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VALLEY ENTERTAINMENT Golden goose is egg-ce]


I reckon I have been review­ ing the Coliseum's Panto for almost 20years.Ihaveseen several versions of all the old favourites. Thisyear Mother Goose (Coliseum Oldham until January 9th) returns and this production is as good as any I haveseen.


Many of “the usual suspects” are back, Fine Time Fontayne is the Dame, Mother Goose, and Richard J. Fletcher is Bil­ ly Goose, who gets all the kids shouting, does some athletic pratfalls and gets covered in sloppy baking mixture. Simeon Truby is the


Squire with a passion for trains and Metro trams (Old­ ham has at last got its tram), Justine Elizabeth Bailey is Colin Goose, principal boy and Nicole Evans is both principle girl and Priscilla the goose. Kai tlin Ho ward is the go o d


fairy and Andonis Anthony reprises his role as the de­ mon and a very sexy demon too.


When he taunts the chil­


dren with “Don’tyoujustlove me” and they shout back “Oh no we don’t” I wanted to yell “Oh yes I do”, but I was re­ strained by my companion. Mother Goose has got


all the elements of a superb traditional pantomime. You know exactly what is coming, many of the jokes a groan-


Second chance for fair


Kind-hearted stallholdersfrom


ClitheroeMarkethavesavedthe day for Rosemere Cancer Foun­


dation after the festive fimdrais- ingfairtheyhadplannedforthe charity on Saturday had to be


cancelled because of the bad weather.


• With rain and gale force


winds lashing the market and keeping shoppers at home, most traders kept the shutters on their cabins do wn, while oth­


ers with traditional stallsdecid- ed not to set up their pitches. However, with traders having donatedapitchto Rosemere vol­ unteers along with a plethora of tombola prizes and other gifts fortheevent,ithasbeendecided to try again this coming Saturday (Decembemth). PeteGainsley.whoruns Sam­


makingly obvious but the whole thing works so well. Fine Time Fontayne’s


costumes are amazing. The stage is bright, the songs are well-known and the young dancers are charming and skilful. Congratulations to the


design team, writers and a big thanks to the backstage crew who accomplish amaz­ ing costume changes so ef­ fectively. We saw a schools’ matinee performance and thorough­


ly enjoyed the enthusiasm of the children. . Panto has the knack’ of


lifting the spirits of young and old. It certainly made me


. feel better. I’ll be waiting for next year’s Sleeping Beauty. In the meantime I am


looking forward to the Col­ iseum’s next production The Pitman Painters based on a true story of a group of friends who become unex­ pectedly famous. This starts on February sth 2016. Pippa Munro Hebden


pan travelgoodsandaccessories from cabins I4and20, is to stand aRosemere stall fromioam that will have a tombola, a raffle to winaChristmascakeandaguess the weight of the game pie com­ petition,with thewinnertaking homeafestivegamepiedonated by Ferguson’s Deli. There will al­ so be a strolling Santa. Pete said: “It was a real shame


'about last Saturday. I sent the volunteers home at 8-15 am as there was no point in them get­ ting drenched. As we have the tombola, raffle and competi­ tion prizes, the feeling was that weshouldtryagainthiscoming Saturday and keep our fingers crossedforbetterweather!”


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Fans can learn ho w to make the right moves for Northern Soul at a dance workshop in Clit­ heroe on Saturday December 12th. Tutor Fiona Smith will be joined again by another world


champion dancer, James Whitehead, who helped on the first workshop last year. Fionasaid:“Itprovedsopop-


ular and word spread, so we’re putting on another class.” Clitheroe Soul Club is run


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VALLEY ENTERTAINMENT Starship Henge to land in the town


Henge describe themselves as earth’s primary exponents of cosmic dross, writes Tony Dewhurst.


