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“Eat So They Can”

The weekend of 16/17 October is when charity events are being held worldwide in aid of orphaned and vulnerable children living in poverty in Africa.

Beverley is just one of over 1000 parties involved globally, from Alaska to New Zealand.

The host in Beverley, Karina Clappison, has arranged her party for

Sunday, 17th October
at
Armstrong’s Social Club
Beverley
12 noon - 4.00 pm.

The event is a dinner party with locally sourced food including organic, so will be fresh and tasty.

Beverley businesses are generously donating many amazing prizes for this event, and a band will be playing African music.

Tickets cost:

£6.50 Single Ticket
£15.00 Family Ticket

Tickets are available in advance direct from Karina: 01482 868094/ karina@angel7.karoo.co.uk.
Also from Beverley Tourist Office, Butcher’s Row:  01482 391672
 
More details about the global campaign are at http://www.eatsotheycan.org/host/karina-clappison

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BEVERLEY FOLK FESTIVAL
18 - 20 June
27 Years: 1983 - 2010
Patron: John Godber
The country festival in the shadow of the historic Beverley Minster

 

Beverley Folk Festival gets the thumbs up foranother great weekend of music 

This year’s Beverley Folk Festival has been given the thumbs up by by Arts Council England, Yorkshire, as it is awarded £27, 321 under its Grants for the arts programme.

Helen Featherstone, Arts Participation and Inclusion Officer, Arts Council England, Yorkshire, said:  ‘We are pleased to support Beverley Folk Festival with its future planning. This Lottery award will enable the festival to develop and attract a wider range of audiences, who will enjoy and experience folk performances and emerging artists’.

The festival, now in its 27th year, has been developing each year to become one of the main events of its kind in the region. Originally a festival with a programme of purely traditional folk music performers, it has now expanded to include a broader mix of artists, alongside some leading traditional musicians from the Yorkshire region as well as throughout the British Isles and overseas.

The festival manages to combine elements of a town festival with the relaxed summer atmosphere of a country, green field event, taking place in the shadow of Beverley’s historic Minster, in the grounds of its Leisure Complex.  A short walk from the centre of the town, whilst on the edge of the town and country.

This year’s event has a truly Scottish theme with the dynamic fiddle playing of Blazin’ Fiddles, and hit makers The Proclaimers, who will finish off the festival on the Sunday night in its traditional fiery style.  To launch the festival on the Friday night will be the lead singer of the former Scottish acoustic pop group Fairground Attraction,  Eddi Reader.

Festival organisers and audiences alike will be delighted by the performance this year of some key Yorkshire artists including The Demon Barber Roadshow, bringing English traditional song and dance to a broad audience of all ages,  and Martin Simpson who will be back with his trio, having won the BBC Radio 2 Award for Best Traditional Song. Firm festival favourites will also be back for the third time, the legendary band famous for its hit record with “The Floral Dance”, The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band. Many of the great young performers from the region will also be appearing over the festival weekend including the Leeds based group, Ellen and the Escapades, who created such a great impression at their appearance last year that they have been invited back to the festival for a second time.

A great line up, in its regularly innovative and eclectic programming. A festival that offers one of the most friendly and relaxed atmospheres of all the Summer festivals - not to be missed..

Artists confirmed to date include:

The Proclaimers, Eddi Reader, Roy Bailey & Tony Benn, The Demon Barber Roadshow, The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, Martin Simpson Trio, Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Dervish, Charlie Dore & The Hula Valley Orchestra, Blazin’ Fiddles, Koshka, Doğan Mehmet, Ivan Brackenbury,  Henry Priestman, Jerry Harmon (USA), Jeni & Billy (USA), Sean Taylor, Karen Tweed, Ellen & The Escapades, Tyde

and lots more …………..

A packed programme of music and dance, as well as Comedy, Literature, Poetry, Youth and Kids events, all promise to make the festival a must for festival goers next June

“Winter Special ” tickets available NOW until 31st March on line from http://www.beverleyfestival.com/

Further information:  Chris Wade 01377 217569  info@beverleyfestival.com

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Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival
6th, 7th and 8th August 2010

Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes,
East Yorkshire, YO25 4NB

Burton Agnes Jazz and Blues Festival returns for a 4th year with another something-for-everyone line-up of artists set over 3 days in the most beautiful of surroundings. Set in the grounds of an historic Elizabethan hall, the festival is organised by its sax-playing owner Simon Cunliffe-Lister and jazz singer Saffron Byass.

