NANTWICH MUSIC AND DANCE DAY
9th July 2008
Music lovers will be thoroughly entertained on
Saturday, 19th July, with a fantastic music and dance
day presented by Shannon Promoters, in partnership with Town Centre
Management.
This top quality show features several bands
performing throughout the day including;
BECKY TALOR – multi talented instrumentalist;
MAJENTA AL JAMILAH – with their graceful Middle Eastern Dance
Styles;
BAKERS FABULOUS BOYS – UK’s top Blue Grass Band;
PHOEBE FISCHER – our very own local performer;
SHANNON Dancers – bringing in their Riverdance style, which is so
much enjoyed by all.
All performing from 11am through to 3.30pm, on Nantwich Town
Square, promising a full day of music, entertainment and enjoyment
all completely FREE of charge. Some extra seating will be
provided to enable as many people as possible to enjoy this extra
special show.
Councillor Jacquie Weatherill, Portfolio holder said, “This is
one of the highlights not to be missed in this year’s programme of
Street Entrainment which is valued by shoppers and local
businesses. With many visitors also expressing a wish that
they too could enjoy locally provided programmes, where they live.
The entertainment adds to the vibrancy and enjoyment of visiting
the town centres and often local perfomers utilise the opportunity
to promote their own talents, which is wonderful to support – do
come along to either, or both, town centres to see and enjoy the
free entertainment on offer.”
There will be more local talent to look out for on Saturday
2nd August as the Star Search talent competition takes
place in Crewe, with cash prizes up for grabs, including a £200
first prize kindly supported by Wulvern Housing and the Market
Centre Crewe.
For further details please do not hesitate to
contact Elaine Dodd, Crewe and Nantwich Town Centre Manager, on
01270 537559. There is also a full directory of events, which
happen in and also close to town, on the Borough Councils web site,
http://www.crewe-nantwich.co.uk/
on the home page click onto the ‘Entertainment in Town’
icon.
Council
Contact:
Elaine Dodd – Town Centres Manager
Telephone: 01270
537559
Email: elaine.dodd@crewe-nantwic.gov.uk
Council Press Contact: Ian
Richardson – Press Officer
Telephone: 01270
537565
Email: ian.richardson@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
Photo-opportunity
Every Saturday in
Town Centres
Normally 11am –
3pm
ADDITIONAL BAND
INFORMATION
BECKY TAYLOR
http://www.beckytaylor.info/
Becky is one of the few female
exponents of the Uilleann or Irish Pipes in England today. Well
renowned as a solo performer and teacher, Becky has performed at
folk festivals and events in the UK & Europe for the last 20
years.
Her debut album was released in
December 2002 to critical acclaim throughout the folk
scene.
Becky is renowned for her ability to
give a distinctive interpretation to traditional tunes on a variety
of instruments; Uilleann pipes, fiddle, Northumbrian pipes, whistle
and duet concertina, and her skill in composing and arranging tunes
that continue that tradition is a major feature of her
music.
She has played with many bands in and
around the North of England including popular Celtic bands
The Rub, Reed Riot (with fellow piper David Lim), Gan Ainm,
Gaelforce and The Daw Green Stompers to name but a few.
Collaborations have included performances with Lindisfarne, and
also with the Chieftains on their album 'A Chieftains Celebration'
in 1988 after a series of performances with them in Dublin as part
of the Citys Millennium celebrations. She was also a finalist in
the 'BBC Young Tradition' awards for several years.
BAKERS FABULOUS
BOYS
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peteandloraine/Index.htm
Baker's Fabulous Boys are a
Cheshire-based Bluegrass band who, as well as playing traditional
Bluegrass, also compose their own material and take songs and
tunes from other genres and arrange them in their own unique
way. Their objective is to ensure that everyone has a great
time; those of you who have been to any of their gigs will
know what they mean.
MAJENTA AL JAMILAH
http://www.majentaaljamilah.com/
The name"Majenta Al – Jamilah" means
"Majenta, the graceful" –referring to the more refined elegant and
graceful styles of dance which Majenta displays.
Majenta has spent many years studying
and performing Middle Eastern dance travelling far and wide to
learn from many wonderful teachers across the world.
Whenever I am able to do so, I also
continue my studies of Bharata Natyam and Odissi dance which I
adore thoroughly.
Majenta also studies and works
musically with Gamelan orchestras, Samba Bands, African Drum and
Dance ensembles, learning classical Tabla from Harjinder Mattharu
Singh & Dr. Jeetha, and playing drum kit in various bands.
Since 1997, she has been learning Classical Hindustani Vocal
(Thumri and Dhrupad) at the Asian Music Circuit in London. Ialso
studying Thumri with Savita Devi and Sunanda Sharma, and Dhrupad
with Ashoka Dhar.
I've worked in North India, Saudi
Arabia and throughout Western and Eastern Europe.
PHOEBE FISCHER
Local eighteen year
old Classical singer. Phoebe is at Grade 8 in her singing
studies and has recently performed on stage at the Lyceum Theatre
and at the Nantwich 'Christmas Lights Switching On
Ceremony'.
SHANNON
http://www.shannondance.co.uk/
Locally based
Irish dance company with over ten years experience performing at
theatres, festivals and wedding events throughout the UK will
perform a half hour set of contemporary and traditional styled
routines.
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