COUNT Y NEWS NOVEMBER 2 0 2 1
SOUNDS OF THE CITY
CELEBRATING COVENTRY’S MUSICAL ROOTS
Coventry will be dancing in celebration of Sound System culture that came to the city more than 50 years ago.
Coventry City of Culture Trust is placing a spotlight on Coventry’s Sound Systems with exciting events that will bring ‘Dub & Roots’ and ‘Dancehall’ lovers together to celebrate the sounds of the city and the Caribbean.
It will highlight how 1950s West Indian arrivals to the city – many from Coventry’s twin city of Kingston – built their own sound systems with huge speakers and amps, introducing new Reggae and Ska music to local audiences at parties.
The music went onto inspire a wealth of art and culture that has come from the city, in particular the rich music heritage of 2-Tone. The culmination of the Sound Systems celebration will be an event titled ‘Coventry meets Kingston’ with local artists performing
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IT’S A RECORD BREAKER GIANT VEG ON SHOW
Expert growers were recently showing their produce at Three Counties Showground in Malvern to battle it out to win the highly prized first place prize in the much-loved CANNA UK National Giant Vegetables Championship.
This year’s entrants came from far and wide to show their enormous fruit and vegetables, as adjudicators and representatives from the Guinness World Records officiated the competition and announced not just one new record but four!
The new Guinness World records included the heaviest marrow weighing in at a whopping 116.4kg (256lb 9.8oz), courtesy of Vincent Sjodin of Barry lsland, Wales - 50lb heavier than a previous record, an enormous 3.12kg (6lb 14oz) aubergine courtesy of Peter Glazebrook of Newark, Nottingham, pictured, a broad bean weighing 106g and a leek measuring an impressive 1.36m long.
Chris Eldridge, head of shows, said: “We are over the moon that this year’s CANNA UK National Giant Vegetables Championship has resulted in so many new Guinness World Records. Congratulations to all the winners.”
BEASTLY BABIES GO ON SHOW RAT SNAKES HATCH AT FARM
For the first time visitors can see baby Rhinoceros Rat Snakes which have recently hatched at Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm and are on display with their parents in Minibeast Metropolis.
Rhinoceros Rat Snakes, also known as Gonyosoma boulengeri, are native to Southern China and North Vietnam. The hatchlings were incubated at the farm for 72 days whereas in the wild the female would sit on the eggs. When hatching the snake absorbs the egg yolk which sustains them until their first molt, after which they begin to feed. In the wild they eat small amphibians until they can take on larger prey like mice and birds. For their first two years they
remain a silvery grey colour before turning into bright green adults.
Jane Kendrick, marketing manager at Stratford Butterfly Farm, said: “We are delighted to have a num- ber of baby rat snakes which have hatched for the first time at the farm especially as they are very tricky to nurture.”
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alongside sound systems from Kingston including Rory Stonelove, Bass Odyssey and Ricky Trooper joining via live stream at The HMV Empire on November 6.
Tickets can be purchased at
coventry2021.co.uk
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