Heptonstall festival

[Derby Tup]

Trig, interest is obviously high for your new race because your private message inbox is full!

[Miss July]

Trig, interest is obviously high for your new race because your private message inbox is full!

That will be people begging him to stop plugging his race everywhere on the forum.

[Trig]

That will be people begging him to stop plugging his race everywhere on the forum.

Ha Ha - busted!

Its clear now....

Just had a nice message from Springhead Brewery (Newark) - they are donating 32 bottles of Ale as prizes plus a 70 pint keg for the pumps at the White Lion (all takings to help the Festival) good on em!!!

Is 2 bottles per prize OK?

[joeyd]

Not that I'm likely to win a prize, but 2 bottles does mean the winners get to taste the second bottle; the first wouldn't even touch the sides on the way down. The BBC have changed their mind to bright sunshine and temperatures of about 18C for Saturday now. Could we be looking at another hot run??

[Trig]

Not that I'm likely to win a prize, but 2 bottles does mean the winners get to taste the second bottle; the first wouldn't even touch the sides on the way down. The BBC have changed their mind to bright sunshine and temperatures of about 18C for Saturday now. Could we be looking at another hot run??

HOT!! HOT!! HOT!! ; vest and singlets / slap on some suncream / bring some beer money
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Anyone seen the line up for the actual festival??? I heard Fnstien is going to display his prize marrow.......

[Heptonstall Festival]

Few more details about Heptonstall Festival which starts at 12 noon following the race at 11am. If you're quick you can be back for the opening of the bands and stalls!

10:45 Bashful Drum Circle should be in the Square to give all the runners a good send off! You can join them later an have a go in the beer garden behind The Cross.
12:00 Local Heptonstall band The Fat Rascals kick off the show with their noisy mix of punk and ska classics.
12:30 Halifax based One Will with guitar and song performing covers from Oasis, The Beatles, Ocean Colour Scene and other 90s bands.
1:00 Heptonstall's Magician in Residence, Neal Alexander Wells will delight the small people and astonish the big ones with an extraordinary show.
1:30 Mahogany Monkey is a six piece folk-rock band from Brighouse.
2:00 John Stammers & Ian Hinton Smith are a new act for the Festival. John has recently performed sessions for Mark Riley on Radio 6-Music. www.wonderfulsound.com
2:30 Paul Weatherhead is a Hebden Bridge singer / songwriter who describes his inimitable style as "Psychedelic Folk". He is hysterically funny.
3:00 Virgil Presley - I literally have no words to describe this act! Long live The King
3:30 TC & The Swing Cats - Heptonstall's "own juke joint jive" band featuring the fabulous Miss Em Brulee. www.trevorcowland.com/hepcathop
4:30 James Bragg - A hugely talented singer / songwriter from Hebden Bridge. www.myspace.com/jamesbraggsongs
5:00 Jazz Works - A six piece jazz band new to the Festival this year.
5:30 iSpice Steve - Blues Guitar and pakoras! Very spicy.
6:00 The Liberators - Local band with lots of energy.
6:30 Keep your fingers crossed for a very special guest!

Other attractions are a demonstration of horse shoe making by local farrier and blacksmith Chris Smith and wood turning by West Pennine Wood Turners. The Blackbark Woodlands people will be tool sharpening for free! At a much slower pace than you will be used to there will be a poetry walk and talk setting off from the village museum at 2pm.

For the small folk there will be face painting and games as well as story telling throughout the afternoon by the NSPCC Story Teller in Residence, Ursula Holden Gill www.ursulaholdengill.co.uk

There will be a variety of stalls around the square including ale by Little Valley and food from the Towngate Tea Room and we have some very posh raffle prizes this year.

Hope to see you at the race and hope you can hang around and enjoy a good afternoons entertainment for all the family.

The CVFR and Tod Harriers of Heptonstall have been asked to put on a fell race for the upcoming Heptonstall Festival...........

HEPTONSTALL FESTIVAL fell race

AS - 6 miles - 1500 feet
Sat July 9th 2011 - 11am start
Entry on day - £4

Come along and make it a great first running......:thumbup:

Register at White Lion Pub, on the cobbles, Heptonstall
FRA calendar update and website to follow.

A traditional Yorkshire gala race (live bands, horse shodding, morris dancing, Little Valley Brewery Beer Tent, children's entertainment)

Race starts on cobbles, heads across fields, and down into Hardcastle Craggs, to Blue Pig, before a 1000 ft climb to HIGH BROWN KNOLL TRIG, then back the way you came, with a fun 500ft climb to the finish.

What do you reckon?????
Can you join us????

[Trig]

Few more details about Heptonstall Festival which starts at 12 noon following the race at 11am. If you're quick you can be back for the opening of the bands and stalls!

