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Event: The Castle Players - First Meeting for the Summer Production
Date: Monday 06 February 2012
Location: Barnard Castle
Place: St Mary
Post code: DL12 8NQ
Starts: 7.30pm
Finishes: 9.00pm
Contact: Simon Pell Telephone: 01833630806
Email: simon@simonpell.co.uk
Web site: www.castleplayers.co.uk
Details: Fancy treading the boards? Delivering a few lines of Shakespeare? Or helping out backstage? If the answer is 'Yes' then.......... The Castle Players Need You! for this year's spectacular outdoor summer production of As You Like It in the ground of The Bowes Museum from 10th - 14th July 2012 No previous experience necessary Everyone is welcome! The more the merrier! The first meeting will take place: downstairs at St Mary's Parish Hall, Newgate, Barnard Castle(entrance at the back of the Parish Hall, opposite the church) (Wine, nibbles and entertainment provided!)

Event: Pip Utton is Charles Dickens
Date: Thursday 09 February 2012
Location: BarninghamVillage Hall
Post code: DL11 7DW
Starts: 19:30
Contact: Phil or Liz Hunt Telephone: 01833 621253
Details: A Highlights Rural Touring Scheme Production. The Edinburgh Guide said " A masterful Performance, Pip Utton IS Charles Dickens". Adult

Event: Wine tasting
Date: Friday 10 February 2012
Location: WinstonVillage Hall
Post code: DL2 3RX
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 22:00
Contact: Lynne Lobley Telephone: 01325 730844
Details: Come along to taste some quality wines from Portugal. In aid of St Andrew's Church. Tickets

Event: Dance with Alan's Band
Date: Saturday 11 February 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 20:00
Finishes: 23:00
Contact: Juliet or Anne Telephone: 01388-488287 or 01388-488318
Details: Please bring your own food and drinks. Tea and biscuits will be provided.

Event: Teesdale Area Action Partnership Board meeting
Date: Wednesday 15 February 2012
Location: WinstonVillage Hall
Post code: DL2 3RX
Starts: 18:00
Finishes: 21:00
Contact: Craig Morgan Telephone: 03000 260816/7/8
Details: Members of the public welcome to observe proceedings - please contact Craig if you wish to come along.

Event: California Bums
Begins: Friday 17 February 2012
Ends: Tuesday 17 January 2012
Location: Toft Hill
Place: Toft Hill Community Centre
Post code: DL14 0JA
Starts: 20.00Hrs
Finishes: 22 45Hrs
Cost: £5 per ticket or pay on door
Contact: Dave Maclean Telephone: 01388834029
Email: davidmaclean52@yahoo.co.uk
Details: Following on from our telephone conversation last week. California Bums 4 piece professional music group (Manchester based). Playing mainly USA west coast sounds CSNY, Beach Boys, Eagles, Mamas & Papas etc with a bit of rock N Roll thrown it. Bringing some sunshine to a cold February evening.

Event: Dolphins Tale cert U
Date: Friday 17 February 2012
Location: MickletonVillage Hall
Post code: DL12 0JR
Starts: 18:00
Finishes: 20:00
Contact: David Hutchinson Telephone: 01833 640331
Details: Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr., Kris Kristofferson Brief synopsis: Inspired by an amazing true story Dolphin Tale is a film about Winter, a rescued dolphin who has lost her tail in a crab trap, and Sawyer, the 11-year old boy who helps save her life. Runtime: 108 mins

Event: Film Juno (15)
Date: Friday 17 February 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 22:00
Contact: David Telephone: 01388-488131
Details: Romantic Comedy Doors open 7.00pm Entry:

Event: COFFEE MORNING
Date: Saturday 25 February 2012
Location: NEWSHAM, NEAR RICHMOND
Place: NEWSHAM VILLAGE HALL, NEWSHAM NEAR RICHMOND
Post code: DL11 7RD
Starts: 10.30am
Finishes: 12.00pm
Cost: ADMISSION BY DONATION INCLUDES TEA AND COFFEE
Contact: ROSE DAVIES Telephone: 01833 621300
Email: rrtkdavies@btinternet.com
Details: COFFEE MORNING AND CAKE STALL IN AID OF VILLAGE HALL FUNDS

