North Leeds Life Magazine. March 2016 Edition. LS7, LS8, LS17

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The Secret Life of Organs

Irish History Month

Leeds Lieder Festival

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DEAR READERS,

Every month I’m blown away by the variety of things going on in Leeds and around our area.

Of course, Headingley LitFest is about to burst onto the scene, and a late addition to the line-up is Ken Livingston, who will be speaking at Leeds University Union. Pixie Lott will make a great Holly Golightly in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ at The Grand. Australian cult band The Necks and James McVinnie explore the secret sounds of Leeds Town Hall’s magnificent organ; and Lesley Garrett stars as a toilet attendant in a brand new opera at Howard Assembly Room.

Leeds’ first ever Jewish Literary Festival is launched with a host of

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12 Livingstone to Speak at Headingley Litfest Ken Livingstone talks about his book ‘Being Red – A Politics of the Future’.

16 Pixie Lott in ‘Breakfast at

Tiffany’s’ at The Grand Capote’s

classic tale adapted for stage by playwright Richard Greenberg

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21 Irish History Month Another programme of events highlighting Irish arts, heritage, culture and history.

28 Nadine Senior Dies an extraordinary woman who inspired many of the dancers, choreographers, teachers and dance leaders of today.

29 Leeds Lieder Festival: Singing Stories ‘One of the most

18 Leeds First Ever Jewish Literary Festival an exciting calendar

exuberant and far-reaching festivals of art-

of events, including creative writing.

song in the UK’, The Times.

literary events; Leeds Inter-Faith Group and Free Range Choir offer a rare chance to see ‘Sing Freedom’ at Lidgett Park Methodist Church; and Allerton Grange School and Allerton Grange Fields will host The Leeds United Foundation ‘Kicks’ coaching programme.

Deadline for the April edition is 1st March for news and notices and 9th March for advertising (1st & 8th April for the May edition). We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards, Carole, Jack and the team.

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30 First Opera a Sell Out

Before its Premiere! Pleasure’ is a human tragedy played out against the backdrop of a gay nightclub.

33 Sing Freedom: A Story with Songs of Liberation A personal story set against the backdrop of apartheid South Africa.

48 The Necks & James McVinnie: The Secret Life of Organs

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The Leeds Mencap Apprentice challenge is back for a third year, seeking out creative, entrepreneurial teams to battle it out for the top spot. Just how much money could you make from a £50 loan in six weeks?

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BENJAMIN WILSON (1721-1788) ARTIST AND SCIENTIST

Next time you visit Temple Newsam House, take a look at the picture which hangs above the grand oak staircase – a charming painting of the five young daughters of the 9th Viscount Irwin in the 1770s, playing some light-hearted game out in the country. Its informality contrasts with the stiff family portraits that usually clutter stately homes. The artist was Benjamin Wilson, a Leeds man who made his name in London, as admired in his day as his contemporaries William Hogarth and Joshua Reynolds, with a respected position at the court of George III. He was an experimental scientist too, a fellow of the Royal Society, in correspondence with learned men across Europe. Yet today he is virtually unknown. enjamin Wilson was born in Leeds in 1721, the fourteenth and youngest child of a wealthy cloth merchant from a large, influential Leeds family. He was born at Mill Hill, where the Wilson family occupied the Manor House (where the Scarbrough Hotel is now, opposite the railway station). This grand house had walls and ceilings decorated with paintings by the distinguished French artist Jacques Parmentier, which people flocked to admire and inspired Benjamin as a child. He loved to copy them and found he could sell his copies to his school friends ‘for pence and halfpence’ – an enterprising boy! But his education was cut short when his father lost all his money. He was taken on by the French artist Longueville who was working at Gisburn, but after a year decided to seek his fortune in London.

From his own account, he walked most of the way, arrived penniless, and had to depend on a relation’s handout of two guineas (with a new suit of clothes) while he looked for work. The money lasted him a year – he was notoriously pennypinching! – until he got a post as clerk to a society of lawyers, in the heart of the City.

He scrimped and saved, and in his early twenties found a better position that left him time and money to take up painting again.

He worked and socialised with the leading artists of the time, and made all the right social connections, important for winning commissions. Portraiture was particularly lucrative: this was how the great and the good made sure they were remembered.

He began to win important commissions.

After a year working in Ireland, he returned to London in 1750 setting up in an elegant house in Great Queen Street, Holborn. His sitters included many eminent men and women, from the aristocracy, politics, and the arts. As his reputation grew, it’s said that he was earning £1,500 a year and could afford to turn down the offer of a partnership

© National Portrait Gallery with Hogarth. Many of his portraits of celebrities like the actor David Garrick were reproduced to meet popular demand – just as now people were greedy for pictures of their heroes. He even dabbled in satirical cartoons, with some success.

But there was another completely different side to his life. From an early age, he had read widely and become fascinated by the new science of electricity. He conducted experiments, built his own apparatus, and corresponded with some of the leading men working in the field. In 1746 when he was

only 25 he published the first of a long series of research papers on electricity which led to his election as a fellow of the Royal Society in 1751 and later to the Society’s gold medal.

He was particularly interested in the design of lightning conductors, which brought him into a long public dispute with Benjamin Franklin. His work, which he continued throughout his life, was widely respected, and he was honoured by membership of four European academies.

About 1771, when he was 50, Wilson married Jane Hetherington, well-born and beautiful but with no dowry. She suited him well – he claimed ‘he saved more money from the time he first knew her than ever before’! They had seven children, one of them later the distinguished general Sir Robert Wilson.

Benjamin acquired a royal patron in the Duke of York, George III’s younger brother, who helped him to an important official post, and he won the King’s support both as a painter and as an experimental scientist.

He was welcomed at Windsor and at court – he had made it to the top. In later life he lost money in speculation, complained of poverty, but died in comfortable enough circumstances, leaving his children an account of his life. His reputation has faded, but many of his paintings and prints remain in national collections, a reminder of this Leeds painter cum scientist for whom the streets of London were indeed paved with gold.

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Livingstone to Speak at Headingley LitFest Pad Ferguson In a last minute development, Headingley LitFest has managed to book Ken Livingstone, who has just published his book ‘Being Red – A Politics of the Future’, for an afternoon event at Leeds University Union on Tuesday 8th March 1pm. e is promising to serve up an insider’s account of the Labour Party and its future, at a pivotal moment in its history.

At a time when many are looking to revive Labour’s potential, Livingstone has form. His account takes the reader from the self-proclaimed ‘radical socialism’ of the Greater London Council, to his controversial independent candidacy that saw him branded as ‘dangerous’ by Tony Blair’s supporters, to the political battles against privatisation and pollution that characterised his time as Mayor.

At each point, he suggests possible lessons for those who would seek to follow, or improve on, his achievements today.

Having spent years at the head of the Greater London Council, served two terms as London Mayor, and having gone head to head with Boris Johnson, Being Red offers a clear-sighted study of the left’s possibilities and limitations, with reflections on the current state of the Labour Party and a look into its future.

Being Red offers a clear-sighted study of the left’s possibilities and limitations

Patrick Ferguson, also known Pad, Fergie or The Bull, turned 100 on 5th February and a big family party was held at The Irish Centre to celebrate.

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A native of Ireland, he also received the ‘Centenary Bounty’ from the Irish President.

Pad was born in Attymass, Co. Mayo. He came to England aged 17 with his father to work on the harvest. They would go around to different farms, undertaking labouring work, including picking potatoes and beets. In fact, he was a labourer all his life and has always been very strong.

Most of his siblings have spent time in Leeds and five brothers stayed and made their homes here, but some returned to Ireland or followed work in other parts of England. Eight of his brothers and sisters are still alive, the youngest being 74.

He met his wife, Margaret (known as Peg), at dances in Leeds, despite living only a stone’s throw away in Ireland. They got married in 1939 at St Ann’s Cathedral and made their home in Headingley.

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Vintage Menswear Needn’t Be a ‘Chore’!

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As you know, we do tend to bang on about vintage, vintage, vintage – well, sorry, there’s no change this month!

We’re gonna harp on a bit more, specifically about menswear: another subject that is close to our hearts.

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intage menswear is big business, its covers a huge range of niches, cliques, genres and sub-genres. Like women’s wear, it appeals to both the dyed in the wool full-on re-enactors, as well as the everyday wearer who mixes preworn items with their high street clobber.