“Though unequalled in England for its unspoilt beauty, the rolling countryside of the Yorkshire Wolds is not renowned as a hotbed of jazz. All that changed the weekend before last when a corner of the Wolds became Coolsville. Burton Agnes, an Elizabethan Hall near Bridlington, held a jazz festival on its manicured lawns… This is the only jazz event I know where your arrival is delayed by ducks crossing the road and performers are joined onstage by flitting bats… Possibly the most enjoyable jazz concert I’ve ever attended.”
Christopher Hirst, The Independent

Saturday evening’s line up offers the award-winning British jazz star and his new acoustic, straight-ahead outfit Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio headlining. Whilst obviously influenced by jazz and swing, Velocity Trio also incorporates a progressive, contemporary edge to its sound. With a small element of Dennis’ trademark electronic stage craft (think Joshua Redman’s Elastic project), Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio also features Ross Stanley on organ and young Portuguese drummer Pedro Segundo.

Friday 6th August 2010

6:30 - 8pm 5 Pieces of Silver
Formed in June 2008 5 pieces of Silver is a hot quintet dedicated to the 1960’s Blue Note era of the great Horace Silver led by the Brazilian born pianist Zezo Olympio, a graduate of the Berklee Music College. James Lancaster has played trumpet with some of the UK’s finest jazz talent, as has saxophonist Simon Kaylor. Bass player Paul Baxter has toured worldwide and drummer Paul Smith has played America and the UK.

8:15 - 10pm Bass Man Family
Brainchild of siblings Dave & Kirsty, the Bass Man Family (BMF) have spent the past few years perfecting their material & line-up. The twelve strong collective fuse elements of jazz, soul, RnB, funk & pop to produce a sound revealing a rare blend of influences ranging from Jamiroquai, Supertramp & the Brand New Heavies to name just a few.

Saturday 7th August 2010

1:00 - 2:30pm Tombo Trio duo 
Devoted to the music of Brazil, the Tombo Trio play hard swinging jazz sambas led by the guitarist Chris Hargreaves

2:45 - 4:15pm Anita Wardell
The Times describes Anita as a “singer who takes no prisoners”. Anita Wardell’s singing is exciting and breathtaking. She is noted for her mesmerizing and captivating vocal improvisations and vocalese lyrics to instrumental solos. Anita is a musician who uses the voice as her instrument, displaying precision and agility, mixed with heartfelt emotion. Anita received the prestigious BBC Jazz Award for Best of Jazz category in 2006. This coupled with the release of Kinda blue are now propelling Anita into the major artist arena.

“Pure bebop singing, displaying a musical mastery…” Peter Hepple, Stage and Television Today newspaper.

“Think of her, if you like, as the female equivalent of Mark Murphy.” Clive Davis, The Times, London

4:30 - 6:00pm Little Axe (Skip Macdonald)
Known on stage as Little Axe, Skip McDonald has a raucous blues-based sound. Skip made his name as an integral part of the Sugar Hill house band playing on the most influential early rap classics and as part of Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound crew he has made some of the most adventurous and praised UK music of the last twenty years. Little Axe is the return to the blues that Skip grew up with and learned from his father. Linked with artists such as Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaata, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, James Brown, Robert Plant, Mark Stewart & The Mafia, Sinead O’Connor, and Megadeth Little Axe has made some of the most adventurous and praised UK music of the last twenty years.

“Prepare yourself for a “miasmic swirl of sound” - The Independent

6:15 - 8:15pm Al Woods Big Band

All but three members of the Al Woods Big Band are Leeds College of Music alumni - Lee Hallam, lead trombone; Mark Chandler, jazz trumpet and Bob Howard, drums. The Al Woods Big Band is a UK-based blues/ jazz big band led and formed by one of the most multi skilled musician - Al Wood. The act will feature new material written by the award winning band mainly Phil Steel - twice winner of the arranging prize in the BBC Big Band Competition, James Hamilton, our number one trumpet player and band leader Al Wood.