Event: COFFEE MORNING
Date: Saturday 25 February 2012
Location: NewshamVillage Hall
Post code: DL11 7QZ
Starts: 10:30
Finishes: 12:00
Contact: ROSE DAVIES Telephone: 01833 621300
Details: COFFEE MORNING AND CAKE STALL IN AID OF VILLAGE HALL FUNDS. ADMISSION BY DONATION INCLUDES TEA AND COFFEE

Event: Family History (using IT)
Date: Friday 02 March 2012
Location: Gilling West Village Hall
Post code: DL10 5JJ
Starts: 10:00
Finishes: 12:00
Contact: Andie Lunt, N.Yorkshire Adult Learning & Skill Telephone: 0845 8736585
Details: Venue: John Ross Suite - Room B

Event: One Day cert PG12
Date: Friday 02 March 2012
Location: MickletonVillage Hall
Post code: DL12 0JR
Starts: 20:00
Finishes: 21:45
Contact: David Hutchinson Telephone: 01833 640331
Details: Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Tom Mison, Jodie Whittaker Brief synopsis: After one day together - July 15th, 1988, their college graduation - Emma Morley (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess) begin a friendship that lasts a lifetime. She's a working-class girl who dreams of making the world a better place. He's a wealthy charmer who thinks the world is his playground. Somewhere over the next two decades, these two very different people realize that the love they've been hoping for has been there for them all along. Runtime: 107 mins

Event: SUPER 8 cert PG12
Date: Friday 02 March 2012
Location: MickletonVillage Hall
Post code: DL12 0JR
Starts: 18:00
Finishes: 20:00
Contact: David Hutchinson Telephone: 01833 640331
Details: Starring: Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka and Kyle Chandler Brief synopsis: During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town. Runtime: 112 mins

Event: Funny Way To Be Comedy Club - Pappy's
Date: Saturday 03 March 2012
Location: Barnard Castle
Place: Parish Hall, Newgate, Barnard Castle
Post code: DL12 8NQ
Starts: 8.00pm
Finishes: 10.30pm
Cost: £10 on the door £8 in advance
Contact: Andrew Harrison Telephone: 07582191845
Email: comedy@funnywaytobe.com
Web site: www.funnywaytobe.com
Details: Pappy's have been hailed as "The funniest sketch troupe on the Edinburgh Fringe." Support comes from Eric Lampaert who won the 2010 Latitude Comedy Best New Act of the Year. Ian Smith will MC the evening. He is one of the fastest rising young comedians in the uk. Tickets are on sale now from The Old Well Inn, The Bank and The Witham Box Office, Woodleigh, Barnard Castle and on line at www.funnywaytobe.com

Event: Funny Way To Be Comedy Club
Date: Saturday 03 March 2012
Location: Barnard CastleWitham Hall
Post code: DL12 8LY
Starts: 20:00
Contact: Chris Best Telephone: 01833 631107
Details: Pappys

Event: St Andrew's Quiz
Date: Saturday 03 March 2012
Location: WinstonVillage Hall
Post code: DL2 3RX
Starts: 19:00
Finishes: 21:00
Contact: Lynne Lobley Telephone: 01325 730844

Event: Mickleton RnB Club presents "MARCUS MALONE"
Date: Saturday 10 March 2012
Location: MickletonVillage Hall
Post code: DL12 0JR
Starts: 20:00
Contact: Sue Brown Telephone: 01833 640854
Details: Marcus Malone has been delighting British audiences for many years with his magnificent velvet-toned vocals and his magnetic stage presence. Furthermore, he is a highly talented songwriter, who consistently surrounds himself with top class musicians, as this album fully demonstrates. In short, it's another cracker from the man from Detroit.

Event: Johnny English Reborn cert PG
Date: Friday 16 March 2012
Location: MickletonVillage Hall
Post code: DL12 0JR
Starts: 18:00
Finishes: 19:45
Contact: David Hutchinson Telephone: 01833 640331
Details: Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike and Dominic West Brief synopsis: Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos Runtime: 101 mins

Event: Jane Ayre cert PG12
Date: Friday 16 March 2012
Location: MickletonVillage Hall
Post code: DL12 0JR
Starts: 20:00
Finishes: 22:00
Contact: David Hutchinson Telephone: 01833 640331
Details: Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Su Elliot, Holliday Grainger.

