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Other things to celebrate this month include: Irish History Month; St Gemma’s Hospice’s fortieth anniversary; A Gypsy Exhibition at the University of Leeds Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery; WildLines – a three-day programme of

talks, readings and Q&As with some of the UK’s leading writers and thinkers on nature at The Leeds Library; and Roundhay Rotary holds its Magnificent Seventh Beer Festival.

In addition, there are more great reasons for trips to the theatre; Band buddies meet up again after 70 years; LASSN needs more host homes; Richmond House School is expanding; and Leeds Rotary Club presents remarkable young people with Young Citizens’ Awards.

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06 10 12 18 20 28 34 54 06 Irish History Month 2018 -An Irish Arts Foundation initiative promoting the vibrancy of Irish arts, heritage, culture and history.

20 Representing Gypsy Lives - A new exhibition explores visual, historical and fictional representations of the Gypsy and Traveller community.

10 2023 Six Year Cultural Programme is Unveiled - The city’s commitment to

28 Businesses Join New Age Friendly Scheme -‘Come In and Rest’ encourages

carrying forward its Leeds European Capital of Culture plan

older people to stay active in their community.

12 A Night to Remember - Celebrating

34 LASSN Needs More Hosts for Asylum Seekers - Appeal for people to

St Gemma’s Fortieth Anniversary

host asylum seekers.

18 WildLines - A programme of talks

54 Rotary Club Young Citizen Awards - Exemplary young people rewarded for

and readings in partnership with The Leeds Library.

their achievements.

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The month of March is Irish History Month in Leeds. First celebrated in 2007, this Irish Arts Foundation initiative is now in its twelfth year. It exists to promote the many positive contributions that Irish people have made in Leeds and to introduce new audiences to the vibrancy of Irish arts, heritage, culture and history.

Particular highlights this year include concerts from John Doyle, John McCusker and Michael McGoldrick on Sunday 4th March, and Luke Daniels and Nancy Kerr on Saturday 10th March, both at Otley Courthouse. Clannad’s Moya Brennan performs at the City Varieties on Monday 12th March. On Wednesday 21st there is a lecture on traditional Irish music

by Professor David Cooper at Café Humanite, Ilkley, and there’s a welcome return from singer/ songwriter J. Eoin on tour from Limerick who will perform at Seven Arts in Chapel Allerton.

A traditional Irish music session takes place on the Kirkstall Flyboat at Canary Wharf early evening on Sunday 25th. There will be a screening of ‘Kings of the Kilburn High Road’ (2007) in Hyde Park Picture House on the afternoon of Sunday 25th, in collaboration with Headingley LitFest

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In addition, a team of tutors from the Irish Arts Foundation will be working in a number of schools across Leeds to deliver workshops on Irish arts and culture. And, the nineteenth Leeds St Patrick’s Day Parade will take place in the City Centre on Sunday 11th March, leaving Millennium Square at 11am A full list of events is available at www.irisharts.org.uk

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Life&Style Band Buddies Reunited At Headingley Hall After Seventy Years!

Len Bower and Dennis Woods, who played in the popular Four Star Swing Quartet in the 1940s, have been reunited at Westward Care’s Headingley Hall Care Home and Apartments after seventy years!

Pictured: and Dennis Woods

we would be sitting at the same dining table? It’s been wonderful to reminisce about our adventures in the Quartet.”

“It was a big shock to discover that Dennis and I are now living under the same roof”, said Len. “Who would have thought that after seventy years

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Len Bower (97) recently moved to Headingley Hall and by sheer coincidence discovered that his former band mate and pianist Dennis Woods (92) was also a client there. The two musicians have since been reminiscing about the wonderful times they had playing together in and around Leeds.

The Four Star Swing Quartet, led by clarinet player Len Bower, was a big hit in the late 1940s. The band scooped Melody Maker’s Dance Band Championship Winning Band in 1947 and all four individual musician awards at the same competition. Shortly afterwards, Dennis Woods left the band to become a professional pianist and seventy years later, he and Len have been reunited.

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“I still can’t quite believe that after all this time, Len and I have met again”, said Dennis. “Len was telling me the story of his swing band and its remarkable pianist when I realised he was talking about me! It was a wonderful surprise to be reunited after so long!”

Sharon Earnshaw, General Manager at Headingley Hall said: “It’s great to see Len and Dennis sharing memories of their concert days. At Headingley Hall we love to encourage people to share their life stories and experiences – we hope we may even get a chance to hear them play at some point!”

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The project will collect oral history testimonies from Local LGBT+ people across West Yorkshire and LGBT+ relevant objects, such as badges banners and flyers. It will use these to create materials and activities, including films, artworks, resource packs and workshops.

There will be multiple opportunities for the public to engage with the project through a website, at events, workshops and by accessing online learning resources.

This material will be archived with Leeds Museums and Galleries and West Yorkshire Archive Services.

“Following on the success of the Leeds Museums and Galleries ‘Leeds Queer Stories’ 2015 project, we are very excited to be part of this new partnership reaching further out into our local LGBT+ community”, said John Roles, Head of Museums and Galleries. “It will be a privilege to be part of the organisations working together to document and celebrate West Yorkshire’s rich historical LGBT+ cultures for future generations.”

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Ones to Watch at Sunny Bank Mills Sunny Bank Mills Gallery on Town Street in Farsley is hosting its fourth annual exhibition for emerging artists from Friday 2nd March – 15th April.

‘Ones to Watch’ showcases the work of artists from any discipline who are either from or studying in Yorkshire, and are up to one-year post graduation.

Drawn from nearly 100 applications, this year will see 36 artists exhibit in the beautiful former cloth warehouse in Sunny Bank, in disciplines varying from fine art to sculpture to film.

“We love being able to support emerging artists in advancing their creative careers as they come to the end of their study”, said Jane Kay, Gallery Manager. “It also gives us an opportunity to showcase the talent in our regional colleges and universities.”

Previous exhibitors (there have been over 150) have, apart from being given the opportunity to exhibit in a professional environment, put on an amazing exhibitions, sold their work, used the opportunity to obtain other commissions and exhibitions, and networked with other creative practitioners.

Sunny Bank awards prizes for the best piece of work and a ‘visitors favourite’.

Last year’s winner was Jake Mullins with his spectacular portrait of the Tiled Gallery in Leeds City Art Gallery. The exhibition preview night is Friday 2nd March. Entry is free.

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Life&Style 2023 Six Year Cultural Programme is Unveiled Leeds has unveiled a £35m six-year programme, culminating in a year-long celebration of the city’s diverse cultures in 2023.

The announcement on 31st January reiterated the city’s commitment to continuing the momentum created by the Leeds 2023 bid for European Capital of Culture, and will retain a strong international focus celebrating the city’s diverse communities.

The Council will work with partners, including Arts Council England, to build a £35m fund for the programme, which will showcase Leeds as an outward looking, innovative city and will create opportunities that will be enjoyed across the whole city.

