CoCoMAD 2011 Programme

Pr ogr 20 am m 11 e Cotteridge Park, Franklin Road, Cotteridge

FREE Festival

SATURDAY 2nd JULY from 12 noon

ENTERTAINMENT PROCESSION STALLS MUSIC

www.cotteridgepark.org.uk

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Pershore Road Travel Choices

Fancy pedalling yourself a delicious drink to enjoy at the festival?

Then come along and see us in our Network West Midlands marquee and have a ride on our Smoothie Bike! What’s more while sipping away you can discover a healthier way to live and travel that will save you money and help the environment.

Now that’s just good sense!

The Pershore Road Travel Choices Project is here to provide you and your family with support, advice and activities to encourage more use of alternatives to the car in your area.

So stop by and see us to find out more and be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes!

To plan your public transport journeys visit networkwestmidlands.com Find your way on foot at networkwestmidlands.com/walkit Get on your bike at transportdirect.info

To find out more about the project please visit networkwestmidlands.com/pershoreroad 2

Welcome to CoCoMAD 2011 Saturday 2nd July

“the small but perfectly formed festival in Cotteridge Park”

to be opened by The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Anita Ward Shopping trolley carnival floats, the climbing wall, the best of local music & the most delicious, local, handmade food - there is no other festival quite like CoCoMAD. CoCoMAD is run by the Friends of Cotteridge Park a group of dedicated, or foolish, volunteers. The festival is a big project and we always need more volunteers to help with the planning and to make sure the day runs smoothly.

CoCoMAD is proud to be a FREE festival but we do need your help to pay for the bits the volunteers can’t do:- insurance, paying the bands, licences and the stage. If everyone puts £2 in a bucket that’s CoCoMAD paid for If you want to know more about the Friends of Cotteridge Park or want to join the CoCoMAD team have a look at our website:

www.cotteridgepark.org.uk

CoCoMAD - the People’s Verdict

To make sure that CoCoMAD gets better each year we need your thoughts and opinions.

Go to the Cotteridge Park website and fill in the questionnaire

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Procession

Bring a Picnic and Build a Carnival Float Sunday June19th and 26th This year’s theme “Grow Your Own” Meet by the swings in Cotteridge Park at 11am Bring a picnic lunch No experience necessary – adults and children are all very welcome.

And if you can’t join the float building, come and join the CoCoMAD Carnival Parade on Saturday 2nd July.

11am – Assemble at the Friends Meeting House, Watford Road, Cotteridge. 12 noon the parade sets off.

Parade route: Rowheath Road, Midland Road, Ashmore Road, Franklin Road to the main park entrance.

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The CoCoMAD carnival parade is a splendid thing to behold – boring shopping trolleys transformed into 8ft squirrels, bumble bees, dragons and monkeys – amongst a host of other wild and wonderful creations.

All sorts of people are making trolley floats this year:- schools, businesses and youth groups – and you can have a go too

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218 Maryvale Road Bournville West Midlands B30 1PJ 0121 451 1246 deniseleverton@aol.com

Opening times Tuesday -Friday 8:30-5 Saturday 8-4 Sunday 10-1

Deli and fair-trade cafe serving good home-style cooking, from organic burgers, veggie breakfasts, all day breakfasts and delicious cakes, also gluten free cakes. We have a large garden with a play house for children. Outside catering is available from 10 -150 people and a delivery service, please enquire in shop.

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It’s all FUN* and it’ Main Stage 12:30 Dinky

indie rock band.

Musical sunshine from a melodic

13:30 Cotteridge School Choir 14:15 Toy Hearts

Combining original songwriting, sweet sister harmonies and hard driving rhythms the Toy Hearts have developed a truly unique sound that leaves their audiences breathless and ready for more!

15:45 The Nortons

A Britpop Punk band whose unique style includes song titles such as “Pingu’s Got An ASBO”, “Comfort In Food”, and “Cotteridge”. Guess where we’re from?

16:45 Muthafunk 18:15 Misty’s Big Adventure

A glorious 8 piece band from Birmingham in the UK, made up of brothers and sisters and twins and saxophones and trumpets and cute, weird dancers who produce the most uplifting, life affirming tunes you will hear since Louie Armstrong played with the Lovin Spoonful.

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CoCoMAD - the FREE festival!

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’sAcoustic FREE** Tent 13:00 - 19:00

your chance to perform at CoCoMAD

An invitation to any acoustic, vocal or intrumental performers who wish to bring their talents to the day.

MC John B will be hosting the usual open-mic format - just turn up, make yourself known and he will fit you into the schedule. For further details please e-mail acoustinights@ aol.com.

you have a go at various crafts and activities as well as orchard tours and gardening advice. Find out about the plants and animals that live in the park and your gardens and what you can do to encourage biodiversity.

