PARABOLA ARTS CENTRE - 2011-2012 SEASON
The Parabola Arts Centre was completed in July 2009, full details of the third season of performances by the girls are available by clicking here.
The new public season brochure for PAC is out and available on the Parabola Arts Centre website.
GUILD NETWORKING DRINKS IN BRISTOL - 24 February 2012
A networking drinks party for Guild members will be held on Friday 24th February at 7pm – 9.30pm in Redland, Bristol. Carolyn Barrows (Vickers, 1975-1982, Glenlee) has kindly made her home available to us and we are extremely grateful to her for giving us this opportunity.
We hope that this event will give local Guild members an opportunity to meet in a relaxed atmosphere. Bristol is a base for the IT industry as well as for TV, Medicine and Engineering so we very much hope that members from a wide variety of backgrounds will be able to attend. Whether you are a student, retired, working full or part-time, self-employed, or trying to get into work, please come. Who knows who you might meet!
If you would like to attend please complete and return the reply form, together with your cheque (a maximum of 40 people). The cost will be £10 per head (to cover the cost of drinks and nibbles), a reduced price of £5.00 will be offered to those currently studying at university. Payment can be made by clicking here - a 3% charge will be added if booked online (£10.30 and £5.15 respectively). Cheques should be made payable to The Cheltenham Ladies’ College. Any profit will be donated to St Hilda’s East. For further information please contact the Guild Office on guild@cheltladiescollege.org.
SPOTLIGHT LUNCH - ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PR - 25 April 2012
A lunch for Guild members working in Advertising, Marketing and PR will be held on Wednesday 25 April 2012 at The Lansdowne Club, Mayfair. We are delighted that Guild member and current parent Mrs Louise Terry (Cranna, 1974-1981, 
St Clare), who is the Group Director of Communications at L'Oréal UK, has generously agreed to speak after lunch. This event will provide an opportunity for Guild members working in this area and students to network, catch up with old friends as well as make contacts within your profession. If you would like to attend please complete and return the reply form, together with your cheque. The cost will be £55.00 per head
(£55.75 if booked online) for a three course lunch including wine. A reduced price of £25.00
(£25.75 if booked online) will be offered to those currently studying at university. Payment can be made online by clicking here.
To view the list of attendees please click here. For further information please contact the Guild Office on guild@cheltladiescollege.org.
NEW REUNION FOCUS
Guild’s Reunion Day constitutes the heart of Guild’s events, and takes place annually in May. Consequently Guild tries to attract as many members as possible to this event. Previously, the focus of each reunion has been on whole or half decade groups. Now we are trying something different to make Reunion dates more easily remembered.
From next year Guild will specifically invite each year group back every 5 years. Details can be found on the Events page on the website and in our publications but in so far as the 2012 Reunion is concerned (19 May 2012) all those who left in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, 1987, 1982 1979, 1972 and so on down the decades will be at the focus of the day. However, all members are warmly invited to each and every reunion. Please come whenever you like and bring friends and family.
Guild hopes this innovation will allow you to easily make forward entries in your busy diaries and therefore see the maximum possible number of friends from your year group.
DOROTHEA BEALE DEBATE 2011 
On Saturday 3rd December 2011, the Princess Hall held the annual Beale debate. Every year two stimulating motions are debated, and this year was no exception. The first motion was This house would bash a burglar which was discussed by the proposition, Linda Savin and Jane Tufnell (Guild and current parents), and the opposition, Allegra Ayida and Eleano
r Hervey-Bathurst (CLC SFC1 girls). With both sides covering all possible viewpoints and arguments on the topic, the audience were seldom left indifferent. The second motion, This house would pay a ransom was proposed by Miranda Elvidge and Nicole Evans (CLC SFC2 girls) and opposed by Caroline Dobbin and Isabel Summers (Guild). Throughout the entire debat
e, the audience were on the edge of their seats and provided a wide range of questions during the floor debates. At the end of the morning, after a clearly difficult decision, Miranda and Nicole were judged the winners on account of their compelling argument in the second debate.
UNVEILING OF THE PAC DONOR BOARD 
The Parabola Arts Centre season opened with College's Edinburgh Fringe Festival production of The Dante Sisters and the Dare Club. A drinks reception was held on 9 September and the donor board was unveiled by the Principal, Eve Jardine-Young. A number of Guild and Hon members attended together with PAC donors.
GUILD MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
LONDON 2012 organisers have unveiled the 12 official posters for next year's Games - and the artists behind them have revealed the vision behind the project.
