Goood Morning all you ghostly and ghoulish wonderful LNYDP fans!! Happy Hallooooween!!! It is that amazing 'trick or treat' time of year again and all of us here, at LNYDP Spooky Mews headquarters are really getting into the Halloween spirit! Yes it is partly because Alfie and I are making everyone participate lol! But home-made (by Kate of course) Halloween cup cakes are always a good way to bribe people into getting into the Halloween spirit!! mmmmwahhhahahahahahaha, cue the evil Halloween / Dr Evil laughter!

Ooooh spooky!!! Happy Halloween from all at LNYDP!

Now, let me begin this ghoulish blog by apologising for Alf and I's absence last week! Frankly I have no excuse, nor does Alfie, other than I read somewhat slowly and was somewhat engulfed with work! This I appreciate is not a valid excuse, but hopefully it is a good enough reason for you kind folks to forgive my tardiness! What is it Kim Zolciak sang....Don't be tardy for the party?? Or in this case the LNYDP Blog lol!!

The LNYDP Halloween Pumpkin, carved by the wonderful Natalie, the LNYDP supreme master of all trades!  

The Mystery Of The Anonymous Flowers

This week the wonderful and ever youthful Theresa Davis received rather a fantastic surprise! The charming Tahir of 'Pot Pouri Flower Delivery' rang the front bell of LNYDP Mews headquarters and delivered a gorgeous bouquet of flowers for Theresa Davis! Inside was the anonymous but special note 'Thanking Theresa for all she does'!! Theresa wants to say a huge thank you to the anonymous sender! So do all of us at LNYDP! P.s. if anyone knows the anonymous sender, let us know on Facebook 'LNYDP' and you will receive a Free Alfie Puppy (toy)! The mystery of the anonymous flower sender remains!! lol x

Mystery Flower's! Alf and I loveee!!! 

LNYDP and Telenet Logistics

I am delighted to announce that LNYDP is now officially partnered with Telenet Logistics. I know this will really only be of interest to Groups participating in this years LNYDP. However we have a feeling that LNYDP will have a long and fruitful relationship with Telenet Logistics. Andy and Terry who are the men responsible for running Telenet Logistics are truly terrific chaps and Telenet Logistics provide a superb, user friendly, reliable and world beating service! I am truly over the London moon about partnering such a great Logistics company. In return, I know Telenet Logistics are very excited about transporting the Instruments and Equipment for this year's LNYDP. In fact the whole Telenet Logistics UK team will be watching the Parade live on the Streets of London this year, such is their excitement to be involved with LNYDP! A superb outcome for all! In many ways the equivalent of a Disney Film ending...happy lol! 

A magnificent Partnership!

A magnificent Partnership! 

Alfie Watch!!

Ok, Alfie is beyond excited for Halloween! Firstly, the handsome LNYDP Mascot Alf has a crazy sweet tooth and absolutely loves cake's, cup cakes especially! So today I bought a box of delicious Halloween cupcakes for me and Alf to share! Then we decided to get really into the spirit and dress up! The results were awesome!! See below!! haha!!

We terrified the LNYDP crew at the Mews headquarters!! lol

Happy Halloween magnificent LNYDP fans!! Have a great weekend x

Song Of The Week

As it's Halloween! Surely, there is only one song of the week! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA

Hello hello magnificent LNYDP Fanlets and amazing folk! I am humbled and flattered this morning as our humble little blog that Alfie and I created has officially (according to google) reached over 30,000 views. In fact, it is officially 31,385. (Proof below lol!!) That is a lot of views and frankly I am rather speechless....not too speechless to write this blog though lol!! Sorry guys haha!! Now onto important LNYDP Gossip and drama!

Look at that truly amazing!! Thank you marvellous LNYDP Fanlets!! 

First Draft Manifest's Complete!

I have been doing a lot of reading the last week or so and my mind is rather aching lol!! Alfie has been helping of course and is far more majestic with numbers than I! Definitely the Worlds smartest Pup haha! Obviously lol!! Anyway a massive thank you to all the incredible Band Directors and Group Leaders who have submitted their First Draft Manifests in on time!! All the Manifests were truly excellent, however.....there was one stand out First Draft Manifest which, If I am honest, blew me away for being so amazing! The best I have received or even seen in over 5 years of reading Manifests!  I have hidden the Group Name, but if you recognise this masterpiece, well done you....Gold star and LNYDP Stardom! 

The Golden Ticket Manifest lol!! You have to read it sideways as can't work out how to rotate the picture!

Big things in Rome and Frascati

The magnificent Lizzie from LNYDP Mews headquarters, ventured to Rome and Frascati at 4am yesterday morning to finalise arrangements for both the Rome Parade and the Frascati Street show and concerts. 

