Splendid Weekend

Sunday, 26th July 2009
Party in the Park

This year’s ‘Party in the Park’ promises to be bigger than ever before ... and Tameside Arts & Events Team are delighted to announce that Hot Chocolate have been confirmed as headline artists.

As well as Hot Chocolate, Sunday will see music and entertainment bringing the park alive for another fantastic free day out for the whole family. There will also be a massive free activity area including a 30ft climbing wall, paint ball, face painting, henna hand painting, clay modeling and lots more. If that wasn't enough to keep you occupied, there will also be a massive funfair and a craft market.

Presenter of 103.6 FM Tameside Radio's Afternoon Drive, Wayne Kay will be comparing the main stage throughout the day.

Local Ashton lad Wayne, 31, has been a singer and comedian all his adult life with stints on commercial radio across the North West.

Wayne brings a unique style and humour to afternoons on Tameside Radio.

Main Stage Programme

Outrage

Local band Outrage make their Splendid Weekend debut.

2009 witnessed a truly special Sunday jam. Brothers Louis aka "Scoops" and Chez Davis, a drummer and guitarist/singer songwriter respectively, literally bumped into a true rarity - a female singer guitarist who had the same influences and could actually play, and boy could she play! Such was the natural electricity between the three, Stevie Shepperson moved herself lock, stock and barrel to make Outrage a household name. 

The trio locked themselves away recording for ten weeks and recruited two more like minded players, Brad Whittaker (bass) and Paul Woolliscroft (Rythmn Guitar).

Outrage launched their sounds to the World via a live radio show on Friday July 17th. That same weekend a successful gig at Manchester Academy and Myspace launch has seen them on their way.

Outrage will launch new songs, photos, interviews and gig dates throughout the summer holidays. If you want to help promote Outrage via your own street team or simply want to know more contact them via the message feature on Myspace:-
www.outragemyspace.co.uk  

 The Public

The Public are a band of brothers and friends from the Hyde area of Greater Manchester, who have been playing the music scene for the last 5 years. Previous to that they have been in various different bands and have an overall musical experience of some good 25 years combined. Their musical style is based on various influences but their main output is that of a pop-indie style.The line up is; Sam Davies-Jones on vocals and guitar, Ben Jones provides the drum/rhythm section with backing vocals, Christopher Roach is the Bassist and Axel Davies is the main guitarist.

The band have a love of playing live venues and have a friendly and approachable attitude with a professional outlook on all that they do, be it business or pleasure. They have recently cut their first demo disc entitled ‘Empty Modern Buildings’, been booked for many venues in the Manchester city centre music scene and intend to go wherever life takes them.

Lucy Pickford

The 2009 Tameside Schools Xfactor Competition, the first of its kind in the country, promised to be the highlight of Tameside’s 2009 event calendar. It was a night to remember with all 16 Finalists making every effort to impress the celebrity judges in their bid for the ultimate prize, the chance to record a single at MCC studios.

Schools across the borough took part in the competition. The final 16 all performed exceptionally at the Willows Club in Salford and the judges took over 15 minutes to make a decision of which acts should go through to the final five. Amber Lane McIvor, Josie Taylor, Carragh Hilton, Tara Allen and Lucy Pickford all made the cut with some judges still fighting the corner for their favourite acts that didn’t quite make it. After the second round of performances, it was clear the prize would fall to gritty young rocker, 15 year old Lucy Pickford from St Thomas More School in Denton. “I’m thrilled Lucy has won it for our school, she has done brilliantly” said a very proud Mr Broadhead, Head of Lucy’s year.

Amber Lane McIvor and Tara Allen, a close second and third respectively, were shocked to find the Managing Director of MCC Global Entertainments had offered to put them in touch with a top producer to work on their song and pay for it to be recorded at MCC Studios in Mottram. Both girls performed to the best of their ability and really showed the 600 strong audience how much talent we had in the competition.

