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“ 1 cote celebrate its 30th an­ niversary together with the 15 th year of its annual gas­ tronomic event, Obsession. . : Bigger and better than


^ any.of its predecessors, Ob­ session 15 will see a bevy of Michelin starred chefs de­ scend on Northcote for a series of dinners that are designed to showcase local produce with global flavour.


,f - Taking place across both the restaurant and the Lou­ is Roederer Rooms, the line up - featuring 25 chefs and 27 Michelin stars - brings ' together both national arid .


@ international names. Thisyear, chef patron Ni­


gel Haworth (pictured) will bejoined by some very well- known names from the gas­ tronomic world, including Glynn Purnell, originally


. from Solihull, who willjoin forces with Shaun Rankin and Kenny Atkinson for a special evening to celebrate the very best of British cui-


• sine. ■ American-born Ken


* Horn OBE will fly the flag for Chinese cuisine, Japanese Tsuyoshi Murakami will


Northcote’s chef patron Nigel Haworth


be attending from Brazil, and Kolkata-native Gaggan Anand, India’s celebrated chef, willjoin the event from Bangkok, where his restau­ rant is known for success­ fully bridging the culinary divide between East and West. There will also be rep­ resentations from Holland, Germany and Portugal. Nigel Haworth said: “This


year I decided it would be great to go global and get chefs from all over the world yet keep it regional. So each chef is cooking a dish using fantastic local ingredients from the North West.”


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The first open competition of the winter was judged at Rib- blesdale Camera Club by Mr Adrian Henley of Nelson Cam­ era Club. The standard was univer­


sally high and the judge com­ mented that apart from his selection, there was very lit­ tle between the other entries. However, he made helpful comments where he thought improvement was possible, saying that many with small changes could feature highly in the club’s annual competi­ tion. Stephen Robinson’s “Stag . in February” was the winner of the print class, unusually flush mounted for a Nature photograph, but apart from the detail and the attractive misty background, the print ’ had a three dimensional feel aboutit. In second and third plac-


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Blazing fiddles, whistle solos, the skirl of the bagpipes and the ping-pong percussion of thebanjo, Drop The Floor's musical repertoire is heading home th|s Christmas.


‘A smile, a wave and astare', by Lesley Marklew.


es, awarded equal marks, were Sue Marsden’s “War and Peace” and Clare Drew’s “Memories”. Y A similar situation oc­ curred with the Digital Pro- ■


jections, all 44 entries were of high quality. After run- • ning through the whole list


and pulling out the best nine, Lesley Marklew’s picture of three boys in India, entitled: “A smile, a wave arid a stare”, was placed first, with two very different prints of Chairman Stephen Procter’s: “Peregrine Predator” and “In Harmony” in second and third.


‘Memories', by Clare Drew. For more information


about the club, visit its web­ site (www.ribblesdalecamer- aclubiorg.uk) where you can also find members’ galleries and the programme. Or go along on Tuesday nights to Grindleton Pavilion and see if you would like tojoin.


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all the familiar scenes and gags and the celebrated team of Fine Time Fontayne, Rich- - ard J. Fletcher and Ahdonis Anthony as Dame, Cheeky Assistant and Villain, and Jus­ tine Elizabeth Bailey as Prin­ cipal Boy. They are supported byagreat team - Ian Aspinall, Nicole Evans, Kaitlin Howard and Umar Malik. FineTimeFontaynehasco-


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, : This year Iliad to go to a performance that started at 10.15 in the morhinjg... and I loved every minute! . My com­ panion and I were.sitting in the back row of the stalls look-, ingovertheheadsofhundreds of Primary School children. Much of our enjoyment


came from their enthusiastic responses - “oh no you’re not” and “he’s behind you” were


shouted louder than I’ve ever heard. • I was touched by the reac­


tion when Widow Twankey came to the front of the stage as if to tell a secret and every little head went forward. The music is great, with lots of opportunities to clap,


