The Beverley Lions lit up the Christmas tree at Market Cross on Saturday. The Mayor of Beverley, Peter Astell and the Beverley Beaver joined Paul James of the Beverley lions for the big switch on. A large crowd gathered to enjoy the event with music being provided by the Church Lads and Girls Brigade. On Wednesday the it is the turn of the Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal who will be…
The East Riding Schools Music Service is holding their annual Christmas concert in Beverley Minster on December 12, 2011 starting at 7pm. The concert will give over 200 young people from the East Riding the opportunity to celebrate their musical talents together in performances by string groups, a choir and a brass group all provided by East Riding Schools’ Music Service. There will also be the opportunity for the audience…
On Saturday 10th December, Saint Mary’s Church in Beverley will be hosting a Christmas concert to raise money for the country’s oldest military charity, the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) Forces Help. The ‘Celebration of Christmas’ is being organised by SSAFA East Yorkshire and Longcroft School, featuring music from the Band 150 (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment Royal Logistic Corps and St Mary’s School and St Nicholas School choirs. Students…
Off Shoots Musical Theatre Company will be presenting an evening “Off Broadway” on Saturday 26 November at St Nicholas Community Centre, Holmechurch Lane, Beverley. The Concert starts at 7.30 pm and tickets are £8 and £5 for children under 12. The first half will be songs and dance from shows and the second half will be a concert version The Sound of Music. Off Shoots is a stage school for…
The Whiskey Dogs are a brilliant East Riding based trio who play highly infectious early Americana music that audiences of all ages can’t get enough of. Their material includes the crazy, wild repertoire of the jug bands, the catchy melodies and tight instrumentals of the string bands and beautiful, haunting old-time mountain ballads. Pete Bolton fronts the band with his powerful, soulful vocals and instruments including claw-hammer banjo, guitar, kazoo and…
Tribfest, the nationally renowned music festival, will be moving to a prestigious new venue for summer 2012. The festival’s growing reputation for organising one of the country’s most innovative and affordable weekend music festivals means it now needs room to expand and believes it has now found the ideal venue to further enhance the event. Festival organiser, Ed Faulkner, is very pleased to announce that the August 2012 Festival will…
Community feel, great access and excellent amenities – Norwood’s a popular location There’s few places that retain the old-fashioned, community feel of Beverley as Norwood. On either side of this lively road, streets of solid terraced housing give way to bigger, newer houses, all within minutes of Beverley’s historic town centre or seconds from the roads which lead to Hull and the rest of the East Riding. With Beverley High…
People who are looking to take their next step in education or who want to strengthen their CV can find their future with two new prospectuses from East Riding College. The full-time and higher education course guides feature more than 100 programmes across the full range of subject areas at levels equivalent to degrees, A-levels and GCSEs. College Principal Derek Branton said: “Even though we are still in 2011, this…
In fond memory of Lesley Caruana and Lesley Wilkinson & all affected by this unforgiving disease, please come along and show your support for this worthy cause. Please see below for full info. CMM Productions on behalf of Macmillan Nurses are pleased to announce the following artistes are performing :- BANDIQUI http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1090248696 CREEK CATS http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=692579598 FARINO http://www.facebook.com/pages/Farino/145135538861607 THE FINAL ROMANCE http://www.facebook.com/TheFinalRomance FRANK JOHNSON & BIG LOVE ENSEMBLE http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1121813914 THE HAPPY…
Kubana bar in Beverley’s Saturday Market, played host to a children’s Halloween Party. Ghosts, ghouls, vampires, devils to name but a few turned out on the cold October evening. There was an array of fantastic costumes that made even the bravest among us quiver! The children were kept amused by all the traditional party games, but with a Halloween ‘spooky twist’. We had pin the spider on the web, musical…
The following is a family’s review of an Ice Hockey game at Hull Ice Arena. The family include Dad (Leigh), Mum (Jess), and children Ruby (age 8) and Casper (age 5). This is the first time any of us have attended an Ice Hockey game. Upon entering the arena you immediately feel the buzz in the air, children and adults mill around in their blue and yellow Stingray regalia and…
Rock N Roll night returns this Friday, 28th October, at Armstrongs Social Club with West Yorkshire band Jump N Jive. The four piece band play drums, guitar and double bass and are very popular with lovers of this music genre and have many supporters who travel to the club to see them perform. Warm up the hour before the band perform with a Jive and Rock N Roll dance lesson…
Beverley’s next Armed Forces Day (AFD) will take place on Sunday 1st July 2012, the event takes a great deal of planning with exhibitors and performers being booked as early as possible to avoid any disappointment on the day, as events take place throughout the County and often clash. Next year is a special year and we hope to mark the Queens Jubilee year by putting together a much more…
Megan Withers was joined by friends and some family members as she celebrated her 16th birthday at Beaver Park home to Beverley RUFC.
Well over a 100 guests enjoyed a cracking night with music being provided by local DJ Jack Young whose performance was described by Jesskaa Holliday as mint!
Last week ghosts, ghouls and witches gathered to sing and dance to spooky songs at special Halloween themed Music Time sessions across East Yorkshire. Music Time is a registered charity, which introduces basic music skills to infants and young children. Groups take place in the Minster Parish Rooms and the Quaker Rooms in Beverley as well as in Cottingham, Howden and South Cave. Familiar nursery songs along with original compositions…
Two local boys have made it down to the top ten of the Pizza Express competition ‘The Big Audition’ with Jamie Cullum. Billy Gill and Fin Henderson, both 15, make up Palms13 a ‘jazzy-pop’ band. The boys applied for the competition and submitted a youtube video of themselves, competing with over 7500 others they made it down to the top 50 and with votes from fans and school friends are…
Members of the public will be able to see hundreds of local documents and go behind the scenes at the Treasure House, Beverley, at the venue’s open day on Saturday, 22 October, from 9am-4pm. The exhibition of unique historical archives will relate to the theme of creativity especially art, music and literature. People in the past were very creative and innovative, this is a great opportunity to come along and…
With just over two months to Christmas, preparations are well under way to light up Beverley and make it sparkle more than ever over the festive season. Despite difficult economic times, over eighty businesses and residents continue to support the drive to fill the town with small trees. Thanks to everyone who has ordered a tree – these will be going up, with the invaluable help of the Beverley Rugby…