Councillor Judith Blake, Leader of Leeds City Council, and Sharon Watson, Chair of the 2023 Independent Steering Group, revealed how the plans will move forward. Exciting projects include:

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A major new sculpture project ‘Yorkshire Sculpture International’ in 2019 and 2023, featuring work by renowned international sculptors, public realm commissions and an engagement programme, delivered by Leeds Art Gallery, Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park – the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle;

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The launch of the Leeds People’s Theatre, which will create a huge outdoor community performance in 2020 and 2023;

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The Leeds Lighthouse, which has already secured a funding agreement with a local business. (See ‘They Lived in Leeds’ page 14 about John Smeaton who designed the famous Eddystone Lighthouse in 1756.)

“It was a huge blow when Leeds was denied the chance to bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2023”, said Cllr Blake. “However, we are determined to see that the enthusiasm and energy that built up behind the bid not go to waste and to create a strong and meaningful legacy across the city.

“The bid was a catalyst for a whole new cultural conversation which has sparked some incredibly original and inventive ideas from across our communities, artists, and businesses.

“We want to keep that momentum going and this cultural programme will see many of the ideas submitted in the Leeds 2023 bid brought together and channeled into a new celebration of Leeds which will give the best of the city’s culture a chance to shine on a stage it deserves.”

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‘A Night to Remember’ Celebrating St Gemma’s

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To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, Leeds bar group North Bar is ramping up its charitable fundraising for St Gemma’s Hospice by launching a limited-edition session pale ale.

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This year, St Gemma’s Hospice marks its Fortieth Anniversary and is inviting everyone to help them celebrate at ‘A Night to Remember’, a very special event at Leeds Town Hall on Wednesday 21st March starting at 7pm.

The evening will include performances by the Leeds Symphony Orchestra and a brand new Hospice choir made up of staff and volunteers, who will be singing ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ and Bruno Mars’ ‘Count On Me’. There will also be an opportunity to find out more about the hospice’s history from people who were there when it opened.

During the evening there will be a moment’s silence to remember all

loved ones who have been cared for by St Gemma’s and a spectacular cascade of petals will fall from the ceiling representing all the people who have been supported during the hospice’s 40 year history – accompanied by LSO’s rendition of Elgar’s wonderful ‘Nimrod’.

‘A Night to Remember’ is a chance for the Hospice to say ‘thank you’ to the people of Leeds, who have kept the Hospice going since 1978 and who have helped care for tens of thousands of patients.

The evening will be hosted by ITV’s Duncan Wood and Christine Talbot.

Tickets (just £5) are available from Emily on 0113 218 5550 or online at events.stgemma.co.uk.

Since reaching this impressive anniversary, staff from all seven North Bar venues have been involved in fundraising activities and have raised over £9,000 for St Gemma’s – nearly halfway to their £20,000 goal. The group is ramping up its efforts significantly by rebadging bestselling cask beer Prototype. This will now become its limited edition #NB20 Session Pale, with 20p from every pint going into the fundraising pot. The beer will be available in all seven bars across Leeds, Otley and Harrogate, where a whole variety of fundraising events will also be held in the next six months.

North Bar encourages donations to the St Gemma’s Hospice through their JustGiving page at www.justgiving.com/company/ northbar

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By Eveleigh Bradford Dr Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Surgeon, Journalist, Reformer, Writer One evening in 1844 a group of young Leeds workmen, members of a ‘mutual improvement’ society, gathered in a dingy rented room to hear a talk by the editor of the radical Leeds Times, Dr Samuel Smiles, a passionate advocate of working-class education. He illustrated his inspirational talk with stories of famous men who from humble beginnings had achieved success and distinction through their own efforts and determination.

So the seed was sown for the book that was later to make him a household name: the immensely popular Self-Help, published in 1859, constantly reprinted and translated into languages across the world over the following half-century.

Samuel Smiles was a Scot, born at Haddington near Edinburgh in 1812, one of eleven children of strict Calvinist parents.

At fourteen he was apprenticed to the local doctor, and later gained qualifications in medicine and surgery at Edinburgh University. He returned home but found few patients, so focussed on writing articles for the press on the issues of social justice close to his heart. Journalism beckoned as a possible alternative career, and in 1838 he was offered the editorship of the reformist paper, the Leeds Times. He accepted, hoping to promote his ideals of a fairer society. He was to spend the next twenty years in Leeds, where he married and his five children were born – ‘about the happiest and most fruitful period of my life’.

The 1840s in Leeds were years of political unrest and economic hardship. Smiles was a passionate supporter of reform, pushing for electoral change, the repeal of the Corn Laws, working class education and research into unemployment and poverty. He wrote numerous editorials, he gave lectures, he took a leading part in the Leeds Parliamentary Reform Association and was active in a grass-roots committee investigating unemployment. He believed

in reform through rational negotiation and was deeply opposed to the violence of the more extreme Chartists, but in time he began to feel frustrated and disillusioned by the failure of this consensual approach.

In 1845 he resigned from the Leeds Times and active politics, but had to find work to support his growing family. After a brief return to medical practice, he was appointed Secretary to the newlyplanned Leeds and Thirsk Railway. It was no sinecure. Work began on the line to Harrogate in 1846, but met with desperate problems in constructing the long Bramhope Tunnel, bedevilled by constant flooding and subsidence. The cost in money and life was crippling – twenty-four men died building the tunnel (their memorial still stands in Otley churchyard) and the company was almost bankrupted. The line finally opened in 1849.

Meanwhile Samuel Smiles and his family had moved from town to the more rural surroundings of Woodhouse Cliff.

Alongside his stressful work, he continued to write and lecture. He campaigned for

Smiles was a passionate supporter of reform, pushing for electoral change, working class education and research into unemployment and poverty.

a national education system and for public libraries, and found time to support local initiatives – he was the first president of the Woodhouse Mechanics Institution and taught at the Zion School at Wortley. But in 1854, when the Leeds and Thirsk Railway was absorbed into the Leeds Northern, he lost his job and moved away to London, to become Secretary of the South Eastern Railway company.

Over the next years he filled his evenings and spare moments with writing. His first book was the Life of George Stevenson (1857), its success prompting his publishers to go ahead with Self Help which instantly became an international b e s t s e l l e r (t h e y h a d

previously rejected it!) This was followed by Lives of the Engineers (1862) and three further books expounding his social philosophy: Character (1871), Thrift (1875) and finally Duty (1887). The titles speak for themselves.

The double pressure of writing and working affected his health; he retired in 1871, but lived on, still writing, until 1904. By then the popularity of Self-Help and the social vision it embodied was waning. Later critics condemned S m i l e s a s m o ra l i s i n g a n d patronising, promoting a myth of individual social mobility, but his work continues to attract comment and reinterpretation. The ideas discussed in the dingy room in Leeds in 1844 are not forgotten, and in their time provided his listeners with some encouragement and hope.

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The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Kneehigh Theatre and Bristol Old Vic are bringing ‘The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk’ to West Yorkshire Playhouse from 20th – 24th March.

Pictured: Daisy Maywood Photo: Steve Tanner

Written by Daniel Jamieson and directed

by Emma Rice, Marc Antolin, reprises his role as the artist Chagall, and Daisy Maywood is his wife Bella. They are the flying lovers of Vitebsk. Partners in life and on canvas, they are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history.

This much anticipated revival traces the lives of the young couple as they navigate the pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other in a vigorous staging woven throughout with live Klezmer music from Ian Ross and James Gow, inspired by the Russian Jewish folk tradition.

