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British pop giants Madness are the
latest act to be heading to Llangollen next summer joining the line-up for Llangollen
International Musical Eisteddfod.
The Nutty Boys, who scored their first studio UK Official Charts No.1 album, Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C’est La Vie, only last Friday, will bring their legendary live show to Llangollen Pavilion on Saturday July 13.
* Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday December 1st from llangollen.net and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
And
they are now celebrating hitting the number one spot with an album for the
first time.
The pop greats, whose Llangollen date is part of a 19-date summer
tour, said: "Would you Adam and Eve it?! It only took us 40 years to get
there but we've just gone and ruddy scored our first Number One album with
Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie and we thought, what better way to
celebrate than to announce a summer tour!”
The headlining show is the latest to be announced as part of a new partnership between Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod and Live Nation promoters Cuffe and Taylor.
Madness join indie heroes Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers
and Suede, BRIT award-winning artist Paloma
Faith, chart-topper Jess Glynne anddisco legends Nile Rodgers
& CHIC among the artists to be announced so far for the iconic peace
festival in 2024.
Lead
Programmer & Production Manager of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
Dave Danford, said: “Madness
are a band that we’ve long wanted to bring to North Wales. Our partnership with
Cuffe and Taylor has made this happen, and bringing the Nutty Boys to town will
continue the buzz around our festival of peace. With more announcements on the
way, it’s clear that Llangollen will be the place to be next summer.”
Cuffe and Taylor co-founder Peter Taylor added:“As a live act Madness present the epitome of fun and they have this amazing ability to bring audiences together for your best night out. This will be a night to remember in the Llangollen Pavilion.”
The Welsh Dee Trust is hosting a hands-on training event in Llangollen to learn everything you need to know to become a Smartrivers citizen scientist.
The session takes place from 10 am-4 pm on tomorrow (Tuesday, November 28) at St Collen's Community Hall, off Regent Street.
As a SmartRivers citizen scientist, you will analyse, to species level, samples of aquatic invertebrates collected in the river Dee catchment.
Collecting this data helps the Trust to detect failing river health, including pressures from pollution, water abstraction and invasive species.
This will have a positive impact on the management of our rivers, by pinpointing water quality pressures and monitoring the impact of our work over time.
This training event run by Welsh Dee Trust will teach everything you need to know about invertebrate identification and no prior experience is necessary.
Once trained this is an ongoing role with regular ID sessions held year-round, particularly over summer (following sampling in spring) and winter (following sampling in autumn). Each session runs from approximately 10am to 4pm, and the Trust would like you to try to commit to attending at least 6 sessions a year.
They say the ID sessions also have a friendly and fun atmosphere, where you can socialise with like-minded people and learn from your peers. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided.
Organisers of last Saturday's Llangollen Christmas Festival have supplied the answers to their highly successful treasure hunt in which children were asked to pinpoint the locations of a host of brilliantly-crafted gingerbread characters to pick up small prizes.
The sweet figures, some of which are pictured here, were positioned in various shops and other points around the town centre.
A spokesperson said: "We had 190 players. All the little kids I asked reckoned the gingerbread folk were great, so we've now got a hard act to follow next year.
"And some kids were still searching for them yesterday morning.
"We're now looking for theme ideas for next year's treasure hunt, so we'd be glad of any feedback people might have."
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* Bathnight for a Gingerbread character.
An illustrated talk by local historian David Crane about some of the fascinating discoveries that have been made during the Llantysilio graveyard project will be given at the Conquering Hero Community Centre in Rhewl on Tuesday December 5 at 7pm.
Llantysilio Church have been running a programme, funded by by the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB’s Sustainable Development Fund, to investigate the history of the church and the graveyard, and the stories of some of the people that are buried there.
From the very poor to the very rich, the bizarre to the heroic, the stories reveal details of some of the fascinating people that have lived in our area over the centuries.
David Crane said: "We will also be introducing the next
phase of the programme, where we will be collecting stories and memories from
as many people as possible about Llantysilio Church and the people and houses
in the area.
"Come and discover some of the extraordinary tales of the people who have lived in Llantysilio over the years."
Entrance is free and refreshments will be provided.
For the seventeenth year organisers will be producing a Christmas quiz on behalf of Cancer Research UK.
They say that once again it should be fun for all the family and you might well consider including it in Christmas cards to friends.
From December 1 copies (£1) will be obtainable from the Tourist Information Centre in Castle Street.
* A massive fireworks display came as the grand finale to the Christmas Festival.
The weather stayed bright but chilly for the opening stages of the annual Llangollen Christmas Festival.
Stalls along Market did a brisk early trade while crowds gathered around Centenary Square to watch a full programme of entertainment, including the Silver Band singing groups.
At 1pm the event officially kicked off with the big parade which started from the Eisteddfod field and went along Castle Street and Oak Street to the Town Hall where Mayor Cllr Paul Kiddie and town crier Austin "Chem" Cheminais were waiting to warmly welcome Sion Corn to his grotto upstairs, which was later thronged by youngsters and their parents clamouring to have an audience with the grand old man.
The Madrigals singing group performed carols from the gallery of the Museum in Parade Street while, back in the square, a huge crowd gathered to hear the choir from Ysgol Y Gwernant do their own kind of carolling.
As darkness fell attention again focused on the square where the town's Christmas lights were officially switched on by Joan Fell, 99, most senior resident of the Old Vicarage care home, assisted by Lee Todd, president of Vale of Llangollen Rotary.
As has become traditional, the whole action-packed day was brought to a fitting close with a firework display watched by the delighted crowd.
* Town crier Chem rings his bell to announce the parade is coming through.