REVEALED: Official London 2012 posters are revealed at London's Tate Britain. Bridget Riley's Rose Rose, a London 2012 Olympic poster
Bridget Riley (1946-1948, St Helen's) is one of the most original painters of our time and is celebrated for her optically vibrant paintings. By manipulating relationships between colours and shapes, she creates illusions of movement and light.
For her Olympic print, Riley has arranged colours in horizontal stripes, indicating the direction of athletic tracks or swimming lanes. The relationships between the colours create a sensation of movement capturing the energy of sport and the Olympic Games.
WORK PLACEMENTS AND VACANCIES - click here for further information on opportunities available to Guild members.
2011 LEAVERS' LUNCH
The 2011 Leavers' Lunch was held in College on Saturday 10 September with girls returning to catch up with friends and staff. The new Principal, Eve Jardine-Young, thanked the girls for coming and congratulated them on their wonderful exam results. Guild Chairman Katie Robyns welcomed them back as Guild members and encouraged them to embrace the worldwide network of Guild members and all it had to offer. She also invited them back for their year group's reunion in five years time in 2016! Click here to see photographs of 2011 Leavers' Lunch.
GUILD AGM AND REUNION - Saturday 7 May 
On Saturday 7th May over 500 former pupils returned to College for the Annual Guild Reunion. The majority had all attended College during Vicky Tuck’s 15 year tenure as Principal. The day was packed with events including a barbeque, tours of College, the Parabola Arts Centre and visits to the Observatory as well as plenty of opportunities to catch up with old friends and staff.
The Guild AGM was held during the morning and Vicky Tuck was thanked by Guild Chairman Katie Robyns for her unstinting support and dedication to Guild during her time as President of Guild. The Chairman presented her with a gift from Guild and with a Gold Guild Brooch.
The day ended with a wonderful concert in the Parabola Arts Centre with performances by seven Guild members, many of whom had left before the building had been completed. Click here to see the Guild Reunion Phot
o Gallery.
The night before the reunion former Senior Prefects and 2nd Head Prefects joined Vicky Tuck and the 2011 Prefects for dinner in the Princess Hall where they were asked to pass on advice to the leavers!
GUILD BROOCHES AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE BAGS
FOR SALE...
The Guild Office has some Silver and Enamel Brooches for sale at a cost of £55 (plus P&P) and some Performing Arts Centre Bags at a cost of £14.99 (plus P&P). For further details please email guild@cheltladiescollege.org or telephone 01242 256581.
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SPONSORSHIPS
Guild invites members of all ages to apply for a donation from the limited funds available to support challenging projects which should include a course of study, research, training or life-enhancing experience and there must be some form of service to the community or to the environment. There are various criteria to be fulfilled, for further details please click here. To read the latest sponsorship reports from Lynn Morris, Sarah Tallett-Williams and Priyanka Chadha on their trips click here.
THE BEALE MEMORIAL FUND 
Just a little reminder that The Beale Memorial Fund is available to make awards to former pupils and former staff who may be in need of financial assistance. If you would like further information on this, please contact the Guild Office.
LOST TOUCH? Guild Online can help... In 2007 we launched Guild Online. For further details click here.
Exciting events for 2011 ...
Looking ahead for the year don't forget these dates for your diaries:
Saturday 3 December
Dorothea Beale Debate - CLC v Guild (9.10am in PH)
For further details and a complete list of events please go to the Events page or click here.
Local events...
There are a number of local events planned in for next year which are being organised by the Area Representatives. For further details click here.
Finally a message for all 2011 leavers! Photos and reports of both the Leavers' lunch and the Leavers' Ball have will be published on the 2011 Leavers' Page. If you have any photograp
hs which you would like to see included, please do email them to us and we will add them to the webpage. Also, don't forget to send us your stories and news for the 2011 Leavers' Page. If any of you are at a loose end for a few weeks and would like some volunteer work experience (always good for the cv!), St Hilda's East is looking for help at their day centre in London. Contact the Guild Office or St Hilda's East for further information.
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Anyone who has College memorabilia or items relating to their time at College which they would like to share with College please get in touch with the College Archivist. In addition, anyone who still has their Green College Calendar & Register for the following years please get in touch with the Guild Office ASAP as we are missing ours:-1988-1989
1998-1999
1945 Spring Term - FOUND
1946 Spring and Summer Terms - FOUND
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St. Hilda's East
Guild has close ties with this charitable organisation. St. Hilda's aims to meet the diverse needs of the local community by providing good quality services that promote social inclusion and help and empower individuals.
An update from St. Hilda's East was given earlier this year in prayers by Director Rupert Williams, to read more click here.
Click here for the latest St Hilda's East Newsflash (No 8 Spring 2010)
Click here to find out more about the work undertaken at this London community centre.