Pictured: Marc Antolin and Daisy Maywood Photo: Steve Tanner

Marc Chagall was a leading pioneer of modern art whose vibrant, original style evolved against one of the most tumultuous and terrifying periods in history. He and his young wife were swept up in the confusion and brutality of world wars, revolution, ethnic persecution and the murder and exile of millions. He responded with a radical, original visual style which was both mythic and dreamlike, fusing everyday settings inspired from his home town in Vitebsk in an extraordinary mystical lament, conveying love, loss, exile and the miracle of survival.

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk opened to high acclaim at Bristol Old Vic and has enjoyed sold-out runs at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, where it won the prestigious Carol Tambor, Best of Edinburgh Award, the highest honour at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Pictured: Marc Antolin Photo: Steve Tanner

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Arts&Culture WildLines @ The Leeds Library

Pictured: Zaffar Kunial Photo: John Rice

WildLines @ The Leeds Library is a threeday programme of talks, readings and Q&As curated by writer Richard Smyth, in partnership with the Leeds Library, Leeds Big Bookend and Leeds Inspired. Running from Thursday 15th March – Saturday 17th March, it will bring some of the UK’s leading writers and thinkers on nature to the Leeds Library, which celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. The Library’s collections of nature writing encompass everything from illustrated 17th-century herbals and the works of great Victorian naturalists, to the most exciting modernday chroniclers of nature and landscape.

Nature On The Page: Wild Writing Then & Now (Thurs 15 March, 7.15 - 8.30pm) An expert panel of writers and naturalists will explore the process of writing about the natural world. Who gets to write about nature? Why does nature writing matter? Is there a place for politics in nature writing? The panelists are: Maren

Meinhardt, natural history editor at the Times Literary Supplement, Professor Kate Oakley, Professor of Cultural Policy at the University of Leeds, Stephen Rutt, writer, photographer, naturalist, and Rebecca Machin, Curator of Natural Science at Leeds Museum Discovery Centre.

Alex Preston: As Kingfishers Catch Fire (Fri 16 March, 7 - 8pm) Novelist and nature-writer Alex Preston joins writer Richard Smyth to discuss and read from his new book ‘As Kingfishers Catch Fire’, which draws on a rich history of bird writing, creating a celebration of birds both on the page and in the wild.

The Liars’ League presents: WildLines Live (8.15 - 9.15pm) Actors from the Liars’ League storytelling troupe bring some of the most moving, lyrical and powerful passages of nature writing from The Library’s extensive collections to life.

Drawing from Nature: Workshop (Sat 17 March, details TBC) Rob Cowen: Common Ground (Sat 17 March, 3.30 - 5pm) Writer Rob Cowen is joined by Mike Winter and Chapel FM’s Peter Spafford to talk about his book ‘Common Ground’, a study of the edge-lands of North Yorkshire, which was recently shortlisted in a contest to find the UK’s favourite nature book.

Polly Atkin and Zaffar Kunial (Sat 17 March 7 - 8.30pm) Two modern poets with a fresh perspective on landscape and nature present an informal evening of poetry and conversation.

Tickets can be bought for either individual or combined events at www. eventbrite.com/e/wildlines-the-leedslibrary

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Representing Gypsy Lives at The Brotherton A new exhibition at the University of Leeds explores visual, historical and fictional representations of the Gypsy and Traveller community.

across the country, but we rarely see our heritage on display. I can’t wait to share this with them.”

Running from 1st March – 31st July, the exhibition focuses on the designated Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections held by Special Collections at the University of Leeds. The community has played an integral role in selecting objects from the collection for display. Some have been chosen by members of Leeds GATE (Gypsy And Traveller Exchange) and the Gypsyville heritage group, and are interpreted using their words.

“I really wanted to get involved with the exhibition so I could take my grandchildren to see their culture”, said Amanda, a member of the Gypsy community. “We go to a lot of museums

Joins Leeds Guild of Singers Conductor and counter-tenor Joseph Judge recently joined the Leeds Guild of Singers as its new Musical Director and will be directing its next concert, ‘All Shall Be Well’ on Sunday 18th March at St Matthew’s Church, Chapel Allerton.

This concert is in memory of WWI 100 and explores wider themes of human connection to conflict and loss, and the power of music.” Joe describes it as “Emotional words from times of distress surrounded by heavenly music”.

‘Rights and Romance: Representing Gypsy Lives’ is the latest exhibition at the University’s Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery.

In the 50th year of the controversial Caravan Sites Act, this exhibition examines the changing perspectives on, and representations of, the Gypsy and Traveller community by those outside it – alongside the stories and voices of the community itself.

Joseph Judge

The collection was gathered by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, who is not a Gypsy woman, and her collection reflects an outsider’s admiration for Gypsy and Traveller culture.

Joe studied Music at the University of Manchester, while also working as Director of Music at Bury Parish Church. Stand-out moments in his career so far include: Conducting the Halle Choral Academy at the Bridgewater Hall; Touring to Malta, Shanghai and Hong Kong; Performing Bach at Snape Maltings; and directing the recording session for a PlayStation 4 advert.

“The fact that Dorothy Una Ratcliffe gave her collection to Leeds University in 1950, along with funds to increase the collection, means that this archive of Gypsy life is available for us to try to understand both positive and negative attitudes towards this community.”

Directing ensembles is one of the things he enjoys most. “Working with LGS is a brilliant opportunity to perform some great music with a talented and enthusiastic chamber choir”, he said. “The choir is full of gifted singers and they’ve certainly not been shy with their repertoire to date. I’ll enjoy developing an individual and expressive choral sound. In addition to continuing to develop the high standards for their regular a-cappella performances, I am keen to encourage larger musical projects, introduce lasting collaborations with other local musicians and ensembles.”

Entry is free. For more details and opening times, visit library.leeds.ac.uk/galleries

For further information, visit www. leedsguildofsingers.org.uk

“Dorothy celebrated the various folk cultures of Yorkshire and further afield, and saw Gypsies as an important group in British social life”, said Dr Jodie Matthews of the University of Huddersfield, cocurator of the exhibition.

Première of Tim Knight’s ‘Atlantic Rhapsody’ at St Bartholomew’s The première of composer Tim Knight’s 16minute organ tone poem ‘Atlantic Rhapsody’, featuring soloist Christopher Newton, will take place at St Bartholomew’s Church, Armley, on Saturday 3rd March at 2.30pm.

(which Columbus had charted 500 years ago).

After 21 days (equaling Columbus’ fastest voyage) during which they experienced violent storms, huge waves and screaming winds, they were relieved to sight land

The performance is part of a free concert featuring music relating to the sea. Tim was approached by Robin Cooper, a member of Leeds Male Voice Choir where Tim is Musical Director, to compose a piece of music to celebrate the Atlantic crossing that he and his wife Maggie made in a 43ft sailing boat.

and a safe anchorage in Barbados. ‘Atlantic Rhapsody’ is an interpretation of the various stages of this epic voyage – the calm nights and dramatic storm sections capturing the mood of the angry seas and the dangers faced by the crew.

Admission is free but for catering purposes tickets should be obtained via Eventbrite or the Yorkshire College of Music and Drama on 0113 243 1605.