8:30 - 10:00pm Dennis Rollins

Dennis’ trademark funk ‘n’ groove is admired on both the British and international jazz scene. Celebrated for his versatility and unique approach, Dennis has successfully established the underrated trombone as an exciting front-line instrument. In 2007, Dennis Rollins picked up Trombonist of the Year at both the British Jazz Awards and the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards and was nominated twice in the 2008 Parliamentary Jazz Awards - for Jazz Musician of the Year and the Jazz Education Award; he won the latter in a ceremony hosted by Paul Gambaccini at the House of Commons Terrace Pavillion.

Dennis also appears in the handpicked horn section of the specially assembled outfit, Bandaged Together, on the official 2009 BBC Children in Need single, All You Need is Love. The single, a reworking of the Beatles classic, was recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios, and also features Sir Terry Wogan, Aled Jones, Bill Wyman, Brian May, Bryan Ferry, Sharon Corr, Nick Mason, Clare Teal, Heather Smalls, Paloma Faith, Lee Mead, and Hayley Westenra.

“The rarest of jazz beasts: a genuine star” The Independent on Sunday

“Rollins plays fat and funky low down, rich and vibrant high up and with astounding precision.” London Jazz Review of London Jazz Festival

Sunday 8th August 2010

12 - 1:30pm Rob Law Trio
Rob Law on piano, Paul Baxter on bass and Kris Wright (drums). Rob is an accomplished piano player and has earned himself a reputation as one of the country’s most exciting young artists. The group will be performing a mixture of Jazz, Soul and Latin.

1:45 - 3:15pm Clare Teal
Jazz Vocalist of the Year three times running, the sensational Clare Teal brings her unique blend of warm humour and great music to the stage, backed by the finest jazz musicians in the land. The Radio 2 personality and columnist has cut a reputation as one of the most talented performers to emerge in recent years. With sparkling arrangements and a glorious mix of old classics and fabulous originals, Clare’s show certainly swings and is not one to be missed.

“The New Queen of Swing” - Mail on Sunday

“A Triple Threat!” - Michael Buble

“One of the best vocal talents to emerge from the UK in a long, long while.” Sir Michael Parkinson

3:30 - 4:45pm Omar Puente & Robert Mitchell
The award winning pianist Robert Mitchell and Cuban violinist Omar Puente come together to create a spellbinding and truly remarkable talent. “Pianist Mitchell has assembled a totally original-sounding multinational , multicoloured and multirhythmic group” . Jazz Express
“Mitchell is a very important influential musician and a great live performer whose gone from strength to strength. A great composer.” Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 4

5:00 - 6:00pm Safari with guest Simon Cunliffe-Lister
Organisers Saffron and Simon play out their festival.

For up to date info please visit the Burton Agnes Hall Website

Festival Tickets info

Weekend Advance Ticket: Friday 6pm -10pm, Saturday 11am - 10pm, Sunday 11am - 6pm. Before 1st July - £30 / After June 30th - £40

Day Ticket: Saturday 11am -10pm. Before 1st July - £25 / After June 30th - £30

Day Ticket: Sunday 11am - 6pm. Before 1st July - £20 / After June 30th - £25

Evening Ticket: Friday 6 pm - 10pm Saturday 6pm - 10pm. Before 1st July - £15 / After June 30th - £20

Concessions: OAP’s, Season ticket holders, students, children 12-15 years (Under 12 FREE with an adult). £2 off any ticket

Camping Voucher: Camping open Friday 3pm - Monday noon Before 1st July - £20 / After June 30th £25

Available online at the Burton Anges Website and from the Festival Ticket Office Tel: 01262 490 324

Or Visit Burton Agnes Hall and its courtyard shops.

With 11 bands and solo artists over three days, and performances in the Elizabethan Hall and its beautiful grounds, you can experience the diverse range of laid-back entertainment that inspired the Independent to write that the 2007 Festival was ‘Possibly the most enjoyable jazz concert I’ve ever attended’ .