Your typical male North Leeds shopper is a timid beast at best and is easily frightened off by too much vintage frou-frou. Unless, that is, vintage is really his thing. But there is something to be said about a bit of caution and circumspection when it comes to buying vintage clothes, especially if you are ‘a typical bloke’ who is not that comfortable with standing out in a crowd. He is happier making a subtle sartorial declaration.

Growing in popularity, vintage ‘chore’ (so called because it was originally worn for doing chores!) or workwear, offers such an opportunity. Call me and other men strange, but there is something extremely attractive about clothes that have been designed and made with manual labour in mind. So, this aesthetic (and yes it is an aesthetic) is about an appreciation of the item’s provenance, its utility, and its connection with the worker who toiled in it - not worn in a re-enactment ‘dress up’ way, but as an everyday item mixed with one’s usual nonvintage items.

That 50 year old, washed out indigo, French peasant jacket, with its worn collar, hole in the sleeve and fusty smell is a beautiful item because of the evidence of what could be called ‘honest use’, not despite it. Every pocket and seam is there for a reason and nothing is superfluous. So too are the game pockets in the back of the vintage American duck hunting jacket.

So why does your average IT consultant go a bit ga-ga over vintage chore wear? Some bright spark has suggested that it helps them reconnect to a notion of masculinity that for the vast majority of men no longer includes hard physical graft, something us XY’s are instinctively drawn to. I’m not so sure, perhaps vintage chore wear is just dead cool.

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Pixie Lott in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ at The Grand Pixie Lott will star as Holly Golightly in a new production of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ at Leeds Grand Theatre from 4th – 9th April. ased on a novella by Truman Capote, the play is set in New York in 1943 (not the 1960s as in the film!). Fred (Matt Barber, recently seen in Downton Abbey), a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly, a vivacious, elusive good-time girl.

Everyone falls in love with Holly – including Fred. But Fred is poor, and Holly’s other suitors include a playboy millionaire and the future president of Brazil! As war rages in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with Fred – just as her past catches up with her.

Capote’s classic tale has been adapted for stage by playwright Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain), and contains memorable songs from the era, as well as original music by Grant Olding (One Man, Two Guvnors). Richard describes this version as ‘rougher edged and more candid’ than the

Breakfast at Tiffany’s has a drive that makes it very alluring to dramatise

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film. “Capote was a great writer and a natural maker of plots”, said Richard. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s has a drive that makes it very alluring to dramatise.”

Having appeared in a number of stage productions when she was younger, this is Pixie’s first serious stage

Barber (Fred), Pixie Lott (Holly Golightly) & Charlie De Melo (Jose)

play. “I am so excited to play Holly Golightly”, she told us just before starting rehearsals. “I’ll need to learn so many lines as Fred and Holly are on stage most of the time. It is a complicated piece of writing and we have to make sure we do it justice. If you are familiar with the film,

look out for the changes in the storyline. And, I love the 40’s fashions.

The set too is very stylish, very Holywood.”

The production is directed by Nikolai Foster, Artistic Director of Curve, who has directed a number of productions at West Yorkshire Playhouse.

And, the design is by Matthew Wright, who worked with Nikolai on ‘White Christmas’ at The Playhouse.

Other member of the cast are: Victor McGuire as Joe Bell, Robert Calvert as Doc, Naomi Cranston as Mag, Charlie De Melo as José, Tim Frances as Rusty Trawler/Editor at 21, Andrew Joshi as Yunioshi, Melanie La Barrie as Mme Spanella, and Sevan Stephan as OJ Berman/Dr Goldman, with Katy Allen and Andy Watkins.

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Leeds Launches First Ever Jewish Literary Festival ilim, Leeds’ first ever Jewish literary festival, takes centre stage in March, showcasing both established and emerging writers, and offering opportunities to attend workshops and master classes. There’s an exciting calendar of events, including creative writing, literature, poetry and prose, and much for younger members of the community.

Kick starting the festival on Tuesday 1st March (10.30am - 3pm) is a trip to the British Library in Boston Spa, including a talk by Ilana Tahan, curator on the Hebrew and Christian Orient, discussing the Hebrew collection (£25).

World Book Day (for children and youngsters) is at the Henry Cohen campus on Thursday 3rd March; photographer and art curator Ruth Corman, talks about her book ‘Unexpected Israel’ on Monday 7th March, 7.30pm (private house limited seating); and, writer and critic Wes Brown presents a Skills for Creative Writing workshop on Wednesday 9th March, 7 – 9.30pm at MAZcc (£5).

Actor and playwright Vanessa Rosenthal talks about writing for radio on Wednesday 16th March at The Leeds Library, Commercial Street (12.30pm, free); local poet James Nash leads a poetry cafe at Donisthorpe Hall on Thursday 17th March, 8pm (£5); and on Sunday 20th March, 8pm Baroness Joyce Gould discusses her new book on politics and life in Leeds ‘The Witchfinder General’ at Sinai Synagogue Hall (£5).

An evening with prize-winning author Howard Jacobson concludes the month-long festival. In discussing his new book ‘Shylock is My Name’, he will bring a modern interpretation of Shylock, one of Shakespeare’s most controversial characters, to Reuben Vincent Hall on Thursday 31st March 7.30pm (£10 advance booking www.eventbrite.co.uk).

The driving force behind the project is authors Diane Saunders and Philippa Lester, whose 2015 book ‘From the Leylands to Leeds 17’ illustrates 150 years of Leeds Jewish history.

“The idea of a Leeds Jewish literary festival has been around for some time so, gathering a small committee of literary people around us, we set about bringing it to fruition”, said Philippa. “When we were writing our book, Diane and I felt there was a real interest in literature and the whole literary world, and that more could be done about Jewish writing on all levels.”

For further information and booking, call Sheila (0113 217 1886) or Carol (07951 696986), or visit www.milim.org.uk

The Further Adventures of Dan Markham Following the success of ‘Dark Briggate Blues’, its sequel ‘The New Eastgate Swing’, another thrilling murder mystery by Chris Nickson, has just been published

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When Dan and his new partner, retired Detective Sergeant Baker, take on a missing person’s case, what appears to be a simple matter soon turns into a murder investigation when a body is recovered from the River Aire. The investigation takes a deadly turn as the pair try and track down a Russian assassin and Markham finds himself dragged into the heart of a Cold War…. in Leeds.

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St Peter’s Singers have been presenting sacred music on Good Friday at Leeds Minster for many years. This year’s event, held with the generous support of the Friends of the Music of Leeds Minster, starts at 7pm and includes music by Johannes Brahms and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The first half features two magical motets by Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben and the Geistliches Lied, a masterpiece with deeply expressive organ accompaniment.

The second half of the concert is given over to Brahms’s sevenmovement German Requiem.

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It’s March and Irish History Month is here again! An initiative of the Leeds-based Irish Arts Foundation, it was first celebrated in 2007. It exists to promote knowledge of Irish History and experiences in Britain and beyond, and it aims to highlight the many positive contributions that Irish people have made to British society. nce again Irish Arts Foundation has lined up a programme of events to introduce new audiences to the vibrancy of Irish arts, heritage, culture and history. 2016 is, of course, a landmark year in Irish history as they commemorate the events of 1916 in Ireland.

Particular highlights this year include a lecture day at HEART in Headingley, facilitated

by Saint Mary’s University, Twickenham.

This will feature lectures examining themes associated with the events of 1916. Bernard Purcell, editor of the London based Irish World newspaper will present a talk in the Headingley Club, and Greg Mullholland MP will talk about the Irish community in Otley.

There will also be performances from Irish comedian Dylan Moran at Leeds Town Hall, The Paddy Callaghan Trio at Otley

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Courthouse, and singer guitarist J. Eoin will host a documentary screening about the rise in popularity of Irish Music over the last 60 years at Seven Arts in Chapel Allerton.

Irish Arts Foundation is also running its schools’ workshop programme at a number of schools in the Leeds area throughout the month.

For full details of the Irish History Month programme, visit www.irisharts.org.uk Irish History Month is supported by the Irish Arts Foundation, Leeds City Council and the Irish Government through the Emigrant Services Fund.