Tim Knight’s music ranges from small ensemble pieces to large-scale choral and orchestral works. He has just been nominated in the UK Classic Hall of Fame for his piece Elegy for an English Summer (for which he was also nominated in 2014, 2015 and 2016).

His work has been performed widely in the UK, Europe and America.

Having caught the sailing bug in 1998, Robin and Maggie sold their house and bought their new home – ‘Tanglewood’. On Christmas Eve 2004, they, together with two friends, embarked on Columbus’ classic trade wind route from the Canaries to the Caribbean

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‘The Band’ was born last year out of the talent show ‘Let it Shine’, which was designed to create a band to join the cast for the new stage show. Five to Five were the winners and are now enjoying touring the country, with a great reception wherever they go.

Written by Tim Firth, in conjunction with Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald, ‘The Band’ is all about what it’s like to grow up with a boy band. For five 16-year-old girls, in 1992 ‘The Band’ was everything. Twenty-five years on the women are reunited as they try once more to fulfill their dream of meeting their heroes.

AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Curtis T Johns, Yazdan Qafouri and Sario Solomon, (Five to Five) join a host of leading actors from TV and the West End, including Katy Clayton (Casualty, Shameless, Waterloo Road & Where the Heart Is), and Alison Fitzjohn who was Assistant Director and recently performed in David Walliams's Gangsta Granny.

Curtis T Johns is actually from Leeds and really looking forward to performing at The Grand. A singer/songwriter in his own right (he has written for Matt Cardle and Ray Quinn), he didn’t really know what to expect from the show but is loving every minute.

“I had never done musical theatre before”, he told us. “I feel like I’m on a roller coaster. Let it Shine was quite an intense process and then we were straight into

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the show. I didn’t know what to expect, but we have great reactions everywhere we’ve played. Tim Firth writes with real emotion that is so relatable.”

Curtis also happens to own Far Moss Sports Ground in Alwoodley, home to Moortown Rugby Union Club and North Leeds Leopards Rugby League Club. He is particularly looking forward to seeing club members at the show!

Tickets (£19.50 - £49.50) are available from 0844 848 2700, or online at leedsgrandtheatre.com

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Arts&Culture Jane Eyre and Kenneth MacMillan Kick Off Northern Ballet’s Spring Programme Northern Ballet kicks off its 2018 season with performances of ‘Jane Eyre’ (7th – 14th March) at Leeds Grand Theatre, followed by a triple bill of short ballets by renowned choreographer Kenneth MacMillan (16th/17th March).

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‘Jane Eyre’ is an adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s novel and was nominated for a South Bank Sky Arts Award in 2017.

Choreographed by Cathy Marston, it follows one of literature’s most iconic heroines as she fights to find her independence and happiness, and is set to a score of original and existing compositions arranged by Philip Feeney and played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia.

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This will be followed by Kenneth MacMillan’s ‘Las Hermanas’, ‘Concerto’ and ‘Gloria’. These three works showcase the Company’s dramatic and technical strengths in some of MacMillan’s most famous works, which are performed by leading ballet companies around the world. ‘Las Hermanas’ is a tense psychological drama telling the story of five sisters living under the tyrannical rule of their mother; ‘Concerto’ is a dazzling classical showpiece guaranteed to thrill; and ‘Gloria’ is a deeply moving and haunting tribute to the fallen of World War I.

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While it was initially suggested that he join the production as a performer, Testament gravitated towards writing it– the first time he had written something that he was not performing.

Inspired by the story of the walking group, his play is peopled by fictionalised versions of the group’s real counterparts, the types of men he could imagine joining such a group and the issues they might deal with as they walked and talked.

Walking, Talking and History!

Eclipse Theatre's ‘Black Men Walking’, written by local writer and performer Andy Brooks (aka Testament) is touring nationally and has just been to West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Based on a group of men in Sheffield who set up a walking group for exercise and conversation, a key theme is 'access', not just to a more humanitarian version of African history, but also access to the environment, here in Britain, which many can feel alienated from.

One of the founders, Mark Hutchinson, contacted Heritage Corner's Joe Williams here in Leeds in 2016 and they shared their love of African connections to local history as they walked through the details of the Joe’s Leeds Black History Walk.

Dawn Walton, Director of Sheffield-based Eclipse Theatre, took part in one of Mark's walks through the South Yorkshire countryside and it inspired her to build a play around the concept of black men walking. She approached Testament after hearing about his Blake Remixed project and attending his reworking of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

While familiar with some black history, like the story of Septimius Severus – the black Roman emperor who made York the capital of Yorkshire – Testament threw himself into researching the rich history of black people in Britain, with particular focus on the Yorkshire region.

“I was impressed with the sensitivity of the writing and the passion of the director”, said Joe Williams. “Testament's solo shows have been innovative and inspiring, there is a simple up-front honesty that challenges us to question the familiar.

How he incorporates the importance of African history in Yorkshire is uplifting as it helps us to feel more a part of the county that many of us were born in.”

As an adopted Yorkshire man himself, Testament identifies with the Yorkshire pride of the characters and likes to imagine them walking along the county’s Roman roads in the footsteps of their forebears. Out walking with the group he found himself in the company of sociable, intellectually curious characters whose wide-ranging conversation covered myriad topics, including politics, philosophy and race.

While the show concentrates on group of black men, Testament considers the project to be about all of us. It’s a celebration of the complex, multicultural history of Britain.

‘Black Men Walking’ will now tour to Hull, Nottingham, Bristol, and Mold.

Leeds Black History Walk Returns Heritage Corner, run by Leeds writer/ actor Joe Williams, celebrates the African presence in Yorkshire through a variety of creative and public engagement projects - one of which is the Leeds Black History Walk (LBHW), which covers over 5,000 years of African civilisations, empires and contributions to our modern society, hidden in plain sight. The African presence in Yorkshire goes back 2,000 years to Roman occupation.

Heritage Corner's LBHW starts its ninth season in April. “Whilst the walk is becoming more popular, so are the creative projects we do around the walk”, said Joe. “This year we are commemorating the 250th anniversary of British circus because a Victorian circus pioneer of African origin, Pablo Fanque, is buried right here in Leeds.”

Heritage Corner also plans to contribute to the bi-centenary of abolitionist Frederick Douglass' birth, particularly

for Black History Month in October. The excellent orator made popular speeches in Leeds in 1846 and 1859.

2018 is also the 70th anniversary of the arrival of Windrush, the symbol of mass migration from the Caribbean to Britain.

Whilst the bitter-sweet stories of those pioneers, who came to help re-build the mother-country, are documented, shared and celebrated – the LBHW explains their ancestral contributions to Britain's development from the 17th century onwards.

Pictured: Joe Williams

“Creative engagement allows us to absorb, explore, celebrate and share what is hidden”, said Joe. “Heritage Corner's walks are family friendly and open to all. More organisations and groups are booking their own private walks.”

(8th April, 2nd June, 4th August, & 6th October). They start from the Parkinson Steps of the University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, (11am - 1pm) and set off for a tour that all takes place around the University of Leeds' central campus.

