Two Valleys Radio

• March in Meltham…and Honley

  Broadcasting: 25/03/11 - 26/03/11

  
  
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  • Our first live session from Meltham!

    25 March '11

    Bad Pollyanna

  • Second part of the Caravan of Love King Lear-athon!

    26th March '11

    King Lear Part 2

  • The first part of the mammoth broadcast alongside the King Lear project

    26th March '11

    King Lear Part 1

  • A bit of live monologue-ing in the Caravan of Love…

    26th March '11

    Write Now

  • Heavy metal from ‘The Big 4′

    25 March '11

    Enigma

  • Moonraking, Festival of Folk, Cuckoo Festival and Honley Show…

    25th March '11

    Wild About Festivals

  • Crossroads, Cafe 100 and the Solicitor of the Century!

    25th March '11

    Your neck of the woods

  • Deep space and the investigation of unknown phenomena

    25th March '11

    Universe Show #3

  • Skateboarding, Hour of Power and a very new caretaker…

    25th March '11

    School’s Out

  • The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust, Creating Connections and a barn dance in Netherton

    25th March '11

    Two Valleys: Many Views

  • Students from Colne Valley and Honley show their work at our Meltham studios

    25th March '11

    School’s In

  • Rachel Ellis talks to glass artist Louise Watson

    25th March '11

    Art to Art

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  On Friday 25th March we’ll be broadcasting for the first time from our new home in Meltham, and we are so excited! We’ll be on air from 1.00pm to 9.00pm and we’re bursting at the seams with goodies for you. There will be news, views, music and laughs from around The Valleys and an exclusive studio session from Bad Pollyanna, recorded especially for Two Valleys Radio.

  And on Saturday 26th, we’ll be in the Caravan of Love up at Honley High School, as all the schools in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “King Lear” project come together for their first performance. Ahh, the smell of the greasepaint….

  Here’s a full Schedule for Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March:

  Friday 25th March 12noon – 9.00pm

  1pm – 2pm Art to Art
  Last month, Andy Burton interviewed Marsden-based sculptor Rachel Ellis. Now Rachel interviews glass artist, Louise Watson about her work and her life as an artist in the Valleys.

  2pm – 3pm School’s In

  Over the past year we have worked with students from schools across the Two Valleys and today we have a group of writers from Colne Valley Specialist Arts College in the studio to showcase some of their creative writing.

  Then, young journalists from Honley High School will be interviewing Sandy Marshall, reporter with the Holme Valley Review, and maybe getting a few tips…

  3-4pm Two Valleys: Many Views
  

  Last year we caught up with the Laura Crane Trust (as it was then) and found out about all the great work they do, the charity has recently changed its name to the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust and is working with two students from Huddersfield University interviewing young cancer patients. We’ll also get a preview of the charity single, recorded with the unlikely combination of Colne Valley Ladies Circle and the Huddersfield Giants!

  Brian Cross will join us in the studio to talk about the Connecting Communities conference which is being run by Voluntary Action Kirklees, and finally, Matt and Millie are the newest members of the Two Valleys Radio team…but they are from Leeds!  We’ll find out what happened when they went out exploring the Valleys for the first time.

  4-5pm School’s Out
  Our regular School’s Out team is back, bringing you another installment of Caretakers Corner and news of a rumoured Skatepark for Meltham.  George talks to Mr Wheatcroft at Honley High about the Hour of Power and we’re sure that you’ll be over the moon to hear about the return of the A-Z quiz!

  5-6 pm Your Neck of the Woods
  Cafe 100 celebrated its 10th birthday with a “Young and Old” week of events, and invited us along. We will have some of the project leaders and the young people who use the cafe in the studio to talk about how it all went.   Meltham resident Nigel Priestley recently won Solicitor of the Year award at the Law Society Excellence Awards, we’ll be talking to him about his work and about all the other community roles he has.  And on the subject of community, we are very grateful to the Crossroads project in Meltham for helping us to equip our new studios and we’ll be finding out about all the great work they do

  6-6.30 The Universe Show
  Another favourite returns, this time exploring deep space and the possibility of alien life forms. We’ll be interviewing Dave Sadler of the Unknown Phenomena Investigation Association, and there may be a small dramatic offering from the team, we hear!
  

  6.30 – 7.30 Wild about Festivals

  Our regular round up of the very many festivals and events on offer in the Valleys.  Tonight we catch up with Holmfirth Festival of Folk, Marsden’s Cuckoo Day and the Honley Show.  We will also be reporting back from the highlight of our Moonraking experience; the lantern parade, and talking to Gill Bond about how it all went, now the dust has settled.
  

  7.30 – 8 Enigma
  The heaviest show around.  Tonight’s programme features the Big Four; Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica. Totally awesome, dude!

  8 – 9pm Music Matters
  Bad Pollyanna are in the studio! With an exclusive session and interview.  They describe themselves as “Industrial theatrical alternative pop rock”.  We’re looking forward to finding out more!

  Saturday 26th March 12 noon – 5.00pm

  Honely High School has been working with the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the Regional Shakespeare Festival.  This weekend they are presenting King Lear, in collaboration with local junior schools.  We’ll be up at Honley High in the Caravan of Love, reporting from the performances and finding out all about the project from both sides of the curtain.
  We’ll also be reporting back from the Lawrence Batley Theatre’s “Write Now” festival, and following on from the success of live storytelling in the caravan at Moonraking, we’ll have some live performances of monologues which featured in the festival.
  
  

  Tags: community, honley, Meltham, school, theatre
  

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