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Anna-Maria Returns ‘Chicago’ to Leeds for Author Comes to Signing Event Bradford’s nna-Maria Athanasiou, author of the wildly popular ‘Waiting for Summer’ romance series, returns to Leeds for the ‘Leeds Author Signing Event’ at the Marriott Hotel, off Boar Lane, on Saturday 5th March.

Anna-Maria grew up in Meanwood and attended Abbey Grange C of E High School. After studying Hotel Catering and spending eighteen months in Switzerland, she married and moved to Cyprus.

An avid reader of everything from glossy magazines to classics, if she wasn’t busy with her two boys Anna-Maria was lost in a book or playing out imaginative scenarios in her head. As the boys got older she toyed with the idea of writing down some of these ideas, but never dreamt that today she would be on her third romantic novel!

She describes her series as ‘erotic but romantic’ fiction, with an engaging plot to keeps readers hooked on the storyline from start to finish.

In 2013 London Publishers Austin Macauley offered her a two book contract, and ‘Waiting for Summer’ Book One was published in September, closely followed

by Book Two in June 2014. With two successes firmly under her belt, this is her first author signing event and she is delighted that it is in Leeds. Her work will be showcased together with the work of 60 other talented romantic women authors.

‘Leeds Author Signing Event 2016’ is at Leeds Marriott hotel on Saturday 5th March, 10am – 5pm. There are two sessions, 10am – 1pm and 2 – 5pm (£12.50 per session), followed by a Charity Ball in the evening (£46). Tickets are available through www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leedsauthor-event-2016-tickets-15537433883.

Alhambra Theatre The wonderful musical ‘Chicago’ will be at Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre from 4th – 9th April.

Created by John Kander, Fred Ebb and legendar y choreographer Bob Fosse, Chicago’s sexy, sassy score includes ‘All That Jazz’ and ‘Razzle Dazzle’. It has won numerous awards, and has been a sell out success wherever it has played.

Her erotic but romantic fiction keeps readers hooked on the storyline from start to finish

“Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery… all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts”…so begins this fabulous show. This touring production stars West End and East Enders actor John Partridge as smooth talking lawyer Billy Flynn, employed by the husband of chorus girl Roxie Hart – played by Dancing on Ice winner and Coronation Street star Hayley Tamaddon - to clear her of murder.

And, X Factor winner and real life prison warden Sam Bailey is Matron ‘Mama’ Morton.

Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with cell block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, they fight to keep from being transferred to death row.

Tickets (£21.50 - £43) available from 01274 432000 or bradfordtheatres.co.uk

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Our Cousin Flo The story of Florence Nightingale’s nursing career is well known. But what about the high society life she gave up in favour of a very different path? ‘Our Cousin Florence’, a new exhibition at Lotherton Hall from 18th March – 31st December, examines and contrasts the life she chose by exploring the young, fashionable, little known Florence. reviously unseen correspondence and sketches illustrate Florence’s young life, which was firmly embedded in aristocratic society. She was particularly close to her cousin Ma r i a n n e, who married Sir Douglas Galton - later to become a close advisor to Florence on hospital design.

The letters highlight her internal struggles to justify leaving the life she felt created a ‘forced idleness’ in favour of a career in nursing, and contrasts her world as a young woman with her wartime experiences.

Lotherton Hall was the home of Marianne’s youngest daughter, Gwendolen Gascoigne, Florence’s goddaughter, and was where Marianne retreated to after her husband died. This new archive material all belonged to Marianne.

Items on display include

paintings, childhood sketches, jewellery, toys and Florence’s desk, brought to Lotherton Hall

by Gwendolen.

Pivotal to the exhibition are key fashion pieces of the period, similar to those Florence and her cousins would have worn, which provide a stark contrast to clothing worn by nurses during the Crimean War. Many of these are part of the permanent collection at Lotherton Hall, the home of Leeds Museums and Galleries’ extensive and extraordinary collection of fashion and textiles.

There will be a performance of ‘Our Cousin Flo’ in conjunction with Carriageworks, at Lotherton Hall on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June.

Bingley Gilbert & Sullivan Society Bingley Gilbert & Sullivan Society has signed up a new, young production team for a lively production of ‘The Pirates of Penzance’, with a ‘twist’…. biker pirates, set in the 50s! Exciting ideas from producers Sarah Earl and Jo Hudson, and Musical Director Danny Gamble, have already got the cast buzzing.

Membership of the society continues to grow, with whole families involved, some with three generations! Not only is it attracting young singers and dancers, it is also hoping to attract record audiences with its new show. This is an exciting, modern take, but the music and words won’t change - well hardly ever!

This is an exciting, modern take, but the music and words won’t change Rehearsals have already started but it’s not too late to sign up to join the chorus. Contact Sarah Earl 07740 460254 or Margaret Holliss 01274 568617 Bingley Arts Centre Wednesday 20th–Saturday 23rd April 2016.

Tickets available from Box Office 01274 567983 or www.ticketsource. co.uk/bingleyartscentre www.bingleygilbert andsullivansociety.org.uk, bingleygilbertandsullivansociety@ gmail.com

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Northern Ballet’s Swan Lake Returns to The Grand David Nixon’s wonderful Swan Lake returns to Leeds Grand Theatre from 3rd – 12th March. his production of one of ballet’s most famous love stories, is a modern take on the classic, set in New England at the start of the twentieth century. First performed in 2004, it captures the long lazy summers and old world grace of the period, featuring costumes that capture the affluence of the era. Stunning set design by Dave Gillan, lighting by Peter Mumford, and Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable score played by the Northern Ballet Sinfonia complete the retelling of this famous story.

“Our Swan Lake offers a different telling to traditional versions of the ballet”, said David Nixon, “whilst still remaining true to the spirit of the story and incorporating popular elements that audiences will be familiar with, from Tchaikovsky’s score to the dance of the four cygnets.”

This beautifully tragic tale of love and obsession is told through the Company’s unique blend of classical ballet and drama. For booking information, see northernballet.com/swanlake.

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Nadine inspired many of the Phoenix Dance Theatre and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) recently came together to announce the passing of Nadine Senior OBE, and to pay a heartfelt tribute to an extraordinary woman. hoenix Dance Theatre, the longest standing contemporary dance company outside London, celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, and its history began with Nadine. It was formed in 1981 by David Hamilton (Artistic Director), Donald Edwards, and Vilmore James, whose enthusiasm for dance was sparked by the tuition they received from Nadine Senior at Harehills Middle School Nadine went on to inspire many of the dancers, choreographers, teachers and dance leaders of today.

She lobbied to prove the need for professional dance education in Leeds and founded NSCD in 1985 – the only higher education provision in contemporary dance outside London.

Following her retirement in 2001, Nadine was Chair of Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Board of Trustees for six years.

Nadine’s natural gift for seeing the best in young people has had a real impact on cultural institutions in Leeds and the national dance landscape. She was committed to ensuring there was a place for talent in Leeds. Her legacy will forever remain embedded in the heart of this city and the wider dance industry, as one of the finest dance champions of her time.

Sharon Watson, Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director, was also a student of Nadine’s and, like many

others, was inspired by the pioneering work she did in Harehills Middle School.

“I would not be doing what I am doing today if it wasn’t for the nurturing caring and inspiring role she played”, said Sharon. “I’m truly saddened that my long term mentor and guru is no longer with us. So many have been inspired by her work and many more will be supported by her legacy. I have experienced great leadership through Nadine but first and foremost I’ve lost a truly great friend.”

dancers, choreographers, teachers and dance leaders of today Janet Smith MBE, Principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance commented: “Northern School of Contemporary Dance is indebted to Nadine for her revolutionary, courageous work in establishing the School.

We are here because of her commitment to the development and empowerment of young people through the discipline of creative dance and because of her determination to make dance education accessible regardless of background. Though the School has grown from 12 students to over 200, and the student body from local to national and international students, these values of nurturing individual creativity and inclusion remain at the heart of the School.”

The impact of Nadine’s contribution resonates across the city. It underpins not only NSCD but also Leeds as a City of Dance, with Phoenix Dance Theatre, RJC Dance and of many individual artists and arts administrators touched by her inspiration.

Leeds Lieder Festival: Singing Stories eeds Lieder, described in The Times as ‘one of the most exuberant and far-reaching festivals of art-song in the UK’, recently announced details of its sixth festival, which will take place at venues across Leeds from 1st – 3rd April.

