Centre Stage 2011 ----- The Grand Final ----- and the winners are...........

The Leeds O2 Academy was buzzing in exited anticipation of the evening's event. As the winners of last years competition appeared on stage there was a great roar of appreciation from the massed audience. The Penguins did not disappoint. Our hosts for the evening from Radio Aire were Larry and Paul ensured the evening ran smoothly between band changes.
The contestants appeared in the following running order:-

Sprayed Aces

You Had Me At Hello

  Vinyl Party

Neve

 
Marsicans

 The Mexanines

 
 The Riatines

Traffic Wire

  Sharp Darts

 
Inlaze

 

St Somebody

 
Carbon Party

Each new band was greeted with the same lavish enthusiasm as the last. Whilst we were waiting for the Judges  (Melvin Benn, Mike Heaton, Alan Raw and Matt Bowman) decision we were treated to a final act by "The Talking Angels" which rounded off the evening in grand style.
And the result was...........Runners up St Somebody. Their prize is 2 days in a recording studio and to play their song at the 360 Festival.
Now to the winners who receive £1,000 worth of musical equipment, an endorsement deal with John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. and not forgetting they will be playing at the Leeds and Reading Festivals on  August Bank Holiday Weekend. Could they be your favourite too? They are ............

Mexanines

Yorkshire Gig Guide would like to add their congratulations to the worthy winners and wish them all the best 

for the future.

The event was in aid of Martin House Children's Hospice. More information can be gleaned from ssmith@martinhouse.org.uk

Denis 

YGG

 

Centre Stage present the final at the 02 academy Leeds

MARTIN HOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE PRESENTS….

**CENTRE STAGE 2011 -THE FINAL**

**19^TH JULY 2011 – O2 ACADEMY, LEEDS**

COME DOWN TO THIS AMAZING EVENT TO WITNESS TWELVE OF THE MOST TALENTED YOUNG BANDS IN WEST YORKSHIRE… LET’S FILL THE O2 ACADEMY AND RAISE LOTS OF MONEY FOR MARTIN HOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE

**VINYL PARTY**INLAZE**SPRAYED ACES**TRAFFIC WIRE**THE MEXANINES**SHARP DARTS**ST. SOMEBODY**NEVE**YOU HAD ME AT HELLO**MARSICANS (FORMERLY THE SCANDALS)**THE RIATINES**CARBON PARTY**

ALL COMPETING FOR THE FIRST PRIZE OF PLAYING BOTH THE LEEDS & READING FESTIVALS THIS SUMMER

& £1000 OF MUSICAL EQUIPMENT & AN ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH JOHN HORNBY SKEWES CO. LTD

**BAND TO BRING THE MOST SUPPORT TO WIN A DAY’S RECORDING IN SOUNDWORKS STUDIOS, LEEDS**

WE’RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE JUDGING PANEL: MELVIN BENN (FESTIVAL REPUBLIC), MIKE HEATON (EMBRACE), MATT BOWMAN (THE PIGEON DETECTIVES), ALAN RAW (BBC INTRODUCING) & SARAH GARVEY (SINGER/SONGWRITER/OUT OF CONTROL RECORDS)

HOSTED BY THE FANTASTIC (AND SLIGHTLY BONKERS) LARRY & PAUL (RADIO AIRE)

SPECIAL GUESTS…. OPENING THE SHOW – PENGUIN (WINNERS OF 2010)

CLOSING THE SHOW – TALK TO ANGELS

**DOORS 6PM. SHOW STARTS 6.45PM**

THE FINAL IS BEING FILMED BY *LUMEN*, A LOCAL ARTS ORGANISATION. THEIR FILM-MAKERS (INCLUDING VIDEO DIRECTOR, MATT GREEN) ARE CREATING A PROFESSIONAL MUSIC VIDEO OF THE EVENT – AVAILABLE TO ORDER ON THE NIGHT.. AND AFTER

PHOTOGRAPHER CHRIS LAWES (UNDERGROUND STUDIOS) IS OUR OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE NIGHT – IMAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FOLLOWING THE EVENT

**FANTASTIC T-SHIRTS AND PROGRAMMES ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY ON THE NIGHT….**

**TICKETS £5/£3 CONCESSIONS**

AVAILABLE TO BUY ONLINE AT http://www.o2academyleeds.co.uk/event/27532/centrestage-final-tickets

WE RECOMMEND BUYING TICKETS BEFOREHAND, BUT YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PAY ON THE DOOR, ON THE NIGHT. GET THERE EARLY TO BE SURE TO SEE THE START OF THE SHOW!!