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New Charges at Household Waste Recycling Sites

Businesses Join New Age Friendly Scheme Age Friendly Leeds has just launched a scheme called ‘Come In and Rest’ which aims to encourage older people to stay active in their community. Local businesses and organisations are quickly signing up to invite older people to drop in and sit down for a few minutes when they need to. Participating organisations put a sticker in their window to show that theirs is a premises where older people know they are welcome.

being a compassionate city with a strong economy. I look forward to seeing the response to this scheme and hopefully seeing it rolled out in other parts of the city.”

“I am delighted to launch the new Come in and Rest scheme in Moortown”, said Cllr Rebecca Charlwood, Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adults at Leeds City Council. “This is a simple idea, but one which can have a great impact on boosting the confidence and independence of older people.

“Everyone can play a part in making Leeds the best city to grow old in”, said Cllr Sharon Hamilton. “This is a great opportunity for local businesses to help us realise that ambition and play a key role in helping older people to maintain their independence.”

“We have an ambition for Leeds to be the best city to grow old in and by working with partners to promote schemes like this, we hope to see the benefit not only to communities but also local businesses, further highlighting our commitment to

Businesses that have already signed up include Aroma’s Cafe, Lloyd’s Pharmacy and M&S (all in Moortown Corner), and Arch Cafe, Carers Leeds, Colby’s Coffee and Enterprise House in the city centre.

For further information, call 0113 244 1697 or visit agefriendly.timetoshineleeds. org - Time to Shine is a programme, led by older people, that aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation in people over the age of 50.

Leeds City Council is planning to introduce charges at its household waste recycling sites for inert wastes (rubble, soil, etc), plasterboard and tyres. These came into effect on Monday 5th February 2018, and it is expected that they will generate savings of around £240,000 per year.

These wastes are not classed as ‘household waste’ under the relevant legislation since they are more construction type wastes consisting of the fabric of a house rather than arising from the activities of a household. The Council therefore does not have to accept these wastes free of charge.

Charging for these wastes on recycling sites has been adopted by many councils across the country. Sample charges include: • 25 litre bag or equivalent of soil/rubble – £2.60; • 25 litre bag or equivalent of plasterboard – £4.80; • One sheet of plasterboard up to 180cm x 90cm – £3; •

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The Rotary Club of Roundhay’s Magnificent Seventh!

The North Leeds Charity Beer Festival celebrates its seventh year and returns to North Leeds Cricket Club, Old Park Road on 6th/7th April. Organised by the Rotary Club of Roundhay with the help of Sam Parker, a member of The British Guild of Beer Writers, the annual fundraising event is an established highlight in the Roundhay social calendar.

To celebrate this milestone they will be dispensing 35 beers from seven small independent and micro-breweries, together with seven ciders. There will also be a new Gin Bar serving seven gins from small producers that you won’t find anywhere else. Plus there will be food to complement this fine selection of real ale, cider & gin.

On the entertainment front, the festival will once again showcase Leeds musical talent and there will be a full programme of music over the two days.

Since 2012 The Rotary Club of Roundhay’s beer festival has raised over £30k and local, national and international charities have benefitted.

Local organisations to receive financial support include: St Gemma’s Hospice, John Jamieson School, Roundhay Stroke Club, Catch in Harehills, and Leeds Rowing Club. Local Rotary programmes like the ocean-going Young Sailor, Young Musician, Young Writer, Young Citizen, Young Chef, Leeds Technology Tournament and Rotary Youth Leadership Award have also received funding.

The festival runs from 6pm on Friday and 12noon on Saturday. Tickets are £10 (£2 discount booking online in advance), which includes a commemorative beer glass, programme and two beer tokens, with extra tokens available for £1.50.

CAMRA & SPBW members also get a £2 discount.

The festival would like to thank its major sponsors – Morley Glass and Glazing Ltd and Express Bi-Folding Doors, and would also like acknowledge the support of individual sponsors and advertisers whose contribution is invaluable. www.northleedscharitybeerfestival. co.uk/ http://roundhayrotaryclub.co.uk/

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CommunityNews World Down Syndrome Day

A Concert for Candlelighters St Mary’s Youth Theatre in Garforth will stage a concert in aid of Candlelighters, the charity that supports children with cancer and their families, on Saturday 17th March, 2.30pm at The Great Hall, University of Leeds.

The theatre group was established 25 years ago and to celebrate this anniversary they will be singing songs from every past production, including ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’, ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Rent’, ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘Disney’s Camp Rock’.

World Down syndrome Day is on 21st March. To mark the occasion the charity Sunshine & Smiles will be hosting a pop-up café, Cafe 21, at Carousel, 80 Otley Road, Far Headingley, LS6 4BA, from 18th – 25th March.

This is a project the charity is very excited about. ‘”We’re working to improve employment and training opportunities for young adults with Down syndrome”, said Ailith Harley-Roberts, Service Manager.

“Sunshine & Smiles will be running this shop and café in Headingley for the week around World Down Syndrome Day and training young people in food hygiene at the same time. So, not only will they help to run the event, it will benefit them in the long term too.”

Sunshine & Smiles was founded in 2012 by a group of parents for their children with Down syndrome. It started by organising informal days out, including picnics and play days. These developed into regular fortnightly meetings at a local children’s centre. In 2013, the group received some funding and registered as a charity.

Sunshine & Smiles’ aim is to improve the lives and opportunities for children and young people with Down syndrome.

There are five age groups and 12 speech and language therapy sessions every month. The charity also offers recreational activities in a supportive environment.

On Saturday 17th March there will also be a screening of the film ‘My Feral Heart’ at Stainbeck Community Hall – the story of Luke, an independent young man with Down syndrome who stumbles upon a life changing friendship. And, there will be singing and signing sessions at local schools, to help people understand how communication can be made easier for children with the condition.

Many past members have gone on to study musical theatre or drama or have appeared professionally in musicals - one even appeared in the recent film of ‘Les Miserables’.

The soloists for this concert include Jessica Northam, Sam Dorsman, Molly Bollinger and Joe Broadhead.

The concert is a collaboration between Headingley Rotary Club, who is sponsoring the event, St Mary’s Youth Theatre, and the University of Leeds. It will be attended by the Lord Mayor, Cllr Jane Dowson, and all profits will go to Candlelighters, which is the Lord Mayor’s chosen charity.

Tickets (£10 adults/ £5 U-12) are available from www.candlelighters. org.uk or Christopher Walbank, Headingley Rotary, on 0113 278 0094, christopher.walbank@gmail.com

This year, the charity is also involved with Leeds 10K, Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge and the Great North Run and is looking for people to take part, as well as regular volunteers to keep their groups running.

The Rotary Club of Headingley meets weekly for lunch, often followed by a topical speaker, at Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Road, Headingley. The club is open to both men and women and raises significant amounts for charity both locally and overseas.

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The Beehive is the only shop in Leeds that sells only Fairtrade products and, though small, is a real treasure trove of delicious foods from around the world. Divine chocolate bars come in 17 amazing flavours! You’ll also find tea, coffee, breakfast cereal, jam and marmalade and lots of other products. The shop also sells a range of unique handmade gifts, including cards, glassware, ornaments etc.

The shop is staffed entirely by volunteers and they would welcome more volunteers – then the shop could open more often. They would also welcome more organisations (e.g. churches, schools and local businesses) using The Beehive’s ‘sale or return’ scheme, to provide goods for sale at regular or one-off events.