Artistic Director and internationally acclaimed baritone, Roderick Williams, has chosen ‘storytelling’ as his theme.

As his many fans know, he is the master in the art of communicating sung text. He, and Leeds Lieder’s new director, pianist Joseph Middleton, have assembled a mouth watering line-up of like minded artists: including the internationally acclaimed and one of the 21st century’s finest singers, Dutch

soprano Elly Ameling, tenor Mark Padmore, pianists Julius Drake and Iain Burnside, the Myrthen Ensemble and Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Katarina Karnéus, alongside rising stars.

The spoken word will be juxtaposed alongside the sung, as Leeds welcome actors (including Rory Kinnear), and education will also be at the heart of the festival’s activities. Hundreds of schoolchildren will be involved in song projects over the months running up to the Festival and representatives from the country’s top conservatoires will appear in master classes and performance platforms.

Two new song cycles, by Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Edward Rushton, have been commissioned and will receive

Pictured: Roderick Williams their world premieres, and a programme for local poets and composers will produce yet more delights. BBC Radio3 will also broadcast from the Festival.

For full details, visit www. leedslieder.org.uk. Ticket information: Box Office, Leeds College of Music, 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD (0113 222 3434)

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First Opera a Sell Out Before its Premiere!

In 2006, Mark Simpson, aged 17, won both BBC Young Musician of the Year as a clarinettist, and BBC Young Composer of the Year, the only individual to have won both competitions – then all hell broke lose! ll of a sudden he was being invited to play with and compose for orchestras all over the world. He would be in London one week, then on to Newcastle, Truro, Liverpool, Chicago, New York, Germany. Unable to fit the many commissions and performances around his studies at The Royal College of Music, he took a year out and moved to Berlin. It was here that he started reading a book of poems by Melanie Challenger and they hit him like a ton of bricks. “I was actually hearing music while reading her poems”, he told us. “I knew immediately that I wanted to work with her.”

He approached Melanie to work on his composition ‘The Immortal’ which premiered at Manchester International Festival 2015, set to a libretto by Melanie.

This was a difficult, avant garde piece featuring two choirs and orchestra, as well as solo voices. An exciting musical experience, it drew a strong, emotional reaction from the audience, and wide critical acclaim.

When approached to write an opera, as part of a three-year partnership between Aldeburgh Music, The Royal Opera and Opera North, he grabbed the opportunity to bring a story he had been playing with for a number of years to the stage, and relished the idea of working again with Melanie, who lives in North Yorkshire.

‘Pleasure’ is a human tragedy played out against the backdrop of a gay nightclub. Musically different to ‘The Immortal’, ‘Pleasure’ is more rooted in reality and more a hybrid form of opera and musical theatre. It tells the story of Val, played by Leslie Garrett, an attendant in the toilets in Pleasure, a hedonistic gay club in the north of England, presided over

by the Bacchanalian drag queen Anna Fewmore.

For years, Val has been both a shoulder to cry on and a confidante. When Nathan, a beautiful young man, arrives and leaves a gift for her, it marks the beginning of an emotional and violent night.

‘Pleasure’ will be performed in Liverpool, Aldeburgh and London.

‘Pleasure’, which is directed by Tim Albery, with designs by Leslie Travers, will be performed by four singers – Leslie Garrett, baritone Timothy Nelson as Nathan, tenor Nick Pritchard as Matthew, and baritone Steven Page as Anna Fewmore – alongside the Manchester-based music ensemble Psappha, conducted by Nicholas Kok.

With two nights already sold out on 28th /29th April, Opera North has scheduled a further performance at the Howard Assembly Room on 30th April, which is filling up rapidly. Following its world premiere at Opera North,

One of the UK’s most exciting young musical talents, Mark, who was born in Liverpool, was recently named Composer in Association with the BBC Philharmonic, Tickets: £15. Concessions available. operanorth.co.uk

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“By working with key partners, like the Premier League, Police, Fire Service and Leeds City Council, we are able to develop programmes that work towards reducing anti-social behaviour, alcohol and drugs misuse, knife crime and other low level crime activities. The vision is to build safer, stronger, more respectful communities through the development of young people’s potential.”

Chair of Allerton Grange Fields, Bhupinder Dev, expressed his delight at the new coaching programme and added: “Former Leeds United legends David Batty and Brian Deane graced the sports pitches at Allerton Grange Fields during their youth as they were both ex Allerton Grange School

llerton Grange School and Allerton Grange Fields will host The Leeds United Foundation ‘Kicks’ coaching programme, funded by the Premier League and Sport England to provide free football and fitness activities for young people in North Leeds.

The ‘Kicks’ football coaching programme is aimed at boys and girls aged 11 and over and will take place every Wednesday, 6 – 8pm at Allerton Grange School, Talbot Avenue, LS17 6SF, with outdoor sports coaching at Allerton Grange Fields in the Spring. To attend contact Lynne Cherry, Leeds City Council, on 07891 278 060, lynne.cherry@leeds. gov.uk “The Leeds United Foundation is excited to be providing opportunities for children and young people to engage in sporting activities within disadvantaged communities”, said Michael Kinsey,

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For further information on the Leeds United Foundation Kicks Programme at Allerton Grange School and Allerton Grange Fields visit www.friendsallertongrange.org

Sing Freedom: A Story with Songs of Liberation eeds Inter-Faith Group and Free Range Choir offer a rare chance to see ‘Sing Freedom: A Story with Songs of Liberation’ on Sunday 3rd April, 3.30pm at Lidgett Park Methodist Church, Lidgett Place, LS8 1HG. This is a personal story set against the backdrop of apartheid South Africa and the trial of Nelson Mandela and told

by Leeds choir leader Frances Bernstein.

When Frances’ father Rusty Bernstein, an ANC activist, was arrested and tried alongside Mandela and six others, the life of his family changed forever. Their privileged white existence was replaced by prison, flight and exile.

In Sing Freedom, Frances draws a graphic picture of a child growing up

“In some violence-torn areas if it wasn’t for the Francis songs the communities amd her would have given in to the mother enemy, but the songs kept with the spirit of no surrender Nelson going.” Bishop Desmond Mandela Tutu The drama is intense as the trial of Mandela and seven other activists, including Frances’ father, reaches a cliff-hanging climax.

Sing Freedom has played at the Garforth Arts Festival, Ilkley Literature Festival and to a dozen other sell-out audiences in Leeds and Sheffield, as well as performances in schools in Leeds, Paris and London.

Tickets £5 (£2 low income) can be reserved via tickets@freerangechoir.org.uk www.freerangechoir.org.uk Pictured:

under apartheid with parents who sided with the black majority. The story is interwoven with insights into the realities of life under apartheid, and the perilous growth and eventual success of the liberation movement.

Frances’ choir, Free Range, heighten the emotion of the story with stirring renditions of songs that helped sustain the anti-apartheid struggle in its darkest times.

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BILL URRY Rounday

20 MPH Zones Moving ahead on significant capital projects takes time, but it is great when something you have been pressing for years starts to take shape. I have long been a supporter of 20mph zones as a way of safeguarding our residents – overwhelming evidence shows they can save lives. But numerous private discussions with Highways have involved much more than installing a few signs. A Traffic Order requires lengthy local consultation, and the Police require the zones to be self-enforcing, and this

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DAN COHEN Alwoodley

Many thanks to all those Alwoodley residents who took the time to contact me with your thoughts about PCSOs and their place in our neighbourhood policing. I will be using your comments when we speak to those who make the final decisions about how our neighbourhood policing will look in the future.

On the subject of neighbourhood policing, there have been a couple of small changes. Our Alwoodley beat manager PC Christian Fletcher has been joined by PC Steve Lane; and our PCSOs are now based in Stainbeck, rather than Wetherby – so it is quicker and easier for them to get to Alwoodley.

We are lucky to have not one but two monthly PACT (Police and Communities Together) meetings in Alwoodley – one

may include traffic calming measures to reduce general speeds to the new limits.

Draconian cuts to Central Government funding, and competing Highways priorities across the City have been facts of life, making early progress very difficult.

The planned expansion of Gledhow Primary and the Roundhay Secondary campus, has provided a catalyst for a much expanded zone in the middle of the Ward, including most roads from the Brackenwoods to Old Park Road, and from North of Roundhay Road to Street Lane, incorporating the existing zone to the South of Street Lane. Seven schools, as well as several nurseries and children’s centres lie in this expanded area. Discussions will be continuing in the coming weeks and I hope you will add comments in the public consultation once it is launched.