COME DOWN TO THIS AMAZING EVENT AND SEE SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS IN WEST YORKSHIRE - LET'S FILL THE O2 AND RAISE LOTS OF MONEY TO HELP US CARE FOR ALL THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AT MARTIN HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE!

***SEE YOU THERE!!***

Sarah Smith | Centre Stage

LOVE, LAUGHTER … MYSTERY & MOTHERHOOD – AT THE ACE

LOVE, LAUGHTER … MYSTERY & MOTHERHOOD – AT THE ACE

Friday 8^th July

Comedy Night

Join us at The ACE Centre for two exclusive Edinburgh preview shows overseen by up and coming compere, Freddy Quinn.

Ian D Montford introduces ‘Touching the Dead’. 

He’s a Sunderland psychic who talks to famous dead people!

"Spookily skilful, wonderfully observed and hysterically funny character who contacts dead celebrities with incredible results" Time Out

 "The show is a spectacular tour-de-force." Fringe Review, 5 stars  

 "A gloriously deadpan pseudo psychic." The Telegraph, 5 stars

 "The character remains hilarious even as the tricks become remarkable" The Guardian, 4 stars.   

Followed by Ivan Brackenbury, Hospital Radio DJ –

he plays the most inappropriate songs for patients and hospital staff alike.

"For simple laugh 'til you ache humour, Ivan Brackenbury is the hit of the Fringe." The Evening Standard, 4 stars 

"Laughs per minute the funniest show at the Fringe" Time Out, 4 stars. 

 "Ivans' prime gag is to play the least suitable records for the listeners to his Disease Hour." The Times, 4 stars  

"If laughter is the best medicine Ivan Brackenbury should be a real hospital radio DJ, Disease Hour is the most deliciously enjoyable I've spent at the Fringe." The Guardian, 4 stars

Starts  8.15pm

Tickets: £7.00 advance;  £8.00 on the door

Monday 11^th July  

Monday Matinee:    An Inspector Calls (PG)

Based on the classic stage play by J.B. Priestley, An Inspector Calls stars the incomparable Alastair Sim as the inspector of the title. The Birling family are rich, pampered and complacent. It is 1912, and the shadow of the impending war has yet to fall across their lives. As they sit down to dinner one night, celebrating the engagement of the eldest child, Sheila, to prosperous businessman Gerald, a knock at the door announces the arrival of a visitor who will change their lives forever.

Running time:  80 mins

Screening at 2pm

Tickets: £4.00

Sunday 17^th July  

Bump and Beyond

Now in its fourth year, the biggest and busiest mothers and babies show in the North West!

The ultimate pregnancy, birth, baby, toddler and parenting exhibition and a fabulous fun filled day for all the family. 

And it’s coming to the ACE Centre, on 17^th July 2011.

There will be a fantastic selection of stands, demonstrations and activities throughout the day.  See Cute Kids, Top Tots, and Baby Face finalists at the live Grand Final on the day.  Don’t miss it!

 

To book a stand or for more information please call 01772554547.

From 11am to 5pm 

Admission is just £1.50.

From All of Us at The ACE

Nelson’s best kept secret…

www.acecentre.co.uk

01282 661080

2011’s Hyde Park Unity Day will be shorter and more family-focussed than in recent years. We want everyone to have a peaceful day.

Unity Day is coming up soon, but as usual we can't publish the date online- trying to keep it small enough for the police to allow it again. If you could find room to publish any or all of the details below, we'd be very grateful.

HYDE PARK UNITY DAY finishes at 7pm this year

2011’s Hyde Park Unity Day will be shorter and more family-focussed than in recent years. We want everyone to have a peaceful day.

It’s 16 years since the community festival was set up in response to local riots and bad press. Since then the day has gone from strength to strength, becoming so popular that the organisers have decided to calm it down.

Every year a group of volunteers from Hyde Park and around get together to raise funds and plan the day, aiming to bring local residents together to celebrate all that the area has to offer- music, arts, food, dance, sport, info about groups, activities and local business. Just some of the new activities this year are hula hooping, netball, and Lishi (google it!)

