Today’s electronic dance culture is witnessing a change in direction. From the typical house and techno sounds that have been hammering away at the scene, dance floors have started to buckle and fresh sounds are emerging. At the forefront of this renaissance are Belgium-based band Aeroplane. They strive to avoid the constraints of predictability by weaving currents of psychedelic guitars, pop keys, disco beats, catchy bass lines and melancholic waves into modern beat-driven music. Aeroplane are Stephen Fasano and Vito Deluca, a duo whose combined experience gives life and emotion to the music.

With stellar remixes for Robbie Williams, Friendly Fires, Sebastien Tellier and Grace Jones amongst others, an eagerly awaited debut album in the works and a packed upcoming festival diary including Coachella and Glastonbury this date marks a rare intimate gig for Aeroplane.

NUMBER 1 BREAKTHROUGH DJs OF 2009 (Mixmag)

& SCOTT UDBERG

Advance Tickets £13 + BF. More on the door. Available now:

http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?151813

Sunday 4th April
10:30pm – 3:30am
World Headquarters, Carliol Square, Newcastle, NE1 6UQ

http://www.clubhabit.co.uk

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Venue:

The World Headquarters
www.welovewhq.com
Curtis Mayfield House
Carliol Square
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6UQ
United Kingdom

0191 261 7007

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Venue:

LYH @ Head of Steam
10 Northumberland Rd
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
NE1 8JF

Website: http://theheadofsteam.co.uk
Phone:0191 232 1308

THIS TIME WE’RE GOING ALL OUT WITH THE BEST DJ’S FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY GRACING OUR DECKS 

The first BLOCK PARTY AFTERS of the year will see us relocate to the FUNKTION ONE powered mini club, theCUT 

For Sunday the 4th April we have enlisted CRAIG SMITH – The 6th Borough Project to head up deck duties for the night and to pop the cherry of our new venue. 

“The 6th Borough Project have worked together in the studio for almost a decade, producing deep, underground house music and exploring long forgotten funk and dusty disco dubs. Recent studio output has featured on the much sought after L.E.S.S. Productions label aswell as Jisco Music, Instruments Of Rapture and Delusions Of Grandeur. With a debut album due in 2010 and their highly anticipated DJ mixes receiving widespread appreciation, the duo are stepping out together for a few special appearances in 2010.” 

>>>> CRAIG SMITH – 6th Borough Project (Delusions of Grandeur/L.E.S.S/Jisco;>>> 

support from 

Liam Vance (Jaunt/Mundi Disco Video Club)
Paul T (Shindig)
Tommy Rocksteady (TBP) 

£5/£7 

Discounted wristbands available as usual from The Block Party @ The Ship in the daytime… and come the evening if you still haven’t managed to bag a wristband head down to TOKYO to claim one. 

Guest list 07805713143 

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Venue: THE CUT
St Nicholas Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3BB
United Kingdom

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

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 Tyne and Wear and the North East!

 

Chester Easter | Liverpool Easter | York Easter | Leeds Easter | Newcastle Easter

Here is Directory of Newcastle’s 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 Tyne and Wear and the North East!

 

Chester Easter | Liverpool Easter | York Easter | Leeds Easter | Newcastle Easter

Newcastle Car Shows 2010: Newcastle Classic Car Shows and Rally Meetings in the North East

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.

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

Strange though it may seem, these rather eccentric traditions, including the egg-laying bunny, are inextricably linked with pagan tradition and the Christian Church.

Easter Traditions and History

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

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.

Easter: A Christian Festival

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.

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.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

 

Chester Easter | Liverpool Easter | York Easter | Leeds Easter | Newcastle Easter

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Palm Sunday is a day of celebration and solemnity remembering Jesus Christ’s triumphal procession into Jerusalem in the week before his trial and crucifixion. It is a moveable feast that takes place on the Sunday of the Holy Week that precedes Easter, and in 2010 falls on 28th March.

The day is also known as Passion Sunday, Yew Sunday, Branch Sunday or The Sunday of the Passion. It is celebrated in Christian churches all over the world with the distribution of crosses made from palm leaves to the congregation. In some parishes, large palm branches are carried in processions around or outside the church in commemoration of Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of the Passover.

The story mentioned in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, relates how the night before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus dined with Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha at Bethphage, he asked two of his disciples to fetch a donkey from the nearby village. If anyone asked why, they were to say that it was needed by the Lord but would be returned later. The next day as Jesus rode the donkey through the Golden Gate into Jerusalem, crowds thronged the streets and laid palm branches in front of him, saying; “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, Blessed is the King of Israel.”

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Palm Sunday: Symbols and Traditions

For Jews the palm was traditionally a symbol of triumph and victory, and the leaves were often laid before people thought worthy of honour. The Roman Catholic Church considers palms to be sacramentals or an object that inspires devotion, and thus a means of obtaining grace.

In Eastern tradition the donkey was representative of peace – as opposed to the more warlike properties associated with the horse. Christ’s entry into Jerusalem was seen as the fruition of prophesies made by Zechariah who foretold in the Old Testament; “Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Daughter of Jerusalem! Behold your king is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

In the days that followed, Jesus was to be betrayed by Judas, arrested and sent for trial. On Good Friday, the day of his crucifixion, many of the crowd who had welcomed him into the city so excitedly were now baying for his blood.