10:45 Bashful Drum Circle should be in the Square to give all the runners a good send off! You can join them later an have a go in the beer garden behind The Cross.
12:00 Local Heptonstall band The Fat Rascals kick off the show with their noisy mix of punk and ska classics.
12:30 Halifax based One Will with guitar and song performing covers from Oasis, The Beatles, Ocean Colour Scene and other 90s bands.
1:00 Heptonstall's Magician in Residence, Neal Alexander Wells will delight the small people and astonish the big ones with an extraordinary show.
1:30 Mahogany Monkey is a six piece folk-rock band from Brighouse.
2:00 John Stammers & Ian Hinton Smith are a new act for the Festival. John has recently performed sessions for Mark Riley on Radio 6-Music. www.wonderfulsound.com
2:30 Paul Weatherhead is a Hebden Bridge singer / songwriter who describes his inimitable style as "Psychedelic Folk". He is hysterically funny.
3:00 Virgil Presley - I literally have no words to describe this act! Long live The King
3:30 TC & The Swing Cats - Heptonstall's "own juke joint jive" band featuring the fabulous Miss Em Brulee. www.trevorcowland.com/hepcathop
4:30 James Bragg - A hugely talented singer / songwriter from Hebden Bridge. www.myspace.com/jamesbraggsongs
5:00 Jazz Works - A six piece jazz band new to the Festival this year.
5:30 iSpice Steve - Blues Guitar and pakoras! Very spicy.
6:00 The Liberators - Local band with lots of energy.
6:30 Keep your fingers crossed for a very special guest!

Other attractions are a demonstration of horse shoe making by local farrier and blacksmith Chris Smith and wood turning by West Pennine Wood Turners. The Blackbark Woodlands people will be tool sharpening for free! At a much slower pace than you will be used to there will be a poetry walk and talk setting off from the village museum at 2pm.

For the small folk there will be face painting and games as well as story telling throughout the afternoon by the NSPCC Story Teller in Residence, Ursula Holden Gill www.ursulaholdengill.co.uk

There will be a variety of stalls around the square including ale by Little Valley and food from the Towngate Tea Room and we have some very posh raffle prizes this year.

Hope to see you at the race and hope you can hang around and enjoy a good afternoons entertainment for all the family.

What about Morris Dancers?:w00t:

[joeyd]

Looks like it should be a good day out all round. Fingers crossed the weather is kind - nice and cool for the runners to start with and then brightening to glorious sunshine for the bands would be just about perfect.

[Trig]

[QUOTE=Heptonstall Festival;422584]Few more details about Heptonstall Festival which starts at 12 noon following the race at 11am. If you're quick you can be back for the opening of the bands and stalls!

10:45 Bashful Drum Circle should be in the Square to give all the runners a good send off! You can join them later an have a go in the beer garden behind The Cross.
12:00 Local Heptonstall band The Fat Rascals kick off the show with their noisy mix of punk and ska classics.
12:30 Halifax based One Will with guitar and song performing covers from Oasis, The Beatles, Ocean Colour Scene and other 90s bands.
1:00 Heptonstall's Magician in Residence, Neal Alexander Wells will delight the small people and astonish the big ones with an extraordinary show.
1:30 Mahogany Monkey is a six piece folk-rock band from Brighouse.
2:00 John Stammers & Ian Hinton Smith are a new act for the Festival. John has recently performed sessions for Mark Riley on Radio 6-Music. www.wonderfulsound.com
2:30 Paul Weatherhead is a Hebden Bridge singer / songwriter who describes his inimitable style as "Psychedelic Folk". He is hysterically funny.
3:00 Virgil Presley - I literally have no words to describe this act! Long live The King
3:30 TC & The Swing Cats - Heptonstall's "own juke joint jive" band featuring the fabulous Miss Em Brulee. www.trevorcowland.com/hepcathop
4:30 James Bragg - A hugely talented singer / songwriter from Hebden Bridge. www.myspace.com/jamesbraggsongs
5:00 Jazz Works - A six piece jazz band new to the Festival this year.
5:30 iSpice Steve - Blues Guitar and pakoras! Very spicy.
6:00 The Liberators - Local band with lots of energy.
6:30 Keep your fingers crossed for a very special guest!

Other attractions are a demonstration of horse shoe making by local farrier and blacksmith Chris Smith and wood turning by West Pennine Wood Turners. The Blackbark Woodlands people will be tool sharpening for free! At a much slower pace than you will be used to there will be a poetry walk and talk setting off from the village museum at 2pm.

For the small folk there will be face painting and games as well as story telling throughout the afternoon by the NSPCC Story Teller in Residence, Ursula Holden Gill www.ursulaholdengill.co.uk

There will be a variety of stalls around the square including ale by Little Valley and food from the Towngate Tea Room and we have some very posh raffle prizes this year.

Hope to see you at the race and hope you can hang around and enjoy a good afternoons entertainment for all the family.[/QUOTE

Forum-power! Many thanks to the Toddie, and blogger, and fellow forumite BUDDY for giving the Heptonstall Festival a great boost on his superb blog "The Wrong Trod"......Buddy's blog is the best way to keep up to date with race reports in the Tod half of the upper Calder Valley - check out Buddy's blog........

http://thewrongtrod.blogspot.com/201...-by-steve.html

Any other Fell Running blogs out there? I hear Derby Tup's is a great read..........

[Trig]

Forum-power! Many thanks to the Toddie, blogger, and fellow forumite BUDDY for giving the Heptonstall Festival a great boost on his superb blog "The Wrong Trod"......Buddy's blog is the best way to keep up to date with race reports in the Tod half of the upper Calder Valley - check out Buddy's blog........

http://thewrongtrod.blogspot.com/201...-by-steve.html

Any other Fell Running blogs out there? I hear Derby Tup's is a great read..........