurer. In a short time, RODSEC has been assimilated into the culture of the village. Its achievements are legendary and celebrated far and wide in these parts. Indeed, it would not surprise me to find our road signs replaced with new ones that read “RODSEC ON DOVE”!

Entertainment

It was still winter when the remarkable Daniel Smith Blues Band performed to a full and very appreciative audience, on the evening of Sunday 15 March. The ambience of Rolleston Club’s Function Room lends itself to this classy and intimate entertainment. The music was great and the atmosphere was superb. We intend to maintain our link with Live & Local so that we can continue to offer entertainment of this kind. Watch this space for our next booking at this excellent venue.

An interesting development is the incorporation of Sharon Harrison, of Rolleston Pre-School in RODSEC’s officer structure. We are grateful to Sharon for undertaking the role of Live & Local Secretary. The Pre-School building is in decline and needs to be replaced. If it is not replaced there are likely to be long term damaging implications for our village The Pre - School Management Committee is striving to raise funds in order to preserve this vital village amenity. Staging a Live & Local event will help with their fund-raising and ultimately benefit our community.

This is a good example of RODSEC policy in practice, with active support being given to member organisations. We know that there is real strength in numbers!

John of Rolleston Centenary Celebrations

RODSEC has voted a grant of £500.00 to the village school. We are told that this money will go towards the cost of a Theatre in Education Project. The Headteacher, Ian Bateman, writes “The donation, plus another £500.00 from FOJORPS, will allow us to run Edwardian classroom workshops without charging the children to take part”.
In addition, we have made arrangements to provide the school with Alan Partington’s and John Underhill’s impressive village model. We are also aiming to perform, for a second time, the Rolleston Guisers’ Play. This was last performed on 23 October 2005, at the Trafalgar Day celebrations.

Future Calendar

Sunday 11th October Rolleston Club
“An Audience with King Henry VIII” – Henry VIII makes his Royal Progress, touring his realm, in commemoration of the anniversary of his accession to the Throne in 1509

Sept/Oct John of Rolleston School
Live & Local event

Feb/March 2010 Rolleston Club
Live & Local Event

Concluding Comments

Through the activities of RODSEC, Tom and Arn have helped to make Rolleston a very special place to live in. In eight years, they have covered so much ground, touched so many lives and enriched our experience of community life. I am personally grateful to them. Because of them and their remarkable team I have enjoyed and learned so much. Their powerful, positive and friendly influence has made me proud to be a Rollestonian. Theirs is a difficult act to follow. However, it is our aim to continue the good example that Tom & Arn have set and move on. We are looking to support and expand upon the experience of community life. Do let us know if you can help.

John Phillips

RODSEC - News Update (April 2009)

Change of Officers

After eight years of successful trail blazing Tom Martin and Arnold Burston have stood down from their respective posts as RODSEC officers. These manoeuvres were effected at the Annual General Meeting, held on 10th March 2009. The new RODSEC officers are Chairman John Phillips and Minutes Secretary Delia Wyers. Continuing as officers are Helen Barnett (Treasurer) and Ron Price (Vice-Chair).

RODSEC - Spring 2009 News
(Details extracted from article that first appeared in the Spring 2009 issue of the Rollestonian)

Annual General Meeting

The Eighth Annual General Meeting of RODSEC will be held on Tuesday 10th March 2009 at 7.30pm in the Old Grammar School under the chairmanship of Mrs Beryl Toon, Chairman of the Parish Council. All are welcome.

As reported previously the future of the organisation depends on the election of a new Chairman and Secretary and nominations for these positions are welcomed It is hoped that these will be forthcoming and that the next issue of Rollestonian (Summer 2009) will be able to report on the start of a new programme of activities.

RODSEC - News Update (January 2009)

Daniel Smith Blues Band

The next RODSEC event will be a concert by the nationally known blues pianist Daniel Smith and his three fellow musicians who play guitar, harmonica, bass and drums. The concert, sponsored by "Live & Local", will be at Rolleston Club on Sunday 15th March at 7.30 p.m. Tickets, costing £6.50, are available from Starbuck News or from Tom Martin (813320) or Arnold Burston (813457). If you liked the "Heart of England" and the "Brassketeers" you'll love this one!

RODSEC AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Rolleston on Dove Special Events Committee will be held in the Old Grammar School on Tuesday 10th March at 7.30 p.m. This year, the Chairman, Arnold Burston, and the Secretary, Tom Martin, will both be retiring from those positions, but both will continue to support RODSEC. The Committee is seeking "new blood" and new ideas. The Chairman has prepared a brief history of the organisation to help incoming officers with their planning.ively.

Arnold Burston and Tom Martin announced that they wished to retire at the next AGM. They had been involved throughout the life of RODSEC and its predecessor, the Millennium Committee. Both were prepared to continue to contribute to RODSEC activities but had other commitments and considered it time for “new blood”

Membership of RODSEC continues to include representatives from all the main village organisations plus several interested villagers.

Projects

In addition to organising periodic entertainment, it is a RODSEC objective to raise funds for village amenities.

Our last donation was for an installation of an external electricity supply from the refurbished Old Grammar School. This will provide a safe supply to marquees or other equipment on the Croft.

RODSEC is currently in discussion with St Mary’s Church and other interested organisations in contributing to the provision of a mobile staging system. The system would be housed normally in St Mary’s and greatly enhance our ability to provide entertainment within the Church.

It would be available also to participating organisations for temporary staging in other venues.

Live & Local

Following last year’s successful collaboration with Live & Local we have bid for two more shows in the 2008/9 season. With the cooperation of Rolleston Club we hope to have events one Sunday evening in October and March. We will have more details for the Autumn issue of Rollestonian

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Burton and District Arts Council (BADAC) - a registered charity that supports the voluntary arts community in and around Burton.

For further information please contact the Chairman, Mr John Phillips, on 813833.

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Last updated: 20 June 2009