And more...

Bear Creek Adventures Climbing Wall

Test your nerves and your skills by climbing as high as the trees and try the view from 6m up.

Animal Train Make musical instruments from bits and bobs, tubes and boxes; drums, gongs, horns, batphones and much more.

Just turn up and show us what you can do.

FUN CoColounge

The CoColounge is a new addition to the CoCoMAD scene DJs playing an eclectic mix of cool chill-out beats, down tempo electronica, Balearic classics and deep house. The lineup includes DJs from the international club and festival scene and a resident from Ibiza’s Café Mambo sunset bar.

Cotteridge Community Orchard a quiet haven in a busy festival Gardening, Bodging, bushcraft, rangers and woodworking.

Dan and the Bushcraft club, Birmingham Rangers and the Orchard Fairies will be here to help

Graham Jones - wood sculptor See Graham at work

and have a go yourself at creating a thing of beauty from a lump of wood

Woodcraft Folk Art and Craft Tent – have a quiet time making

something lovely to take home with you.

*Well we think it’s Fun, and we hope you do too! We’d love to have more feedback from you so please go to www. cotteridgepark.org.uk and take part in our survey. Thanks! **CoCoMAD is a great day out that doesn’t leave you feeling broke at the end of it. All the music and activities on this page are FREE. It’s run by volunteers but we still have to pay for insurance, bands, equipment and licences.

CoCoMAD costs around £10k. £1,500 comes from Birmingham City Council, £3,500 from local business sponsorship and stall holders, plus £1,500 from grants and fundraising. So we need to raise £3,500 on the day from donations. That’s just a £2 donation from everyone who comes to CoCoMAD.

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FRANKLIN ROAD

Cotteridge Park Coco Lounge

Skate Park

Hog Roast

Orchard

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Swings

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CoMAD 2011

Stage Acoustic tent Children’s art team Animal train First Aid Stalls & ice cream Information point Graham Jones wood Bouncy castle Face painting

The Avenue

Bear Creek Adventures climbing wall Hog roast Cocolounge Ice cream Tennis competition

Orchard

Bodging Rangers Bush craft camp Holistic health

Old Bowling Green Bournville warrior penalty shoot-out competition

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What’s On in Cotteridge Park for the summer and beyond.

National Play Day – Thursday 4th August 11am - 4pm

Loads of activities - arts and crafts, face painting, water slide, big bubble play, junk constructions, sports, games and lots of ‘help yourself’ things to play with. The event is completely free and open to all ages,

Bear Creek Adventures Climbing Wall The park but from a different angle - 2, 10, 18, 23 August 12.30 – 6.30pm. Find us by the children’s play area

Art Not Crime Squad – Spray Art Team

If you are over 8 years old come and learn some new skills and keep the park looking good. Meet by the Skate Park from 3-5pm on Saturdays. 18th June & 16th July, 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th August, 17th September & 15th October.

Sports and Games with Coach Dan

Come and have a go at lots of different sports and games – everyone is very welcome – no skills or experience necessary.

Meet by the basketball court. Every Sunday from 11-1pm. Plus 3rd, 5th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 19th, 24th and 26th August.

Sunday Bush Craft Club

Every Sunday from 2-4pm in the Orchard for adults & children. Learn skills, use tools, get muddy, help look after the park.

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CoCoCamp and Community Games

Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th August.

Bournville Scouts are helping us organise the 4th Cotteridge Park family camp to celebrate the end of the summer holidays.

Bring the family – each group needs a responsible adult in charge – a tent and a picnic tea for Saturday.

We’ll organise a cooked breakfast.

Booking is essential and places are strictly limited.

You can get a booking form from the Friends of Cotteridge Park stall in the middle of the Main Field at CoCoMAD.

Volunteering

Have you got a bit of time to give to help look after the orchard?

Need to get outdoors and get active?

Got a Duke of Edinburgh award looming? ...come and volunteer with the orchard team on Sundays from 11am.

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Running Around at CoCoMAD Tennis Tournament - FREE

As Wimbledon 2011 reaches its climax with the big finals on CoCoMAD weekend, why not take part in CoCoMAD’s first ever tennis tournament. Will you be crowned Champion? This year there are two categories: • Under-11 (Challenger) • Under-18 (Satellite) Spaces are limited so you need to sign up before 2nd July. For more information and to book a place please call Rick Steeds on 0121 472 8506. (Parents - please note that this is not a supervised activity you are responsible for your child/ren.) We will start at 12 noon, and the first CoCoMAD Champions will be announced from the main stage around 6pm. A fun way to enjoy some great tennis whilst at CoCoMAD. Tennis balls provided. Just bring a racket and your trainers.

