Issue 13 - October 2011 (PDF - Chipping Norton Times

The Reaper Rip It Up At Harvest
By Mike Kenny, photos by Georgina Ashwin and Nic Vickery-Brown
When Alex James booked ‘The Reaper’ to open his Harvest
festival on Saturday, I hope he didn’t think that they were going
to cut and gather his field of corn!! However, there was nothing
‘grim’ about this performance on the main stage. The local
Chipping Norton four piece of Joey Kenny, Harry Winks, Joe
Landles and Callum Woodward presented a slick, tight and
highly professional set.
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The band are aged between 10 and
13 and have been together for less
than a year, with a growing
reputation locally and nationally.
Highly accomplished musicians in
their own right they refuse to play
covers, penning their own brand of
music that is proper metal based
on the days classic rock, with songs
built up from catchy riffs
interspersed with face melting
guitar solos. Their routine included
the head banging rock anthems
‘Cry Me A Place To Be’, ‘Iron Cell’
and ‘Don’t Stop The Blood’, with
the rock opera styled ‘Fate Awaits’
and a new ballad, ‘Unfound’.
The Reaper are a product of
Witchwood School of Rock, who
were giving kids free taster
sessions at the festival. If this band
is an indication of their success,
Oxfordshire is going to be treated
to a number of great young bands
in the next few years. The Reaper
were the only band at Harvest to
perform two sets – one on the
main stage and one in the
Witchwood School of Rock tent -
which was rammed to capacity for
them and turned out to be a
special kind of homecoming
performance.
Alex James hinted that the festival
will continue as an annual event.
This fusion of his two passions -
music and food - was a great
success. Even the weather was
kind, with the rain staying away.
Celebrities were out in force with
David & Samantha Cameron,
Jeremy Clarkson, Harry Enfield,
Sophie Ellis-Bextor and John
Torode all enjoying the food and
music. Alex James was also on
hand to serve cheese on toast to
the thousands of Harvesters.
Standing Shoulder-to-Shoulder
for veterans’ mental health
Each year 4,000 returning Service men and women suffer
mental health problems resulting from traumas and injuries
experienced during active Service. It is likely that these
numbers will rise, as more personnel return from
Afghanistan, and other conflict zones, over the coming
months and years.
That's why The Royal British Legion is funding a muchneeded
volunteer peer-mentoring scheme, alongside
Combat Stress.
The service is called 'Shoulder-to-Shoulder' and is run by
TimeBank, a national volunteering charity with 10 years'
experience running mentoring projects. And the volunteers
are all ex-Service men and women (regular, Territorial Army
or reserve) who have made a successful transition into
civilian life or who have an understanding of the issues
through direct family connections. As ex-Service people they
are in a unique position and their skills, expertise and
hands-on knowledge can be channelled, through careful
training, to help people whose experiences they know only
too well. Find out more –
www.Timebank.org.uk/shoulder-to-shoulder
Moreton in
Marsh
Christmas
Lights
TimeBank receives funding from Royal
British Legion and Combat Stress to
expand military mental health project.
Christmas Market & Light Switch-On
SATURDAY 26TH NOVEMBER in Moreton Town Centre
Christmas Market opens at 9am
Father Christmas will drop by later
Charity and local organisations stalls from 9am
in the Redesdale Hall
Raffle, Tombola, Carol Singing,
Face Painting & Hair Braiding etc..
(more events and timings will follow)
Should you have any queries, would like to be involved or
are interested in having a stall at the Market, please contact
Maria via email Tiamaria.burns@hotmail.co.uk
Moreton Area Centre, High Street, Moreton in
Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0AZ
Tel: 07766 142113
www.moretoninmarshchiropractic.co.uk