The North West spacemen have been spreading Henge’s otherworldly wondersounds across the land for a light year, but their alien tinged tunes are definitely from another universe. Never straying too far


from the grit and funk of bare bones electro rock and roll, Henge’s spacey set at last summer’s Beat-Herder festi­ val provided one of the fin- est hours of the Ribble Valley dance fiesta. “At Beat-Herder, we had


a green amphibian creature on drums, a bass playing mar­ tian, groovy dancing girls in silver space suits and thou­ sands o f volts of electricity coursing through our ancient headgear,” said Henge lead­ er Matthew 'Whitaker who is set to make a crash landing at Clitheroe’s Grand Theatre be­


fore Christmas. “We played our song - De­


militarize- a passionate call for world peace, and it was a very emotional and sincere moment. “All the crowd went nuts,


singing: ‘We demand the weapons of war are manu­ factured no more. No more. No more. “There’s something very


special about Beat-Herder and the beautiful human be­ ings that inhabit those lush Ribble Valley fields every July. “Nick and the boys who


run it have asked us to play again in 2016 - and the sonic countdown has already be­ gun.” Not content with the nor­


mal gig format, the tongue in cheek Henge crewhave joined forces with Manchester space ravers Age of Glass to devel­ op a fresh kind of clubbing experience. A Henge event, dubbed Space Cassette, com­ bines live electronic music, theatrical happenings, con­


dollop of prog rock.” So what ® are the characteristic sounds of cosmic dross? “Rude bass, heavy drums,


a spaced-out synthesizer, and a bit of cosmic love and inspi­ ration. “Playing electronic in- g


struments live without the aid of computers, hopefully encourages the listener to. consider the immensity o f •- the Universe and ultimate­ ly cherish the sacred soil of planet Earth.” He added: “Cosmic dross


ceptual elements and ware­ house raving to bring a new hybrid party to Lancashire. “When we play it is more


like a monster rave than a gig and the crowd becomes part of our inspiration,” he ex­ plains. “The event has a nar­


rative, but we also want the music to be different every time we perform, with plenty of frivolity, silliness and a tiny


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Legend thrills audience at spoken word event


Slade legend Noddy Holder is 70 next year, but he told a Clit­ heroe audience he could be ready to go back in the studio, writes Tony Dewhurst. “I still reckon I’ve got a solo


album in me, and there’s a few songs I wrote for Slade that never got released,” Holder said. “I’ve still got plenty of mu­


sic, and it could happen.” Fans travelled from Lon­


don, Sheffield and Edin­ burgh to see the godfather of glam rock talk about his life in Slade, with many queuing for an hour after the show as Holder signed Slade memo­ rabilia and copies' of his new book, “The World According to Noddy”. Noddy said: “When} was


driving in from the A59, and I saw the castle I knew I’d vis­ ited Clitheroe before, but whether Slade ever played here I’m not sure. “I might have come here on


holiday.” He added: “A couple of fans


even found out where I was staying in the town and placed a bottle of beer outside my ho­


tel door.” Slade sold 50' million


records, made 20 albums and enjoyed six number ones, but Slade’s Christmas hit “Merry


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Xmas Everybody” will always be associated with the festive


season. “It was amazing coming to


the Grand, I got such a warm welcome from everybody,” he said. “And when they played ‘Merry Xmas’ when I walked on stage I thought they were going to raise the roofand that


was lovely.” . The Grand’s events manag­


er Matthew Evans said: “It re­ ally was oneof thegreat nights


’ at the Grand, welcoming a true rock legend to Clitheroe.


“The Grand is becoming


renowned for spoken word' events and next year we’ve already got talks with Keith Gillespie, the former Man­ chester United and Blackburn Rovers footballer, the war re­ porter Martin Bell and one of Britain’s top barristers, Gary Bell QC, who has a remarkable story to tell.” For more details of the


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is a form of music indigenous to the planet Xylanthia, locat­ ed in the Syrius Star System and brought to Clitheroe for the first time by the starship ® Henge.” He continued: “We are doing a few experiments about how we can put cosmic dross on to vinyl, and we are hard at work in our labora-..r» • tory.” Henge plus Honeyfeet, Clitheroe Grand Theatre, De­ cember 19th. 01200 421599. £10. www.thegrandvenue. co.uk


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