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 Leith's got Talent! (continued) Group photo of the Embra Samba School with a Festival Steward waving in the background Many performers arrived with the Pageant including the Sunshine on Leith Samba & Pipes band and the Edinburgh Samba School (pictured en masse, above).

The performances were rounded off by a series of short speeches. Cllr. Marjorie Thomas Mock Provost of Leith, welcomed people, and said that she liked the sound of "Provost for a day", better. Sandy Campbell, outgoing chair of the Festival passed the baton on to Leith Cllr Gordon Munro.Malcolm Chisholm, MSP celebrated the ever growing event, as did Cllr Rob Munn. MP Mark Lazarowicz flew the flag for the Campaing for a Leith Musuem and urged people to show their support by going over to the stall and signing the petition.

Three young women sambaing Three puppeteers carrying eight foot pink, red and violet clad puppets on their shoulders Left <<<: From left: Malcolm Chisholm MSP, Mock Provost Marjorie Thomas, Cllr Rob Munn, Mark Lazarowicz MP, and Sandy Campbell (Chair of Leith Festival) speaking.
Right >>>: Louise Millingon (left) leads the Sunshine on Leith Pipe & Samba Band.
Young women in black slacks and silver tops shake silver and black pom poms with silver pompoms running in a circle Left <<<: Royalettes Majorettes. Right >>>:Royalettes Majorettes. Young women in black slacks and silver tops shake silver and black pom poms, raising one of their team onto her back

Woman in red and orange samba costume dancing with two little girls Seated Leithers watch the show Left <<<:Children come up to join in the fun.
Right >>>: Leithers seated watching on.
A white and gold clad woman dances with a woman in red costume with red and purple plumed head dress A gold and white clad man with golden feathers dancers with his caduceus as blue and white dressed men drum in the background Left <<<: Two of Edinburgh Samba School's dancers. Right >>>: Male lead dancer. Five brightly costumed dancers with the drummers in the background in blue t-shirts and white trousers Young men in the pipe band drumming Mark Lazarowicz pointing upwards as he speaks Left <<<: Stockbridge pipers.
Right >>>: Mark Lazarowicz calling on people to sign the petition for a Leith Museum.
Edinburgh Samba School web site >>>
Louise Millington & Sunshine on Leith web site >>>
Stockbridge Pipe Band web site>>>
Edinburgh Royalettes web site >>>
Mark Lazarowicz, MP's web site >>>