''ASK ALMA . .. "
ALMA CHALLIS (Nee Pryde) died peacefully on Friday, 19th January 1978.
During the hectic years of
raising the money we needed
to build the New Questors
Theatre, when we all danced
to the tunes played by Alfred
Emmet, the phrase 'Ask Alma'
was often to be heard when
some chore requiring quiet,
unassuming efficiency needed
to be done. And invariably, once she'd agreed to do it
and was convinced it was right
(her reputation as an outstandingly
good teacher was built
on a mind that was very much her own), one could forget
about it because the job would be done supremely well.
She had proved this already in many years of working with
'wardrobe'.
Since her marriage eleven
years ago, Alma had concentrated
on Front of House work, leading
a lively Thursday team which
brightened the interval for
many a jaded playgoer.
Those of us who worked with her will always remember
her with great affection.
ALAN DRAKE
[Questopics 153, March 1978]
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