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☆☆ EASTER BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL ☆☆

SUNDAY 4TH APRIL 2010

@ D.FUSION

BRIGGATE, LEEDS

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►►►►►► SKANKING MOVES OVER 2 FLOORS

☆ UPSTAIRS – RNB//BASHMENT//URBAN ANTHEMS ☆

☆ GROUND FLOOR – UK FUNKY//OLD SKOOL ☆

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☆ SPECIAL GUEST LIVE PA’S ☆

► PRINCESS NYAH

PERFORMING BIG BOYS//FRONTLINE//HOOLIGANS

► COLDSTEPS

PERFORMING I WILL BE THERE//SAY NO MORE

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☊ PLUS THE REGION’S FINEST DJ’S ☊

JASON FAKEERAH // TROOPA // IGNITION

KRISTAL // INGERMAN // FINGAZ // MIKEY CHINA

WITH AWARD WINNING HOST – WESTEN MC

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☆ £10 ENTRY ALL NIGHT (ON GUEST LIST) ☆

DOORS 10PM-4AM (LAST ENTRY 2AM)

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Venue:

D.FUSION
28 New Briggate
Leeds
West Yorkshire

LS1 6NU
United Kingdom

0113 246 9997

Thursday 1st April -
BUNNY BALL WEEKENDER – EASTER PARTY!!!
- 50% off in the Restaurant 5-9pm
- 50% off drinks 5-9pm
- Dress to Impress, Bunny Girls and Roger Rabbits get a FREE SHOT
- FREE BUNNY EARS with any 4 cocktails*

Friday 2nd April -
- 50% off in the Restaurant 5-9pm
- 50% off drinks 5-9pm
- £2 drinks after 9pm

Saturday 3rd April -
ULTIMATE SATURDAY NIGHT OUT!!!!
- 50% off drinks 5-9pm
- ALL resident DJ’s playing out your favourite Commerical Dance, 70′s & 80′s and Funky House tunes

Sunday 4th April -
ENCORE – ONE MORE TIME!!!
- 50% off drinks 5-9pm
- Ladies in Free before 11pm
- Dance classics, House Music, RnB, Soul and Funk tunes to help get you in the Groove.

Squeeze the last out of the bank holiday and get yourselves down here and recieve 50% off all drinks between 5pm-9pm..

Book in today to avoid disappointment!

Email us – info@tigertiger-leeds.co.uk
or phone us 0113 236 699

Follow Tiger Tiger Leeds on Facebook

Venue:

Tiger Tiger Leeds

http://www.tigertiger-leeds.co.uk/

The Light
117 Albion Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS2 8DY

0113 236 6999

Since the early ’90s, Basics has been a clubbing institution, with the infamous promoter and founder Dave Beer at the helm, lauded for throwing parties quite like no other.

“I haven’t DJ’d out since New Year’s Eve, so looking forward to a session before I head out to the Far East for some shows,” says Fatboy Slim. “It’s always a treat to play one of Dave’s gigs, getting right in with the dancefloor. You never know, you might hear some of the new album, so looking forward to seeing you all.”

This is a chance to see Fatboy Slim and guests up close and personal at o2 Academy Leeds before he takes to the main stages at Glastonbury, Rockness (Scotland), Clapham Common (London) and Giants Park (Belfast) later this year.

10pm-4am (over 18s only)

£15 adv (0844 477 2000 / ticketweb.co.uk)

You can get your tickets here >>>>>>>>

http://www.o2academyleeds.co.uk/event/13095/fatboy-slim-tickets

Easter Holidays @ Royal Armouries Museum
Monday 12 April to Sunday 18 April 2010

Royal Armouries Museum
Armouries Drive
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS10 1LT

Tel: 0113 220 1999

School holiday activities for families

Avast me hearties!

Open from 10.00am to 5.00pm
Admission Free (some activities may carry a small charge)

There’ll be pirates galore on the poop deck this Easter – so come and join our motley crew!

Highlights include:

• Pirate Skool – fun activity sessions for kids 5-12, £3 per child, book on the day
• ‘Make and take’ arts and crafts activities
• Dramatic live performances
• Action-packed combat displays
• Horseshows
• Falconry displays

Royal Armouries Museum
Home of the national collection of arms & armour
www.royalarmouries.org

Easter Holidays @ Royal Armouries Museum
Tuesday 6 April to Sunday 11 April 2010

Royal Armouries Museum
Armouries Drive
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS10 1LT

Tel: 0113 220 1999

School holiday activities for families

Howdy Pardners!

Open from 10.00am to 5.00pm
Admission Free (some activities may carry a small charge)

Grab your stetsons and mosey on down to the Museum for some rootin’ tootin’ Wild West fun!

Highlights include:

• Cowboy Skool – fun activity sessions for kids 5-12, £3 per child, book on the day
• ‘Make and take’ arts and crafts activities
• Dramatic live performances
• Action-packed combat displays
• Horseshows
• Falconry displays

Royal Armouries Museum
Home of the national collection of arms & armour
www.royalarmouries.org

Easter Bank Holiday Weekend @ Royal Armouries Museum
Friday 2 April to Monday 5 April 2010

Royal Armouries Museum
Armouries Drive
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS10 1LT

Tel: 0113 220 1999

Four day international jousting tournament

Open from 10.00am to 5.00pm
Admission Free (some activities may carry a small charge)

The boys are back in town to compete for the Sword of Honour.