Event: Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo (+support)
Date: Saturday 17 March 2012
Location: Club Cotherstone
Place: Cotherstone Village Hall
Post code: DL12 9QU
Starts: 19.30
Finishes: 23.00
Cost: £6 advance, £8 door (if available)
Contact: Claire Telephone: 01833 650914
Email: halfman@halfbiscuit.freeserve.co.uk
Web site: www.myspace.com/clubcotherstone
Other web site: http://www.emily-barker.com/
Details: Club Cotherstone presents Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo (plus support). The band wrote and sang the themes to BBC tv series Wallander and The Shadow Line. The Times

Event: Dance with The Kirkcowan Sound
Date: Saturday 17 March 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 20:00
Contact: Juliet or Anne Telephone: O1388-488287 or 01388-488318
Details: Please bring your own food and drinks. Tea and biscuits will be provided.

Event: Winston Follies Music Hall
Date: Wednesday 21 March 2012
Location: WinstonVillage Hall
Post code: DL2 3RX
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 22:00
Contact: Trevor Wood Telephone: 01325 732104
Details: Annual Follies music hall performance

Event: Winston Follies Music Hall
Begins: Friday 23 March 2012
Ends: Saturday 31 March 2012
Location: WinstonVillage Hall
Post code: DL2 3RX
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 22:00
Contact: Trevor Wood Telephone: 01325 732104
Details: Performances on 21/23/28/29/30/31 March

Event: Funny Way To Be Comedy Club

Event: Winston Follies Music Hall
Begins: Wednesday 28 March 2012
Ends: Saturday 31 March 2012
Location: WinstonVillage Hall
Post code: DL2 3RX
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 22:00
Contact: Trevor Wood Telephone: 01325 732104
Details: Daily until 31 March

Event: Dublin Raiders
Begins: Friday 30 March 2012
Ends: Thursday 12 January 2012
Location: StaindropScarth Hall
Post code: DL2 3LD
Starts: 19:19
Finishes: 23:23
Contact: Morris Race Telephone: 01833 660171
Details: Irish rock covers band, featuring electric and traditional Celtic instruments. Includes a Disco, Supper i/c Veg Option,Tickets;

Event: Barnard Castle Mini golf - 2012 Season
Begins: Saturday 31 March 2012
Ends: Sunday 02 September 2012
Location: Scar Top, Barnard Castle
Place: Mini Golf Course, Scar Top, Barnard Castle
Post code: DL12 8LY
Starts: 11.00 am
Finishes: 5.00 pm
Cost: £1.00 per round
Contact: Barnard Castle Town Council Office Telephone: 01833 690970
Email: barnardcastle01@aol.com
Web site: www.barnardcastletowncouncil.gov.uk
Details: 9 hole mini golf course suitable for all ages and abilities

Event: Easter Open Studio
Begins: Friday 06 April 2012
Ends: Monday 09 April 2012
Location: Eggleston
Place: Greenwood Folly Top Eggleston
Post code: DL12 0DH
Starts: 11.00am
Finishes: 4.00pm
Cost: FREE
Contact: Anne Mason Telephone: 01833 650135
Email: enquiries@annemasonart.co.uk
Web site: www.annemasonart.co.uk
Details: Artists Open Studio cards prints, originals

Event: Whist and Domino Drive for Cancer Research
Date: Monday 09 April 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 21:30
Contact: Julia Telephone: 01388-488483
Details:

Event: Senior Citizens Party
Date: Friday 13 April 2012
Location: WinstonVillage Hall
Post code: DL2 3RX
Starts: 19:00
Finishes: 22:00
Contact: Vera Featherstone Telephone: 01325 730071
Details: Run by the First Thursday Club

Event: The Forgotten Gardens of China
Date: Saturday 21 April 2012
Location: WinstonVillage Hall
Post code: DL2 3RX
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 22:00
Contact: Lynne Lobley Telephone: 01325 730844
Details: An illustrated talk by Jenny Leeming, Landscape Architect with time for discussion and chat whilst enjoying a taste of China. Proceeds are in aid of St Andrew's Roof Fund.

