Celebrating Leith and North Edinburgh Leith Festival 2010
Leith Festival 2010
Red Leith Opening Night
Leith Pageant 2010
Leith Gala Day 2010
Performers 2010


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Leith & North: Please email any news items to: news@leithandnorth.org.uk Red Leith Opening Night of Leith Festival 2010 Hazel and Sarah of Pulse of the Place in red and black seated on a cannon, with Louise Marshall Millington (centre) raising their glasses after an evening's musical performance

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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, Manic Metro and Steven Smith & Friends.


Pulse of the Place leader Sarah blowing a whistle as band members laugh Two guitarists and two pipers performing with Leith Docks in the distance Left <<<: Pulse of the Place Samba Band.
Right >>>: Rohan Seilman and Louise Marshall Millington performing with others as Beat It. Pulse of the Place Samba Band have been performing for four years now. Starting in August 2006 with around 8 drummers they have grown into a band of some 40 drummers aged 7yrs to 19yrs, although this number expanded to 90 on Leith Gala Day to comemmorate the 90th anniversary of Duncan Place - home of the Resource Centre, and Pulse of the Place. The band has three regular leaders, including Sarah pictured above.

Smiling man with flyers and a collecting tin Two young women in red t-shirts Left <<<: Volunteers handed out flyers promoting LGBT Youth Scotland.
Right >>>: Leith Festival staff handed out red cellophane to help people to a rose tinted view of Leith. LBGT Youth Scotland working with young people aged 13 to 25 web site >>>


Four Helwa Hurdies in blue and black costumes battle the wind outside Hotel Malmaison Three different belly dance groups were represented at Red Leith. The first to perform were Twisted Tails, American Tribal Style dancers taught by Susan Tonner. The Helwa Hurdies, (pictured above and passim,) taught by Elspeth Alexandra performed later, and the belly dancing performances were rounded off by two of the Four Ladies from Leith (pictured below).

The Opening night ended with the release of dozens of red balloons. The balloons were released very punctually at ten PM, as notification had to be given to Edinburgh Airport, lest they interfere with flight paths.

Three Helwa Hurdies belly dancing with a tourquoise veil, a purple veil and a pink veil Twisted Tails belly dancing, smiling with their hands raised Left <<<: Three Helwa Hurdies dancing with veils.
Right & Below >>>: Two Ladies from Leith. Two women in black and red costumes dancing with veils back to back outside Hotel Malmaison Adele Conn with the empty balloon net in her hands, hugging the two cellophane girls Red balloons blown upwards towards Leith Docks Left <<<: Leith Festival Director, Adele Conn with two Leith Festival staff.
Right >>>: Adele and others release the balloons.

Twisted Tails performing in a circle outside Hotel Malmaison , with the late evening sun casting shadows
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