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Whitley Bay Metro station is the venue for North Tyneside’s first ever Green Festival on Saturday August 30. The Big Green Seaside Day will showcase sustainable living alongside a host of top notch green-themed entertainments, including live music. Nexus has joined together with Friends of the Earth, North Tyneside Council and the Energy Savings Trust to stage the all-day event that offers factual information on how to be more environmentally aware. The entertainment line-up includes: - Composer and performer Michael Freeman with his music making from rubbish and junk.
- The Alley Cats, who play good-time skiffle, early country and rhythmic American with their combination of powerful vocals, early country and rhythmic Americana.
- Tyne Bridge Morris – a women’s clog dancing team
- Smokin’ Sisters – a 20-piece all female acapella singing group who specialise in world music
- Cloud Nine Theatre Company with their comic mime plays and Housewife – five musical troubadours.
They will join other international entertainers – including world-class uni-cyclist champion Witty Look from Japan, an Australian balloon artist who will transform environmentally friendly latex balloons into fun creations, and the colourful Belladonna and her Venus fly trap, who will dispense gardening tips. Among the exhibitors will be North Tyneside Council with its new recycling scheme and a wormery to demonstrate natural waste disposal. There will also be an appearance by Waldo - the council's green campaigner who is helping the borough's children to be environmentally aware. And even the refreshments available on the day will be environmentally friendly with a smoothie-making bike, and Fairtrade products among the choices available.
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