To wrap up Black History Month, let’s take a look at a slave tradition that – in the U.S. – was almost solely a North Carolina tradition.
Jonkonnu. You’ve probably seen an example of it somewhere in a parade or other event from the players sent out by Tryon Palace.
It was a musical celebration held near Christmas on and around plantations and towns during the 1800s up to about 1898 (yes, well after the end of slavery in 1865). It sat relatively silent until 2000 when local musician and historian Simon Spalding revitalized the tradition for the Palace, using a North Carolina Humanities Council grant.
The Covid19 testing station at Poppleton Bar THREE people accused of trying to disrupt Covid-19 testing at the Poppleton Bar site will make their first court appearances later this month. Marty Blagborough, 28, of Stonecliffe View, Leeds and Arthur Taylor, 61, of Wesley Street, South Elmsall, attended York Magistrates Court. earlier this week. Edward Warren, 60, of Deanfield Avenue, Morley, did not attend and sent a medical reason for his non-attendance to the court. All three are charged with aggravated trespass at the Covid Testing station on January 11. They are alleged to have entered the site without permission, filmed members of the public there and been abusive towards members of staff with the intention of obstructing or disrupting the testing.
1/1 A MAN used a golf club as a weapon after his friend was knocked out by someone he had just assaulted.
Southampton Crown Court heard that Shaun Blything over-reacted after Robert Yeo hit a stranger on the back of the head and was punched to the ground. Blything began lashing out with a golf club, striking a member of the public on his right foot.
(Shaun Blything) It happened at Northam Road, Southampton, after Blything and Yeo had spent the day drinking in a nearby pub, the court was told. Rosemary Burns, prosecuting, said they left the premises and tried to get into cars before Yeo walked over to a man sitting on a bollard and assaulted him.