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05
Jul 2021
And the band played on...
Tewit Youth Band's first public performance for 18 months yesterday coincided with a huge thunderstorm in Harrogate's Valley Gardens.
Because band members had to be spaced two metres apart die to covid, over half were outside the bandstand on the grass and fully exposed to the downpour.
Despite this, the band played on and completed the entire programme.
The local was joined by the world famous brass band Black Dyke Band, which filled in for some Tewit members who were isolating due to covid.
They were halfway through the programme when the heavens opened.
Colin Gibbs president of Tewit Youth Band, said:
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After the youth band's performance, Black Dyke Band took to the bandstand alone and due to its smaller size all of the musicians could fit under the shelter.
The concert was funded by Arts Council England‘s Culture Recovery Fund, which awarded Black Dyke Band a grant to play with a budding group of its choice.
The Tewit Band practises at the old Methodist Chapel in Huby. It has about 100 members and four groups ranging in ages.
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