HEXHAM’S date with national fame is getting even closer – and ideas are wanted to make sure the town makes the most of its role as the North-East’s centre for this year’s BBC Children in Need events.
Anyone who wants to take part in the monster telethon is invited to a meeting at the Beaumont Hotel on Wednesday, September 18 from 5pm to put their ideas forward.
The event is on November 15, when Pudsey Bear, along with BBC North-East television personalities Carol Malia, Paul Mooney and others will be broadcasting live from the Market Place.
The day is being coordinated by Hexham Community Partnership, whose manager Tamsin Beevor said: “Let’s see if Hexham can raise the roof with its fund-raising efforts this autumn.”
Hexham has seven hours of potential national exposure to show the town to its best possible advantage.
Among those expected to take part are North-East-based Horrid Histories children’s author Terry Deary, soldiers from Albemarle Barracks, children from local schools and the Tyne Valley Big Band.
A website is being developed and a Go North-East double-decker bus will be decked out in “Children in Need – Hexham” livery.
Stalls and other attractions are expected to take up much of Beaumont Street, the Market Place and Fore Street.
If you want to participate in the event on November 15, contact info@cdchexham.co.uk
Source: http://www.hexhamcourant.co.uk/news/hexh...-1.1083700
I wonder if 3964 will be the double decker branded for the occasion, given that she's already in a yellow base livery and the Real Radio event has now finished?