In Rome, the magnificent Lizzie teamed up with ever youthful Ella Gurmen to finalise the plans for the 1st January Parade which kicks off at 3pm! Lizzie and Ella met with the Rome Cultural and Events team who are soooo excited about the parade, that they have asked Lizzie and Ella if the World Famous Rome Police Band can participate. It is set to be a legend...wait for it....dary parade!!! lol!! I couldn't resist!

The Rome Parade!! Beautiful and magnificently magnificent!! 

However the excitement did not stop there...no no!! Lizzie and Ella then ventured to Frascati where they met with even more important people, including the Frascati Cultural department, the Frascati Shop Keepers, the Frascati Chief of Police and last but not least, the Frascati press Office! It really was an amazing trip and everyone in Frascati is super excited for the Street Show and Concerts. 

The Frascati Street Show! A truly unique European experience!! 

A massive well done to the gorgeous Lizzie and the magnificent Ella on a very successful trip! Below are a couple of snaps from last year to wet your appetite!!

Malcolm leaves LNYDP Headquarters!! (But don;t worry it's only for half term)!!

The awesome man that is LNYDP Legend Malcolm Chalk is leaving LNYDP Mews headquarters!! As of this afternoon the Legendary Malcolm Chalk will not be in the LNYDP Mews for a full week!! But don't worry, Malcolm will return triumphant and heroically after a short break away!! We are already counting the days!! We miss you Mal!!!

Malcolm working like a busy bee making honey before he has a week off!

The Alf and I!

It has been a fairly quiet week for Alf and I! The rain has been rather crazy and Alfie taking after his handsome father (Me) has rather taken against the rain....to the point that he refused to leave the office the other night when it was pouring down!! Truly one of the funniest things I have ever seen! That said I got some rather strange looks from honest passers by as I kept Alfie dry with an Umbrella, (The new amazing LNYDP Umbrella FYI) as I got completely soaked in my suit!! Yes I was actually wearing a suit lol!! Yes I was beyond soaked!! 

Other than that Alfie has been as good as gold! He has been snuggling up to his new best friend the LNYDP Alfie Bear which always makes me do a double take when a bit sleepy at night lol!! It's like there are suddenly two little Alfie's in our flat!! haha!!

Belwo are two contrasting LNYDP mascot Alfie snaps from this week! One is a rather wet and not entirely delighted Alfie the other a very happy dry Alfie sleeping on his dads bed and pillow!! naughty Alfie!!! 

A rather rain soaked Alfie!! He's not happy lol!!

Suddenly a much happier Alfie!! Dry and on his dads bed!! lol!

Song Of The Week

Ok, this is a dedication for the amazing LNYDP hero Theresa Davis. I must say, what a voice!! This young man has serious talent!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrLPs3_1Fs

Good Morning! Well after my rather smug post about being the one healthy LNYDP worker, Man Flu and back ache has got the better of me! But I will not be beaten by air born bugs lol!! So trooping on I am!! lol! I have to be honest though, I am going to keep this blog rather short and sweet this week as my head is rather spinning!! (I can hear you all breathing a sigh of relief)!!

hmmmmm..yeah probably true lol!!

Ok, so news this week!

Marathon Meeting at LNYDP Mews Headquarters!

So this week LNYDP staff had a marathon meeting lasting 4 hours!! I must say my head was rather full after the meeting but it was chaired magnificently by the one and only leader and hero Bob Bone. Although I must say Alfie was rather impressive too! I must say after being at the meeting, not only are we LNYDP staff in for a treat this year but you LNYDP amazing fanlets are too, as this year LNYDP 2015 is going to be the best parade to date!! It is looking truly spectacular!!
I must also say that LNYDP is delighted to welcome back the magnificent and ever young Darren Cheek! Darren has returned to where he belongs with all us LNYDP staff and we are all excited and delighted to have him back!! Welcome back Mr Darren!! Bring on LNYDP 2015!!

The magnificent Darren and the gorgeous Sara Marinoni!! Welcome back Dazza! 

LNYDP Participant Wristbands!

I am delighted to proudly display the new 2015 LNYDP Participant Wristband! Can i just say, If ever you amazing fans get bored of reading my blog, I reckon I could definitely have another career in wrist modelling lol!! Moving on however, this magnificent Wristband is free for all Participants in the 2015 LNYDP. This is the Wristband that you will wear on January the 1st!! What a beauty it is!! I am wearing mine with pride already!! But shhh as I am not meant to be lol! Its just tooo pretty!!!

