Oxnam Village Hall | Touring Venue

OXNAM VILLAGE HALL

March 2016 Mick Andrew

General Information

Address: Oxnam Village Hall, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire

TD8 6RF.

Venue is on east side of road at end of village heading south from Jedburgh. Small car park at venue.
Built 1922 and refurbished and extended in 1999.
Capacity up to 80 if stage used, approx 50 if performing on floor. Padded, stacking, non-interlocking chairs.
Mobile reception extremely limited. Payphone in village (10 mins walk).
There are no services in Oxnam. Banks, cashpoints, hotels, cafes, general stores, supermarkets, petrol in Jedburgh 3½ miles.

Hall Details

Hall Dimensions: 6.6M (21’8”) wide x 14.5M (47’7”) long. Height at side walls 2.79M (9’2”) rising to 4.14M (13’7”) over centre. Width reduced to 6.02M (19’9”) over most of length by bowling-mat frames along side walls.
Stage: 4.47M (14’8”) wide x 1.83M (6’) deep. Height of stage 0.71M (2’4”). No crossover. Access treads available.
Décor: floor polished wood with no markings; walls cream wood panelled lower, cream upper; roof cream.
Get-in: through main entrance, flat, 3 x single doors with 180˚ turn. Approx 10M from van loading area to stage. 0.84M (2’9”) wide x 1.98M (6’6”) high.
Acoustics good.
Blackout reasonable – all windows have unlined curtains.
Heating by suspended ceramic heaters.
Yamaha YPG-625 electric piano available. No smoke detectors in hall.
7-step A-frame ladder available.

Technical

Power: 100amp 3-phase incomer located in small hall behind stage. 13amp twin sockets on 32amp trip.
Small stage lighting rig – Soundlab G018WG desk, 4 x 650w fresnels on FOH bar with dimmer.
Small PA – Meridian MPM-480RC 4 input amp, 2 x Meridian P-10N speakers (wall-mounted), some radio mics.
Houselights are switched fluorescents, or wall uplighters – switched in kitchen.

Backstage