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A TALK titled- “Holy Land, Holy People” was enjoyed by the Clitheroe and District Masonic Fel­ lowship; ■, Forty-two members


heard the Eev. Ed Saville talk about his many visits to the Holy Land. He told of the differences between the people and the prob­ lems they have before a vote of thanks was given by Mrs Battersby. • The Fellowship’s next


meeting will be to the Eden Camp in.Malton, North Yorkshire,- on June' 8th. Members will meet at’ Clitheroe Interchange at 9-30 a.m. to catch the bus;


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Children’s pet puppets!


YEAR 5 pupils at Waddington and West Bradford School recently spent


■ a day with professional puppeteer Mike Hares making animal puppets. Mike worked with 21 pupils who


all dressed in old clothes so they did­ n’t get covered in glue and paint. Every pupil made a “pet” puppet, which will be displayed at the Plat­ form Gallery in their “Village Art Show” exhibition from June 2nd to 13th.


' ' The very enjoyabie workshop was


funded by Ribble Valley Borough Council Arts Development Team, who are based a t the Platform Gallery, in Clitheroe. Our picture shows pupil Clare McKenna with her lion puppet, (s)


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Soroptimists’ story sacks delight pupils


SPECIAL bags full of toys to help children’s stories come to life have been pre­ sented to two Valley schools. Pendleside Soroptimists


have put together the spe­ cial story bags for pupils at Edisford Primary School and St James’s CE Primary


School. The local Soroptimists


group secured a grant for £100 from the Soroptimists’ Foundation to help pay for the items for each bag. Now, thanks to their


efforts, youngsters at Edis­ ford Primary School will be able to see all the animals mentioned in Rod Camp­


bell’s “Dear Zoo” for them­


selves as the story is told. • While at St James’s local


soroptimists had their work cut out sourcing the seven different fruits and all the


I animals mentioned in Eileen Browne’s tale “Handa’s Sur­ prise”. ;


. Pupils a t Waddington and West Bradford Primary School and Higham School are also set to receive their own story sacks.


Our photograph shows


Jan Taylor and Barbara Sanderson from Pendleside Soroptimists presenting Edisford pupils with their story sack. (B010509/3)


: Treasure hunt boosts church coffers by Hannah Ramsden .


THE hills of Sabden came alive with the sound of opera music as an Italian tenor per­ formed to a rather different audience - a herd of cows. ' Marcello Bedoni, who is more


used to performing in front of packed concert halls across Europe, jetted in from Frank­ furt in Germany to Cockshotts Farm for the wacky performance to the 50-strong dairy herd in a bid to improve their milk pro- .ductmty.


' The musical extravaganza


with a twist in the ■village coun­ tryside was held ahead of the relaunch of a 100-year-old brand of ice-cream “Federici’s” created by Antonio Federici, ■who claimed opera music was an essential ingredient to his recipe. He was convinced that it stim­


ulated the production of creami­ er milk and created a happy working en'vironment. The Friesian cows were treat­


ed to renditions of “Amore ti vieta” by Giordano and “E luce- van le stelle” by Puccini during the 30-minute concert by Mar­ cello, who was joined by female operatic trio the Gelato Girls, Nara Taylor, Alexandra Garter and Alexandra Jones, who per- fonhed their own take on "That’s Amore.’’ Farmer Mr Bobby Gill said:


■ "The hills around Sabden were alive with the sound of music this morning. The performance went'down very well with the herdi-We are naming our next


A CAR treasure hunt raised £364 for St Michael and St John’s RC Church music group. Following the hunt, a pie and


peas supper was served, and the f i rs t prize of a meal for two, donated by the owners of Nice’s restaurant a t Barrow, was pre­


sented to the ivinning team. “We would like to thank every­


body who supported our event whether by taking part or by buy­ ing raffle tickets,” said organiser Kevin Shepherd. He went on to thank all the local shops who donated raffle prizes.


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born calf Bedoni in his honour. “They say singing to the cows


helps them to relax.” Mr Gill, whose family have


been farming in the Ribble Val­ ley since 1932, is one of several farmers from the area whose cows produce milk for the Bow- land Fresh brand. Marcello said: “The cows are


such gentle beasts and have a good ear for opera. I put togeth­ er a special repertoire for my audience including soothing arias and Neopolitan songs. I steered clear of rousing numbers like Wagner and Carmina Burana." Mr Frank Frederick: grand­


son of Antonio Federici, said: "My grandfather always sang to the cows before milking and in our quest to recreate the gelato my b ro th e r and I enjoyed as children, we are sticking faith­ fully to his recipe. “The cows will enjoy th e


recital and this will be reflected in the quality of the milk they produce for us. The passion of the music will be reflected in the product. “We also plan to stage opera


performances within the Federi­ ci factory this summer for our workforce so th a t everyone enjoys the benefits of this won­ derful music."


. . Hayley Campbell-Gibbons,


dairy adviser to the National Farmers’ Union, added: "Sooth­ ing sounds or music can reduce stress and induce relaxation and a healthy, contented cow is likely to produce more milk and any­ thing th a t enhances th a t can only be a good thing."


HOUSEHOLDERS in the Ribble Val­ ley are being urged to be extra vigilant and to step up security around their homes. The warning has been issued by


Step up security is police advice to Valley residents He commented: “Sneak in burglaries


Clitheroe’s Sgt Conrad Tapp and fol­ lows a number of “sneak-in” burglaries in the borough. There have been incidents in the p ^ t couple of weeks where offenders have


snook in through unlocked doors or win­ dows while the resident has either gone out for a few minutes or has been in another room, having left a door or win­ dow insecure. Goods such as jewellery and money have been stolen in most cases. Sgt Tapp is urging everyone to


remain security-conscious as the sum­ mer weather approaches.


are very common as the weather gets warmer because people tend to leave their doors and windows unlocked. Opportunist thieves are always out and aW t so please be alert.” Sgt Tapp has also renewed his plea to


witness® to call police on 01200 443344 or the free and confidential Crimestop- pers line on 0800 555111.


OPERA star Marcclo Bedoni' singing to these Friesian cows at Cockshotts Farm in Sabden ^ to promote Fedcrici’s ice V.: cream (G140509/3a)


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 21 st, 2009 21 Moo-ving music for milking!


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