The sensational 2015 LNYDP wristband and a truly gorgeous wrist lol!

LNYDP Oyster Wallets! 

I know this is somewhat a Merchandise fest right now, but I am too excited over here to not share!! The LNYDP 2015 Oyster Card Wallets have arrived, literally 2 minutes before I wrote this blog, so frankly I had to include them!! 

What do you guys think!! Sexy or what lol!!

Definitely the Kate Moss or George Clooney of Oyster Wallets!

Alfie Watch! 

A brilliant week for Alfie! Not vet trips, not eating chocolate, frankly a very subdued but excellent week lol!!

Alfie has now decided that as a proud mascot for LNYDP, he no longer sits on the floor in restaurants! Oh no, check out the picture below! Alfie has gone human haha!! But he is just way to cute to tell off...bad doggy parenting I know, but look at his handsome face!! x

Man Alf is handsome...just like his dad haha!! 

Song Of The Week

The Magnificent Beatles!! Frankly need I say more!! Twist and Shout baby!! Or as Lizzie at LNYDP likes to say...Twist and Shine lol!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS0wuN_6wyw

Good Morning, Good Morning LNYDP Fantabulosa fanlets!! What a morning, the sun is shining and the weather is sweet, in the words of the late great Bob Marley!
Now personally both I and the Alfie feel great, however sadly the LNYDP Mews headquarters is a rather sickly place at the moment! Not enough vitamin D I say haha (see cool picture below)!! We have our leader and hero Bob Bone suffering with a touch of the Flu #manflu!! (Now hoping he does not read this blog lol!), Theresa Davis suffering from similar sneezey and cough related illness and now Mr Malcolm Chalk, man of iron and steel, even seems to have caught the illness bug! Alf and I however feel great lol, so fret not the blog shall continue in great magnitude and fortitude!

Cool picture of Vitamin D as mentioned cheekily above!

Legendary Lizzie Returns! 

As Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother liked to commonly articulate, the LEGENDARY Lizzie Bone has returned from her Majorca jaunt! I must say LNYDP Lizzie is looking very healthy and tanned! Alf and I really rather jealous lol! Lizzie jetted off to the Sunny Majorca isles with her husband and fellow Legendary person for a well deserved break! But all of us at LNYDP Mews headquarters are very glad to have such an LNYDP Legend back in the hot seat!

Legendary Lizzie returns! 

LNYDP Equipment and Instrumentation First Draft Manifest!

Now I appreciate whilst to some this may not be the most stimulating and interesting sub heading believe me it is revolutionary!! Without instruments and equipment the parade does not happen! 

This week was therefore the deadline for all overseas participating  LNYDP groups to submit their First Draft Equipment and Instrumentation Manifest, and can I just say what legends all the overseas participating Groups are for submitting their gorgeously created manifests exactly on time!! I am currently reading through the manifests and frankly the First Draft Manifests have been music to my ears! I can almost hear the sweet notes of the alto Sax's playing as I type!! 

The famous LNYDP Manifest Form!

A week with LNYDP Masscot Alfie!

Its been a busy week for the famous LNYDP Mascot Alfie! A trip to the vets, yet again (nothing serious) followed by a doggy show followed by deciding he is now a human and drinking only out of his dads mugs, followed by work!! Its a tough life for the Alf but he loves every minute of it and I love having him with me for every minute of it!! I feel we have a Del Boy and Rodney type bond! I'm Del boy of course lol! 'Poulet Rodney, Poulet!! 

Below are a few snaps from Alfie's week! Tough work but someone has to do it...right Alf!!?? lol! x

Alfie and his gorgeous mother at the Chiswick Dog Show!

Alfie deciding to drink only out of MY Mug! Ps - Please ignore the rather untidy bedroom!! lol!!

LNYDP Mega Mascot rather tired after a long and hard week!

Welcome back Emma Henry!

Now this is rather an unusual sub heading for the blog, but I have been informed that one of our best and longest serving Tour Assistants, the Magnificent Emma Henry has confirmed that she will be joining LNYDP for a massive TENTH YEAR!! What a...wait for it....Legend....dairy Tour Assistant and generally awesome person! Yes I know I have been watching too much of Barney and How I met Your Mother lol!!
Anyway, I digress as usual lol!! A massive welcome back to Emma from both Alf and I, look forward to seeing you very soon indeed and congratulations on the massive ten year milestone! 

The famous and magnificent Emma Henry!

Song Of The Week!

