Copyright © 2001 Freddie Meynell. All rights reserved.
Revised: April, 2006.
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| This was the Stage Set from the Tercentenary, empty, from the top of the 3,000-seat Auditorium. The Designer, Jon Kellet, wanted a Stage halfway out into the River Derwent and we built the auditorium out to meet it with a narrower river flowing between |
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| Here's the Stage again, this time with most of the Cast on it |
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| An absolutely magnificent fireworks was the Finale, with most of the audience and definitely all the Cast in tears on the Last Night. This pic was taken from the back of the Party Arena which you saw in daylight here. The evening was in two halves - the Party & the Show |
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| Who said a Waterfall in a tent's not possible? This from another event in 1998. 1,000 guests dined & danced in a magic Midsummer Night's Dream tent on the South Lawn |
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| Here's something from the 1990 Ball - transforming a statue into a rock garden and an earlier (smaller) waterfall. A disadvantage was the effect it had on guests with tables near to it - they kept wanting to go to the Loo |
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| Also from 1990, the main courtyard, roofed over by a cantilevered structure, with a dance floor surrounding the fountain. Look at the magnificent flower 'structure' above it |
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| This was a scene from the 1990 Dining Area. Yes, I know it looks a bit dated now but it wasn't then, and I was very proud of it (I still am!) |
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| In 1990 again, part of the performance was this huge stage which floated towards the guests, followed (of course) by a big fireworks finale |
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| Here's another one from the 1998 event - showing the marvellously impressive flower trees on each table |
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| No apologies for what looks like a very boring tent on the South Lawn - from the outside. But this belied the beautiful Midsummer Night's Dream setting inside. Never declare your whole hand till you absolutely have to. The guests had no clue as to what they were going to walk into |
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