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and you won’t be disappointed! Valley hostelry voted Best in the North West in the Great British Pub Awards


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reland’s finest folk rock band, setting the standard for 25 years, make their Ribble Valley debut " ? -,-■


g1 ■ elrishclaimthat, after Guinness,


olk-rockers Dervisharetheirfinest xporttotheworld. ’


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heir songstress Cathy Jordan, re- ' arded by many good judges as the ost distinctive voice in Irish tradi-


ional music today, has been fronting ervish for quarter of a century and


heir first visit to Clitheroe is certain 0 provide one of the autumn high- ights at the town’s state-of-the-art ntertainmnet venue, The Grand. Together they have performed to


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byKatie Hammond katie.hammond@]pre$s.co.uk


, ARibble Vaileypubhas picked up a national award,


recognising the quality of it’s food.


The Parkers Arms in New-


ton-in-BowIand has been named winner of the B e s t . Food Pub for the North West region in the Great British Pub Awards 2014. The pub beat off competi­


---------—'‘~v’ Wl' .*-? > f7jTj Winning team: Stosi Madi and Kathy Smith of The Parkers Arms receive their award, (s) • tion in the region to claim the


title in the awards organised ' by leading industry maga­


zine, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.


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- that have a quality food offer­ ing and where food sales are a core part of their business


^ Editor Rob Willock said: ..“The award recognises pubs


success. Kathy and Stosi have also developed a menu full of fresh, excellent quality local ingredients.".


Initiatives which have helped the pub secure it’s '


There’s a change of band at Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues’, next Atrium gig, on Friday Septembersth. ■:


award include wine tasting : events, tasting starters and


changing the menu twice daily.


• The Parkers Arms will


now go forward to the Great British Pub Awards 2014 na­


tional final, held at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London, on


Thursday September 11th.


' There it will go head to head with other regional winners


for the UK title ‘Best Food Pub 2014’ and also have the opportunity to compete for the overall champions of


® Band cancelled? No worries Ra^iniulfins set for video debut The Jazz Worriers are ap- ■


pearing as a replacement for the Lukas Oravec Quartet, who had to cancel because theirmanagement was una­


ble to secure a financially vi- ableUktour. Subsidised by Jazz North,


The Jazz.Worriers are a main- ■ stream quintet led by Dean Masser (sex) and Neil Yates (trumpet) with a rhythm sec- -. tion of piano/bass/drums.


Neil writes most of their ma­ terial, and the tone is relaxed and modern. ,■■•


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The club is at its regular venue at the Atrium Cafe Bar,'


Clitheroe Castle, and the gig starts at 8pm. There is a li­


censed bar plus food, andgood parking.


• . Tickets are £10 at the door,


members £8, students and un­ der 16s half price.


The Jazz Worriers will play for, the Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Club Trish Clowes and Tangent


play on Friday October3rd. • For more information


■ about this and other gigs see the club’s website at: www.rv- jazzandblues.co.uk


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ansinhundredsofcities worldwide, nd played thrilling concerts at the reat Wall of China and at the Wail-


ng Wall in Jerusalem. . Seven years ago Dervish repre-


ented Ireland at the Eurovision Song :ontest, but came last, only avoiding


he dreaded “nurpoints” thanks to


Tve votes from Albania. , .“Thewholethingwassurreal.and


errifying too because there was a lot of pressure on us from the media,”


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said Cathy. “We wore the green of Ireland and had a really good time. - We didn’t get the result we wanted,' but there’s certainly no regrets and


wehad a lot offun doingEurovision.” • The youngest of seven children,


Cathy had traditional music in her,, blood. Both her parents were sing- ) ers, as wereher siblings, who she was performing with from the age of four. “I’d sing at christenings, wed­


dings, rock and roll clubs, for


showbands or just perform for our relatives,” she recalled. “Music was always in the house,


andweweresurroundedbysongand sound. Family life can be very deli-


cate, but music strengthened that powerful family bond and maybe the


Irishhavethatmelancholygenethat produces so much music.”


Dervish celebrated their 25th


• anniversary together with a special . homecoming show at the Fleadh


Cheoil NaEireann, the biggest music : festival in Ireland, and staged in their


home town of Sligo this summer! “That was incredibly special, to play to so many of our fans, and after­


wards somebodyaskedmewhowere my heroes? That’s easy I told them, my parents for raising seven kids in a small house with no running wa­


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ter and still managing to be cheerful. “Musically, there’s so much that has influenced me. One song that


sendsashiverdownmyspineisBob . Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’. As for a my guilty pleasure, then I’d have to W


say Coronation Street. 1 like that trait of Northern grit.”


: A self-taught guitar, bodhran and \.


bouzouki player, she joined Dervish in 1991, at 19, and has been on theroad


eversince.Lastyearshereleasedher ' debut solo album.


. ' : “It is quite an achievement, I sup­


pose, to be together for 25 years, but' the decade I’ve enjoyed the most is this one,” she added. “We’ve played all round the world from Istanbul to @ Anchorage, Tokyo to Glasgow and what makes it so special is that we are all great friends, so we’ve enjoyed a


shared history. We played in every sort of venue imaginable, from cat­


tle markets to castles, for everyone


from farmers to world leaders. Life *v is good, you know.” •DervishplayTheGrand,Clithe­


roe, onSeptember 24th. Tickets£i5. Box office 01200 421599.


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