Florrie Holland

Florrie Holland, Chairman of Southend Arts Council.

Florrie Holland, Chairman of Southend Arts Council.

Florrie HollandChairman.

Florrie Holland Chairman.

FLORRIE HOLLAND

Florrie is an actress of some standing in the town, as well as her duties as Chairman of the Arts Council she also finds time to get to rehearsals and lend support to the group.She joined the group in the role of Aunt Dottie in "Talented Mr Ripley" and she hopes there is a good supply of "old bat" roles for her to get her teeth into.

Committee:: Michael Heath (Chair), Charles Sharman-Cox (Treasurer), Janet Brown (Secretary), Bill Gould (Accountancy), Phillip Giles (Legal Affairs), Fern Potter (Development Director), Florrie Holland (Southend Arts Council), Andrew Lewis (Southend Arts Dept.), Linda Jones (Essex University), John Pennington (Business Liaison).

Florrie Holland
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Florrie HollandChairman

Florrie has been the Chairman of the Southend Arts Council for a number of years and thoroughly enjoys her role as ambassador for the amateur arts groups of the Southend Borough. Southend on Sea is fortunate to have a thriving and diverse Arts scene and Florrie remains proud to play a part in this. Florrie has been involved in local arts one way and another for over forty years. She has been a member of the Westcliff Operatic Society as well as the Southend Festival Chorus, but her first love is drama. She is currently a member of the Pier Players and has appeared in both the Community plays staged at the Palace Theatre. She has won numerous awards for her acting - the most recent being at the 2002 Thurrock Festival for Best Comedy Performance. Florrie in her capacity as Chairman of the Southend Arts Council is a member of the Southend Fund Committee, instigated to look after the interests of Arts in Southend Borough.

Florrie Holland, Chairman of Southend on Sea Arts Council.

Southend Arts Council's current chairman Mrs Florrie Holland and Trevor Bason - Treasurer have recently appeared on Dave Monk's 'Time to Talk' show on BBC Essex also appearing was Cllr Tony North and Mr Andrew Lewis from Southend Council.