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Jul 2021
Returning Ripon hornblowers welcome fourth team member
Ripon's famous hornblower ceremony has taken on a new international angle.
When the 9pm ritual returned to Market Square for the first time in 16 months on Monday, Patricio Maglio was unveiled as a new member of the team.
Mr Maglio, who was born and bred in Argentina, told the Stray Ferret:
Mr Maglio, who moved to the UK 13 years ago, works in the corporate team at Asda's Leeds headquarters.
He and Ripon-born partner Rebecca live within earshot of the nightly blasts of horns that will now signal the nightly setting of the watch on the city's ancient Market Square.
Covid social distancing requirements and lockdowns meant that the hornblowers had to perform behind closed doors for more than a year.
But, working on a rota basis, they did not miss a single night and maintained a tradition dating back to 886 AD.
After the newly-enlarged team played their part in the ceremony, they shared details of the history of hornblowing and their respective instruments, with a crowd of appreciative onlookers.
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This included the Mayor of Ripon, Councillor Eamon Parkin, who said:
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