Next we need to focus on similar schemes in residential roads to the North up to the edge of the A6120, and in the South in residential roads up to but not including Easterly Road. The Council’s

at Treetops at 6.30pm on the first Monday of every month, and a further meeting at Allerton Church of England Primary School on Wednesday at 6pm. The next two meetings are on 2nd March and 13th April.

These meetings provide a great opportunity to get the latest information about policing in our area.

It is also your chance to raise any concerns you may have with our local policing team. Neil, Peter and I always try to come to these meetings, so it is also a chance to pass on any thoughts or concerns you may have that need our attention.

Of course, there is no need to wait for PACT meetings to see us as we run street surgeries across the ward. These

I have long been a supporter of 20mph zones as a way of safeguarding our residents longer term plan would see 20 mph zones over most of Roundhay Ward’s residential roads, based on school catchments.

Councillors and officers will be working on this once current plans have moved off the drawing board!

Bill.urry@leeds.gov. uk 07891 278 717 / 0113 247 6927

start again in March – if you would like us to visit your street please let me know. Also restarting in March are our surgery sessions in Moor Allerton Library, usually on the last Monday of the month, except when there’s a bank holiday, when they will be a week earlier (e.g. Monday 21st March, 4pm).

Another good reason to visit the library is to see the new range of services on offer when the new Community Hub opens. From 1st April we will be able to access a wide array of Leeds City Council services right on our doorstep.

Finally, building work on our medical centre is on schedule to complete in early March. Latest news is that a local hospital trust has taken some space in the centre to offer a range of outpatient services (x-rays etc).

For any local queries, your Alwoodley councillors are always here to help.

Have a great month.

daniel.cohen@leeds.gov.uk 0113 204 1094

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FABIAN HAMILTON

Leeds North East On Sunday 24th January I joined several hundred people at Leeds Town Hall for the Holocaust Memorial Service. Since 2001 this has been an annual event and the organisers have the responsibility of creating an occasion that brings together victims of all genocides, whilst acknowledging the special nature of the Holocaust and the suffering of the Jewish people.

This year’s event showed that this new tradition has come of age. We were privileged to hear extraordinary music performed by the Clothworkers’ Consort, music which had been silent for more than seventy years.

We heard from the son of Nicholas Winton, who was responsible for the

Kindertransport, the train journeys out of Nazi-occupied Europe which saved the lives of 669 children. We watched a performance by the young dancers from Northern Ballet reflecting on the experience of children torn from their parents, in most cases never to see them again.

I knew this story well. I know people who have suffered all their lives from this terrible separation. So why was it so painful to watch as these graceful, poised children conveyed the agony of a parent parting from a child, the fear of the child sent out into an unknown world?

Art of this quality can make old stories new.

This is a story that needs to be kept alive and poignant for each new generation This is a story that needs to be kept alive and poignant for each new generation.

The event was not depressing, but uplifting. But it was depressing to hear on the news when we got home of the plight of thousands of refugee children, travelling alone across a hostile world in the 21st Century. And worse, after Nick Winton’s inspirational story, to hear an ungenerous commentator voicing fears that if we take these unaccompanied children from Syria or Somalia then ‘they’ll want their families to join them’. Have we learnt nothing?

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hey say a picture paints a thousand words and that was certainly true recently at BETA International, the top show for the equestrian trade, when Bobby and Bessie, two young cobs rescued three years ago by Hope Pastures, gave the audience in the Charles Owen Learning Arena an insight into exactly what rescuing a pony entails.

The Hope Pastures’ team took the audience through the rescue process - from first welfare call, rescue and rehabilitation, to seeing the animal leading a fulfilling life in a new home.

Bobby and Bessie provided the evidence of how an animal’s life can be turned around. Both are now part of Sophie Kendrick and Danny Kennedy ‘family’.

“Seeing animals that have been so badly abused and neglected show such

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trust and confidence when coming into a situation like this is truly humbling”, said Kim Pengelly, Fundraising and PR Co-ordinator at Hope Pastures. “I’ve never had to say so little about how fantastic the work that the sanctuary does is.”

For more information about the work that Hope Pastures Horse & Donkey Sanctuary does, visit www.hopepastures.org

arch 21st is World Down Syndrome Day and this year’s theme is ‘My Friends, My Community’.

The charity Sunshine and Smiles will be celebrating with the launch of a photographic project ‘I Am Me’ at Kirkstall Abbey Visitors Centre on Saturday 19th March (10am – 3pm).

For many families, finding out that their baby has Down syndrome is a worrying time with numerous questions. This photographic project aims to capture the journey that children, young people and families travel from those initial feelings of fear, worry and unanswerable questions to those moments of

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For most babies, children and young people with Down syndrome, developmental and learning milestones take longer to achieve and need more support and input from parents, carers and others working alongside them. So, when those hard won milestones

are achieved they are a cause for great joy and celebration.

The ‘I Am Me’ project will illustrate individual successes and achievements.

The resulting photography will be exhibited at Kirkstall Abbey Visitors Centre from Saturday 19th March There will also be a photography workshop in The Chapter House. There are also plans to extend the project and exhibit further afield throughout 2016 and hopefully create a book.

For further information, contact Sunshine and Smiles – Leeds Down Syndrome Network on 07902 054355, ailith@sunshineandsmiles. org.uk or visit sunshineandsmiles.org.uk

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s part of the citywide Time to Shine Project, Touchstone Sikh Elders will be connecting Punjabi speaking families with isolated Punjabi speaking older people, to foster cross-generational relationships.

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Once a fortnight, volunteers will invite an older person into their homes to share the evening meal, or raat di roti.

Through the ritual of eating together, stories and wisdom can be shared and a stronger sense of community developed.

One participant commented: “I would be

glad to have someone who comes to pick me up and take me away from the walls I stare at everyday. The idea of having tea together and talking to someone would be amazing.”

There are more than 6,000 Punjabi speakers aged over 50 in Leeds. As people age, they become more at risk for social isolation and loneliness, which can be as damaging to overall health as smoking. The Raat di Roti project aims to ensure that loneliness is not an inevitable part of ageing.

For more information, please contact Jesvinder Takher at 0113 216 3143 or jesvindert@touchstonesupport. org.uk

e all love to be in our gardens. So, once again, St Gemma’s is inviting all green fingered friends to open their garden for one or several days this Summer for others to enjoy. Large or small, paved or turfed, whatever your style or size, they would love you to take part. Last Summer, St Gemma’s Open Gardens raised over £7,000, all of which went towards caring for patients.

The gardens at St Gemma’s are at the very heart of the Hospice and are a haven of peace for patients and visitors. Recently a patient mentioned that he had been a keen gardener.

The Hospice’s gardener spent the day in the gardens with him and when he returned to the ward later that day he was a totally different man.

He talked about how beautiful the gardens were and how he had enjoyed his time outside. Staff were amazed at what a positive difference it had made to him.

The upkeep of the gardens and the care and services provided by the Hospice would simply not be possible without your support. “Year after year people who open their gardens for St Gemma’s receive a fantastic response”, said Emma, a St Gemma’s fundraiser. “It’s a great opportunity to share ideas with other gardeners and, no matter how big or small your garden, there are lots of ways for you to turn it into the perfect fundraising event.”

The hospice’s award winning gardens will be open to the public on 18th June, 10am – 2pm. There will be plant and gift sales, refreshments and much more.

Register for the scheme at www.st-gemma.co.uk/opengardens or, for more information, contact Emma on 0113 218 5565 or emmag@st-gemma.co.uk

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he lapwing is a bird of both moorland (where they breed) and arable farmland, familiar for its appearance and for its distinctive call. It is strikingly beautiful when seen close to, with green and purple iridescent plumage above, and bright white below, a black bib and black upward-sweeping crest feathers, longest and most impressive on the male in Spring.

In flight its rounded black and white wings are clearly visible, and make it easy to identify the large flocks often seen in Winter. It can breed in either fields or moorland, and returns to its breeding ground in early March, which is a good time to hear the distinctive drawn-out pee-whit song, as the birds establish

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Weather can be variable this month, but Spring is in the air and the garden is full of signs of life.