This year it’s family time 12-3pm, with the volume turned down, activities for all ages, hopefully culminating in a parade. Then 3-7pm it’s party time- several sound systems will be offering local bands and DJs for your entertainment.

At 7pm the park event will finish, with afterparties elsewhere for people who want to carry on. The big one will be at the Uni- with live bands, DJs and the Iration Steppas.

Volunteers are still needed, especially stewards unitystewards@gmail.com  . Or go to www.unityday.org or email janeunityday@hotmail.co.uk if you want to get involved. Or come to a public meeting- every Wed from 1^st June at Wrangthorn Church Hall 7.30pm. Unity Day is for everyone who wants to be involved.

The date is a closely kept secret to keep numbers down at the request of the police. LS6 locals know the date, but please KEEP IT OFF THE NET. This is a local community event.

This is a list of fundraisers, if you have room for any or all of them:

12 June- 20th July Break the World Record for longest Bunting- fb details here, also at CAKE on 25^th June, and Mothership Tent on Unity Day.

9th July Riot Grrill alldayer @ Chemic 2pm-2am. With Woolf, Cows on Parade, Awesome Wells, Claire Mooney & more + Food. FREE in- donations please.

9^th July Something in the Loft@Fenton 4pm-1am. Only £4  in, £1.50 on selected drinks.

There will be cake, comedy, candles, dancing and partial nudity.

10^th July Reggae Reggae Sunday@Royal Park pub 2-9 reggae + BBQ with Caribbean flavour

15^th July Caribbean cookery class@Wrangthorn Church Hall. 2-6pm. Only £5.

15^th July – gig@Fenton Ross Winter, Ghost Dog, Ben Eyes, DJ Quip, Pigeon Inc.

15^th July Swing ‘ting @ Beaverworks. Swing, burlesque, electro swing etc.

17^th July Unity Jumble Sale@Wrangthorn Church Hall, LS6 1AF. 10am - 3pm, 50p entry. Tea, cakes and acoustic music. If you have any jumble to donate or want a stall in the hall,  contact liz.wigley@gmail.com or 07960828285.

29th July Hanky Panky Burlesque at Brudenell.

6^th August House about it?@Eiger Studios, New Craven Gate, LS11 5NF. Dirtbox Sound System presents a  night fuelled by all types of house music from hard and dark to light and dancy. 10-5am. £5 on the door.

Regards,
Jane Clifford
Communications, Hyde Park Unity Day 2011
www.unityday.org.uk
Facebook Group
Facebook Page
Twitter @HydePrkUnityDay

“MY YORKSHIRE ROAD” by EDUARDO NIEBLA A stunning collection of pieces by Eduardo Niebla celebrating North Yorkshire’s landscape, culture & heritage CONCERT PREMIERES

Dear Yorkshire Gig Guide. I think this is a really fantastic story about people from Yorkshire getting together to celebrate the region, as well as a great music project, so I really hope you can feature this.

Thanks so much.

Katherine Alvarez

YouTube - nieblatheguitarist's Channel

http://www.eduardoniebla.com

www.eduardoniebla.com

·         Eduardo Niebla, world class virtuoso guitarist and composer who has made Yorkshire his home for the last 10 years, is soon to premier his stunning new collection of pieces entitled “MY YORKSHIRE ROAD” celebrating North Yorkshire’s landscape, culture and heritage on
·         SAT 23^RD JULY at Holy Trinity Church Ripon
·         SUN 24^TH JULY at the Ryedale Festival
·         It features a wonderful line-up of musicians from the region and beyond from fishermen’s choirs to brass bands, to folk musicians, guitarists and percussionists,
·         with lyrics by Ian McMillan.
·         It’s a wonderful getting together of musicians from Yorkshire and beyond by the internationally acclaimed guitarist and composer Eduardo Niebla.
·

Photo credit:  Mark Sunderland  To download this photo in high resolution click: http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/vxtz0c

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

“MY YORKSHIRE ROAD” by EDUARDO NIEBLA

A stunning collection of pieces by Eduardo Niebla celebrating North Yorkshire’s landscape, culture & heritage

CONCERT PREMIERES

Sat 23^rd July 2011  7.30pm             Holy Trinity Church, Kirkby Road, Ripon HG4 2EY  Tickets £12  - 01765 640338 & from Alan Matthews & Hays Travel Ripon

Sun 24^th July 2011 3pm                  The Ryedale Festival Joan of Arc Hall Botton, near Whitby YO21 2BJ  Tickets: £12 - 01751 475777  www.ryedalefestival.co.uk

Eduardo Niebla, virtuoso flamenco jazz guitarist and composer, has come a long way from his birthplace in Tangiers and childhood in Girona Spain to reach North Yorkshire, his adopted home for the last 10 years.  And it is this incredible international life, as well as the very heartfelt quality of his compositions, that makes Eduardo’s new commission “MY YORKSHIRE ROAD”, a piece celebrating North Yorkshire’s landscape, culture and heritage, especially vibrant.

