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16 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 7th, 2009


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DALES farmer and cereal producer Liz Hird was a special guest at the latest meet­ ing of Clitheroe Lady Farmers. Liz was brought up in Settle, working on


the family farm, and helped at Hawes Auc-.- tion in between secretarial work for sheep societies. On her marriage, she moved to Yocken-


thwaite, where she started doing bed and breakfast to supplement the farm income. That was when she started developing and producing a cereal to cater for people with special dietary needs. Her granola cereal is made from unre­


fined produce, such as milled grain, oats, honey and olive oil, and is now sold a t var­ ious farmers’ markets and local outlets. It is proving very popular and Liz will have a stand at the Food Festival in London this month. Susan Whitwell gave the vote of thanks to an excellent and interesting speaker. The Savoury and Sweet evening planned for this Saturday (May 9th) starts at 7-30 p.m. at Margaret Baines’ home for savouries and then moves onto Elizabeth Thornber’s for sweets. The price is £10 per person and for. tick­


ets ring Sheila in 01200 441953. ■ Proceeds from this event are for The


Cardiac Unit at Blackpool and Rosemere Cancer Trust. Members night on May 18th is a t The Calf’s Head ,Worston, where the speaker will be Mr C. E. Law- ton.


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RESIDENTS in three Ribble Valley vil­ lages are invited to have their say on polic­ ing matters concerning them. The next Police, and Community


Together (PACT) meeting will take place on Thursday, May 21st and is open to res­ idents in Read, Simonstone and Sabden. Hosted by the area’s Police Community


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WHEN' a work col­ league in the Library, asked Brett Cleeve if she would like to sing in a choir at Westminster Abbey Gardens in June,. 2007, little did she know what lay in store for her. That choir was part of


“Sing Live’’,,a concept which began 10 years ago with th e simple aim of bringing people together to enjoy singing as part of a big choir. What started as a plan for one choir now has nine regional “Sing Live communities” spread across England and North­ ern Ireland and coming together for spectacular performances.


; Now on the “Sing Live”,


mailing list, both Brett and. her husband. Bob, were tempted to join the choir again, this time singing in three performances of the Candlelight Processional at the Disney Epcot Centre, Florida, in November last year.


. ■ ■ I t was a memorable


occasion, the choir singing some beautiful Christmas music and working with a large orchestra and profes­ sional conductors. The three performances each lasted about an hour-and the choir sang to a paying audience of 2,000, plus more who could stand and watch for free. ; Members also attended a


“Disney Masterclass” run; by the Orlando vocal coach for Sing Live USA, where, the choir’s recording of an excerpt from the “Hunch­


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back of Notre Dame” was dubbed onto the Disney animated film of the same


name. Next came a drive to


Miami and a cruise to the Caribbean, on which the


: choir performed a medley , of Broadway hits from the “Sound of Music”, “My.. Fair Lady”, “Chess” and many more. Although a wonderful


trip, it required some seri­ ous preparation, as Bob Cleeve explained: “Sing Live don’t allow you to sing from a score during per­ formances. We had to learn i t all by heart, so our chal­ lenge was to learn 33 songs from -Tl est nee’ - in French , - to ‘Copacabana’ and the ‘Rhythm of Life’ - all in. four, six or eight part har­ mony.” . ■ Immediately after the cruise ship performance. Sing Live founder John Morris broke the news that Sing Live had been granted permission to sing a t a- Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, in the Vatican. Bob and Brett decided


there and then th a t this was a once-in-a-lifetirae opportunity to experience something unique. When the details came out in Jan­ uary, they decided to take their daughter, Samantha Smith, with them, making a trio of second Soprano (B re t t) , alto (Sam) and bass (Bob).


. “Sing Live sent us the


. music and the CDs with ' our individual parts picked out and we went to three


' i ’ehearsals in Leeds,” said Bob. “The music included Karl Jenkins’ ‘And the Mother Did Weep’, the


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beautiful ‘Ave Verum Cor­ pus’ by Mozart, and John Rutter’s ‘Claire Benedic­


tion’.- Inspired by their conduc­


tor Steve Roberts, the fam­ ily learnt the words and music. “Our biggest fear was


that we would be overcome by the emotion of the event,” confessed Bob. “This is glorious music, perfect for performing in a Cathedral, but they are also tear-jerking melodies that are technically com­ plex.” In the event, by the time


the choir of 300 from the UK and 30 from the USA were all settled in the con­ gregation area of the High Altar a t St Peter’s, .there was little time to reflect on the surroundings. “We knew th a t there


were going to be technical difficulties because it takes several seconds for the sound of the organ music to reach the choir, so we all


■had. to be completely focussed on the conductor.


Our organist only arrived on Saturday morning and had no o p p o r tu n ity the practice on .the.' organ r before going live.” Despite the difficulties


everything ran smoothly to produce an o u ts tan d in g performance. “Our concentration w a s ;


so great that there was no room for emotion - th a t came later. Of course, we could not hear what we sounded like, but a t the end of the Mass, when we had sung our last piece, we received applause from the crowds and we understand th a t such a reception is very rare anyway and pos­ sibly a first at the Vatican. We were also invited to . have group p h o to g rap h s . taken at the High Altar - a , rare privilege indeed.”.:. . The choir has already


been invited back'to sing, there next year on the 10 th' of the 10th, 20101 Before th a t there is the A lb e r t’ Hall, another trip to Flori-_ da and in April, a t S t Mark’s in Venice.”


