VALLEY NATURE VALLEY ENTERTAINMENT tastern promise Jazz, folk and Balkan flavours spice up The Grand


JAZZ, folk and Balkan flavours spice up The Grand. MATT EVANS talks to pian­ ist Phil Alexander ahead of his band, Moishe's Bagel, appearing at The Grand in September


only as a migrant in our area, favouring Stocks and the Foui- ridge reservoirs, (s)


Dunlin - A species formerly bred on Pendle Hill now occurs


Scandinavia can usually be seen somewhere in East Lanca­ shire in the winter, (s)


Great Grey Shrike - One of these impressive birds from


Redwing - A common winter visitor usually arriving in Oc­ tober. (s)


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time to look for birds at East Lancashire's many reservoirs, with the exposed.mud attracting shorebirds that pass through the area. There is a significant passage of


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waterbirds that take short cuts across the Pennines in autumn*on their way between their breeding grounds in Scandinavia and Russia and their win­ tering grounds around the irish Sea.


Strong westerly winds and rain can cause migrating shorebirds iike Dun­


Do not be put off by bad weather!


lin and Ringed Plover (or something rarer!) to put down on our reservoirs, as well occasionally blowing seabirds inland, particularly young and inexpe­ rienced ones.


■ _ Kittiwake is a possibiiity at this time of year - be quick though as they


site is Stocks Reservoir, north east of Siaidburn.


. Hodder inlet (accessed along the trail from the School Lane car park) or the causeway on the eastern shore. Being a fairly large reservoir, birds


are the two birdwatching hides at the north end of the reservoir in the


can sometimes be quite far away, so


taking a telescope is useful. : Birds that can be expected at '


Stocks in September and October inciude Pintail, Teal and Wigeon; Peregrine Falcons and Sparrowhawks are also regularly seen hunting the -


starlings, which.gather in large swirl- 4 The Valley


may only remain for a few hours. East Lancashire's premier birding’


And the best places to watch from .


F water levels remain low fo l­ lowing this summer's drought, the autumn should be a great


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Stocks in terms of the variety of waterbirds. Depending on water levels the


near Colne, are also excellent spots and can sometimes even outdo'


ing flocks in the evenings around the reservoir in autumn and winter. The two reservoirs at Foulridge,


bird that spent much of the late winter on Waddington Fell, just uphill


from the Moorcock Inn, returns to the same area, as they often do.


very active local bird club. East Lan­ cashire Ornithologists' Club, or ELOC


East Lancashire is lucky to have a


lower reservoir can be very good, but as it is also popular with anglers and '


dog walkers, its shores can be quite disturbed.


flock of several hundred Lapwings that can act as a magnet in encourag­


The upper reservoir usually has a


: from the first week in October onwards, aiongside the usual Red Grouse and Golden Plovers that brave


visitors such as Fieldfares and Red­ wings can be seen from early October and ringing recoveries have suggest­ ed many of these birds come from Finiand or maybe even further east. Birders in East Lancashire have a • good track record in turning up Great


the harsh winter weather on Pendle Hill. In the fields and hedgerows, winter


Grey Shrike - a scarce winter visitor from the continent, about the size of ■ •


a Mistle Thrush that preys on small birdsandrodents.


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establishes a winter feeding territory, where it can often be seen for weeks onend. •,


. It favours open country and . We are all hoping that last year's


. Eariy autumn sometimes sees a returning Dotterel on the summit of Pendle Hill pausing on its journey south. Such birds are usually juveniies and can be very confiding. There is also a possibility of the first Snow Buntings of the winter


ing migrating shorebirds flying over the area to join them.


as it is known. The club was founded in 1955 and is the oidest of its kind in Lancashire.


• days, of al! levels of ability and has a motto; "bird watching for all".


. bird sightings during 2009 is avail­ able from Tony Cooper, 28 Peel Park Avenue, Clitheroe BB71ET, price £5.50 including postage and packing- (cheques payable to East Lancashire Ornithologists Ciub). ■ ELOC's next indoor meeting will


website (www.eastlancs ornitholo- gists.org.uk) which features a recent sightings section where anyone can check what has been seen locally. The latest ELOC annual report of


be on September 6th at St Anne's ■ School, in Fence, at 7-30 p.m., when


weli-known ioca! videographer Peter


Guy will give a talk titled "A Video ■ Diary of a Naturalist", so expect some stunning footage!


fee £3), so why not go along and find out more about birding in East Lancs'?


