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Topic: Good News About Blackpool
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted August 25, 2011 09:29 AM
I'm pleased that there will be a Blackpool event this year and I'll certainly support it. In the circumstances, fast action was needed, so credit to David Guest for taking the initiative. I note from the marketing on eBay (text from this copied below) that the event is being advertised in a similar way to DG's former 'Film Fairs' that took place at the Cliffs hotel in March, and my guess would be that even if Adrian Simmonds was happy to pass on 'ownership' of the Northern Film Collectors Convention name, DG was reluctant to use it this year, as it would imply elements such as the Saturday night dinner and hotel accommodation, that he could not be expected to take on, parrticularly with less than 3 months to go.
However, seeing Lee's remark about collectors having talked about taking steps to save the event, I hope there could be scope next year for keen collectors to actively get involved and support DG by enhancing the event in various ways. If this helped make it possible to restore the dinner, accommodation and auction (if this doesn't happen this year), it would be great if 2012 could be the 35th Northern Film Collectors Convention, bringing this prestigious title back to life! I think that greater collaboration involving keen collectors/dealers could be a key element of keeping the convention alive, as collectors can povide a range of ideas and skills, and broadly seemed to agree that (e.g.) the celebrity guests had been successful element of the event that had proved a significant loss. If Richard Read (who successfully organised the celbrity input in fairly recent years, before Derann decided to do it themselves) could be enticed back, that could boost the event, and it would also be good to see the sort of marketing initiatives that took place when Dave Prowse attended and the Star Wars theme was developed, along with more in the way of memorabilia stalls. If DG would be open to this sort of collaboration - which surely could help to boost the attendance - it might be an idea for anyone interested in putting forward suggestions and/or getting involved to meet up for a meal or chat at Blackpool this year.
Promotion on eBay:
50 plus 16mm sound feature films, projecters, and super 8 films all for sale at
NORTHWEST FILM FAIR CONVENTION 13th NOVENBER 2011
WHERE THERE WILL BE LOTS OF STALLS SELLING FILMS PROJECTERS AND ACCESORIES
CLIFFS HOTEL BLACKPOOL
STARTS 10AM 13th NOVEMBER 2011
ADMISSION £3.50 PER PERSON
PLEASE NOTE YOU ARE BIDDING FOR A TICKET TO ATTEND THIS EVENT OR PAY ON THE DAY
THIS EVENT IS REPLACNG DERRANS EVENT WHICH WAS TO BE HELD AT SAVOY HOTEL WHICH HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
DONT MISS IT
any questions email me
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Adrian Winchester
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and it would be nice to invite Adrian and members of the Derann staff to attend as guest speakers, even add a AV presentation as well, of the many years of Derann films.....put your thinking caps on gents ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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