High Heel-a-thon Leeds 09

Well September is finally here (as the weather suggests) and the final countdown to High heel-a-thon 2009 has started.  The lead up to the month has been wonderful as we have seen so many people from the great county of Yorkshire show their support for this fantastic event.

A recent example of this was when Glitzy n Glamorous, an online shoe shop were kind enough to donate six pairs of men’s size heels!  Well now there are no excuses for men not to don their heels as we have plenty spare in our supply cupborad.  We wasted no time in putting them to use and within days I found myself at Odsal Stadium, home of the Bradford Bulls, dressing six of the players in High heel-a-thon t-shirts, pink feather bowers and heels before taking a great picture that proved even the burliest of men can pull off the high heel.  (Well I pulled it off didn’t I?!)  The Bradford Telegraph & Argus liked it so much they even printed it twice in the same week!

Now that we have reached September I urge people who are sat on their entry forms to get them filled out and sent in to Breast Cancer Haven.  This gives you plenty of time to find the right pair of heels, customise your t-shirt and convince your friends and family to take part too.  If you are in need of an entry form then simply click on the ‘Register’ tab on the High heel-a-thon home page and then click on ‘Download entry form’.  Then you print out as many as you like and pass them round!

It is now safe to say that my dignity has been saved!  Over the past few weeks Julie and Clearsilver have been hard at work ensuring that I will not be the only male sauntering around Leeds in a high pair of 12’s.

I was impressed when I was sent the pictures of two Castleford Tiger players showing their support for the High Heel-a-thon by posing in heels.  I dare say I was even a little worried as one of them was wearing my white size 12’s (I’m ashamed to admit I was afraid he might damage them!)

Even more impressive was when I saw Gary Lumby, President of Leeds, York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and Yorkshire Bank executive, taking up half a page of the Business Pages of the Yorkshire Evening Post in heels and a pink feather boa.   The fact that someone of such high standing in Leeds (excuse the pun) feels comfortable getting in touch with their feminine side has shown me that I have nothing to worry about and neither does any other man out there!

See what really happens behind the scenes with Harry and Paul at BBC Look North

http://www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthyorkslincs/

It has been a few weeks now since my starring role on Calendar News and my five minutes of fame have virtually timed out (to my ultimate relief), needless to say Julie’s enthusiasm to work the calves of everyman in Yorkshire has not.  My five minutes of fame (using the term extremely lightly) was not all in vein as the first High Heel-a-thon entry forms have come through our doors!

Luckily for me we have added a new member to the Breast Cancer Haven fundraising team and his name is Robert Siddle.  Yes that’s right, his name is Robert!  Another male member of the team defiantly makes my situation look a lot brighter and I feel no guilt whatsoever when I say I hope Julie finds him the highest heels she can find!

Julies first Job for Rob was to get him on the blower to as many sports teams as possible to see if she could find some burly sportsmen to pose for the media in high heels, (no man in the land is now safe!) to which Leeds United and Bradford Bulls expressed an interest…so watch this space.