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Over the years we have supported lots of community projects

Twenty nine people from property company Morgans recently spent a day volunteering at Leeds MENCAP’s Vinery Centre on Vinery Terrace and a residential home in Chapel Allerton.

It’s the second year that the Morgans team, based in the city centre and Otley Road in Headingley, have lent MENCAP a helping hand. This year they painted the reception area and sensory room, cleaned all of the chairs, windows, ball pool and balls, jet washed the path and outside areas, and the heating system was reprogrammed to be more efficient.

Pictured: Michelle Calpee from Morgans

“Over the years we have supported lots of community projects”, said Jonathan Morgan, “including refurbishing the St George’s Crypt shop on Armley Town Street, bag packing at supermarkets, and tidying up the Hollin Lane Allotments in Meanwood.

“As we have such a large team, we can really make a difference in just one day. Everyone worked hard and it was great to see the change we were able to make at Leeds MENCAP. I am a big believer in supporting local charities and helping those people in Leeds who really need it. By giving our team a specific volunteering day, we get a huge amount of buy-in. Everyone relished the opportunity to take part.”

Leeds MENCAP provides services and activities to improve the lives and opportunities of children and adults with learning disabilities, along with their families and carers.

Jonathan Morgan is a trustee of Leeds Community Foundation and founded the organisation’s 100 Club – a special patronage scheme for people who want to make a difference in Leeds.

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LASSN runs Grace Hosting which matches asylum seekers with people who can offer them a room.This Christmas 15 people, who would have been sleeping on the streets, were found hosts over the Christmas period and last year the charity found hosts for 90 asylum seekers who had nowhere to stay.

Although the number of asylum seekers coming to Leeds has fallen, recently there has been a small increase in the number of people needing accommodation.

“Many of the asylum seekers we help have fled desperate situations such as war and torture, or have been trafficked here against their will”, said Jon Beech, LASSN Director. “They then find themselves in a strange city and have no-one to turn to. The people we meet aren’t all young men in their 20s; they’re

pregnant mums and 70 year old grandads. Our volunteers show real human kindness by offering a spare room for them to stay either for a few nights, a weekend or if planned, even longer.”

LASSN currently has nearly 50 Grace Hosts throughout the city.

Many are retired people whose children have left home; others are young people who have a house with a spare room. All are offered training by the charity and are matched to asylum seekers who have a support worker.

Theresa, a retired teacher, became a Grace Host two years ago and has had 15 asylum seekers staying with her at different times. “I just felt I had to do something. At first I was worried about a stranger coming into my home but the charity is very professional in the

way it arranges and matches the people.

I always feel very supported. I’ve met some wonderful people and it has been so rewarding to see them get over the initial hurdles when they arrive in a new country and then make a new life for themselves.”

Harpreet and his wife, Joti, were two of the people who stayed with Teresa. They fled religious persecution in Afghanistan and after a long and dangerous journey found themselves in Leeds. “We were desperate when we first arrived in Leeds and I feared we would be sleeping on the streets”, said Harpreet. “From the minute Teresa opened the door we felt safe and were able to start rebuilding our lives.”

Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network is appealing for more people to become Grace Hosts and offering free training and support to all volunteers. For further information, visit www.lassn.org.uk

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At the last Full Meeting of Leeds City Council, Cllr Buckley’s proposal to hold our own Leeds Year of Culture 2023 was approved - thereby not wasting the time, effort and money that had gone into preparing the city’s bid for European Capital of Culture. This followed the EU changing its position on the UK hosting Capital of Culture, and deciding, very late in the day, that in fact we could not.

The city is determined that its year of culture be a year that benefits the whole city. One of my jobs on council is on the Year of Culture Steering Group, whose job it is to ensure it is a superb year for all of Leeds and represents good value for money. What do you think should be the focus for Leeds?

How do we ensure that there truly is something for everyone? I would welcome your thoughts.

Looking ahead to later this year, there are two weekend events that may have some impact upon those travelling around the city. On Sunday 6th May, the Tour de Yorkshire returns, running from Halifax into Leeds City Centre.

The nearest it comes to Alwoodley is when it passes down Arthington Road and Eccup Lane as it joins Otley Road and into the centre via Kirkstall. The full details of the route can be found at letour.yorkshire.com The second event is the Leeds Triathalon on 9th/ 10th June. The elite event, with the Brownlee Brothers

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In Spring it supplements its seed diet with insects and other invertebrates, and chooses arable fields and grassland with hedges and banks in which to breed. It usually nests on the ground, using grass, plant stems and moss to build the nest, and lining it with soft material, such as fine grass.

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It is in Spring that the Yellowhammer’s famous song can be heard, supposedly sounding like “a little bit of bread and no cheese”! This does at least duplicate the pace of the song, which consists of a rapid succession of fast notes, followed by a long drawn-out wheeze. The male will perch on the top of hedgerows and repeat this song all day long.

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This is the month where nature seems to speed up and suddenly there are loads of gardening jobs to be done.

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March is the big seed sowing month, but it may still be cold outside and seeds need to be kept in a warm, bright environment once planted, and not allowed to dry out.

A propagator can really help to provide the right conditions for germination. This is usually a shallow tray to hold compost with a transparent lid to keep in warmth and moisture. More expensive versions are electrically heated from underneath which is a real bonus if your windowsill is in a cool or draughty place. Prices range from just a couple of pounds for the simplest lidded plastic tray to about £25 for a heated version.

There are quite a few popular varieties of shrubs that should be pruned in early Spring – they are the ones that flower in late Summer. They flower on the new wood so pruning now will promote plenty of new growth and blooms later in the season. Examples include Buddleija, hardy Fuchsia, Hebe, Hydrangea and late flowering Ceanothus.

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A propagator can really help to provide the right conditions for germination

Special seed composts are available to fill your seed trays and propagators but I always use a peat-free multi-purpose compost with good results.

Enjoy the Beauty of Bulbs There is nothing to compare with the drama and colour of bulbs in Spring. A garden visit this month can really inspire your bulb choices for next year. Look out for Narcissi, Muscari and early flowering Tulips bringing splashes of bright colour and in some cases, fragrance too.

There are also gorgeous bulbs to plant now that will bring colour later in the year.

Try Calla lilies (or Zantedeschia) for their elegant, simple flowers in a range of fascinating colours – from flame orange through to cream or deepest purple – and for their striking spotted foliage.

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By Brendan Campbell

PHANTOM THREAD DIRECTED BY: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON STARRING: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, VICKY KRIEPS, LESLEY MANVILLE CERT: 15 RUNNING TIME: 130 MINS Throughout his career as a filmmaker, Paul Thomas Anderson has proved himself to be a fascinating and unpredictable auteur and his latest work bears the distinctive quality and assured touch he has become known for.

Phantom Thread reunites Anderson with Daniel Day-Lewis who has announced that this will be his final film before he retires from acting.

It’s a fitting swansong for one of the finest actors of his generation who has never been less than an utterly mesmerizing presence on screen.