Event: The Stu Brown Sextet
Date: Thursday 26 April 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 21:30
Contact: Jaquie or Simon Telephone: 01388-488323 or 01388-488024
Details: Presented by Highlights, this band performs with zest and spontaneity, and has been described as "wittily daft, exotic and swinging as they bounce their way through the hilariously detailed charts with immense relish and skill. Brilliant resurrection of 1930's crackpot jazz." Tickets :Adults

Event: Dance with Margaret Elliott "Avon"
Date: Saturday 19 May 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 20:00
Contact: Juliet or Anne Telephone: 01388-488287 or 01388-488318
Details: Please bring your own food and drinks. Tea and biscuits will be provided.

Event: Contemporary Craft Tour
Begins: Friday 25 May 2012
Ends: Sunday 27 May 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 11:00
Finishes: 17:00
Contact: Jaquie or Anne Telephone: 01388-488323 or 01388-488318
Details: Highlights presents Vanguard-Progressive Craft which shows innovative and pioneering work by jeweller and textile artist, Nora Fok, glass artist Catherine Fuga Carr, furniture designer Liam Hopkins, and experimental manufacturer Michael Eden. See traditional craft heritage explode into the realms of fantasy and adventure!

Event: Mickleton Jubilee Carnival
Date: Saturday 02 June 2012
Location: MickletonVillage Hall
Post code: DL12 0JR
Starts: 13:00
Contact: Sue Brown Telephone: 01833 640854
Details: All the Fun of the Carnival Flyball Punch and Judy Childrens Magicain Brass Band Bouncey Castle Tombola Skittles Produce Stalls Cream Teas

Event: Club Cotherstone present the band 'Moses'
Date: Saturday 23 June 2012
Location: Club Cotherstone
Place: Cotherstone Village Hall
Post code: DL12 9QU
Starts: 19.30
Finishes: 23.00
Cost: £6 advance, £8 door (if available)
Contact: Claire Telephone: 01833650914
Email: halfman@halfbiscuit.freeserve.co.uk
Web site: www.myspace.com/clubcotherstone
Other web site: https://www.facebook.com/mosespage
Details: Club Cotherstone presents Moses. Modern twist on folk from the amazing Moses as they tour the country celebrating 10 years since the release of album 'The Swimming Zoo'. Moses have previously played Glastonbury Festival and had airplay on BBC Radio 2 and 6. This will be the third time the band have played for us and they went down an absolute storm on both previous visits. Support to be confirmed. Bring your own booze and nibbles. Doors 7.30, live music from 8.00 Tickets

Event: Whist and Domino drive for Cancer Research
Date: Monday 02 July 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 21:30
Contact: Julia Telephone: 01388-488483
Details:

Event: Dance with The Cindy Mac Trio
Begins: Saturday 07 July 2012
Ends: Saturday 07 January 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 20:20
Contact: Juliet or Anne Telephone: 01388-488287 or 01388-488318
Details: Please bring your own food and drinks. Tea and biscuits will be provided.

Event: Dance with Alan's Band
Date: Saturday 18 August 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 20:00
Contact: Juliet or Anne Telephone: 01388-488287 or 01388-488318
Details: Please bring your own food and drinks. Tea and biscuits will be provided.

Event: August Bank Holiday Beer and Music Festival
Begins: Friday 24 August 2012
Ends: Monday 27 August 2012
Location: StaindropScarth Hall
Post code: DL2 3LD
Starts: 00:00
Contact: Morris Race Telephone: 01833 660171
Details: A Bank Holiday Festival with 30 varieties of Beer and Cider,taking place between the evening of Friday 24th August and Monday 27th August. Music / Bands to be anounced at a later date.

Event: Art and Photographic Exhibition
Date: Saturday 01 September 2012
Location: StaindropScarth Hall
Post code: DL2 3LD
Starts: 10:00
Finishes: 16:00
Contact: Morris Race Details: An exhibition of paintings and photographs by members of Teesdale Photographic Club and Eric Thompson's regular Thursday Art Class.

Event: Whist and Domino Drive for Cancer Research
Date: Monday 03 September 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 19:30
Finishes: 21:30
Contact: Julia Telephone: 01388-488483
Details:

Event: Dance with The Kirkcowan Sound
Date: Saturday 20 October 2012
Location: HamsterleyVillage Hall
Post code: DL13 3QF
Starts: 20:00
Contact: Juliet or Anne Telephone: 01388-488287 or 01388-488318
Details: Please bring your own food and drinks. Tea and biscuits will be provided.