The Miners' Gala
The 12 hour party to remember Yorkshires Proud Heritage
Date: Sunday 30th May 2010
Venue: Denaby and Conisbrough Miners' Welfare,
Denaby Main Doncaster S.Yorkshire
Time: 10.00am-11.00pm
GUEST SPEAKERS
ARTHUR SCARGILL AND RODNEY BICKESTAFF
Contact:
Rachel 07728684616
email pinthepits@gmail.com
Once upon a time it was the pits that brought communities across South Yorkshire together. This year it's the Miners' Gala of Denaby Main hosted by artist and Strike baby Rachel Horne that promises to be one for the history books.
Following some of traditions of a typical miners' gala Miss Horne's idea was to fuse the event with a music festival bringing all generations together like the pits once did.
Last years event was a great success and there is no doubt that this years activity will go down a storm with Rodney Bickestaffe and Arthur Scargill billed as the guest speakers on the day.
Like Last year BOMfest will be providing two marquees showcasing 9 outstanding live bands and 6 DJ's. Including local bands Mucky Blond, Mick Mac Menace, the Cavaliers, as well as the infamous Deadtime Philharmonic who will be handling the show having traveled all the way from Derbyshire to be at the gala. The local DJ's have be working hard to help promote the event and will be host a dance showcasing local talent include DJ Ash Shaky, DJ Scott H, Paul D and Hardy.
Commencing at 10.30 am ex miners and their families will be meeting at the Denaby Main Cenotaph for the gala's signature "Silent March" honoring the long march back in 1985. Banner are being provided by Yorkshire Area NUM so that anyone wish to join in can march behind a banner to officially open the gala.
Maltby NUM branch have promised to be there on the day, other banners coming from a far field as Durham.
At 11.00am there will be a wreath laying ceremony for the Cadeby Diaster rescue worker. This year the Great Grandson of the Cadeby Pit diaster William Philips will be laying the wreath continuing the tradition.
The event will then officially commence with an extravaganza of activities in memory of Yorkshires proud mining heritage. Including a packed exhibition, banner display, memoribillia fair and film screening. Exhibitors will include Brian Eliot, local historian and author and Barry Jones the Dearne Valley political artist.
Other Heritage activities on the day will include Lorna Horne, Miss Horne's mother, who will be opening the Miners' Memorial Chapel for tours throughout the day will also be coordinating at presentation at 12.00pm led Giles Brearley local author of the "Pit Men Poet" a book basis on the Life of Denaby Pit Man Arthur Morris also Grandad father of infamous Julie Andrews.
Other traditional activities on the day will include a coal sack race around the cricket club grounds organised by Strike Baby Christopher Laird who managed to get 10 coal sacks sponsored by Thompson fuel at Stainforth. Anyone who enters will get free pint from the Miners' Welfare.
Other sports activities will include Denaby United Junior football club penality shoot out, Tomhill Hill boxing club demonstration and the Denaby Bowls club will be open from 12.00-3.45pm inviting any to have a go with half price member ship on the day to join the club.
There will be environmental workshops on the day hosted by the Pixies in there purple community Yurt. Miners' Son and Doncaster based artist and lecturer Mike Bunn has organised a stone scarving demonstration and graffiti workshop that anyone can take part in for free.
Northern Image Dance will be providing a dance arena and will be performing on the day. Other family activities will include circus skills from Mr. Dan, face painting, hair braiding, nail art, massage and a WII competition.
Tubby' famous fair ground will be on site as well as BBQ organised by the Welfare cricket committee.
This event is not only one for the diary, its one for the history books too.
QUOTES
Rachel Horne 25, Artist and Event Organiser
The support for this years gala has been incredible everyone is coming together for what I know is going to be an amazing party. I was over the moon at the first meeting we had when all the local bands and DJ's turned up to offer support. Because I really want the whole community to come together for the event and to create a platform for my generation, so we can showcase local dj's, artists and musicians and give the younger ones some good role models to look up too.
More than anything I want my generation and the younger one to be proud of our heritage and inspired by the politics of our fathers and grandfathers.
Paul Davey 25 Local DJ performing at the gala this year.
"The miners' gala is a really good opportunity for all generations especially the younger regions of the comunity. Its a chance for them to help out and be a part of something that they can look back on and see what they have achieved. With Denaby being a ex-mining village there really isn't that much in the form of things to do for the people who live in the area. You mainly tend to find quite a few people draw there attentions to music in the form of being musicians, whether being a part of a band or DJ'ing to keep themselves occupied. That's why we have got involved with Rachels Gala to help with putting a show together supplied by locals bands/groups and also DJ's to show that even though the area is not as booming as it was when the mines were around, we can still get together as a community and pull something good off.
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