The year started with our annual New Years Day Fun Run in Beverley which attracted 198 runners for either the 3k for the young ones , the 6k for the more athletic and the more competitive 10k for the various athletic club runners. This fun run is not a race but just a chance to shake off the Christmas excesses and many of the runners raise funds from sponsorship for…
Beverley Minster was full and filled with sound of music and around 500 people as the East Riding Schools’ Music Service hosted a their second festive concert in as many days. BBC Look North were also at the Minster, as the giving the children a unique opportunity to perform live on the BBC1. The Christmas Concert featured The East Riding String Training Orchestra, The East Riding Intermediate String Ensemble, The…
There was barely an empty seat in Hull City Hall on Sunday evening with over 900 people enjoyed East Riding Schools’ Music Service annual Christmas Concert. The East Ridding Youth Orchestra, East Riding Senior Wind Band, Swinemoor Primary School Choir
Beverley’s Ragamuffins have launched their much awaited second album titled ‘Beverley Bookends’. Jerry O’Connell and John Burgess with support from Tim Gaden and Phil Barber have written and recorded ten new songs all about Beverley. Songs featured on the album include, Market Cross, Towers Of Minster and Wezzo a song that reflects on good times spent on the Beverley Westwood when they were young lads. The CD is due to…
The changing vision of a young Beverlonian Born and bred in Beverley, I’m what is known as a Beverlonian. As a bored, disillusioned & angst ridden teenager, I frequently found myself thinking ’there must be more to life than just existing in a small town in East Yorkshire‘…a somewhat dreary place I felt, that seemed to suffer with a habitual case of nothingness and a constant attack of bad weather….
The Ancient and Unique setting of Beverley Minster will pay host on Saturday evening to Beverley Chamber Choir in what will be a special start to Christmas. After many months of planning the Choir will perform a programme of Bach Music specifically for Christmas, including parts of the Christmas Oratorio. The choir will be joined by an orchestra which is drawn from some of the best Baroque instrument players in…
The Beverley Lions held their annual Christmas concert at the Beverley Memorial. Over 200 people were in the hall to enjoy music and a light hearted comedy sketch. The stars of the show were Westfield Junior Choir, the youngsters were accompanied by Mrs Redhead on the piano. The youngsters sang a selection of carols as well and performing a song for the first time that was written especially for them….
Threes Company played a mixture of live music to a crowd at Toll Gavel Methodist Church in Beverley. This was the first time they had played in Beverley and judging by the audiences reaction the trio would be welcomed back. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to…
The City Hall in Hull is the venue for this year’s truly magical Christmas Concert featuring the East Riding Senior Wind Band and the East Riding Youth Orchestra on Sunday December 13th.
TribFest has announced great offers for those looking to book tickets as Christmas gifts. The company has put some of the ticket allocation for their festival which will be held at Beverley Polo Club next summer in August. Tickets for the full weekend, day passes and even the VIP tickets are being offered with up to £20 pounds. Ed Faulkner of Ed Entertainments Ltd the organisers of TribFest told HU17.net…
This year is the 250th anniversary of the death of the much loved composer George Frideric Handel. What better way to celebrate his music than to join the East Riding County Choir in their performance of Messiah in Beverley Minster on 5th December? The performace starts at 7.00 pm Saturday 5th December 2009 in the Beverley Minster. Tickets available from Beverley Tourist Information Centre tel: 01482 391672 or at the…
The Mayor of Beverley invites you to a Free Family Christmas Concert on Saturday the 12th December – 3pm at St Mary’s Church, Beverley. With special guests; The Regimental Band of 150 Regiment Royal Logistics Corps (Volunteers) Also featuring; St Mary’s Church Choir, Beverley Hand Bell Ringers and the children of St Mary’s Primary School. Donations given on the day will go to the Mayoral charity SSAFA Forces Help East…
Beverley was treated to a night of music at Toll Gavel Methodist Church at the Concert Royal where enjoyed ‘Musik for Awhile’ below is a selection of pictures and short video of the performance. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size Video: Short video showing…
Concert Royal are presenting Musick for Awhile at Toll Gavel Methodist Church in Beverley on Thursday, 12 November 2009 at 7.30pm. Henry Purcell was England’s greatest composer of the baroque era. During his short life, spent mostly in the service of court and church, he made innovative contributions to chamber, church and theatre music. To mark this important anniversary, Concert Royal has prepared a programme of songs, cantatas and instrumental…
The London Theatre Voices, a quartet of friends who met whilst singing for English National Opera wowed a packed audience at Toll Gavel Methodist Church, Beverley. Over 230 people sat back and enjoyed the ‘A Night in the West End’. Communities Arts Officer for East Riding of Yorkshire June Mitchell was very pleased at the success of the concert, June and the department she works in are responsible for organising…
Pop Connection provides primary schools with a unique opportunity to record their very own professional pop music CD. The project creates an exciting opportunity for schools to meet government requirements for community cohesion. It also gives every child in the school a positive and memorable experience that develops their musical and performance skills and increases their self- confidence During October the Pop Connection team will be at Keldmarsh School, Woodmansey…
Beverley Brass Band will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a performance at Toll Gavel Methodist Church later this month. The concert that takes place on the 23rd of October at 7.30pm with proceeds from ticket sales going to Combat Stress a leading organisation that provides mental health care to veterans of the armed services. Tickets for the Beverley Brass Band 40th Anniversary Concert can be purchased in advance from the…
The Beverley Town Handbell Ringers was formed in Febuary, 1981 and, by the loan of an old set of bells from Elland in the West Riding of Yorkshire, were able to set about raising funds to buy their present ‘long set’ two years later in August 1983. The Beverley Town Handbell Ringers play on a 132 set of Whitechapel bells which cover a wide range of octaves. The band is…