Why not choose a lovely scented rose such as ‘The Generous Gardener’

Trees and Shrubs March is the last of the months recommended for planting bare root trees, shrubs or roses, or for transplanting young trees and shrubs before they begin active growth. You will need to pick a day when the soil isn’t frozen or waterlogged.

Why not choose a lovely scented rose variety such as delicate pink ‘The Generous Gardener’ or zesty yellow ‘Teasing Georgia’ to be delivered this month so that you can enjoy the flowers this Summer?

Scrub up for Spring On warm days it feels good to get the garden cleaned up and ready for the growing season by giving paths and patios a good brush down, and cleaning and painting garden furniture, so that you can look forward to sitting out on warm Spring days. If you haven’t done so already it’s worth brushing out some plant pots and seed trays before giving them a wash in soapy water and allowing them to dry. Now you are ready to plant up seeds and seedlings in pest free containers.

own compost – or if, like me, you just can’t make enough of it, then well rotted manure is widely available to buy and is great for the garden.

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SPOTLIGHT DIRECTED BY: : TOM MCCARTHY STARRING: MARK RUFFALO, MICHAEL KEATON, RACHEL MCADAMS, JOHN SLATTERY, STANLY TUCCI

CERT: 15 RUNNING TIME: 129 MINS eservedly heading up the heavy-hitters in this year’s awards season, this bold, impassioned and exceptionally well-handled film thrillingly tells the story of the reporters at the Boston Globe newspaper who broke the news of widespread child sexual abuse in the Catholic church.

Set in the early 2000s, the focus is the Globe’s ‘Spotlight’ team, led by Walter ‘Robby’ Robinson (Michael Keaton), a unit specializing in long-researched, deep investigative pieces that can take up to a year to bring to publication.

Spotlight is casting about for its next story when the paper’s new, no nonsense editor directs the team to look into the fact that a local Catholic priest had abused nearly one hundred young boys and those high up in the church’s hierarchy had been aware of this and covered it up.

The film clearly has a sense of reverence for old school journalism

Thus, the team, made up of Mike Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sasha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) set to work chasing leads, interviewing victims and peeling back layer after layer of the story in a series of revelations that begin to show the true, horrifying extent of the scandal.

They certainly have their work cut out for them. Breaking through the conspiracy of silence in a city like Boston with its huge Irish Catholic community, where an imposing church seemingly looms around every corner is no mean feat, particularly when the church’s officials close ranks to protect their own and the institution habitually uses its wealth, power and influence to manipulate victims and their families, the legal system and the press.

Given these considerable obstacles, the tenacity and dogged persistence of the Spotlight team is all the more laudable. The film clearly has a sense of reverence for the old school journalistic techniques employed by the team and the rigorous diligence with which they’re carried out, particularly in the face of such resistance and the fact that Catholics make up more than half the Globe’s readership.

Director McCarthy brings an even handedness and clear eyed focus to a story that could easily have spilled over into sensationalism and melodrama in the wrong hands. By putting the nuts

and bolts of investigative journalism front and centre, the film steers clear of overwrought moralizing and, impressively, never feels like it’s taking a swipe at religion itself but rather

applauds the heroism of those determined to expose the deep seated institutional corruption in the Catholic church.

Spotlight is powerful, important and serious cinema done right. It’s considered and measured in tone and the storytelling pace intensifies the further down the disturbing rabbit hole the team’s investigation leads them. While adhering to its procedural format, the film never loses sight of the human element of the story which is handled delicately and with compassion. Admirably, Spotlight manages to reaffirm one’s belief that, done well, conscientious journalism can be a powerful tool for justice.

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Music by Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher), Philip Glass and The Necks performed on Leeds Town Hall’s organ.

Exceptional performers The Necks and organist James McVinnie explore the secret sounds of Leeds Town Hall’s magnificent organ as part of a tour that will celebrate organs in all their glory as the first ‘synthesisers’ invented centuries before their electronic counterparts. The concert will allow the instrument to be heard in a new light, playing repertoire less ‘prelude and fugue’ and more experimental and cutting edge.

The Necks are one of the great cult bands of Australia. Each of the trio’s improvised post-jazz, minimalist sets is a thrilling, emotional journey into the unknown making every performance a unique and spellbinding experience.

Their captivating sound and long form musical explorations are said to cast a euphoric trance and concerts are described as being like collective meditations or a religious experience.

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Each set is a thrilling, emotional journey into the unknown making every performance a unique and spellbinding experience.

Pictured: James McVinnie

Part of their 30th anniversary season, this concert brings pianist Chris Abrahams out from behind the piano as the trio explore the powerful, intricate and varied sonorities of the Town Hall organ.

James McVinnie, previously Assistant Organist at St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, is fast becoming the country’s leading performer of new organ music. As a member of the Bedroom Community label collective, his boundless approach has led him to collaborate with some of the world’s leading artists including Nico Muhly, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Bryce Dessner (The National).

James will play a specially commissioned score by Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher/ Warp Records) which echoes the fast, cut-up beats and synth lines for which he is so well known, interlaced with expansive classical influences. The programme will also include two of Philip Glass’s most emblematic organ pieces, which are rarely heard live on instruments of this scale.

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Rudimental Tue 1 Mar, O2 Academy, £32.45.

Popular, award-winning Drum ‘n’ Bass/ Breakbeat outfit.

Atlantic Shore Wed 2 Mar, Oporto, £6.60. Four piece popular beat combo from Herts/Bucks.

Therapy? Thu 3 Mar, The Wardrobe, £19.25.

Irish rockers who developed a darker more intense sound from thrashy punk roots.

Ady Suleiman Thu 3 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £8. Singer-songwriter who blends reggae, soul, & a touch of hip-hop.

Turin Brakes Sat 5 Mar, Brudenell Social Club, £22. Folk rock/indie outfit.

English Chamber Orchestra Sat 5 Mar, Leeds

Town Hall, £12.50 - £33.50. One of the top chamber orchestras in the country performs Schubert - Overture: In the Italian Style, Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor), Mendelssohn - Symphony No 3 (Scottish)

Blues for Nepal Sat 5 March, at HEART Bennett Rd. Headingley. Benefit in aid of Kirahule School after the quake. 7pm for Nepali Thali Curry (£6), band 8.30. Dance away to the electric sound of Kinda Blue. £9 Scene Better Days Presents: Refugee Crisis Benefit Gig Sat 5 Mar, The Fox & Newt, £5.

Featuring: Nervous Twitch - racous new wave garage rock with a strong hint of pop-punk, Helen Chambers - captivating acoustic folk, The Lock & Keys - local gruff pop punks, Crumbs - lo-fi garage pop, Settle For Anything - fast punk rock

Zibra Sun 6 Mar, Oporto, £7.70. ‘Glitch Indie’

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Grimes Mon 7 Mar, Leeds Beckett University SU, £18.50. Canadian musician & visual artist whose music is mysterious, allusive, ethereal & electronic.

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Chambers, £3. A night of audio & visual communications utilising Leeds’ top musicians, artists and political speakers. (Headliners TBA)

Unnati & Company Thurs 10 Mar, 7.30 at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Combining Indian classical music, Hindi songs & original composition with a jazz vibe. £10/£5. info@ saa-uk.org

Moishe’s Bagel Thu 17 Mar, Howard Assembly

Room, £13.75. Rip-roaring, toe-tapping jazzinfluenced Klezmer & Balkan music.

Jeff Williams Thu 17 Mar, Seven Arts Leeds,

Social Club, £6.60. Boy-girl yelpy vocals, busted up charity shop kids keyboards & Sonic Youth steam-train guitars.

J Eoin Fri 11 March, 8pm Seven Arts, Chapel

Social Club, £11. The hardest, heaviest funk this side of the Atlantic

£14- £16. One of world’s top drummers who has accompanied Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Lovano, Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, & many more.

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An evening of Brazilian Folk Music blended with infectious Modern Funk grooves, with an energy & style all of its own.

Sat 12 Mar, Leeds Town Hall, £12.50 - £33.50.

Programme: Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, Tippett - A Child of our Time.

The Tradition Sat 12 Mar, Brudenell Social

Club, £13.20. Irish band formed around 1989, blazed a trail all over the North of England with their brand of raggle taggle Irish fare..