Included in the composition are a great line-up of musicians from Yorkshire and beyond:

·         Ripon City Brass Band
·         Men of Staithes (choir, formally known as the Staithes Fishermen’s Choir)
·         Rock Up and Sing! (choir based in Harrogate)
·         Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson (folk fiddle / vocals & melodeon)
·         Lyn Geddes (folk singer & guitarist)
·         as well as Eduardo Niebla (guitar & composition) and Carl Herring (guitar accompaniment) & Roberto Ares (drums / percussion)
·         Ian McMillan (Yorkshire poet & writer), who worked with Eduardo on a film at the Yorkshire Planetarium and a piece for the Ripon International Festival, is writing the lyrics
·         and the piece is being conducted by David Lancaster.

Eduardo wanted to include musicians who are traditionally associated with Yorkshire and to create new music directly inspired by its amazing landscape, its sea, its powerful elements and the lives of people within it: he’s been travelling from the tops of Twistleton Scar near Ingleton (see photo above) across the Dales and Moors to Staithes, recording and working with the musicians, whilst all the time making an inward and very personal journey:  “This is a wonderful occasion to bring musicians together from all over Yorkshire with so many talents to share some music and some wonderful lyrics by Ian McMillan and to celebrate the region.”

The result is a wonderfully alive musical celebration which will be premiered on Saturday 23^rd July 2011, 7.30pm at Holy Trinity Church Ripon and on Sunday 24^th July at The Ryedale Festival, 3pm Joan of Arc Hall Botton near Whitby.

The commission is generously supported by the Dales LEADER programme, Business Link Legacy Fund, Arts Council England, North Yorkshire County Council and Creative North Yorkshire.

FURTHER INFORMATION:            please contact Katherine Alvarez: 01765 640338 / 07808 727470  katherine@eduardoniebla.com

                                                                www.eduardoniebla.com

PHOTOS:                                             to download high resolution photos of Eduardo in North Yorkshire (credit Mark Sunderland): http://www.sendspace.com/folder/6zvquh  

to download other high resolution photos of Eduardo Niebla:  http://www.sendspace.com/folder/x0p1dl

PRESS PACK:                                      including mp3s of “My Gypsy Waltz”, photos, biography etc http://www.sendspace.com/folder/dekkc6

ABOUT EDUARDO NIEBLA

This commission follows the launch of Eduardo’s 23^rd album “MY GYPSY WALTZ” to acclaim at Celtic Connections Glasgow and the Queen Elizabeth Hall London earlier in the year, part of a distinguished recording and performing career over the last 4 decades which has seen Eduardo appear at the Tbilisi International Jazz Festival Georgia, the Jaipur Festival India, the Odessa Jazz Carnival Ukraine, the San Isidro Fiesta Madrid, the Olympic Games Greece, Glastonbury and the Brecon International Jazz Festival, as well as concert tours to South Africa, Jordan, Lebanon, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Spain & Ireland.

Since his move to Britain in 1978 Eduardo has collaborated with major artists across the globe including Nishat Khan (sitar), Wajahat Khan (sarod), Adel Salameh (oud), Lol Coxhill (saxophone), Deepak Ram (bamboo flute), Paban Das Baul (gypsy singer & percussionist), George Michael, Craig David and recently Ben Watkins of Juno Reactor (composer of the music for the Matrix films).  He was introduced to recording by Tom Newman and has written music for films, documentaries and plays, including for the BBC, and composed music alongside poets Fran Landesman, Mike Horovitz and how more recently Ian McMillan.
Eduardo’s career started from very humble beginnings – born in Tangiers Morocco to Andalucian parents in 1955, the 7^th of 11 children and mythically the 7^th son of the 7^th child.  In 1960 after political tensions the family became refugees and settled in Girona, Spain where Eduardo grew up.  At 18 he formed the cult symphonic rock band “Atila”, whose albums are now serious collectors’ items, and was rated alongside Paco de Lucia as one of the best guitarists in the Hispanic Peninsula.  In 1975 he moved to Paris, where he performed in several exhibitions of conceptual art with the painter Jaume Xifra. In 1978 he reached London, initially as a stepping stone to fly to America, but never left and has since been regarded as one of the outstanding guitarists of his generation.  He currently lives in North Yorkshire where he has his recording studio.