Sing Live’s rehearsals in


the North West are held at Bolton under vocal coach Steve Roberts, who is also Sing Live’s Musical Direc­ tor. Seventy choristers from


the North West group sang in Rome. For more infor­ mation about Sing Live, visit; -www.singliveuk.com The Cleeve family are


well known locally in ama­ teur dramatics. Sam Smith had appeared in all of the last 10 Clitheroe musical shows and although Bob has done 10 shows over the past 30 years, he is better known for acting at Stage Two Downham. . Indeed, no sooner was he


.back from Rome than he was playing “Norman” in


; the group’s production of ■ “Round and Round the Garden” , the same part th a t he played a t Down- ham’s first ever production 20 years ago.


• Our picture shows Brett, Sam and Bob in front of th e 'H ig h Altar a t St .Peter’s, (s)


Club is bowled over by new ’H -X i.' .CXl’ Xt. i- A


TEAMWORK has resulted in winning improvements to a vil- - lage bowling green:


'


.; ..'Ribble Valley: M P . NigeL Evans put his seal of'approval on the new covered walkway a t


'Sabden'bowling green'and con­ gratulated clubmembers and the village community on their efforts.,


. He was guest of honour at the president’s coffee morning, - attended by more than 50 mem­ bers and club supporters."


. Mr. Evans said: “It is clearly.' a club.that gets a lot of support from the village. The club is a tremendous facility th a t


. attracts people of all ages.” He presented an Awards for


All cheque for £6,596 to club - president Mr John Boocock.:. The money came from r th e '' National, Lottery towards the ’ cost of the walkway and the re-> surfacing of the surrounding paths. The walkway.will pro- > vide shelter for. spectators = watching bowls g a m e s . v Mr Evans added: “‘I t ’s n o t ' easy getting funds from th e .


N a tio n a l-L o tte ry so this is absolutely superb for the club and the ■village.” Club secretary Mr John Pilk-


ington put together the funding ap p lic a tio n with help and advice from Dilys Day and Andrea Duckworth of Clitheroe’s Council for Volun­ tary Service. A cheque for £200 towards


the cost of the new develop- ments was later presented to Mr Boocock by Mr Alan Dewhurst, . on behalf of the British Crown


Green Bowling Association. Mr Dewhurst, who is a Sab-


dfen club member, is a county coach and a,management com­ mittee member of the North Lancashire and Fylde Crown


. Green Bowling Association. . • He said: “I am Very glad to be able to present this cheque to the club. I t is good to see that 'money is coming back into gras


■ roots bowling from the county. Valley MP Nigel Evans is pic­ tured at the opening of the new


. walkway and cover. (A280309/2)


HIGHER Buck barmaid Harriet Greenwood welcomes visitors to the pub. G020a09/6c-


■' CLITHEROE youngsters enjoying the Waddington Scarecrow Festival. (G020509/6e)


Plenty to crow about at festival


by Natalie Cox


WET weather in Waddington did not deter visitors to the Ribble Valley village on Bank Holiday Monday for the culmi­ nation of its annual Scarecrow


Festival. Fortunately the weather on the


pre'vious two days had been much brighter, if a little blustery, bring­ ing plenty of visitors to spot the scarecrows and enjoy the many other attractions. Despite Mon­ day’s very damp conditions, the crowds were drawn to Waddington for the annual duck race, which again saw thousands of plastic yel­ low ducks bobbing their way down


the brook at the heart of the vil­ lage. The race was an entertaining


finale to the weekend’s scarecrow festival, which this year had the theme “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”. As visitors made their way


through the village, scarecrows were spotted in many gardens, with Bart Simpson, a blue nun. Jaws, Beauty and th e Beast and of course a couple of topical references to swine flu among the many home-made models on display. Winners of the first prize for


scarecrows this year were mother and daughter Nicola and Jessica Bowker, of Low Moor, Clitheroe, who created a scary troll hiding


under the bridge to catch unwary passers-by. In keeping with this year’s theme there was more than one appearance of the “Britain’s Got Talent” judging trio - and up one cul-de-sac a scarecrow version of the show’s unlikely star, singer Susan Boyle, was in full voice. Throughout the weekend there


were musical performances, a fun fair on the Church Croft, a chil­ dren’s boat race and on Saturday^ afternoon a variety of races for all age groups. Monday also saw the craft fair and farmers’ market, the crowning of the new May Queen and the Mallard Stakes - with more colourful ducks navigating the stream to the cheers of those who had braved the elements.


TEN-YEAR- OLD Ella Con­ nell pictured with The Mexi­ can in Waddington village. (G020509/6b)


WADDINGTON visitors Amber (10) and Autumn Charnley (12) pictured by the Hen . Party Scarecrow. (G020509/6d) . • ■ -


WADDINGTON cousins Annabel (4), Eleanor.(4) andLizzieWar-


• burton (6) pic-r: tured with their


‘ scarecrow during the festival. (G020509/6a)


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