Helmsley ‘Green Day’

The latest exhibitor to book to attend Helmsley Green Day is Electric Mountain Bikes. Steve Punchard has been living and breathing electric bikes for years and has an in-depth knowledge as to how they work and what is good or bad in an electric bike. For him electric biking is a way of life, so you can be sure to get the best possible advice from someone who knows! You can contact Steve either by e-mail or telephone:

e-Mail: steve@electricmountainbikes.com

Tel. 01751 432 936

A recent comeptition to design a poster for Helmsley Green Day 2008 has a winner. Its Ruth Aber aged 7. The winning posetr is displayed below, and can be seen in the gardens of Helmsley Walled Garden. Also displayed below are two great runner’s up designs.

Helmsley Green Day 2008 Poster Competition Winner

Ruth Aber Aged 7

Helmsley Green Day 2008 Poster Competition Runners Up

Fairer World from York are the latest exhibitor at Helmsley Green Day. They will be selling fairtrade packaged food, beverages, fruit juices, chocolate and sweets, clothes, jewellery, crafts, paper products and environmental cleaning products.
Fairer World
84 Gillygate
York  YO31 7EQ

Tel. 01904 655 116

e-Mail: fairerwrld@aol.com

Just a brief update on the sponsors for this year’s Helmsley Green Day. Welcome to three new sponsors: Belvoir Fruit Farms, Traidcraft and James White Juices, all official sponsors of the day. A big thank you … and its still not too late for other sponsors to come forward …

One of the activities featured at Helmsley Green Day, August 16th, will be focused on children. Keeley Metcalfe delivers environmental education workshops to schools and community groups across North Yorkshire and Teesside. She delivers interactive activities to engage children and help encourage them to engage with the environment. On the Green Day, Keeley will be helping children to make their own ‘living’ gardens - but she’s not giving any more clues away! This activity will be suitable for children of all ages and there will be a few other activities planned for the day to help children learn about flowers and plants.

The Plantsmiths, who will be at Helmsley Green Day, are pleased to announce the launch of their website. It’s at: http://www.theplantsmiths.co.uk and their e-mail contact is enquiries@theplantsmiths.co.uk …

The Plantsmiths is a small nursery business based in the village of Crayke, North Yorkshire. They  grow a range of flowers for cutting, culinary herbs,vegetable plants and flowering perennials.

BTCV will be at the Helmsley Green Day on August 16th. The BTCV motto is: inspiring people, improving places. They are a national conservation charity enabling individuals to become involved in improving their local environment on a practical level.

Sustained environmental improvement is their first key value, their volunteers work towards a healthy environment and improved biodiversity.

They will be displaying information about past and current environmental conservation projects, both local and national.

Visit Helmsley Green Day on August the 16th 2008 and see and hear Henwen:

Henwen is a wise Celtic goddess, historically appearing as a magic pig, but who has now evolved into five women from the Robin Hoods Bay area of North Yorkshire who sing stunning contemporary acapella.

They are : Gillian Edwards, Fay Gillanders, Magda Phillips, Jill Sampson and Rowena Sommerville.

“Five distinctive women make up this ensemble, each with her own individuality, but the common denominator is their unique harmonisation, precision and natural blend, coupled with a sense of innate style and conviction about their topical and emotive material.”

“Harmony second to none … positive treat for the ears”

Visit Helmsley Green Day on August the 16th and see and hear Caramba!

CARAMBA!

CARAMBA! - as our name suggests - is unashamedly addicted to the songs and dances of Latin America, all the way from Cuba to Chile. But we’re equally at home with the catchy rhythms of African music, and are happy to turn our hand to Gospel, or even our own compositions. We sing (often in several parts) and play many instruments, blending song and instrumental solo into a seamless web of foot-tapping virtuosity. Expect a rich and varied feast of habaneras, African township grooves, guajiras and Congolese rumbas, all garnished with a dizzying array of small percussion and the occasional outburst of uncontrolled yodelling. The group members are:

DAVE FRYER bongos, percussion, guitar, vocals
ROB KEELEY mandolin, fiddle, guitar, percussion, vocals
FRANS MAATHUIS guitar, percussion, vocals
JOHN LOW kabosy, thumb piano, guitar, vocals

The latest bookings of Information Stalls at Helmsley Green Day 2008 … August 16th … include:

PureGlo; the Kirkbymoorside Environment Group; Little Green Babies; BCTV and Slow Food. Its still not too late to book YOUR Information Stall!