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FOLK FAVOURITES
BROWNIES BLAST OFF ON STAR QUEST On Sunday 18th May, Brownies from Rochdale embarked on a cosmic Star Quest adventure to celebrate the 100th birthday of Brownies. The girls, all aged seven to 10, joined more than 500 Brownies from around Manchester at The Bridgewater Hall to mark The Big Brownie
Hindle Wakes were recently guest performers at the monthly concert held at Littleborough Coach House. A packed house enjoyed a range of traditional, contemporary and selfpenned folk songs including "The Village That Drowned" about Watergrove reservoir and an atmospheric version of "And The Band Played Waltzin' Matilda" recounting the Gallipoli campaign of WW1. Organised by Dorothy Pedder the concert programme for 2014 covers a variety of
Birthday with a musical, space-themed spectacular. The all-girl celebration saw the young stargazers travel through three time zones in the hunt for missing stars - taking part in challenges and enjoying new and exciting adventures en route. The Star Quest story began with a trip to the past to learn more about the 100-year history of the Brownies, followed by an Out of this World Lunch and activity sessions based on the present day, including song writing and dancing. Finally they journeyed to the future, where they launched rockets
music from folk to classical with soloists, choirs and
before ending the day all nervously gathered in the hall hoping that they
instrumentalists.
had gathered enough stars and written enough song words to light up the night sky.
Street Celebration
Residents of Vandyke Street in Norden, recently got together to throw a good old street party. The party marked the 60th birthdays of two residents, Carol and Stuart Moore, and also Stuart’s retirement. The celebration included Hebden Bridge Brass Band, Keith Swift as Frank Sinatra, Tony Moore as DJ and even a bouncy castle! 78
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