Stiff Little Fingers Sat 12 Mar, O2 Academy, £21.30. Original 70s punks with lyrics that meld the personal & political, music that combines the energy of punk with infectious hooks.

Inkwell Spring Jazz Cafe Sun 13 Mar, Inkwell,

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Thea Gilmore Wed 9 Mar, City Varieties Music

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Noisy, joyous krautrock drenched in psychedelic grunge.

Social Club, £19.80. The godfather of dub & the high priest of reggae.

Johnny Foreigner Thu 10 Mar, Brudenell

Seven Live: Alamo; Fiona Holt Band; Den Miller & True North Wed 9 March, 8pm

TRAAMS Thu 10 Mar, Headrow House, £7.70.

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Wed 16 Mar, Brudenell

The New Mastersounds Thu 17 Mar, Brudenell

& Drake, Free. A celebration of the great Tom Petty, with & without The Heartbreakers.

The Coral Mon 7 Mar, Brudenell Social Club,

Hall, £25.40. Furiously individual singer/ songwriter she has received much admiration from her peers such as Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez & Martha Wainwright.

Unique acoustic based mix of indie, soul, reggae, Afrobeat & hip hop.

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Sam Lee Sat 12 Mar, Howard Assembly Room, £13.75. New acoustic sound with homemade, mongrelised instrumentation using, contemporary arrangements that challenge preconceptions of what ‘traditional folk’ should sound like.

£17.50. An original mixture of ska, pop, punk & blues, all tied up with insanely catchy melodies.

Natty Tue 15 Mar, Belgrave Music Hall, £13.75.

Seven Arts, £10. Internationally recognized as one of the greatest living sitar players. Joined on stage by Tabla player, Sri Bhupinder Singh Chaggar.

Emmy The Great Wed 16 Mar, Belgrave Music

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£16.50. A sound reminiscent of 90’s grunge/ stoner rock mixed with the everlasting bravado of 70’s classic rock, a driving, sonic sledgehammer of massive guitars, clever hooks & raw uncompromising vocals.

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Paul Heaton / Jacqui Abbott Sat 19 Mar, First Direct Arena, £27.50. Formerly of The Beautiful South.

Steven James Adams Sun 20 Mar, The Fox &

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The Stranglers Fri 25 Mar, O2 Academy,

£26.40. Seventies punk icons. Also appearing: Mike Peters and The Alarm

New Roots: Serious Sam Barrett + David Broad Fri 25 Mar, 8pm at New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Rd. A country rocking double bill & new album launch. £6

The Wonder Stuff Sat 26 Mar, O2 Academy, £23. Pop-rock band that found success in early 90s with hits like ‘The Size of a Cow’, & ‘Dizzy’ performed with Vic Reeves. Also appearing: The Wedding Present, The Lottery Winners

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orton-in-Ribblesdale will be a hub of activity on Saturday 18th June. This is Heart Research UK’s new Day in the Dales event – ideal for walkers, hikers and families alike with walks for all ages and abilities, as well as fun-filled activities.

In partnership with the Yorkshire Dales National Park’s Three Peaks Project, they will be raising money to help people live healthier, happier and longer lives, as well as improving and maintaining the Three Peaks path.

Enjoy a gentle stroll, steady challenge, or strenuous hill walk, in some of our county’s finest landscapes. There will be three routes - the 25-mileYorkshire Three Peaks challenge; a less strenuous 15-mile route, which meanders around the valleys; or an equally scenic 5k nature walk in and around the village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale. Each route has its own distinct character, from ancient limestone pastures and upland hill farms

to stunning flower rich meadows and expansive heather moorland.

Add to that the Family Day with its sports day, stalls with fresh local produce, games and activities and you have a great day out that will not only improve your heart’s heath but will also conserve one of the UK’s most beautiful areas.

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Choosing Your Child’s School There has been a lot of media coverage recently regarding the upcoming announcement of state Secondary School places (1st March) and Primary School Places (16th April). Last year there was uproar from a large number of disappointed parents in North Leeds who weren’t offered any of their five choices for reception places. n October, the Yorkshire Evening Post revealed that “the cohort starting school in 2016 is expected to be bigger than this year’s [2015]”. This is a problem that is not going away, and with a reported £69.5 million shortfall in the funding needed by Leeds City Council, parents are being forced to ask themselves if the quality of their children’s education will suffer as the larger year groups enter Year One. What are your options if you don’t get your first choice?

• Appeal: There is a slim possibility that your appeal will be granted.

However watch out for increased class sizes – the Guardian recently revealed that over 500,000 primary school children are being taught in classes larger than 30.

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• Choose an Independent education: Although this is not an option for everyone, it is certainly worth serious consideration. Gateways School in Harewood prides itself on small class sizes, individual attention and the all-round education it provides throughout the school, from nursery to sixth form.

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oortown Festival Quintet recently attend an assembly at Moortown Primary School and delighted the children by playing Teddy Bears’ Picnic and two Hungarian Dances

by Ferenc Farkas.

The performance was followed by a Question and Answer session about the musical instruments used.

The Quintet was donating money to the school that they had received from the Moortown Community Group for playing at the Christmas Lights turn-on. When ward

councillors Alex Sobel, Sharon Hamilton and Rebecca Charlwood heard about the Quintet’s generosity, they offered to match the amount with another £150. The funds will be used to buy musical instruments for the children.

“Playing music together brings so much joy”, said Alan Bellhouse of the Festival Quintet.

“We hope to introduce and encourage the next generation to find that out for themselves.”

“We were happy to contribute to Moortown Primary for this project”, said Alex Sobel. “Learning to play a musical instrument is a wonderful skill to have and has been shown to develop other skills that are beneficial in the classroom.”

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Sam Harris and Kodey Dickinson from Leeds East Academy were rewarded for their exceptional attitudes and positive outlook on life, inspiring all around them.

Mohammed Raheem and Matthew Winship from Leeds City Academy were also commended. Mohammed has been assisting in the library and helping students. Matthew is Head Boy at the Academy and has been a resilient and committed student, assisting the school community each day.

The Lord Mayor, who presented the awards, commented that the students were not only a credit to White Rose Academies Trust, but also to the Leeds community.

Presented by the Lord Mayor of Leeds at Leeds Civic Hall, the awards commend students for outstanding community service, following nominations by school staff for exceptional citizenship and community service.

Leeds West Academy’s Sophie Downham and Carter Ambler were two of the recipients. Carter has been a regular volunteer within BUPA care homes and is a Communication Leader at the Academy.

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Harriet is Fundraising for Bexley Wing Richmond House School pupil Harriet Williams (9) has set herself an inspirational fundraising challenge for 2016. She aims to raise £2,700 for Ward 88 in the Bexley Wing at St. James Hospital.

ockey players from The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) have enjoyed a successful start to their season by winning through to the national finals of a major schools competition.

2016 is the third year in a row that GSAL will compete in the U16 category at the finals of England Hockey’s National Schools Championships for Girls. The U16s will be joined by the U18 team, the second year running that GSAL is represented at the national final in this age group.

The national finals take place on 9 and 10 March, at the London 2012 legacy venue Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The competition will feature eight teams in each age group - the winning teams from the five regional competitions plus three of the regional runner-up teams.

Both GSAL teams earned their places in the finals by winning the north regional round. The U18s claimed an especially sweet victory in the final of their regional

round by beating the current national champions Stockport Grammar School 5-1, having lost to them at last year’s national finals.

U18 coach Gwen Smith said: “They came through some tough games to become northern champions. This is an amazing achievement by all involved, to be one of the top eight teams in the country.”

The U16 scored an impressive 76 goals and conceded just 21 on their way to becoming northern champions. They hope to improve on last year’s performance at the national finals, when they won the third place play-off.

Year 11 student Gabriella Aston is cocaptain of the U16 and was in the bronze medal winning team at last year’s finals. She said: “The competition was nerve racking with some high quality hockey; it gave us the chance to see how good the teams are and motivated us to improve and train hard. I’m so excited to be going back to the Olympic Park this year.”

Harriet’s father spent a considerable length of time in Ward 88 when he was being treated for lymphoma. He sadly passed away four years ago, and she wants to do something positive in his memory to help others. She hopes to provide free television and phone calls for patients over Christmas and New Year.