Because of this, concepts of hypocrisy and betrayal are traditional subjects for services on Palm Sunday when the congregation is asked to think about the strength of their commitment to their own beliefs.

Popular hymns on this day are “All Glory, Laud and Honour” and “Ride on, Ride on in Majesty.”

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Palm Sunday Around the World

In Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, the palm crosses distributed are often kept in people’s houses for the year as a symbol of their faith. Although palms are now imported from Spain – which has the largest palm grove in Europe – the scarcity of the plant in the past meant that sometimes pussy willow, yew, or other indigenous trees were substituted.

After Palm Sunday, leftover palms are often burned and used for Ash Wednesday, when ashes are mixed with sacred oil and used to anoint the congregation as a sign of repentance.

Across the world the traditions associated with Palm Sunday vary: in the Eastern Orthodox Church for example, Palm Sunday is called the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem and represents one of the 12 main feasts of the liturgical year; sometimes olive branches and leaves are used instead of palms which, in Malta and Gozo, are taken home and thought to ward off evil; in the Indian Orthodox churches flowers are scattered around the sanctuary as the Gospel describing Jesus’s welcome by the crowd is read; in Spain palm leaves are tied and braided into elaborate shapes, whereas in the Netherlands, bread shaped in the form of a rooster or a cross is decorated with candy.

Processions are held, sometimes incorporating a donkey. In one of the most famous processions, held in the diocese of Goningen-Leeuwarden, a walk with oil lamps takes place the night before in honour of the Sorrowful Mother of Warfhuizen – a statue sculpted by Miguel Bejarano Moreno and a place of unofficial pilgrimage.

Poland holds competitions to build the biggest artificial palm with the highest reaching 30 metres, and in Fiji the children of the Methodist congregation wear white to symbolise innocence or cleanliness.

 

Chester Easter | Liverpool Easter | York Easter | Leeds Easter | Newcastle Easter

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]]> Welcome to the Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne Easter and April Events 2010. Below we have put together a sprinkling of some of the great Newcastle Events for this April – AND as we add new April Events they will appear in the widget at the bottom of the page.

There will be THOUSANDS more happening in your local area and if you want to see yours here just pop it over to support@directoryofNewcastleuponTyne.com

If you have a lot of events in Newcastle for this year get in touch and we will explain the format to send them in so we can get them all uploaded as soon as possible.

Newcastle Events 2010

Date	Event	Venue	Location
1st April to 1st July 2010	Competition - Save Our Seas	Blue Reef Aquarium	Tynemouth
2nd to 18th April 2010	Walker Picturebook Party!	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne
2nd to 5th April	Where’s Wally Easter Egg Hunt	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne
3rd to 18th April 2010	Easter Activities	Gateshead Heritage @ St Mary’s	Newcastle upon Tyne
3rd to 8th April 2010	Dance: Easter Championship and Festival	The Customs House	South Shields
3rd and 4th April 2010	CaniX - Running with Dogs	Kielder Water	Northumberland
3rd to 5th April 2010	Silversmith Demonstrations by Les Howe	Bede’s World	Jarrow
3rd to 18th April 2010	Predators	Blue Reef Aquarium	Tynemouth
04/04/2010	North Tyneside 10K Road Race	The Parks Sports Centre	North Shields
5th to 7th April	Derren Brown – Enigma	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland
06/04/2010	Star Wars in Concert	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
6th to 8th April 2010	Eurydice	Northern Stage	Newcastle upon Tyne
7th to 11th April 2010	The Wizard of Oz!	Journal Tyne Theatre	Newcastle upon Tyne
07/04/2010	Graphic Novel Workshop	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne
08/04/2010	WWE RAW Wrestle Mania Revenge 2010	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
08/04/2010	Jazz: Acoustic Ladyland	Live Theatre Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne
08/04/2010	Creative Writing Workshop	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne
09/04/2010	Basketball: Newcastle Eagles v Leicester Riders	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
10th and 11th April 2010	Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay
10th and 11th April 2010	Vintage and Classic Vehicle Weekend	Kielder Water	Northumberland
10/04/2010	bet365.com Grand National Raceday	Newcastle Racecourse	Gosforth Park, Newcastle
12th to 17th April 2010	When Harry Met Sally	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland
13th to 17th April 2010	Spike Milligan’s Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne
13th and 14th April 2010	Dancing on Ice Live 2010	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
13th to 17th April 2010	Charlie and Lola’s Best Bestest Play	Northern Stage	Newcastle upon Tyne
14/04/2010	Graphic Novel Workshop	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne
15/04/2010	North Tyneside Steel Band 20th Anniversary Celebrations	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay
16/04/2010	Basketball: Newcastle Eagles v Milton Keynes Lions	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
17/04/2010	Silversmith Demonstrations by Les Howe	Bede’s World	Jarrow
18/04/2010	Tynemouth Book Fair	Tynemouth Station	Tynemouth
19th to 24th April 2010	Laughter In The Rain – The Neil Sedaka Story	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland
19th to 26th April 2010	Calvert Trust – Water Week	Kielder Water	Northumberland
20th to 24th April 2010	11 and 12	Northern Stage	Newcastle upon Tyne
21th to 23rd April 2010	Rambert	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne
21st and 22nd April 2010	Me and Me Dad	The Customs House	South Shields
23rd and 24th April 2010	Northern Stages Conference	Northern Stage	Newcastle upon Tyne
24/04/2010	Circus Hilarious	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne
24th and 25th April 2010	Seussical The Musical	The Customs House	South Shields
26th April to 1st May 2010	La Cage aux Folles	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne
26th to 30th April 2010	Calvert Trust – Bushcraft and Camping Week	Kielder Water	Northumberland
27th April to 1st May 2010	Oklahoma!	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland
28th April to 1st May 2010	Kursk	Northern Stage	Newcastle upon Tyne
30th April to 1st May 2010	Entity	Northern Stage	Newcastle upon Tyne