• Eduardo is also currently working on a new commission by the Dante String Quartet:  a piece for guitar and string quartet which they will premiere at the Dante Festival Cornwall on 15^th July 2011.

“A display of supernatural talent….and a spellbinding mixture of flamenco and modern jazz, bursting with passion & verve.” (The Spectator)
“Niebla proves his mastery & composing genius with every touch.” (Die Rheinpfalz)
“No recording can do full justice to the thunderstorm of this musician in full flow – deep booming chords interspersed with lightning percussive effects… his language is full of hot, dark, Mediterranean passion.”  (Scotsman)
“Eduardo – virtuoso?  Inventive improviser?  Yes and yes.  And creative composer too.  Writer of beautiful melodies, great grooves… he cast a deep engrossing spell over the audience which transported them to other places, to the distant past, to India, Arabia, North Africa, Spain – tracing the link between modern Flamenco and the ancient music of India.  And then on to the New World, to South and Central America for the rumba.  At the end of the concert he thanked the audience for having been present while the band “searched for those deep places in the music.”  Believe me they found them.  (Rodd Fogg, London Jazz 2010)

EDUARDO NIEBLA “My Gypsy Waltz” TOUR – UK & IRELAND 2011

Fri 14^th January                  BBC2 The Review Show, 11pm

Sat 15^th January                 Eastgate Theatre, Peebles

Sun 16^th January               Celtic Connections Glasgow – CD Launch

Tues 18^th January             BBC Radio Scotland – live in concert at Mary Ann Kennedy’s Global Gathering

Sat 22^nd January                Otley Courthouse

Sat 29^th January                 Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre London – CD Launch

Fri 4^th February                  Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury

Thur 10^th February           The Castle Wellingborough

11^th February                     BBC Bristol

Thur 17^th February           Artrix, near Birmingham

Fri 18^th February               St. George’s Bristol

Sat 19^th February              The Theatre Chipping Norton

Fri 25^th February               Cambridge Modern Jazz Club

Thur 10^th March                The Lemon Tree Aberdeen

Thu 14^th April                      Killyleagh, Ireland

Thu 28^th April                      Newbury Spring Festival – Education project

Tue 10^th May                      Newbury Spring Festival

Wed 11^th May                    Catstrand, New Galloway

Thur 12^th May                    Eden Court Theatre Inverness

Fri 13^th May                         Universal Hall Findhorn

Sat 14^th May                       An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis

Mon 16^th May                    Isle of Skye, Sabhal Mor Ostaig

Fri 20^th May                         The Hawth Crawley

Thu 26^th May                      Jazz Steps Bonington Theatre Nottingham

Fri 27^th May                         Huntingdon Arts Worcester

Sat 28^th May                       The Plough, Great Torrington

Sun 19^th June                     Sevenoaks Festival

Tues 21^st June                    Norwich Arts Centre

Wed 22^nd June                   Birmingham Town Hall

Thur 23^rd June                   Stephen Joseph Theatre

Thur 30^th June                    Ritmi Rigas International Music Festival, Latvia

Sat 16 July                           Marlborough International Jazz Festival

Sun 17 July                          Sefton Park Palm House Liverpool

Fri 26 August                      Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Brunton Theatre Musselburgh

Thur 6 Oct                           Terry O’Toole Theatre Lincolnshire

7 Oct                                      Highlights tour, North Pennines

Sat 8 Oct                              The Civic Barnsley

9, 14, 15, 16 Oct                 Highlights Tour North Pennines

Fri 21 Oct                             Colchester Arts Centre

Fri 11^th Nov                         The International Guitar Festival of Great Britain – The Wirral