Lucy will now go on to record her own single which will be played on Tameside Radio and she will perform at various Tameside Radio roadshows and the Splendid Weekend ‘Party in The Park’ event.

 The 2010 Xfactor competition will begin from the new winter term across all Tameside Schools. For your chance to be a part of this amazing opportunity, speak to your music teacher to find out when the Academy is coming to your school. Please see www.tamesidemusicacademy.org/news.aspx

Sheelenagig

Sheelanagig have been honing their eclectic blend of folk, jazz and world music since early 2005. Equally at home on festival stages, music venues and street corners the band has developed a devoted. Expect blistering live performances from this energetic five piece

Jo Farrow

Jo Farrow has been performing in amateur theatre all over Greater Manchester from a very early age. Throughout the years it has become apparent to audiences everywhere that she is a born performer! 

Two and a half years ago, at the age of 18, she branched out into singing on the pub and club circuit, firstly in an Abba tribute duo and since then she has built up a fantastic reputation around Greater Manchester as a solo artist.

In 2008 she won the Huddersfield 'Artist of the Year' show, against some very prestigious acts and was also asked to perform at the Tameside and Glossop District Concert Secretaries Command Show, receiving another shiny trophy.

Jo never thought 2008 could get any better, until she entered the gruelling battle of Tameside's Got Talent, held at Riffifi in Stalybridge, over a period of 2 months running up to Christmas. After some tough competition, Jo came through and won, finalising a great year.

Jo is thrilled to be performing at the Party In the Park and is honoured to be on the same stage as so many fantastic singers and musicians.

The Real Thing

The Real Thing consist of original vocalists Chris and Eddy Amoo and Dave Smith. The group had three number 1 singles in both the 70's & 80's, including ‘You To Me Are Everything’ and ‘Can’t Get By Without You’. They have an ever-growing reputation. The group will be performing all their hits along with classic covers such as ‘Celebration’, ‘Ladies Night’ and ‘Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now’ to keep the party atmosphere going. Soul sensation!

January

January has maintained a high interest in music from an early age, studying at GCSE, BTEC and now starting her final year at BA Degree level at Salford University. January has classically trained her voice at the Manchester School of Music. January is multi-award winning and was recently crowned winner of ‘Blackpool’s Got Talent’, hosted by the ‘Stanley Bar n Caberet’. This year January has entered The X Factor and is currently down to 1,400 out of 120,000, so fingers crossed for January

Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate have been performing and in the charts since 1970 and have a list of hit singles which include titles such as ‘You Sexy Thing’, ‘Every 1’s A Winner’, ‘It Started With a Kiss’ and ‘So You Win Again’ plus a host of others. They are the only band to have had a hit every year in the British Charts during the 1970’s and Tameside Council are delighted they will be headlining the stage at the 2009 ‘Party in the Park’.

Craft Stalls

A small number of craft stall pitches will be available to rent on the Sunday priced at £25.00 each. Stall holders will be required to bring all equipment, tables, chairs or a gazebo. Pitches available on a first come first served basis. For further information and an application form please contact Andrea Maxwell, Arts & Event Manager on 0161 342 4144.

Olympic Sports

This year’s event will also feature Olympic Games, past and present sports – an opportunity to bring the whole family to try various sports from 12.00 noon until 4.00pm, such as football, tri golf, rugby, athletics plus a health walk. For more information on this aspect of the day can be found at the Sport in the Park you can also contact Tameside Sports Services on 0161 609 1277.

Terms and Conditions for Entry:

• This is a family event - strictly no alcohol
• The event organisers reserve the right to refuse admission to any person
• Children under the age of 14 are not permitted unless accompanied by an adult
• Please do not bring any glass items, tins, barbeques, flaming torches, personal fireworks, sparklers, gazebos or dogs (with the exception of guide dogs)
• Smoke effects, strobe lighting, lasers and loud noises may be used at the event
• This is an outdoor event - please dress appropriately for the weather
• A designated event car park will be located on Park Road (cost £2)