The large stage on the Main Lawn in the Hall’s award-winning grounds is where you’ll see the Festival’s main acts. With rolling fields behind the stage and pristine woodland to the side, you couldn’t ask for a more stunning setting. Inside the Hall, intimate acoustic performances mix with original Elizabethan carvings and French Impressionist art to create an inimitable festival experience. Festival-goers are invited to picnic in the grounds whilst enjoying the music, and a campsite in the field adjacent to the Hall offers panoramic views of the Yorkshire Wolds, and there are shower facilities for those wishing to pitch a tent for a night or the whole weekend. Festival tickets also entitle festivalgoers entry to the Hall and its beautiful gardens, and award-winning local produce is on sale throughout the three-day festival, including the famous Wold Top beer.

‘Burton Agnes Hall hosts a year-round programme of events, including the Gardeners’ Fair in June, Michaelmas Fair in October and our Christmas, Snowdrop and Easter Egg Openings; the Jazz and Blues Festival is a summer celebration of great music in keeping with these events’ says Simon. ‘We have a varied line-up of over 11 bands and solo artists; our hope is that people will find the well-chosen music on offer particularly enjoyable in this beautiful setting’.

Last year, families flocked to the Burton Agnes Jazz Festival for the safe, easy-going vibe. Of particular interest to children, is a Children’s Corner with play area; 15 acres of magical gardens to explore including a walled garden with maze, jungle garden and giant games; and a woodland walk with forest creatures to find. Face painters and a children’s entertainer will also be on hand during the weekend to keep the children amused whilst you enjoy some of the finest Jazz and Blues music in the most beautiful and tranquil of surroundings.

“Burton Agnes Hall ranks among the finest, and best presented, houses in England. It is the perfect English house, embodying the climax of the final great age of domestic architecture.”
Simon Jenkins, England’s Thousand Best Houses

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The Yorkshire Wolds stretch and arc from the chalk cliffs of Flamborough Head to the banks of the Humber Estuary at Hessle. It is some of the most picturesque and unspoilt landscape in the country - a true hidden gem just waiting to be discovered. From bustling market towns such as Beverley, Driffield, Pocklington and Market Weighton to countless pretty villages with their well-kept village greens, pubs, ponds and churches, the Yorkshire Wolds offer miles of beautiful scenery, peaceful riverside walks, woodlands teaming with wildlife and a gently undulating patchwork quilt of farmland  brimming with crops and wild flowers of every description.

The rolling hills of the Yorkshire Wolds are ideal for discovering by bicycle or walking and the best way to make the most of the area is to follow ‘The Wolds Way’ - a 79 mile unbroken National Trail which captures the unrivalled beauty of the region and takes in many hidden villages well off the beaten track.

Driffield - ‘The Capital of The Wolds’ - is a thriving market town with charming Victorian buildings and shops and is also home to one of the largest agricultural shows in the country. At the western edge of the Wolds is Pocklington, with it’s narrow interesting streets dominated by the splendid 15th century church, and offering lovely walks along the canal, it is an understated, quiet town which is the epitome of the whole region. A visit to Pocklington is not complete without seeing Burnby Hall & Gardens which house Europe’s largest collection of water lillies - over 5,000 different species!

Market Weighton is a 750 year old market town that once regularly held the largest sheep fair in England and was home to William Bradley, ‘The Yorkshire Giant’, who at seven feet nine inches, was the tallest Englishman ever recorded. Market Weighton is in easy reach of many public footpaths and rights of way which pass through the town, including the Yorkshire Wolds Way, The Minster Way and the Humber Way as well as the North Sea Cycle Route.

By far the most popular and most visited town in East Yorkshire is Beverley. This busy market town with it’s chic shops, fine Medieval & Georgian architecture is arguably one of the most beautiful towns in Britain. The famous Beverley Minster was founded in the 8th century and is one of the best examples of a cathedral size Gothic church in Europe. Beverley race course must be one of the most attractive courses in the country, set as it is among the open space of Beverley Westwood, and with attractions such as the city of Hull and the East Yorkshire coast within easy reach, Beverley is both fascinating & memorable and is the perfect base for discovering the beauty of the Yorkshire Wolds.

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From the famous, white chalk cliffs of Flamborough Head to the stunning sand dunes of Spurn Point, the East Yorkshire coastline is suprising, fascinating, wild and treacherous - but always spectacular. For the visitor the East Yorkshire coast offers bustling traditional seaside towns, miles of golden sand, picturesque, peaceful walks and thousands of years of history. There is something for everyone along this glorious piece of coastline - from bird watching to fishing, sandcastles to beach combing, visiting places of interest to just escaping the crowds - the East Yorkshire coast has it all.

