A TALENTED CLIFTON GIRL WOWS JUDGES AT AUDITIONS
A talented 12-year-old opera-singing sensation from Clifton has been given the big thumbs up by judges at the TeenStar auditions. Faith Tucker, who attends the Nottingham Emmanuel School, made it through to the regional finals and will now be performing at the live stages of TeenStar – the brand new competition for teens and pre-teens. [...]
SPLENDOUR HONOUR FOR CLIFTON’S JAKE
Clifton singer-songwriter Jake Bugg will headline this year’s Splendour Festival at Wollaton Park on Saturday 20th July. Jake is not a stranger to the Splendour bill after playing the Courtyard Stage in 2011, and he blew the crowd away with his distinctive voice and soulful lyrics on the main stage last year. Aged just 18, [...]
VINCE EAGER’S DECEMBER PERFORMANCE
British pop legend and Radcliffe resident, Vince Eager, is holding his annual 28th December show at Grange Hall. Celebrating 50 years of rock ‘n’ roll, Vince and his band the Memphis Tones will be supported by local artistes Si Taylor and Buzzard, Delta Sun and the winner of this year’s ‘The Vale’s Got Talent” competition, [...]
CELEBRATION FOR BRIDGFORD ORGANIST
West Bridgford resident Bob Harriss has recently celebrated a very special milestone. The talented musician is organist and director of music at St Paul’s Church in West Bridgford and he celebrated 50 years of service in December. A special concert, followed by a buffet, was held to mark the occasion and Bob received a letter [...]
RUDDINGTON BAND SET TO FLY HIGH
Like many bands, Ruddington-based Park Bench Society started as a bunch of school mates with a shared love of music. But unlike most school-age bands, this one has a staggering total of nine festivals on their achievement-list this year. The band played at the prestigious Reading and Leeds festivals at the end of the summer [...]
DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE BAND?
The Nottinghamshire Police Band can trace its origins back to 1887 when it was originally known as the Nottingham Police Borough Band, and was staffed only by serving and retired police officers. The band has been in existence consistently since this time, only breaking briefly during the First and Second World Wars due to staffing [...]
THE ROY DE WIRED MEMORIAL CONCERT 2012
By Tee Dymond The Roy De Wired Scholarship Foundation was set up in 2011 in honour of much-loved local musician Roy De Wired. Roy, who lived in Gamston, sadly died in January of last year. Wanting to create a legacy that reflected his love of music and echoed the support he offered fellow musicians, the [...]
ALVIN STARDUST TO VISIT CLIFTON
A 70s rock/pop legend is to perform at Farnborough School in October. Alvin Stardust will support Nethergate School’s fundraising efforts on Thursday 4th October. The school is having a major refurbishment and new build in the next year. Part of this includes the creation of a space to develop a sensory room. The room will [...]
SUCCESS FOR BRIDGFORD BAND
West Bridgford-based band ‘Them Balloons’ have wowed the judging panel of the UK’s biggest original music competition and sailed through the audition stage of Live and Unsigned. Them Balloons will be competing against the most talented bands and artists in the country at the Regional Final Showcase of Live and Unsigned 2012, all in a [...]
RADVENTURES HOSTS WORLD’S FUNNIEST STRING TRIO
The first RadVentures event of 2012 takes place on Thursday 8th March at Grange Hall in Radcliffe-on-Trent as three classically-trained, professional and exceptional musicians will create musical and comedy mayhem. The trio, Pluck, will compete, scheme, dance, argue and seduce their way through a fabulous mix of music, from Bach to The Beatles. The trio [...]