As part of the plan to renovate and
refurbishment the club's premises, the executive committee
of St Joseph Band is
proudly unveiling a number of exciting projects which
include the upgrading of the main hall into a
multi-purpose hall, the creation of a
professional Snooker Hall, a niche for the statue of Our
Lady of Home and a new storage area.
The main hall currently consisted of a
theatre stage which was last used in the 1980s, an open
storage area for the bar and a bingo area. The theatre stage
will now be replaced with the Snooker Hall while the bar
storage will now move to a basement garage which has
recently been acquired and which happens to be situated
exactly underneath the bar counter.
The interior design was left in the hands of
Paul A. Stellini. The executive committee in collaboration
with the snooker sub-committee is trying to finish the first
phase of this project which consists of the structural
alterations, electrical works and tiles-laying in time for
the Open Day which is planned for Sunday 23rd August 2009.
The second phase which consists mainly of the gypsum
partition, the roof panelling and lightening is planned to
be completed next year.
It is worth noting that the refurbishment of
the multi-purpose hall is being financed by the energetic
snooker sub-committee after raising funds from several
activities including 'Bethlehem f' Ghajnsielem' Christmas
Village.
Meanwhile, works on the musical archive and
refurbishment of the formal committee room will continue as
planned. Chris Mifsud is currently working on the wall
panelling while the main unit of the musical archive is
ready and is now being transferred to Malta for the
sculpture. The committee also ordered over 140 leather boxes
which will hold the music sheets and other related
documents.
In July, the executive committee will again
launch the successful Tile-4-U campaign to raise funds for
these projects.