Escape for Life is a charity event taking place in Slaithwaite Spa Park in Huddersfield on Saturday the 5th of September.
Raising money for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, the event is a day of live performances, including magic and music.
Several brave people will undertake a barefoot firewalk; and the day will culminate in a rarely performed, and dangerous escape – being buried alive!
Performer Antony Britton will be buried in a 6ft grave, with over 6 tonnes of soil on top of him. He will have just 10 minutes to escape from the crushing weight, or his team will have to step in and rescue him to save his life.
We’ve been rather busy of late, so I’m a little behind with the blog posts. (If you’re wondering what it was that kept us so busy, visit the blog again later in the week, and there’ll be a post all about it.)
Today’s blog is a combination of two of our recent events, that share a common strand.
Firstly, back in June we performed at a James Bond themed evening for the Venue Cymru Fundraisers and the Llandudno Lions. It was a great chance for us to try something new, and we themed our magic using ideas and music from the James Bond films.
We almost also ended up with a stowaway, when Bernie tried to sneak into one of our bags when we weren’t looking. We managed to persuade him to stay at home, but he wasn’t very happy about it!
At the beginning of July we took part in the North Wales Magic Circle’s annual stage and cabaret competition.
Inspired by the themed show that we’d just done, we put together a new act specially for the competition. The ten minute act used music from the James Bond films as a backdrop to the magic.
We had so much fun with Conwy County Wrestling at their Halloween Havok show, and this time we brought along a special guest!
People always connect magicians with rabbits, and Bernie the Bunny is our rabbit. We take him with us wherever we travel, and he meets lots of people. We thought he would like to meet some of the wrestlers…
Byson seemed rather puzzled by Bernie. The wrestlers from the Golden Embassy were mean to Bernie, but he was rescued by Jack Union.
As well as the wrestling, the Oxjam Llandudno team were there, raising money by painting nails. A lot of the wrestlers had their nails painted in pretty colours, but Jay chose a classic black nail varnish!
Oxjam Llandudno is an acoustic and accapella music night in Club 147, as part of Oxfam’s nationwide, volunteer run, music festival Oxjam. The night will open with a short DJ set, and then there will be a full evening of brilliant music and information on Oxfam’s current campaigns. So come and join us on November the 15th for a brilliant night of fun, fundraising and great music!
An opening DJ set from Groove Van Soul (Tudno FM, 107.8 fm) B2B with Out of Controls, DJ Johnstone (from Swansea)
Kiana Rotcelle – accapella indie solo act
Al Manouch – acoustic traditional folk solo act,
Kris Saber – accapella blues jazz solo act,
Vanessa Torisheju Akehurst -acoustic accapella funk blues act,
Rich Ashton – acoustic indie solo act.
Luke James – acoustic indie solo act
Heidi Evans – folk, indie, blues acoustic solo act
You will be guided through the nights entertainment by compère and magician Jay Gatling.
Tickets for Oxjam Llandudno will be available from Club 147 and will cost £3. Tickets will also be available on the night
You can donate via the Oxjam Llandudno JustGiving page
“Oxjam is a volunteer-run fundraising venture on behalf of Oxfam GB (Registered charity no. England & Wales 202918, Scotland SC03942) All profits from individual Oxjam events go to Oxfam GB”
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