The Great British Redhead Festival aka Gingerfest The Great British Redhead Festival, which will take place on 10th April, this year. This will be the first ever UK national celebration of all things redhead/gingerish/auburn/strawberry-blonde and carrot-top... Taking place in Morley, Leeds on Saturday 10th April 2010, a free event, not-for-profit, and a fun day to make a light-hearted celebration of all things gingerish. There is no political angle, no bureaucrats and nobody taking offence at being called ginger The highlight of the day will be a mass photograph of hundreds (hopefully thousands) of redheads by the media. There will also be a Ginger Hobby Horse Derby down Queen Street with teams divided into England v Scotland v Ireland v Wales v the rest of the world, with prizes A mass performance of the Parrock Nook Band...YOU..YES YOU!! All attendees are asked to bring a ‘homemade’ instrument, and familiarise themselves with three tunes: Edelweiss, The Entertainer and Rocking All Over the World. We shall then all play them together. Several hundred inept musicians in musical disharmony. Bedlam. There will be a competition for the best and worst homemade instrument. There will be a "Ginger Art" exhibition and competition for local schoolchildren with prizes including a £100 gift voucher donated by Land Securities/White Rose Centre At lunchtime, we shall have a large Redhead Picnic in the Park (Scatchard Park), do a bit of shopping and attend the funfair. We are also proud to announce a talk by Glyn Watkins, the author of The Wayne Jacobs Little Red Head Book - a book about red headed footballers and the mysteries of red hair. More events to follow The Great British Redhead Festival's nominated charity is The Lord Mayor of Leeds Appeal 2010. The Lord Mayor’s appeal is supporting three charities, The Samaritans, Riding for the disables and CREATE. If you are attending The GBRF and would like to make a weekend of it, the appeal is running a sponsored walk or ride in the luxurious grounds of Lotherton Hall on Sunday 11th April. Ideal opportunity to work off any excesses in this beautiful stately home. There will be a 45k cycle a 15k walk and a 5k walk to chose from. All money raised will go to The Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal; supporting Riding for the disabled, The Samaritans Leeds Branch and CREATE, helping the homeless and vulnerable of Leeds. If attendees want an entry form, they can email and she will send them one or, for Morley residents, they can pick one up at several places in Morley, Peaches and Cream on Wesley Street, Berties Diner and Althams in the precinct or Peter Batchelors at the top of Church Street. Our facebook group is here http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=3&ref=ts cheers Richard