Non-members are welcome (entry


journey to^t^he^lrkh'n^" numbers of these smart sea ducks break their y


Sea m East Lancashire every year, (s) The Valley 5 fltfflfltllttlMflUIi


including Moore Nature Reserve in Cheshire and Potteric Carr in South Yorkshire, and there is a busy pro­ gramme of indoor meetings. A recent development is the club's


Regular field trips run to places yean^s^^'^*'^ ^ ^^e Bowiand Felis throughout the


Valley, Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle districts; north to Stocks Reservoir and Dunsop Valley, as well as Black­ burn and most of Darwen. The club welcomes birdwatchers, or "birders" as they are known these


Its recording area covers the Ribble


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virtuoso musicians who formed in Edinburgh in 2003 - is such an outfit. They appear at The Grand on


break down the notion of traditional musical genres. ■ Moishe's Bagel - a quintet of


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Wednesday, September 22nd, for a performance that promises to be an enthralling night of live music for Clitheroe. Drawing on a shared love and


Lawson (violin), Pete Garnett (accordion) and Mario Caribe (double bass) met as disparate session musicians playing in a tango outfit in the Scottish capi­ tal, before recruiting percussion wizard Guy Nicholson. Phil takes up the story: "Soon


the room we'd start jamming together! Before long, we'd established some chemistry." "Guy joined us later to add


after we all met in the tango band, it emerged that all of us had experience of playing in Klezmer bands and had a grounding in that form of music. "When the tango singer le ft-


motion a live music experience that has had audiences and crit­ ics purring. In 2008, Moishe's Bagel won the prestigious ThreeWeeks Editors' Award, rare praise from the official newspa­ per of the Edinburgh Festival. ■. Now the Bagels have taken


percussion and we did our first gig in an Edinburgh Jazz Ciub." From there, the group set into


our repertoire was made up of entirely traditional Klezmer compositions.


their sound from the Edinburgh jazz dens to world music festival stages and Into upmarket concert halls. Their sound has matured along the way, embrac­ ing the inf luence of Celtic, jazz and folk that each member of the band brings. Phil, himself, plays keys for


Salsa Celtica and Eliza Carthy, both A-list folk and world music


musicians who have performed at The Grand over the past year. Violinist Greg Lawson performs for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. The musical stock could not be much higher. The band embarks on this


Spare the Horse" and "Salt". Phil says: "in the early days,


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few songs and now we are all writing songs. The new album is 100% original material written by the band. ' It appears no topic is off limits. . Phil adds; "Our accordion


"But then I started writing a


UK autumn tour to promote the release of a new album, "Uncle Roland's Flying Machine," follow­ ing previous long players "Don't


player comes from Yorkshire and the album titie is inspired by his ' uncle's man-powered aircraft. . His flying machine project was sadly unfulfilled, so the album is


effectively its maiden flight." ■ Imagination is in plentiful sup­


music and there is loads of scope for improvisation. As a result, there's a certain unpredictability that the audience responds to and a genera! scope for never doing the same gig twice." Moishe's Bagel appear at The


ply amongst Moishe's Bagel. "It is very evocative form of


Grand, on September 22nd, (£13 advance ticket). Doors: 7-15 p.m., show starts 7-45 p.m. Tickets available at The Grand Box Office (01200 421599) or: WWW. -theqrandvenue.co.uk


practice of traditional Klezmer (world music with a Jewish slant), four of the five members of Moishe's Bagel come from various parts of the UK, the remaining member heralds from Brazil.' Phil Alexander (piano), Greg


Geno Washington " - ' - . - A . - ' - - - r , ' Moishe's Bagel on stage '


Get rea<dy for soul sessions S


Geno Washington is one of soul music's


enduring stars since establishing himself with two of the UK's biggest selling albums in the sixties. • His live performances have been immortalized on record by albums such as "Hand Clappin, Funky Butt Live", a record that lived in the album charts, for almost the entirety of 1956. He's still got the voice and he appears at The


Grand on Saturday, September 18th, ably backed by The Ram Jam Band. Expect a night of foot stompin soul and a rendition of all Geno's biggest hits such as "Michael", "Oue Sera Sera and "She Shot a Hole in My Soul". The following weekend, on Sunday, September


26th, the monthly soul session "Heaven in the Afternoon" returns after a summer recess. This event proved very popular in the early months of this year and advance tickets are recommended. Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band ap­


pear at The Grand on Saturday, September 18th (Advance ticket £16.50), available from The Grand Box Office (01200 421599) or via the website (www.thegrandvenu9.co.uk). Heaven in the Afternoon (Sunday Soul Session) returns on September 25th (advance ticket £5).


THTHpE Vallcieyz, in asse asssiociation with The Grand, has two


copies of Moishe's Bagel's new album, "Uncle Ro­ land's Flying Machine" and a pair of tickets for the show, to give away as competition prizes. To be in with a chance of winning one of the


prizes, just answer the following question: Klezmer music originates from which region... (a) Eastern Europe (b) Scandinavia (c) North East England


Send your entry to Moishe's Bagel Valley Com­


petition, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe, BBT 2EW, by Monday, September 6 th ..


Moishe's Bagel to be won


very now and then a group of musicians come along to totally


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EPTEMBER promises to be great month for soul music at The Grand.


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