Harriet began her fundraising in December when she played the baby grand piano in the Bexley Wing for patients, visitors and staff. She also played before the pantomime at the Carriageworks on Christmas Eve. She raised £271 for the Yorkshire Cancer Centre and was inspired to begin the New Year with a new fundraising challenge.

This month she is will undertake a 12-hour sponsored Bake-a-thon and plans to sell her baking at school, Brownies and locally.

She also plans to play the piano at events throughout the year. Her biggest challenge will be her cycle ride from Leeds to Liverpool with her mum!

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ARTS & CRAFTS Alwoodley Bobbin Lacemaking Group meets Tues, 1.15 – 3.15pm at

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Chinese Brush Painters Society Sat 5 March: Chinese Calligraphy with Vivian Ng; Sun 20 March: ‘Back to Basics’ with Vanessa Cooper & Anne Allan.

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Shadwell Art Group meets Tues,

2 – 4pm Methodist Church Hall, Main St. Shadwell. Join this friendly group for sketching & painting classes, with tuition & demonstrations. Details: 265

5598 Stainbeck Art Club 2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton.

Practicals & demonstrations. 8 March: Practical with Mick Burton; 22 March: Demonstration, pen & watercolour wash with John Harrison. New members, all abilities welcome. Details:

Community Notices Lithuanian St Casimir Fair Sat 5 March, 11am – 3pm at Harehills Labour Club, Florence St. LS9 7BX. Run by Lithuanian Community in Leeds. Traditional dance, music, songs, handcrafts and food.

Oakwood Farmers’ Market 3rd Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock.

Details: www.oakwoodfarmersmarket. com St Matthew’s Church Craft Fair 12 March, 2 - 5pm Wood Ln. Chapel Allerton LS7 3QF. Tables: £18, double £25; own table or charity £10.

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Shadwell Methodist Church Coffee Morning 1st Sat 10am – 12 noon run jointly with St Paul’s C of E in Methodist Church Hall.

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Alwoodley Chess Club meets Wed,

noon at the Polish Centre, Newton Hill Rd (off Chapeltown Rd). Speakers on health issues, gentle exercise, arts & crafts, & chance to socialise with other people from the community. Free.

Everyone welcome. Details: 262 1013

Friendly group of volunteers working to maintain & enhance Allerton Grange Fields off Lidgett Lane, LS17. New volunteers welcome.

Details: foagf@outlook.com, www. friendsallertongrange.org Friends of Gipton Woods meet monthly to preserve & enhance the 8 hectares of ancient woodland on Roundhay Rd at Oakwood. Nearly 40 bird species can be spotted + lots of flowers...famous for its bluebells. New members welcome. Details: Christine 266 7569 & Facebook.

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7pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, LS 17 7NZ. New members welcome. Details: Paul Gelder 269

7111, pagelder@hotmail.co.uk, www. alwoodleychessclub.org.uk Chippendale Society – widely dispersed membership centred around Otley welcomes those interested in decorative arts, particularly mid/ late 18th century. Lectures, study days, visits. Details: 275 956,www. thechippendalesociety.co.uk

Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods Action Mornings 13 Mar (3 Apr, 8 May provisionally), 9.45 – noon. Meet on Gledhow Valley Rd midway between Gledhow Lane & Allerton Grange Way. Activities include path repair & litter picking. Core Group Meeting 7 Mar, 8pm Gledhow Sports & Social Club, Gledhow Ln. All welcome.

Friends of Wigton Moor Woods Friendly group meets monthly at Wigton Moor UR church hall, High Ash Dr. Varied programme of activity days, tree & bulb planting, nature quizzes & walks. New members welcome. Details:

Debs 07943 277867, Anne 07530 040349, friendsofwigtonmoorwoods@ gmail.com

Leeds & Harrogate Social Club Monthly club night & full calendar of events – theatre, walks, badminton, films, meals, bookgroups. Details:

other voice parts. Rehearse Mon, 7.30 – 9.30pm Chapel Allerton Methodist Church, Town St. Chapel Allerton.

Yorkshire Clarinet Ensemble

Robin 293 5928, enquiries@.org.uk

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Rehearses alt Wed, 8 – 9.45pm (term time) at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley. For players of Grade 5+ standard. New players welcome.

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group

Leeds Guild of Singers Confident

Details: Deborah Pennington 07910 414586, mpenn.dpenn@ntlworld.com

campaigning for preservation of NHS. Meets at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Next meetings: 15 Mar, 12 Apr. Details: 278 5495, info@

leedshospitalalert.org.uk Leeds Welsh Society Trying to restart

society following the long illness & death of Hon Sec. Mair Pinnell. Details:

Beryl Lee 269 4268 Roundhay Planning Forum works with local people, councillors & City Council Officers to influence local planning decisions & deliver key actions & aspirations from the Roundhay Ward Neighbourhood Design Statement. New members welcome.

Details: https://sites.google.com/site/ roundhayplanningforum/nds Slaid Hill in Bloom Working party Sat

5 March, 10am – 12 noon. Meet outside The Dexter Pub LS17 8TX. Lunch & chat in Dexter at 12.30pm. Details

Geoff & Margaret 268 7448, www. slaidhillinbloom.org The 52 Club provides a social gathering for retired & semi retired men from professional & business backgrounds.

Meets 2nd Mon of each month, 12 noon at Leeds Golf Centre, Wike Ridge for lunch, followed by guest speaker.

Details: Peter Spence 269 4269

MUSIC Cantabile Chamber Choir needs

tenors and basses! Some choral experience & ability to read music.

Choir performs varied repertoire where every voice counts. Waiting list for

sight-reader? Like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir? LGS welcomes new members in all voice groups, especially tenors & basses. Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University. Details:

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SENIORS Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat.

Transport can be provided. Volunteers welcome. Details: Vivienne & Paul

Leeds Folk Fiddle Group is urgently

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seeking more violinists! They rehearse Thurs, 7pm at 1 St Mark’s Ave. Details:

Leeds Haydn Players Concert Sun 20 Mar, 3.30pm Clothworkers Centenary Hall, School of Music, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT. Programme: Haydn Symphony no.95 & Haydn Theresienmesse. The Players will be joined by the Clothworkers Consort of Leeds.Tickets £10 on door or from Robin Jakeways, 01943 466331, robinjakeways@btinternet.com

improvisation drama group for the over 50s meets at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton on Tues 10.45am – 12.45pm. All welcome – just go along.

Details: Ron Wiener 266 7722 RVS Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours Dementia Café Mon 12.30 – 2pm at Inkwell Café, Potternewton Lane, LS7. Also Singing for the Brain, arts & crafts, Tai Chi, & Knit & Natter sessions. Details: 887

3595 Roundhay Ukulele Group Meets

Wed 8 – 9.30pm at The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr LS8.

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RVS Community Action for Roundhay Elders (CARE) welcomes

people over 65 on Thurs, 1.30-3.30pm at Brackenwood Community Centre.

Wide range of entertainment, activities, speakers, trips & special interest clubs.

Details: Andrew or Sue 887 3595 RVS MENA Community Café Fri am Meanwood Community Centre.

Activities include Tai Chi, tea & dance, knit & sew, & soon walking & poetry clubs. Currently seeking volunteer walkers to support group. Details: Gina or Sarah 887 359

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Try them out for just £2 (incl refreshments). Details: Maureen 268

Julian Meetings 1st & 3rd Tues, 2pm

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March, 2.30pm at 12 Queen’s Sq. A discussion with Maitreya (Koji Takeuchi) from Japan on ‘Evolution of Self Consciousness’. Free. Details: www.

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Leeds Geological Association Thurs 10 Mar, 7.15pm Conference Auditorium 2, University of Leeds Campus (rear of Sports Centre). Talk: ‘The Preserved Sedimentary Record of Giant Rivers: examples from Yorkshire, around the world & beyond’ by Dr Nigel Mountney, Leeds University. Visitors welcome.

Details: www.leedsga.org.uk Leeds RSPB Group meets Wed 16 Mar, 7.30pm at Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Ln, LS2 9DX. Tom Lawson will give an illustrated talk on the wildlife of the ‘Deserts of India’ Details: rspbleeds@googlemail.com

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St Edmund’s War Memorial The Parochial Church Council of St Edmund’s, Roundhay would like to ascertain whether any members of the community were killed in action in any conflicts since WWII in order to update its War memorial.

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