The whole area from Flamborough in the north to Spurn Point in the Humber Estuary has some of the finest beaches in England and is a magnet for families looking to enjoy a visit to the seaside throughout the year. But away from the bustling resorts offering family entertainment of all descriptions lies another side of the area - the peaceful serenity of long tranquil walks, discovering an abundance of wildlife and all manner of flora & fauna, historical attractions and the chance to escape from every day life.

Bempton cliffs are some of the the highest in East England, towering 200m they are home to the largest nesting seabird colonies in England. The Reserve is home to thousands of gulls, puffins, kittiwakes and cormorants and attracts avid watchers from all parts of the UK and beyond.

The area around Flamborough Head, including Thornwick Bay & Danes Syke, offers the visitor peaceful walks and spectacular coastal views with hidden caves, unusual rock formations and isolated winding pathways. Flamborough village sits in the centre of the headland with it’s famous lighthouse built in 1806.  The area of the North Sea off Flamborouigh Head is the resting ground of many ship wrecks, including the Bonhomme Richard, flagship of John Paul Jones, which was sunk by the British in 1779 in the first action of the newly-formed United States Navy. Danes Dyke, a huge 4km long ditch earthwork leading to the beach, dates back to Neolithic times and provides the visitor with unforgettable sights and invigorates the senses of all who take the time to meander along it’s narrow, sinuous pathways.

Situated on the cliff top, just south of Flamborough and overlooking Bridlington Bay, is Sewerby Hall and Gardens. This magnificent 18th century mansion attracts thousands of visitors every year and is set in 50 acres of beautiful, well kept grounds. It offers peaceful landscaped gardens as well as a pitch and putt golf course, children’s zoo & play area and tea rooms. It also houses a permanent collection of souvenirs & momentoes dedicated to the Hull-born aviator Amy Johnson who was the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Australia in 1930. There is also a bowls rink and one one the most picturesque cricket grounds in the country situated on the cliff top.

Bridlington, with it’s miles of golden sand and historic harbour, is a traditional seaside town that has been welcoming visitors since the Edwardian era.  The clean, expansive beaches are still the main attraction of a visit to Bridlington but visitors who explore the town will find the magnificent Priory Church, once one of the largest and most important monasteries in England, the ‘Old Town’ with it’s 17th century High Street and the Bayle Museum which was once the local prison. Once a thriving fishing community, Bridlington has adapted with the times and offers something for everyone - beaches, all manner of entertainment, including two 18 hole golf courses, history, a superb location and, ofcourse, delicious fish & chips!

A few mile south of Bridligton lies the small town of Hornsea. Once a centre for smuggling along the coast, Hornsea developed and expanded as an exclusive holiday resort with the arrival of the railway in the Victorian era. Home to Yorkshire’s largest natural lake, the town became known world-wide for it’s famous Hornsea Pottery which ceased production in 2000. The site of the pottery is now home to the Freeport Shopping Village offering visitors over 50 outlets selling a range of goods from designer clothing to kitchen utensils. The award-winning Hornsea Folk Museum, situated in an historic farmhouse in the town centre, gives the visitor a fascinating glimpse into rural life in Holderness from years gone by. On the edge of the town lies Hornsea Golf Club, generally regarded as one of the finest golf courses in Yorkshire.

Further down the East Yorkshire coast is the lively, seaside town of Withernsea. Offering plenty of entertainment, Withernsea is also perfect for exploring the area of Holderness. In the town centre the recently landscaped Valley Gardens is a large open space offering plenty of seating, children’s play equipment and an arena used for open-air concerts during the summer season. The inland lighthouse standing in the centre of the town gives spectacular views out to sea and of the Holderness landscape.

Beyond Withersea the coast line dwindles down to Spurn Point - a three and a half mile long spectacular hooked finger of sand and shingle banks only 50 metres wide in places -  that turns into the Humber Estuary. The whole area is a nature reserve and is perfect for bird watching, fishing or walking. This unique landscape is often referred to as ‘the oddest place in Britain’, and once visited it’s easy to see why. Spurn Point is also home to Britain’s only full-time lifeboat station.

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