COUNCILLORS have been accused of snubbing a youth theatre group - after most of them failed to reply to an invitation to a show.
Weymouth’s WOW Youth Theatre group sent the invitations to every member of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council at the beginning of the month.
Following the mailshot, only three councillors out of a total of 36 attended, with only two others replying to their invitations to say they could not attend.
The councillors had been invited to watch a matinee performance of the WOW That’s What I Call Music 2 show at Weymouth Pavilion.
Weymouth and Portland Mayor Tim Munro attended, while Coun Joy Stanley and Coun Grant Leighton, who paid for their tickets, also enjoyed the show.
Coun Bill White and Coun Hazel Bruce both replied to their written invitations to say they would not be able to go.
WOW president Janet Stockley has described the actions of the councillors who did not attend or reply to their invitations as a ‘snub'.
She said: “The letters were sent to each councillor’s pigeon box at the council’s offices several weeks ago.
“We were quite surprised that we didn’t get at least an acknowledgement from most of them.
“We were surprised because it felt like a snub and we were very disappointed that the councillors didn’t take up our offer.”
After being contacted by the Echo, Coun Mike Goodman, chairman of the management committee, said: “What we do with our free time is entirely up to us. The invitation wasn’t something that required a response as far as I was aware.”
WOW secretary Stella New said the lack of replies from councillors had displayed a ‘disinterest’ in Wow and its work.
She said: “We on the WOW committee find it very sad that even the offer of a free ticket does not motivate our local councillors to support their local youth theatre group and take an interest in the future voters of the borough."
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