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Flowers and music time

IT IS a chance to see some beautiful flowers and to hear a top Yorkshire band. Read

WE have four pairs of tickets to give away for this year’s Concert on the Hill. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is tell us the name of the brass band which will be playing at this year’s concert.

Put your answer on a postcard, add your full name and address and send it to: Concert on the Hill Competition, Features Department, Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Queen Street South HD1 3DU. You can drop your entry into our collection point at Kitson’s newsagents on the piazza in Huddersfield or into the post box at our offices. Read

Two share the space

TWO artists at Dean Clough, Halifax, share the space at the Lupton Square Gallery, Honley. Read

A feast of music in a perfect church setting

IT PROMISES the perfect end to a summer’s day. Read

Yes it’s here once more, the Concert On The Hill

GOOD music, a great family atmosphere and, hopefully, a fine summer’s evening. Read

Choir back on the recording trail

SINGERS from Colne Valley Male Voice Choir have been back on the recording trail to produce a CD of music which they promise is “light and easy.” Read

Students to showcase their skills

WHETHER your taste in music runs to brass bands, choral singing or electroacoustic and pop music there’s something for you in Huddersfield from June 23. Read

Stand-up preview

SEE at Dean Clough tonight what Edinburgh will be seeing later this summer. Read

Line-up of guitar maestros

GET unplugged with a new season of guitar nights in the Viaduct Cafe at Dean Clough. Read

Full house is forecast for Simon’s story

SIMON Armitage is perhaps the best-known poet of his generation and doubtless there will be a packed house in Haworth next Friday when he talks about his work. Read

Festival mixture

THERE’S a busy weekend in store as the first Holmfirth Arts Festival gets into its stride. Read

Attila’s final rampage

ATTILA has gathered the Hun tribes and sweeps down from the lands of the barbarian into the Roman Empire, intent on total destruction. Read

Organist is back

MUSICIAN Max Kenworthy (pictured) – who was a chorister at Brockholes – returns to home ground on June 26 to play an organ duet at Huddersfield Parish Church. Read

Focus on Kennedy clan

FOR decades books about the Kennedys have woven either a shimmering tale of gallantry or a tawdry story of runaway ambition and reckless personal behaviour. Read

Mosey down to hoe-down

WHAT better entertainment for a Friday night than a barn dance in the beautiful surroundings of Oakwell Hall at Birstall? Next week, you can get those toes tapping at an old-style hoe-down in the visitor centre barn at Oakwell. Sandrigg will provide the music and there are a few remaining tickets priced £10 including a buffet supper. The dance starts at 7.30pm on June 20. Tickets from Oakwell Hall Country Park, Nutter Lane, Birstall, tel: 01924 326240. Read

A 100 years of banding

One hundred years old and stronger than ever. That’s the proud boast of Hade Edge Band. VAL JAVIN looks at the past and present of the band, which celebrates its centenary with a Huddersfield concert at the weekend Read

A seasonal way to win special prizes

CORPORATE law firm Walker Morris is encouraging budding young artists to win prizes for both themselves and their schools in its annual charity calendar-painting competition. Read

Artis is flying high with new aviation exhibition

RASTRICK artist John Hunter is flying high after having all six of his submissions accepted for an aviation paintings of the year exhibition. Read

Jean’s artistic touch has paid off for third time

AT the age of 73 Jean Parkinson has achieved a coveted treble, having been accepted for the prestigious Royal Academy summer exhibition for the third time. Read