The Price
of Coal is a full-length musical telling the history of
coalmining. The original concept was developed by
George Kearton and Valerie Tottey in 2002 and was premiered
in Wigan in the Spring of 2004 with a cast of over 1000
local primary school children.
The
CCF was successful in applying for £14,263 from
the Cumnock and Doon Valley Minerals Trust and also from
East Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership. This
was used to fund 7 concerts starting off at Patna Primary
School in 22 May 2007 and finishing at Muirkirk Primary
School in 20 November 2007. The Muirkirk performances
tied in with the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary
of the Kames Colliery Disaster .
The CCF worked
in partnership with the Drongan Schaw Kirk who had hosted
the concert previously in Drongan Primary School in September
2006.
Ticket and programme
sales from all 7 concerts has enabled the CCF to raise
£4,500 which will be distributed evenly between
all 18 schools that took part.
The
CCF would like to thank all organisations and individuals
who helped to make this project so successful.
| Music Director |
Valerie Tottey |
| Narrator |
George Kearton |
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Adult
Soloists (Drongan Schaw
Kirk) |
Joan
Mitchell
Shirley
Russell
Colin
Burns
Jack Hickford |
| Miners (Pupils who sang the part) |
Dalrymple
Primary School
Drongan
Primary School
Mauchline
Primary School
Netherthird
Primary School
Castle
Primary School
Muirkirk
Primary School |
| Miner's Families |
Littlemill
Primary School
St. Xavier's
Primary School
Bellsbank
Primary School
Mauchline
Primary School
Cairnhill
Primary School
St. John's
Primary School
Muirkirk
Primary School |
| Mine Owners |
Patna
Primary School
Dalmellington
Primary School
Catrine
Primary School
Auchinleck
Primary School
Greenmill
Primary School
Ochiltree
Primary School
Sorn Primary
School |
| Sound Equipment provided by |
Kilmarnock Academy's Music Department |
| Sound Operator |
Ross Mackie |
| Refreshments (for various performances) |
Ladies
from Drongan Schaw Kirk
Ochiltree
Primary School's staff & parents
Muirkirk
Primary School Staff |
Cumnock
and Doon Valley Minerals Trust and East Ayrshire
Community Planing Partnership for supplying the
funds without which these concerts would not have
happened
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staff and volunteers from the CCF who helped with the organisation,
planning and running of the concerts. |
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