The film is an elegant, subdued and intensely focused character study centered around Day-Lewis’ Reynolds Woodcock, designer and dressmaker to royalty, celebrities and the monied elite in 50’s London. Reynolds’ sartorial creations are widely admired and much in demand and he presides over the esteemed House of Woodcock

with the help of his shrewd, no-nonsense sister, Cyril (brilliantly played by Lesley Manville).

While en route to his country house workshop, Reynolds finds himself charmed by a waitress, Alma (Vicky Krieps) as she serves him breakfast.

He considers her to possess the perfect figure to showcase his designs and feels a compulsion to dress her beautifully.

She in turn is also drawn to this distinguished and enigmatic figure and the two quickly strike up a relationship as Alma becomes Reynolds’ muse and lover (of sorts).

To call Phantom Thread a love story might seem to be something of a stretch. Throughout much of the film we watch Alma struggling to forge a loving relationship with an intensely difficult and complicated man. Handsome and dashing, Reynolds is courteous if not exactly kind, gentle while not quite warm, generally mild mannered but with a slow burning temper if his particular way of things is at all disrupted.

It’s these personal foibles and traits of Reynolds’ that define him and inform his approach to relationships. It’s his intense attention to detail, his preoccupation with elegance and beauty and his pursuit of a quality of perfection that have made him a master of his craft but which stymie his capacity for genuine intimacy.

Above all, the film deals with the dynamics of control and raises the point that the relationship between artist and muse is not necessarily a romantic one.

It’s often more to do with inspiration, possession, manipulation and this is where the tension arises, as Alma is too much her own person with her own motivations and desires to submit fully to Reynolds’ fastidious whims and rigid, regimented habits. If it is any kind of a romance it seems like a doomed one, until Alma comes to realise her own ability to exert power and control over Reynolds.

As befits its subject Phantom Thread has a stately, refined quality with studied poise and a considered sense of

A fitting swansong for one of the finest actors of his generation

stillness. As Alma says to Reynolds at one point, “whatever you’re going to do, do it carefully”.

Considering the character she’s speaking to and the actor playing him, such a statement seems redundant but it’s advice that Anderson himself seems to have heeded. As it’s a film whose central character is so concerned with style (but has nothing but disdain for the notion of ‘chic’) there is an exacting deliberateness to the direction, as in the performances.

Daniel Day-Lewis completely disappears into the role of Reynolds with an astutely meticulous performance; conveying a sense of character through the tiniest gestures, tone of voice and closely observed mannerisms. Relative newcomer Vicky Krieps as Alma distinguishes herself as much more than a mere foil to Day-Lewis’ Reynolds and confidently holds her own opposite a rightfully revered thespian titan. She delivers a portrayal of striking subtlety and sensitivity and in some respects is the true heart of the film.

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YCMD Invites More People to Enjoy the Benefits of Music

Locally Shot Feature Film Hits Cinemas This Month Shot in Horsforth, Headingley and Roundhay, feature film ‘Scott and Sid’ makes its way into cinemas nationwide this March.

Having never written, produced or directed a film before, Scott Elliott and Sid Sadowskyj’s story is an inspirational, true, coming of age tale about two unlikely school friends from Yorkshire who refuse to give up on their dreams.

Never letting themselves succumb to an ordinary path through life, Bradford-born Scott and Sid navigated the distance from dream to reality, and raised £1 million to fund their debut film.

The film offers an insight into the pair’s dream-chaser philosophy and inspires their audience to be more than ordinary. Chasing their dreams comes at a cost, but one meeting could change their lives.

“Having wanted to make a film since we were teenagers, the fact that we are now releasing a story based on our lives is incredible”, said Scott. “To film in the region we grew up in was an honour.”

Filmed across several locations in Yorkshire, the duo made use of the impressive scenery in and around Leeds, York and Bradford.

“Filming in these beautiful Yorkshire cities was truly incredible. We wanted to tell a positive story about an area too often dismissed as grim or depressing”, said Sid. “With Yorkshire being named as the fastest growing region for TV and film, it’s great that our story can be brought to life with the help of the Yorkshire landscape.”

A Yorkshire première will be held on at Everyman Cinema in York on Wednesday 7th March, a day after its world première at The Hamyard Hotel in London.

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The Yorkshire College of Music and Drama (YCMD) is a hive of musical activity. Singers, fiddlers, guitarists, saxophonists, and choirs all congregate here to learn and enjoy playing music.

“We are a hub of musical activity for the whole community to enjoy”, said Tim Knight, Principal. “From school children to retirees, our facilities and expert music tuition can be a real lifeline.”

Research suggests a strong link between music and an improvement in behaviour or mood in dementia, anxiety, autism and depression. The college wants to encourage more people to get involved. Senior choirs, music lessons, small singing ensembles – Tim Knight and his team are determined to provide what’s needed for more people to benefit from learning and performing music.

The college will have a stall at Oakwood Farmer’s Market on 17th March, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock, and the College’s World Music Choir will be performing.

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Sound&Vision Live Music Listings March 2018 Fran Wyburn | Thu 1 March | Holy Trinity Church, £8. Inventive, idiosyncratic altfolk from distinctive singer-songwriter launching debut album.

Seun Kuti / Egypt 80 | Thu 1 Mar | Belgrave Music Hall, £22. Son of the great Fela Kuti, following in father’s Afrobeat footsteps with 14 piece band.

Blazin' Fiddles | Fri 2 March | 8pm Victoria Hall, Saltaire £16. Bruce MacGregor & Jenna Reid + Orkney's Kristan Harvey & fiddler Rua MacMillan. A feast of fiddle styles & driving sets of fiddle tunes. www.saltairelive.co.uk John Bramwell, | Fri 2 March | Brudenell Social Club. Former frontman of I am Kloot.

Leeds University Union Big Band | Fri 2 March | 8pm at HEART Bennett Rd. Headingley.

Jazz band playing all the greats. £8/£6. www. heartcentre.org.uk Hookworms | Fri 2 Mar | Brudenell Social Club, £8.80 - £16.50. Heavy, modern psychrock with long jams, grounded in headbobbing grooves, swirling-vortex guitar-riffs & fist-in-the-air vocal yelps. For fans of Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips, Bardo Pond.

Django Django | Sat 3 Mar | Church, Leeds, £19.25. Devo-inspired catchy hooks from this 4-piece art rock band Bob Log III | Sat 3 Mar | Brudenell Social Club, £12.10. A one-man trash blues scuzz experience.

David Ferris Septet | Sun 4 Mar | Inkwell, 1:30pm, £7 - £9. Jazz outfit featuring singer Maria Vali performing music inspired by British poets.

Dent May | Mon 5 Mar | Headrow House, £8.80. A sonic odyssey full of existential pop, psychedelic funk & odd-ball pop arrangements.

Wilson McGladdery | Tues 6 March | 8pm at HEART Headingley. £3/£5. Two great musicians encompassing variety of styles & influences from folk to country to classic

pop. www.heartcentre.org.uk Charlie Parr | Wed 7 Mar | Wharf Chambers, £9.35. Brilliant American folk music from a man who plays a mean banjo & national steel guitar.

The Bellrays | Thu 8 Mar | Brudenell Social Club, £13.75. 'Maximum Rock & Soul': Sexy, intelligent, passionate & powerful.

