Drama Queens

I hear that there has been some dispute over funds still held by what remains of Silverton's former am-dram outfit, The Silverton Players and our current organisation of local thespians, The Silverton Drama Group. The Silverton Players, who ran a highlysuccessful series of pantomomes in the 1980's and folded about the time of the demise of the New Hall, departed the scene still having momey in the bank and some fairly good lighting equipment and scenery. It is believed that the scenery was later put to use elsewhere and I am not sure what became of the lighting but funds from the Silverton Players are still held in the name of that organisation. My understanding is that when the Drama Group was set up approaches were made to the surviving officers of the Silverton Players committee about passing the fdunds on to the Drama Group but this was put on hold until it could be seen whether the Drama Group would prove to be a viable and sustainable organisation. It would seem, from what I hear, that a subsequent approach to the SP was sharply rejected.

I really cant see what the problem here now is. The Drama Group have now staged a number of sucessful productions and it is highly unlikely, given the age of the people involved that The Silverton Players will rise from the ashes. Given those factors, I cannot see why the assets of the Silverton Players, both financial and material, could not be passed over to the current drama company.