And on the Old Bowling Green

Join the Bournville Warriors to test your penalty-kicking skills as a speed gun measures the speed & strength of your kick. Boys & girls (of all ages!) welcome.

Amy Plisner, 1967 - 2011 Friend of Cotteridge Park

Amy was a founder member of the Friends of Cotteridge Park and was a key part of the CoCoMAD team from the beginning 14 years ago. Every year with her clipboard and Madonna mic she made sure everything ran smoothly – and when things went wrong – which they always do – she made it right again.

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Your Local Independent Family-run Pharmacy and Opticians • Free Prescription Collection & Delivery • Private Consultation Area • Smoking Cessation • Weight Management Clinics • Health Checks • NHS & Private Eye Tests • Large Range of Glasses and Contact Lenses

Open Until 7.00pm Weekdays

1-3 Pershore Road South, Cotteridge, B30 3EE

Call in and see us or telephone

www.kingspharmacyandopticians.co.uk

0121 433 3072

A unique combination KINGS Pharmacy and Opticians offers a combination of services unique to the local community, with a well established pharmacy and state-of-the-art opticians conveniently housed under one roof.

The shop is owned and operated by husband and wife team Ameet and Rupa Pancholi and has been a fixture on Pershore Road South for over 20 years.

Rupa and her team offer a complete optical service using the latest technology. “Eye tests are not only important to check the quality of your vision, but also the overall health of your eyes and body. Our Retinal camera can aid in the early detection of diabetes and glaucoma,” Rupa said. “Our extensive range of spectacles includes budget and designer frames, with free NHS glasses available to qualifying individuals.” Please call for qualifying details.

The pharmacy itself provides a variety of services ranging from prescription dispensing, collection and delivery, to enhanced services from their discreet private consultation room.

These include medicine usage reviews, healthy heart checks, smoking cessation, allergy screening and emergency hormonal contraception. Kings Free Prescription Re-order, collection and delivery service is especially helpful for those who are elderly, housebound or have trouble getting about – saving you the hassle of repeated journeys to the surgery and pharmacy. Please ask for more details.

For more information, phone (0121) 433 3072 or click onto www.kingspharmacyandopticians.co.uk

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Cotteridge Traders’ Association To get CoCoMAD off to a great start the Cotteridge Traders Association are organising a competition. To win the prize of £100 all you have to do is search through the shop windows next time you are in Cotteridge to find the objects that aren’t usually there – a newspaper in the butcher’s shop, a cake in the charity shop and so on.

It’s FREE to enter - just pick up an entry form in the shops with a poster in the window, try to find all the items that are in the wrong place and drop your completed form back to one of the shops before Saturday 9th July.

Competiton FREE to enter Prize money £100

WHERE THE WORLD GOES FOR SIGNS Shop Fascias • Magnetics • Built Up Letters • Banners Vehicle Graphics • Window Graphics • Digital Printing “A” Frames • Post and Panel Signs • Screen Printing Industrial and Commericial • Signs

Tel: 0121 433 3307 E-mail: birminghamwest@signarama.co.uk 1819 - 1821 Pershore Road, Cotteridge, Birmingham B30 3DN

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Midlands Co-operative Society Limited is pleased to support CoCoMAD. We wish continued success to the Friends of Cotteridge Park and hope that everyone has a wonderful day.

Whether it be food, holidays or funeral you can rely on Midlands Co-operative to serve your community. Why not pop into our stores or branches in Cotteridge and Stirchley.

ETHICAL WATER BEST OF BRITISH FAIRTRADE For every purchase of the Co-operative Fairbourne Springs mineral water, Midlands Co-operative makes a donation to the One Water Foundation.

This will fund PlayPumpÂŽ water systems, these double as a water pump and a roundabout for children, helping to deliver clean water to villages in Africa.

We are proud that all our fresh beef, pork, chicken, turkey and duck is British.

All our own-brand shell eggs are free range and laid in the UK. The Co-operative Elmwood Standard - Elmwood is the Co-operative’s own higher welfare standard for chickens, It has been developed to exceed base-level farm assurance standards.

We are the leading the Fairtrade Retailer, stocking more Fairtrade and ethically sourced goods than any other retailer.

We have supported Fairtrade since its beginnings in 1994, but in truth we have always been a Fair Trader in your community since our beginnings in 1875!

We stock over 150 0wn brand Fairtrade products and 50 branded Fairtrade goods.

Support for the CoCoMAD Festival has been provided by the Western Region Member Relations Committee of Midlands Co-operative Society.

1876 Pershore Road, Cotteridge 0121 459 1072 4 Hazelwell Street, Stirchley 0121 459 4441 Midlands Co-operative Society Limited

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