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The ceilidh starts at 7.30pm at Harbottle Village Hall, tickets £5.00
with a pie and pea supper and Pipers Share Band. Tickets from Morris's,
Tourist Information and Jubilee Hall on the day. If you can pass the word
around about the buses as well this would be great, the website is
johnbarleycornfestival.co.uk, but there are mistakes on it, so I'm hoping John
will have put them right.
Thanks for helping out, this is the press release.
A welcome new festival on 28th October
offers a fun and fascinating day of activities and events. The John
Barleycorn Festival starts at Rothbury and continues at historic settlements
all along the whisky trail of the Coquet Valley to Barrowburn in the Cheviot
Hills of Northumberland National Park.
For the first time, local communities and businesses
will be treating visitors to an exposé of Upper Coquetdales rich cultural
heritage, particularly their ancestors rather dodgy doings in illegal whisky
distillation and smuggling, which was carried on during the 17th
and 18th Centuries in parallel with livestock reiving and to the
despair of the excise men trying to collect taxes for Englands latest
war.
Festival visitors can learn about the wily and
colourful characters, like Black
Rory, who set up illegal stills in the remote hills and traded
their product on both sides of the border; watch the distillation process on a
historic copper still, learn about the importance of wood, water, mash and
peat; watch the firing of whisky jars; help Black Rory get his whisky across
the Border, and taste a range of single malt whiskies.
The valleys more wholesome heritage is also
celebrated in food and craft markets, films, exhibitions, guided walks and
demonstrations of farming and time-honoured rural skills. With events taking
place at Rothbury, Thropton, Harbottle, and Barrowburn, visitors will have the
opportunity to travel by vintage buses that will ferry folk from one venue to
the next and back to Rothbury. An early evening Malt Whisky Tasting
session will be delivered by The Malt
Masterclass in Rothbury, and the day is rounded off with a ceilidh
in Harbottle featuring traditional music and dancing.
Coquetdales John Barleycorn Festival is the
inspiration of a group of enthusiastic local community and business
representatives who are keen to welcome visitors and to distinguish the
valleys singular heritage against a backdrop of Northumberland and Cheviot
culture.
Whats On Where
ROTHBURY
from 9.30am
Vintage Bus for a Toor Roond
Leave the car and join a vintage bus for the day,
stopping off at each village for more exciting activities. Bus Toor tickets
£5.
Masses to See and Buy and Taste at
Rothbury
At Rothbury enjoy the craft fair and farmers market;
rare local books stall; corn dolly maker; local film show; Northumbrian
Tartan; craft demonstrations; history storyboards; refreshments and lots more.
6pm at the Jubilee Hall, Rothbury: In the evening join
a unique whisky tasting with 3 specially-commissioned malts. Tickets
£7.
THROPTON from 10am
Visit a fascinating display of farming life and local
culture. Old postcards on sale, refreshments and lots
more.
BARROWBURN from10am
Whisky-distilling; farmhouse life
recreated; spinning and dry stone walling demonstrations; history storyboards;
story telling and guided walks on the whisky trail
Learn about Farmhouse Life in the Border
Hills
From 16th to 19th Centuries it
was a harsh and precarious life in the border hills which led farming families
to turn to the black economy to make ends meet. Learn about the lives of the
Coquetdale farming families and see demonstrations of their traditional
crafts.
Working illicit whisky still and whisky-jar
making
Join the Malt Masters all day in the production of
gallons of fine border whisky in a fine (easily portable) copper
still.
See a working kiln making the grey hen jars used to smuggle the
whisky across the border.
Black Rorys Still At Large! Terrific family
event.
Join the scurrilous smuggler on a guided family walk
along the border whisky trail and help him avoid the excise men. Will it end
in confrontation?!
Walks start at 10.30 and 1.30 from Wedder Leap Car Park (NT
866103) near Barrowburn in Coquetdale 6kms / 2.5 hours over moderate
terrain. Sturdy footwear and warm waterproof clothing essential. Children
under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Walks are free but booking required,
call National Park Visitor Centre Rothbury on
01669-620887.
HARBOTTLE from 7.30pm
Start the evening with malt whisky tasting at
Rothbury, then up the valley to Harbottle Village Hall to let your hair down
and swing your kilt at a traditional ceilidh with Northumberland music,
supper, late bar and raffle. Tickets £5.
Cheers Roz
Tim Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Sorry Roz - have you anything electronically
about it all (esp Ceilidh) ....just thought i could do a belated email
shot???
Beexxxx
PS Let us know any last minute jobs - given we
haven't done early minute jobs - and we're still both up for Saturday
'awaiting instructions'
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 8:49
PM
Subject: JBC - Update
Quick update
* There will be an advert in the Journal on friday morning and
the Chronicle on friday evening. Cath and Ian are working on this at the
moment.
* We are doing the pie and peas ourselves, the pies are coming from
Greenwell Bakery.
* There will be a couple going to Barrowburn on Saturday, they will
be selling the 'Up the Valley' books and a display of sticks(not for
sale).
* We have enough funds to buy Northumberland
Tartan shawls (women)and scarves (men) for everyone doing
something, will you please let me know if you think we
should.
If we bought them, they would be used every
year.
*I have made numerous calls to Fiona about access to the Jubilee Hall
on friday evening and still haven't got a reply.
* I have two helpers for saturday morning, Alan would you like one
for Jubilee Hall and Chris would you like one for Thropton ?
* Latest update on the buses - Derek has managed to get the Heartbeat
Bus to come up. It was also the bus that used to travel up the valley to
the school. Just hope we get some customers!
* Has anyone got a nice box we could put whisky tumblers in? Cath and
Ian have bought the tumblers as a contribution for the raffle, but we need
a nice box.
* Got a £1000 from Scarmen Trust yesterday, but they haven't said
when we get the other £1000. I will chase this up later in the week when
I'm in the house.
* Have you all seen the banner on the High Street?
* Alan and Chris, I have your banners for the halls, will get them to
you some time.
Thank you everybody, it's going to be great whatever the
weather.
Kind Regards Roz
Roz Tinlin
The Haven
Back
Crofts
Rothbury
Northumberland
NE65 7YA
www.thehavenrothbury.co.uk
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