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]]> Welcome to the Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne March Events 2010. Below we have put together a sprinkling of some of the great Newcastle Events for this March – AND as we add new March Events they will appear in the widget at the bottom of the page.

There will be THOUSANDS more happening in your local area and if you want to see yours here just pop it over to support@directoryofNewcastleuponTyne.com

If you have a lot of events in Newcastle for this year get in touch and we will explain the format to send them in so we can get them all uploaded as soon as possible.

Date	Event	Venue	Location
1st to 7th March 2010	Newcastle Gateshead Comedy Festival		Newcastle upon Tyne
1st to 6th March	Privates On Parade	Royalty Theatre	Sunderland
3rd to 5th March 2010	Neil LaBute Trilogy	Northern Stage	Newcastle upon Tyne
5th to 14th March 2010	AV Festival 10
5th March to 1st May 2010	Exhibition: Semiconductor – ‘Heliocentric’	Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art	Sunderland
5th March to 16th May 2010	Exhibition: Jenny Holzer	BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art	Gateshead
5th  to 14th  March 2010	Exhibition: artificiel – condemned_bulbes	Discovery Museum	Newcastle upon Tyne
6th to 27th March 2010	Oh! What A Lovely War	Northern Stage	Newcastle upon Tyne
6th and 7th March 2010	Alice in Wonderland	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne
07/03/2010	Basketball: Newcastle Eagles v Sheffield Sharks	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
8th to 13th March 2010	Enjoy	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne
8th to 13th March 2010	Beauty and the Beast	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay
10/03/2010	The X Factor Live 2010	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
10th to 14th March 2010	South Tyneside International Magic Festival	The Customs House	South Shields
12/03/2010	Basketball: Newcastle Eagles v Milton Keynes Lions	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
12th to 21st March 2010	Newcastle Sciencefest
13/03/2010	Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall	from Wallsend to Carlisle!	Newcastle upon Tyne
13th and 14th March 2010	Alice in Wonderland	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne
13th March to 2nd May 2010	The Great British Art Debate: Turner versus Martin	Laing Art Gallery	Newcastle upon Tyne
14/03/2010	Mothers Day	Blue Reef Aquarium	Tynemouth
15/03/2010	Moscow Ballet Swan Lake	Whitley Bay Playhouse	Whitley Bay
15th to 22nd March 2010	Calvert Trust – Irish Week	Kielder Water	Northumberland
16th to 27th March 2010	Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne
16th and 17th March 2010	Disney Live – Three Classic Fairy Tales	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
17th to 20th March 2010	Talking Tom	The Customs House	South Shields
17th to 20th March 2010	Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty	Sunderland Empire	Sunderland
19/03/2010	Basketball: Newcastle Eagles v Worthing Thunder	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
20/03/2010	St Patrick’s Day Race Meeting	Newcastle Racecourse	Gosforth Park, Newcastle
20/03/2010	Kielder Lantern Parade	Kielder Water	Northumberland
20th to 28th March 2010	Northern Lights Film Festival
20/03/2010	Border Counties Car Rally	Kielder Water	Northumberland
20/03/2010	Silversmith Demonstrations by Les Howe	Bede’s World	Jarrow
21/03/2010	Horrible Science with Nick Arnold	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne
21/03/2010	Science Week Events	Blue Reef Aquarium	Tynemouth
25/03/2010	Basketball: Newcastle Eagles v Scottish Rocks	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
26th and 27th March 2010	The X Factor Live 2010	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle upon Tyne
26th to 28th March 2010	Gateshead International Jazz Festival	The Sage Gateshead	Newcastle upon Tyne
27th and 28th March 2010	Dance: Easter Championship and Festival	The Customs House	South Shields
27th and 28th March 2010	How To Train Your Dragon Weekend!	Seven Stories	Newcastle upon Tyne
29th March to 10th April	Calendar Girls	Theatre Royal Newcastle	Newcastle upon Tyne
29th March to 5th April 2010	Calvert Trust – Medieval Week	Kielder Water	Northumberland
31st March to 3rd April 2010	Girls Night Out!	Journal Tyne Theatre	Newcastle upon Tyne

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