Massive Vanessa Carlton fan! If you have ever seen the film 'White Chicks' featuring the supremely talented Terry Crews, you will understand why this song is so....wait for it....Legend...dairy!!! haha!! (Was the last time I use that, promise)!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwkej79U3ek

Good Morning LNYDP amazing folk! Autumn is now officially upon us in sunny London and I can really feel the temperature drop! The air conditioning in the LNYDP Mews Headquarters is firmly switched off and the sweatshirts are back in full force! Just on a very quick side note, both Alfie and I were delighted to offer our support for the #heforshe campaign. Just in case you missed it on the LNYDP facebook page, I have popped the picture in below!

Alfie and I backing the #heforshe campaign! 

Umbrella Time!

This year we are delighted to be welcoming the LNYDP Umbrella back onto the online shop. I have personally overseen the production from start to finish of this masterpiece and this Umbrella is quite frankly awesome!! Personally Alfie and I think it looks magnificent. More importantly though, it is genuinely a great umbrella, sturdy and compact, yet the right size to keep both Alfie and I dry should a little liquid sunshine appear!
Indeed, reading this blog back to myself, I can see rather too clearly, that I have been spending far too much time around Umbrellas lol! Moving on.......lol

The Perfect Umbrella! Compact when closed, yet well sized when opened! The Umbrella Tardis! 

Congratulations to Blue Valley North's Marching Mustang!

I am delighted to announce that 'Blue Valley North's Marching Mustang' band have been officially invited to perform in LNYDP 2016! Massive congratulations to them and I know that everyone in the UK and of course in the LNYDP Mews headquarters is delighted and excited (in equal measure) to see them perform in just over a year! Congratulations again!! 

The extraordinary BVN Marching Mustang's

Delighted to say hi to Alfie's new friends! 

All of you will know of the incredible, talented and handsome Dean Oblonsky! LNYDP hero and legend! But I am not sure many of you will know of Molly Scott Terrell Oblonsky and Patricia Francine Scott Terrell Oblonsky! These are Dean's two amazingly cute dogs, meaning our very own LNYDP Alfie, officially has doggie friends accross the big pond! I had to pop this picture into the blog because, as a dog lover it is frankly too cute lol!!

Frankly, and for a change....words escape me lol! This is just tooo cute!! 

Sara in Panama with LNYDP super fans! 

Last week I mentioned Sara and Jonny's amazing trip to Panama, where they witnessed some truly incredible band performances and had a magnificent experience. This week I am delighted to be posting a picture sent in to me earlier this week, of our very own LNYDP Sara Marinoni, alongside Carlos and his Mother from Panama. Both Carlos and his Mother are massive fans of LNYDP and are huge supporters of marching bands in Panama. It is a great picture and thanks for sharing it with us Carlos! 

From left to right: Carlos's Mother, Sara and Carlos

Alfie Playing Soccer!

Well frankly a week would not be complete without a picture of the most handsome and talented puppy in the Universe, LNYDP's very own Mascot Alfie! I appreciate I am biased here by the way lol!! I also feel really guilty, as I had to tell Alfie off for knocking over Sara's bin this morning and well he is definitely sulking at me with his big puppy eyes!! 

This week I have an amazing snap of Alfie playing Soccer and he is genuinely really rather good! Much faster than his dad these days lol!

Alfie heading the Soccer ball!

Song Of The Week

This is a little abstract for me, however having just watched the film 'One Chance', I was blown away with this voice! What a talent, Mr Paul Potts! Honestly watch this rendition of  'Nessun Dorma' and you will have goosebumps and a tear in your eye! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA

Good Morning! After taking the last couple of weeks off, I have realised just how incredibly fortunate I am to have such an amazing platform to share both mine and Alfie's thoughts with! I genuinely feel very honoured that you amazing LNYDP fans take the time to read our blog and want to truly thank you for that! I think over the coming years we will have some amazing journeys together, although I don't want to get too mushy and embarrassing this Friday morning lol!!

YES / NO Scottish Vote ....

First off, I think some important news needs to be addressed! Many of you might well have seen the news of the Scottish YES / NO vote for independence. Well I am delighted to announce that Scotland has voted NO to Independence and so Great Britain will remain Great! Alfie, I and everyone in the LNYDP Mews Headquarters feels very proud and patriotic today!

The Union Jack, Great Britain will remain Great! 

LNYDP Merchandise

I am delighted to announce that all 2015 LNYDP official Merchandise is now available via the Online Shop at www.LNYDP.com. The Items this year are truly incredible, I promise! Plus the long awaited Alfie Bear is now ready and available to buy online!! Are you going to give Alfie Bear a special home??

On the Subject of Merchandise, I am going to reveal the exclusive LNYDP Participant Discount Code today in this blog prior to being released anywhere else!! I feel it is the least I can do for you amazing LNYDP fans! Are you ready..........

