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Grimethorpe hope to add to festive joy

A reprise festive concert performance from Grimethorpe Colliery Band looks to add funds to the entertainment coffers.

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Grimethorpe Colliery Band has produced a special Christmas Concert of its own this year — linked to its on-going Crowdfunder fund-raising activities.

Introduced by Musical Director David Thornton it contains highlights of a concert given last year at Emmanuel Methodist Church in Barnsley.

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It contains plenty of festive fun as well as substantive contributions from the pen of Eric Ball and others — including a bit of community choral interaction to close and the obligatory excerpt from 'William Tell' with the audience desperately trying to catch up with the tempo...

Enjoy:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1omqiO3dPoorF9UCKX-3Ws4w104AO8a4fpY2Mh3xhg96RLem6UPhMBXmY&v=9RtQN3WlsPk&feature=youtu.be

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