Tumbleweed Americana: Bronwynne Brent | Sat 10 Mar | Seven Arts, £11. Raised in the Mississippi Delta, Brent’s songs tap into the dark undercurrent of country from old Appalachian murder ballads to today’s psychedelic country songwriters.

Jade Bird | Sun 11 Mar | Oporto, £6.60.

Talented acoustic singer/ songwriter who effortlessly combines country, urban & hip hop.

The Wave Pictures | Mon 12 Mar | Hyde Park Book Club, £11. Think early Pavement, Galaxie 500, The Pastels, Jonathan Richman.

Skerryvore | Mon 12 March | at Carriageworks Theatre. Twice winners of Scotland’s Traditional Music Act of Year Award. Sixth studio album to be released this year.

Outlya | Wed 14 Mar | Oporto, £8.80.

Anthemic bluesy-pop trio, blurring the line between electro & indie. Synth-pop grooves laced with dirty guitar solos.

Rural Alberta Advantage | Thu 15 Mar | Brudenell Social Club, £12.10. Canadian trio playing indie-rock about hometowns & heartbreak.

The Brodsky Quartet | Thu 15 Mar | Howard Assembly Room, £17.50. Chamber music quartet with international reputation.

Programme: Wolf - Italian Serenade, Puccini – Crisantemi, Verdi – Quartet, Tanaka - At the Grave of Beethoven, Beethoven - Op.135 Kevin Mullowney & Des Hurley | Fri 16 March | 9.15pm at Old Kings Arms, The Green, Horsforth. Irish music night. Free.

We Are Not Devo | Fri 16 Mar | The Packhorse, £8.80. Tribute act performing choice cuts of gonzo mutato classics from Akron, OHIO’s finest sons.

tune-yards | Sat 17 Mar | Church Leeds, £17.60. Infectious, polyrhythmic, kitchen sink electo-pop & tribal post-punk.

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Inkwell Jazz Cafe & Jam Session | Sun 18 Mar | Inkwell, 1:30pm, £5-£7.

The Pearl Harts | Sun 18 Mar | Oporto, £6.60.

Sweet vocals, killer basslines, spiky guitars & booming drums, with hints of Queens of the Stone Age or Nirvana.

Leeds Haydn Players | 18 March | 3.30pm at Clothworkers’ Concert Hall, Leeds University. Tickets £10 on door or www. leedshaydnplayers.org.uk Laurel Canyon Union | Tues 20 March | HEART Headingley, £3/£5. Well known songs from artists such as Jackson Browne, Neil Young, Eagles, The Byrds, Poco & James Taylor.

Wyvern Lingo | Tue 20 Mar | Hyde Park Book Club, £8.80. Irish female trio known for their passionate live show. A cocktail of RnB hooks, bluegrass licks & gospel harmonies.

Tall Black Guy | Wed 21 Mar | Headrow House, £8.80. Soulful hip-hop.

Winter Wilson & Henry Parker | Fri 23 March | 8pm at Headingley HEART. £10/ £8. www. heartcentre.org.uk No Mean Feat | Fri 23 Mar | Seven Arts, £8.

Celebrating the music of Steely Dan & Little Feat.

Tera Melos | Sat 24 Mar | Brudenell Social Club, £11. Experimental rock with ambient electronics & unconventional song structure Hayley McKay | 24 March | at Hyde Park Book Club. Her highly anticipated album due out soon.

Pharoahe Monch | Mon 26 Mar | Belgrave Music Hall, £16.50. One of the finest lyricists of contemporary hip-hop & half of seminal rap outfit Organized Konfusion.

Dinosaur Jr | Tue 27 Mar | Belgrave Music Hall, £25.85. Seminal alt-rock/grunge outfit; mix of simple melodies, passionate vocals & overpowering guitar noise, led by singer/ songwriter J Mascis.

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Scholarship Success for Taqwa

Classics at Allerton Grange Allerton Grange School has just introduced Classical Civilisation for GCSE and A level students. Believed to be the only state funded school in Leeds to offer Classics, it offers new opportunities for students who have a passion for history.

Classics is the study of Ancient Greece and Rome, covering their literature, history, philosophy and visual arts, and giving an insight into their social, cultural and political values.

Last October, a school in Sheffield hit the headlines after resorting to crowdfunding to prevent Classics from being cut from the curriculum. The idea behind the social media campaign was to ensure that these subjects do not become the preserve of the private sector.

The new course will be offered to Allerton Grange students from September 2018.

History teacher, Gemma Williams, successfully lobbied senior leaders to introduce the course. After forging links with local universities, sourcing external funding, and putting forward a convincing business case, the school was pleased to launch this new course, which is in line with its vision of raising the aspirations of its students.

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Younger Life GSAL Junior Pupils Raise Over £7,000 for NSPCC Following a recent ‘Speak Out Stay Safe’ Assembly, Junior pupils at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) raised a staggering £7,247 through a sponsored spelling championship.

“The pupils learned a lot from the Speak Out Stay Safe assembly and wanted to help other children to benefit from this important NSPCC project”, said Tom Weaver, Assistant Head of GSAL Junior School. “The spelling competition was a fun and educational way to raise funds – the children rose to the challenge enthusiastically, finding sponsors and improving their spelling along the way.”

In the Leeds area, in the 2016/17 school year, NSPCC volunteers spoke to 24,316 children and visited 88 primary schools to deliver their Schools Service programme, teaching children how to keep themselves safe from abuse and neglect. The assembly helps children to identify a trusted adult they can speak to if they are ever worried about themselves or a friend along with information about Childline.

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Lord Mayor Presents Rotary Club Young Citizen Awards Leeds Rotary Club Young Citizen Awards were recently presented to 24 young people – all of whom were shining examples of what young people are doing for their families, schools, and communities.

The range of activities in which they were involved was amazing. Kyle Sadler helped Garforth Academy raise £600 for Martin House and St Gemmas; Kelly Subham (Leeds West Academy) collected for Guide Dogs for the Blind; Denise Benneeh, Imani Wilson and Phebe Wilson Andoh organised several events at Abbey Grange Academy; and Emmie Barker (Leeds West Academy) raised over £6,000 for her brother’s charity Will’s Way, which focuses on helping families who face a teenage brain tumour diagnosis. Elliott Carroll sold poppies at Leeds City College and organised an event for NeST (Nephrotic Syndrome Trust). Anny Kelly (Temple Moor High School) raised £1,000 for a four year old with Nuroblastoma by performing his own songs.

Fatemeh Nosratzedah, an Iranian refugee at Leeds West Academy is coping with complex disabilities from Cerebral Palsy, but still achieved 11 GCSEs at A* to D

grades. She is helping others new to the country as a translator and plans to launch her own charity to help young people with disabilties gain life skills and become independent.

Jahdeya Daniel-Ried (Leeds West Academy) and Harry White (Allerton High School) were recognised as learning supporters and mentors; Hannah and Leene Matheroo (Gateways School) are peer mentors and have organised events for Black History month. Nathan Chaplow and Ethan Wright (Horsforth School) played a major role in the school’s World War 1 celebrations. Ione Collings (Co-op Priesthorpe School) helps staff and works with Roxy from Ruby AM, and Faique Bhatti has developed a prayer room in the school.

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