. do actions and sing. Thankyou to the primary school kids of Oldham and district for en­ hancing our pleasure and ap­ preciation of the panto. The Coliseum’s next pro­


duction, starting on January 30th, is a spooky tale, an ad­ aptation of a Susan Hill (The Woman in Black) story. Next year’s panto, Mother Goose, is already being booked up fast. Try to drag your children


or grandchildren away from their electronic devices and take them to live theatre. The panto is a good place to start. Pippa Munro Hebden


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The high-energy quartet re­ corded their toe-tapping de­ but album- Raise The Roof, at Clitheroe’s Grand Theatre - and that’s where the Ribble Valley lads will finish a hectic year of song and dance with their folky festive party on


Sunday, December 14th (doors 7 pm). • . . “Our first'gig was support­


ing Chris Sherburn, the con­ certina player and the Irish singer Denny Bartley at the New Inn, so Clitheroe has played a huge role in Drop The Floor’s development,” said singer Richard Moss who works at Reid/s Music store in Blackburn., “Two o f the guys, Steve Johnston and Daniel Burke


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most instinctive ingredients is the sound of Steven Jolin- ston’s Uilleann Pipe playing. Johnston is self-taught on


the traditioal instrument, and Richard added: “It is a really evocative sound, and Stevehas dedicated a decade to learning the pipes. “It is an extremely difficult


instrument to master. I tried to play it and I could hardly


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are from the town, and we did the album there, so it is great to be finishing 2014 at home - we want to get everybody’s


, feetstampingattheGrandon Sunday night.”


Infectious,leap-aboutfun, Drop The Floor create a dance


halljiveofCaledonianrousta- bout sound from the heart of the Ribble Valley. Richard teamed up with


the band when they met by chance at a St Patrick’s Day


Ceilidh at the now closed Peii- dle Hotel in Chatburn. And their splendid set at last summer’s Cloudspotting


Festival provided one of the highlights of the weekend. - “Cloudspotting was amaz­


ing because when we played it was raining so hard, yet the crowd really got into the vibe


of the occasion and it was just so memorable,” added Rich­ ard. ,


“When we first played to­


gether it was just very knock­ about stuff, but I was amazed


at their fresh musical ideas. We enjoyed each other’s com­


pany, we were just mates who had a beer together, and I don’t think anybody could have pre­ dicted what it has become.”


get a note out of it, but it has


become an important part of Drop The Floor’s sound.” Richard added: “The folk


scene in Clitheroe is in rude health, and the New Inn has become a focal point for so much new music. “There’s a great love and re-'


sped for folk’s tradition, but all of a sudden there’s a new generation who are embracing it and adding something new


to that wonderful tradition.” • Drop The Floor,-support­


ed by special guests Oishala


andBurnley singer-songwrit­ er Baxter Rhodes, The Grand Venue, Clitheroe; Sunday, De­ cember 14th (01200 421599, £8-50 adv.).


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A dash of 1940s classics, a sprinkling of boogie-woogie, somejumpjazzandblues...... the Swing Commanders are coming home for a festive


jive at Clitheroe’s Grand The­ atre next week (Wednesday, December 17th), writes Tony Dewhurst It was all change as sing-,


er Daisy Thurkettlereplaced classically trained violinist Gaynor Sutcliffe, who played


a key role in the Swing Com-. manders story for so long. “Daisy has a nice stage charisma and she has


broughtsomethingdifferent to the Swing Commanders,” said band leader and founder member Pete Riley. “We’ve also recruited


a new drummer (Stuart Smith) and guitarist (Dan


Smith), and they’ve all given the band a freshness and a renewal of enthusiasm.” The Swing Commanders


really are the cats with the cream of Forties classics, and the Clitheroe ensemblehave enjoyed anotherspectacular year, playinga variety ofgigs and festivals on the local and


international circuit “We’ve done some pretty


. big gigs, and we’ve already we’ve got some big’concerts


lined up for nextyear, in Tex­ as and in Ireland,” added Pe-


' ter. He added: “It is fantastic


to be invited to thesemusical events,andit’sbeensomuch a fun and the beauty of 1940’s W Swing is how easily it allows us to move from one musical type to another. >


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become such a focal point of the town. “I live in the town, so it is


always fantastic to go back there and play.” • The Swing Command­


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