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• Brew were in Clitheroe Castle grounds early one Sun' day morning having a photo-shoot for their imminent CD “Hole in the Wall.” As one of the self-penned songs is all about Clitheroe Castle and its mysteri­ ous hole, local amateur pho­ tographer Anne Parkinson of Whalley took shots for their al­ bum cover. Tacklers’ Brew are Pete Tomlinson, former mem- _ her of the Houghton Weavers along the way, Geoff Stott, well


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before retumingtoLancashire, and Rawden Kerr, the cur­ rent town crier of Great Harwood. Together they take a humorous look at growing up in Great Harwood in the 1950s and beyond with music and daft tales. On


October 31st the band are play­ ing in Chatburn to help raise


money for the church restora­ tion fond, and on October 18th they are at a Lancashire night atBarleyVillageHall. Enquiries about the band: 01254 248989.


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The newly published pro­ gramme for Clitheroe Con­ certs Society's 63rd season 2014-2015 revealsasparkling array of very top international musiciansontheirwayto


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The Season opens on October 3rd with a jointly promoted concert at the Atrium with the Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues


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phonist and composer Trish Clowes explores the area be­ tween jazz and classical mu­ sic. This should not come as too unfamiliar to Clitheroe Concert Society members as recently the Kimwilton Clari­ net Trio played a programme of music from between the wars where almost every composer was doing the same thing! On October 8th, the so-


c ie t y ’s v ic e -p re s id en t , Martin Roscoe, plays an un­ usual programme of Haydn,


Beethoven’s 5th piano sonata, Opio No. 1, three pieces by Dohnanyi and finally Schu­ bert’s B flat sonata. The Wu String Quartet, on


Novemberi2th,ledbythevery talented violist Qian Wu, has been winning international competitions recently and their London concerts have been sensational. Their pro­ gramme presents interesting contrasts between the quar­ tets ofBeethoven, Janacek and


Violin duo Retorica- Philippa Mo (left) and Harriet Mackenzie-pictured with Gabriel Prokofiev.


Dvorak. Retorica on Decem­ ber 10th is a concert not to be missed. Two violins are rare, but the music written for them demands to be heard. The ma­


jor part of the concert will be


of British music, including the Sonata in C mqjor by Gabrielle Prokofiev, the British grand­ son of Sergei Prokofiev, in possibly its second ever per­ formance, Retorica is a duo of Harriet Mackenzieand Philip­ pa Mo, who have recently won


critical acclaim for their CD of music by John McCabe, who


played at the Concert Society in May 1962, while he was still a student! Another more cur­ rent connection is that Philip­ pa’s niece and nephewgo to the Grammar School, and thesoci- ety looks forward to them hear­ ing their brilliant aunt play I The Society has always tried to book talented local


musicians and on February 4th the Pennine Piano Trio will be playing a most attrac­ tive programme of Czech music with trios by Novak, Dvorak, Suk and Smetana. This well known trio of Philip Kubilius, Gaynor Sutcliffe and Robert Buller will show just how good their playing is. Beethoven Plus! play


Beethoven, Janacek, Mat­ thew Taylor and Beethoven on March 4th 2015. The lead- erof the Dante String Quartet, Krysia Osostowicz, has com­ missioned this project where she has asked modern Brit­ ish composers to listen to a Beethoven violin sonata and


then express theirreactionsin music, a maximum of 10 min­ utes in length.


The winterseason ends on


March 25th with Alexandra Dariescu, a pianist recently


Winners of ‘The Mill Girls’ competition


Five lucky readers have won a copy of Clitheroe author Tra­ cy Johnson’s first book “The Mill Girls”. They are: Mrs M. Walker, ofTownend, Slaid- burn; Mrs C.M. Haworth, of Union Street, Clitheroe; Mrs Pauline Walmsley, of River­ side, Low Moor, Clitheroe; Is­ abelle Greenhalgh, of Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe; Mrs K. King, of Taylor Street, Clitheroe. They all gave the correct


answer of Holmes Mill to the question: What is the last mill in Clitheroe called, that stands


oppositeStJames’CEPrimarv School.


The book, which is being


published by Ebuiy Press and priced £6-99, will be posted


out to all five winners in due course.


For other readers wanting


a copy, it is available locally from Pam’s Bookend, Great Harwood, Clitheroe Books Moor Lane, Clitheroe, or from Amazon, Waterstones


Bertrams and Gardeners Its ISBN number is: 978-0-09- 195828-2.


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described as “the foremost romantic pianist in the world today, certainly of theyounger generation”. The Summer concert on


June 3rd will be the Melan- dra Duo with a programme of beautiful music for harp and clarinet. Leaflets will be available


at the Ribble Valley Interna­ tional Piano week and at many places around town including at the Atrium, Knowle Green and the Chatburn concerts. Membership of the Socie­


ty brings free entry to all con­ certs at a very considerable saving against the priceof ad­ vance or door tickets. Tickets and membership will be ob­ tainable through the society’s website (www.clitheroecon- certs.org) and next season credit cards will be accepted | on the door.


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Critics poring overthe reunion of the elder statesmen of British com­ edy have been unanimous in their endorsement of Monty Python's much talked about 02 Arena show in London.


A run of 10 Monty Python Live dates at London’s enormous 02 Arena con­ cludes on Sunday night, with the closing night beamed by satellite to participating venues, including The Grand at Clitheroe (doors 6-30 pm, start 7 pm). “With so many well known gags


it’s the comedy equivalent of seeing the Beatles play a greatest hits gig,” said The Mirror, while the Daily Ex­ press simply described the show as “comedy history in the making”. Monty Python’sFlyingCircusfirst


hit British television in 1969. Less than a year later the team released their first long-playing record. In


1989, to celebrate Monty Python’s 20th anniversary, the Pythons pro-,


duced a new album collating the best of the Python songs, called, simply, Monty Python Sings.


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tured on this record, but a day short of Python’s actual 20 th anniversa­ ry, Graham Chapman passed away.


The remaining cast is still here - John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Pa­ lin, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones -creating comedy’s only supergroup in the same cheerfully cynical spirit as their Contractual Obligation Al­ bum in 1980. This golden-oldie recapitulation of their greatest hits, padded out


with song’n’dance ensemble num­ bers from a chorus young enough to be the Pythons’ grandchildren, has seem the likes of Stephen Fry make a self-conscious live cameo. Unex­ pected twists and appearances are predicted for Sunday’s closing night. This classic night of Python is not to be missed for fans of the comedy,


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especially those who missed out on tickets for the 10-night run that sold out in seconds. Seeing the final night beamed live is really the closest way of witnessing this never-to-be-re­ peated night of comedy - history in the making indeed. • Monty Python Live (Mostly) will


be screened around the world on Sunday night, July 20th. The broad­ cast at The Grand begins at 7 pm (doors 6-30 pm). Tickets are avail­ able from the Grand Box Office (£15 adv/£i2-50 concession). There will be a slight increase of price on the door (www.thegrandvenue.co.uk). • The Grand Choir brings the


curtain down on the summer term on Monday July 21st with a final con­ cert for the general public. Tickets (£7-50 adults/£3 Ui8s) include re­ freshments. Those interested in joining the


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