Leith and North: Red Leith - Festival Opening Night, June 2010

Red Leith Opening Night of Leith Festival 2010 Sarah Seilman leading the Pulse of the Place drummers

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Beat it (the Pulse of the Place Samba Band and Louise Marshall Millington of the Sunshine on Leith Pipe Band brought the music and the brio while Twisted Tails, the Helwa Hurdies and Four Ladies from Leith brought belly dancing spectacle and colour to Red Leith, for the Leith Festival 2010 Opening Night. Other performers included Vocal Vibes from Lorne Primary and Steven Smith & Friends.

Eight children in red t-shirts with a wrought iron sculpture and Leith Docks in the distance

Eight children in red t-shirts with a wrought iron sculpture and Leith Docks in the distance

Left <<<: Martin Ritchie with Vocal Vibes.
Right >>>: Some relatives enjoying the performance. Vocal Vibes are a small choir of Primary 6 and & 7 year children from Lorne Primary. They are conducted by Martin Ritchie, Director of music at Pilrig St Paul's Church, on Leith Walk.

A row of parents watching the children and taking photos

A row of parents watching the children and taking photos

Martin conducts as the children make gestures to accompany their singing

Left <<<: Proud relatives watching Vocal Vibes.
Right >>>: Martin Ritchie conducts pupils from Lorne Primary.

Twisted Tails belly dancers performing in red, black and purple costumes with turbans

Twisted Tails belly dancers performing in red, black and purple costumes with turbans

Three different belly dance groups were represented at Red Leith. The first to perform were Twisted Tails, (pictured above and passim,) American Tribal Style dancers taught by Susan Tonner. Music they danced to included Nobody's by Marilyn Manson and Shake that Belly by Oojami. The Helwa Hurdies taught by Elspeth Alexandra performed later, and the belly dancing performances were rounded off by two of the Four Ladies from Leith.

Red balloons in a net tied to a black cannon

Red balloons in a net tied to a black cannon

Twisted Tails belly dancing, smiling with their hands raised

Left <<<: A mother and child contemplate the balloons soon to be set free.
Right >>>:Twisted Tails. Twisted Tails outside Hotel Malmaison with swords fully extended

Twisted Tails outside Hotel Malmaison with swords fully extended

Trio of dancers with swords held over their heads

Two women laughing and holding their glasses as the wind blows their hair

Left <<<: Susan Tonner (front) with Twisted Tails.
Right >>>: Two women enjoy a glass of wine and the show outside Hotel Malmaison.

Three young women in red and black seated on a cannon raising their glasses after an evening's musical performance

Three young women in red and black seated on a cannon raising their glasses after an evening's musical performance

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