Sat 26 Nov                           Taliesin Arts Centre Swansea

NEW COMMISSIONS EDUARDO NIEBLA 2011

13-15 July                            Dante Festival Cornwall – PREMIERE of new compositions by Eduardo Niebla for guitar & string quartet

Sat 23 July                           Holy Trinity Church Ripon – premiere of “My YORKSHIRE ROAD” new piece celebrating North Yorkshire’s landscape & culture

Sun 24 July                         The Ryedale Festival – premiere of “My YORKSHIRE ROAD” new piece celebrating North Yorkshire’s landscape & culture

NEW TOURS EDUARDO NIEBLA 2012

15 – 18 Feb                        Devon

25 Feb                                 The Tolbooth Stirling

22^nd March                         Ballymoney Town Hall (Ireland)

Fri 23^rd March                   Mermaid Arts Centre Bray (Ireland)

Sat 24^th March                  Solstice Arts Centre Navan (Ireland)

Tues 27^th March               St. John’s Theatre Listowel (Ireland)

Wed 28^th March               Town Hall Theatre Galway

Thur 29^th March                Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar (Ireland)

Fri 30^th March                    Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny

Sat 31t March                    Market Place Theatre Armagh

Friday 20^th April 2012       Queen Elizabeth Hall London

Sun 22^nd April                     Wiltshire Music Centre

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Wonderful Beverley Folk Festival Experience- 2011

Beverley Festival once again colourful, diverse and vibrant- a beautiful experience.

Friday saw all the Yorkshire Gig Guide team settled in with tents pitched (almost not because ours very nearly blew away whilst we were trying to sort out which bit went where) and our media tent lounge up and ready for interviews and relaxation. 

 
The weather mostly held at bay, some rain some wind and some sunshine- certainly didn't daunt the festival goers.

Over the course of the next three days we were entertained by a vast array of singers, poets  and storytellers.

The team were assigned to different venues and we all went off in anticipation of the usual wonderful and varied entertainment afforded by the Beverley Folk Festival. 

We were not disappointed. As well the exciting stages of the 'Wold Top Marquee' 'Concert & Dance Marquee' 'The Main Stage' and of course the Festival Village open air entertainments on site, there were also workshops and entertainment including Morris Dancers, singers and other performers around  the town of Beverley itself. 

On the canal was the fabulous barge of the Beverley Barge Preservation Society hosting various musical and dance sessions. In various pubs across Beverley, folk revellers broke into warming sing arounds and instrumental jammin sessions. The whole town was alive with music.
 
Of course there is much more to enjoy too, the lovely craft stalls where luthiers and craft people share their skills and wares

Yes Beverley Festival includes the whole community and on the Sunday morning the Folk Service in the Church of St Nicholas was accompanied by The Home Church Buskers. Very uplifting! 

In the afternoon the 'World Went Local' in the concert Marquee with bands from the music of the Hull Refugee Festival.
 And as Sunday evening sunshine turned into Sunday night, across the festival site people found their own ways to celebrate and say farewell to this lovely festival. 
 
Some headed for the main stage to be thrilled by the energetic uplifting sounds of Bellowhead others headed to the jammin tent to enjoy music making with new found friends. 

Many joined sing-a-rounds in pubs or spontaneous open air sing-a-longs and dance on the Green in the village space. The Wold Marquee rocked into the early hours and a lone trumpeter played out somewhere in the camping area.
 
We tucked our selves into our tents listening contentedly to the ebb and flow sounds of peoples musical farewells and revelry, the Minster chimed 3.00am as we snuggled into sleep.

Filmed interviews with many of the artists and clips of the events will be posted shortly. Do keep checking with us to see if your favourite is here yet!


Denis and Alison
Yorkshire Gig Guide

19 Days To Go......

to the prestigious competition to find which one of these groups below will earn the right to play at the Leeds and Reading Festivals which is hosted by Centre Stage in conjunction with Martin House, Children's Hospice.


**CENTRE STAGE 2011**

**THE FINALISTS**

**VINYL PARTY**INLAZE **SPRAYED ACES**TRAFFIC WIRE**THE MEXANINES**SHARP DARTS**ST. SOMEBODY
**NEVE**YOU HAD ME AT HELLO**THE SCANDALS**POACHING FOR MAMMOTHS**CARBON PARTY**
Sarah Smith

Trusts Fundraiser
Grove Road, Clifford, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 6TX

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Hope to see you all there
Denis
Yorkshire Gig Guide