Authentic medieval jousting in the heart of the city – see it live!

2 performances per day 12.15pm & 2.45pm.

Buy your tickets online or on the day.

Highlights include:

• Four-day international tournament
• ‘Make and take’ arts and crafts activities
• Falconry display
• Have-a-go sword fighting
• Action-packed combat displays

Royal Armouries Museum
Home of the national collection of arms & armour
www.royalarmouries.org

Here we present our highlights of the second week of the Easter School Holidays from Directory of Leeds.

From 12 April 2010 onwards, there are many things to see and do for the children:

from Easter adventures to Easter Egg Hunts,

places to visit and great days out for the kids…

Enjoy a great Easter Break out and around West Yorkshire!

Here we present our highlights of the first week of the Easter School Holidays from Directory of Leeds.

From Easter Bank Holiday Monday onwards, there are many things to see and do for the children:

from Easter adventures to Easter Egg Hunts,

places to visit and great days out for the kids…

Enjoy a great Easter Break out and around West Yorkshire!

Here is Directory of Leeds’ selection of Family Activities for Easter Bank Holiday weekend. From Good Friday to Easter Bank Holiday Monday, there are many things to see and do:

from Easter Egg Hunts to family meals,

places to visit to great days out for the kids…

Enjoy a great weekend out and around West Yorkshire!

Forming the foundation of the Christian Church, Easter is the most important time in the liturgical calendar and refers to the events leading up to the death and resurrection of Jesus, who was crucified on Good Friday and rose from the dead on Easter Sunday.

As a moveable feast, Easter can fall any time between March 22nd and April 25th: the actual date is linked to the Passover and falls on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon which, being an ecclesiastical full moon, varies slightly from the astronomical one.

Also marking the end of Lent, a time of fasting and abstinence, Easter Sunday signalled a return to a more indulgent diet when eggs could be enjoyed once more.

Another important symbol was gained with associations of the renewal and rebirth of the world with the death of Christ, and eggs also came to represent the rolling away of the stone to Christ’s tomb.

Easter Eggs and Pace Egging

Traditionally, boiled eggs were eaten on Easter Sunday and people used to wrap their eggs in onion skins, before boiling them and decorating them with flowers and leaves to give as gifts.

Traditions of Pace Egging, Egg Rolling and Egg Jarping evolved in villages, especially in the north of England: these sports and entertainments usually took place on Easter Monday.

Although customs vary, boiled eggs, artistically labelled with the owner’s name, were rolled down a hill or between two pegs, the winner being the one which either went the farthest or survived the most intact. Egg rolling still takes place in many villages in the UK especially in Lancashire and Cumbria, with Avenham Park in Preston being a popular event.

An even more famous venue further afield is the lawn of the White House in Washington DC, when competitors roll an egg along using a spoon in a desperate race to the finishing line.

The old custom of Pace Egging was related to the mumming tradition, and comprised a procession through the streets to the accompaniment of the Pace Egging song, culminating in an entertainment acted out by a group of local yokels known as Jolly Boys wearing elaborate costumes of animal skins and coloured ribbons and streamers. With a cast of characters that usually included Old Tosspot, St George, the Lady Gay, and a Turkish knight known as Bold Slasher, the actors’ comic antics were rewarded after a bit of friendly coercion, with gifts of decorated eggs from the crowd or a free pint of ale from the pub.

Egg Jarping or tapping – a kind of conker fight played with eggs – is popular in County Durham and contests are held in pubs and houses. A player is known as a “jarper” and a particularly good hit is known as a “dunch”. Competitions can be quite intense and some bouts are so hotly contested that they can last all day.

In Victorian times, with the advent of chocolate factories, larger chocolate eggs began to be all the rage. Easter egg hunts became popular, and sometimes Easter baskets were given containing candy.

Printed cards started to be sent as the holiday celebrations became more widespread.

Easter: 2 April – 5 April 2010

For many people living in the UK, Easter is a double bank holiday during which it’s possible to scoff loads of chocolate eggs – after fathoming out where that anthropomorphic Santa Claus called the Easter Bunny has hidden them.

Still in some parts of the country, people roll hard-boiled eggs down a hill or indulge in a bit of Egg Jarping, smashing an opponent’s egg to smithereens.

Today, families wishing to celebrate Easter Sunday in a traditional manner will usually eat a dinner of roast lamb, followed by custard tarts and Easter biscuits, all rounded off with a piece of Simnel cake.

…after having had boiled eggs for breakfast of course!

Easter Traditions and History

The Romans, Gauls, Chinese, Egyptians and Persians celebrated the egg as a symbol of the universe.

In Pagan times it represented the rebirth of the earth and was believed to have special powers, buried under foundations of buildings to ward off evil and used by Roman women to foretell the sex of their unborn child.

In Anglo Saxon legend, the goddess Eostre was said to have changed a wounded bird into a hare so it could survive the winter; when the “hare” discovered its amazing egg-laying powers, it not only left them as an offering to the goddess every spring, but also decorated them in bright colours to symbolize the rebirth of the world.

The time of year became known as Eostre-monath, named after the goddess. When early Christians began to commemorate Christ’s resurrection from the dead, the celebration was known as Pascha, relating to the Jewish festival of the Passover.

Because this usually took place in Eostre-monath, the name evolved into Easter.