Celebrating Leith and North Edinburgh Leith Festival 2008
Leith Festival 2008 >>>
The Pageant >>>
The Pageant II >>>
The Performers >>>
The Performers II >>>
104 pairs of shoes exhibit >>>
Dalmeny Park Dog Show >>>
Leith & North: Please email any news items to: news@leithandnorth.org.uk From Lochend to Leith Links, the streets were pumping with colour (continued)White clad dancers with golden harp and cadduceus, adorned with gold feathers and a crimson garbed young woman smiling in the middleSunshine on Leith Salsa & Pipe band gave us green and the blue of the Saltire; Edinburgh Samba School gave us scarlet, gold, orange and white, with the players clad in the blue and the white of the Saltire.

Three young women sambaing Three puppeteers carrying eight foot pink, red and violet clad puppets on their shoulders Left <<<: three Edinburgh Samba School dancers keep time on Leith Gardens. Right >>>: The Larger than Life Puppeteers.
Pipe bands were represented by the green of the Sunshine on Leith Pipes and Salsa Band, Leith Community Concert Band, the Trinity Occasional Pipers and. Stockbridge Pipe Band. We're going to 'fess up and confess that we're not quite sure who's who, so if anyone wants to email us, we'd be obliged!

Women and children in white and blue sailor outfits Pipe Band marching in formation in black vest and green and black tartan Left <<<: Lindsay Scaffolding sponsor a nautical, not to say, piratical theme. Right >>>: Stockbridge Pipe Band.

A policewoman in the foreground watches over pupils and staff in red, with red pom poms and balloons Young men in blue t-shirts march with drums in front of the yellow Citadel Youth Centre banner Left <<<: Children from Fort Primary school celebrate the school's 40th (Ruby) Anniversary.
Right >>>:
Leith Sea Cadets.
Young people with the yellow Citadel Banner and fish and dragon puppets Pipers marching in formation with a passing fire engine in the background Left <<<: Members of the Citadel Youth Centre.
Right >>>: Trinity Occasional Pipers.
Marchers in the green and yellow of the Brazilain flag with a white banner Young people in jeans wearing white t-shirts with the cerise Open All Hours logo Left <<<: Leith Baptist Church's Brazilian Project.
Right >>>: Members of the Open All Hours hip hop dance group..

Edinburgh Samba School web site >>>
Lindsay Scaffolding web site >>>
Stockbridge Pipe Band web site>>>
Citadel Youth Centre web site >>>