DEIGHTON carnival will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday.
With on-stage performances dancers and singers, this year’s festival will also play host to a football tournament.Organisers believe it is set to bring in a bigger crowd than last year.
Organiser Howard Belafonte said: "We have a new emerging community that has come into the area.
"We hope that the event will bring together the different communities including Polish, Asian and eastern Europeans.
"They have all been getting involved with the workshops that we have been running.
"The carnival is not just a one day event, but a six month programme of workshops, training, learning, mentoring, life skills and activities – and all will be showcased on Saturday".
The event will take place between noon and 6pm at the Deighton Centre.
The day will include a carnival procession, a fun fair, stalls, zone Majorettes, penalty shoot-outs and a graffiti wall.
An information tent and many other displays will be open throughout the event.
There is a focus on food from around the world along with hair braiding and face painting.
Howard stressed that there is a strong sporting influence at this carnival.
A five-a-side football tournament kicks off at 10am and has been divided into kids, juniors, seniors and open age teams.
Anyone wishing to enter a team should contact Deighton Sports Arena or Deighton Into Sports Project.
A basketball and netball competition will also take place. There is also a beer tent.
Howard said: "Everybody in the community is excited about it, especially after last year was so successful.
"We have also invited some drummers from Deighton High School and they will play the steel pan drums on the main stage.
"We have some stall spaces available if anybody would like to get involved with that.
"It is completely free and we will begin applying for funding for next year’s event in September and we just hope people come along and support it.
"The Deighton Carnival is one of Kirklees’ premier events and permanent fixture on the summer events diary and the workshops are open and accessible to any group or individuals who want to get involved.
"They take place at various venues throughout the community".
LINDLEY Carnival promises an action-packed programme this Saturday (June 25).
Musical displays, dog club displays, sumo wrestling, face painting and dozens of stalls are all on the agenda.
The event runs from 1pm to 5pm at Fern Lea recreation ground, behind the Black Bull. It will be officially opened at 2pm by Mrs Sue Drake, head teacher at Lindley Infant School.
Many local businesses and organisations will be manning stalls at the carnival, including the police, scouts, churches, the library and Springers Dog Club.
SUNDAY’S Upperthong Gala will feature a flypast by two spitfires from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
The gala will round off three days of village celebrations and the flypast will be some time between 1pm and 5pm.
Other attractions include stalls, entertainment and fun for children plus a ducking stool, stocks, Scalextric track, dance exhibitions, a brass band, magicians and face painting.
Tomorrow Friday night the entertainment at Upperthong Village Hall will be from The Fabulous BB Kings, a nine-piece soul, Motown and disco band, with rhythm and horn sections.
THIS event is set to offer tradition with a twist.
A juggler on a 13-ft pole, known as a jukola, and Welsh falconry experts are just two of the highlights.
Organisers say there will be two craft marquees, and between 35 and 40 stalls.
There’s also a supermarket sweep-style game. With a host of food across 10 tables, each person will have to grab as many items as they can to win.
A licensed bar will be available for adults to enjoy while listening to a performance from the Spen Valley Scout and Guide band.
The gala is between 12 and 5pm on Saturday, at St John’s School field, Manor Road, in the centre of Golcar.
DANCING, singing and clowning around are the order of the day at Ravensknowle Children’s Gala.
The 84th annual show, due to take place this Sunday, will also showcase the talents of children from local schools.
Charlotte Singleton, gala queen, will open the event.
Between noon and 6pm, an inflatable Quasar laser game, stalls and games will keep children entertained.
Set across two fields, an arena and main stage are set to deliver a host of memorable performances.
This year’s gala includes the ‘inter-schools talent’ competition, which publicity secretary David Smith described as "our very own Britain’s got talent".
He said: "This will take place on the Saturday evening between 5pm and 7pm.
"People can come along and see the children perform.
"The inter-schools contest was organised by the local police teams and it has already whittled down the acts to 26.
"On Saturday, they will perform on the stage in front of four judges.
"These include Huddersfield’s town crier Vic Watson and Paul Balderstone, director of Stafflex."
Huddersfield recruitment agency, Stafflex has sponsored this year’s event.
The grand procession will start at 1pm and will be followed by a fancy dress competition.
Children can enter for this in four different categories, either under-seven boys or girls, or over-seven boys or girls.
Gala queen Charlotte Singleton will have her official coronation at 2pm.
The queen must live within a half-mile radius of Ravensknowle Park and this year’s queen, , will open the event.The main stage will be compered by Magician Magic Mike, who will introduce such acts as double clown act Snapshot, Rawthorpe School band and Gary Jay Karaoke.
A stunt show will be performed by the 3Sixty bicycle company and there will be two performances from the Boys Brigade and Girls Brigade band from Halifax.
Soldiers from the British Army will be in attendance and a climbing wall will also help keep children busy throughout the day.