The LNYDP Participant discount code for all LNYDP Participants and supporters is......'lnydp2015' (all lower case). Visit the shop and enter this code on checkout and you pay NO POSTAGE AND PACKING! Its a huge saving!! P.s. I don't officially reveal this code for another month!! 

Alfie Bear on my desk!! Double trouble haha!!

Sara and Jonny Conquer Central America 

The wonderful Sara Marinoni and the awesome Sir Jonny Whaley ventured to Central America to watch some of the most talented bands in Central America perform. The bands were incredible and we look forward to hopefully inviting them to participate in the phenomenon that is LNYDP in the near future! I know that both Sara and Jonny were blown away watching these talented bands perform. Below are a couple of snaps from the performances of the 'Mass Band in Puebla, Mexico' and the 'Mco Marching Band in La Chorrera, Panama'.

The magnificent Mass Band in Puebla, Mexico

The awesome Mco Marching Band in La Chorrera, Panama

 

Alfie's Brief Holiday Overview! 

Ok, so Alfie had the best holiday ever! Definitely the most Pampered Pooch in the Universe lol! In fact as I type this blog, Alfie is being incredibly naughty and is attacking poor Sara's bin! Who knew such a small thing could create so much mess lol!! But back to the holiday.....Alfie had his first ever trip to the seaside and loved every minute of it! He even had a little swim but got a little scared when it got too deep! He really did miss Malcolm, Sara, Theresa, Lizzie, Nick and our hero and leader Bob though as I have never seen anyone so excited to come back to work lol! Except me of course haha!! He is well and truly a LNYDP team member now!! 

Alfie with his gorgeous Mother and less gorgeous Father on the beach in Ferring UK

Song Of The Week

The wonderful voice of the legendary Jimmy Cliff singing a Disney Classic! A true gem of a song...Enjoy! x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujTCZgPr5MA

Good Morning amazing LNYDP fanlets and marvellous people! Today is the last blog until the 26th September as Alf and I are off on holiday! Needless to say I am very excited and frankly in a majestically good mood today! I am however going to miss all the amazing LNYDP peeps and of course you guys, but holiday is holiday right!!!Haha!!

Excited 'Muchly'  but equally sad, going to miss you guys!! 

Malcolm The Great Returns

First on the agenda!! Now this is a super importante piece of LNYDP news..... A huge Alfie, Joe and LNYDP welcome back to Mr Malcolm! We have all missed Malcolm, Alfie especially! We are all super delighted Malcolm is back, looking tanned, refreshed and ready to shine for LNYDP and all you amazing fans! Great to have Malcolm back after a well deserved rest!! Vamosss!!!

Welcome back!!

Francis the LNYDP Rome traveller! 

Many of you amazing LNYDP fans will remember Francis. The LNYDP youngster who can do absolutely everything with a little extra flair and panache! Well Francis has been a busy bee, travelling all around Europe and helping LNYDP on the way! Francis has been in Rome and checking out all the best sites and attractions for you amazing participants of Rome and Frascati. In fact Francis has hand selected the best pictures of himself to send in for the blog this week and well, the sites really do look rather amazing!! lol! 

LNYDP is also looking forward to welcoming Francis back on a full time basis from the 1st November. 

'Kid Frankie' in Rome!!

Family Tennis Tournament

Ok, so this is not technically LNYDP appropriate. However as I am an LNYDP employee, there is a certain relevance, albeit rather tenuous lol!!

I am delighted to report that Kate and I with a little help from Alfie, won the Maclean family tennis tournament for the second year in a row!! Kate dominated the net with some amazing volleying which thankfully saw us through, despite some very close competition, noticeably from Kate's Mum Jane!! A great day and another great victory for the Kate, Alfie and Joe team!! We even won a trophy!! I shared with Alf!! 

The Maclean Competitors and the Winners Trophies!

While Lizzie is in the States!! Shhhhhhhhh.......

LNYDP mascot Alfie, in the last week has taken a certain shine to the wonderful LNYDP supremo Lizzie's desk! Now not entirely sure Lizzie would be delighted to see this, but Alfie misses Lizzie so much that he keeps climbing onto her desk and sleeping!! It is rather odd but really rather cute! P.s. Just in case you read this Lizzie, I have wiped down the desk and it is as shiny as it has ever been!! Promise lol!! Alfie says hi lol!! 

Hmmmm.... caught in the act Mr. Alfie lol!! x

Song Of The Week

This is my favourite song of all time! This live version will captivate you with its brilliance! 

Goodbye from the Alf and I for the next few weeks. I will miss you guys! Enjoy xxx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiHBCruacA4