Come and listen to some brass and support BRASS
This year the annual Christmas concert for The Kempston Concert Band is raising funds for BRASS, Bedfordshire Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support.
The idea to support the charity was put forward by Kathy Mortimer, who plays the trombone in the concert band and is a volunteer English language teacher for BRASS. She says “teaching English with BRASS has enabled me to meet and work with people from all different nationalities and culturesand hopefully help them to feel welcome and part of the Bedford community. We plan to use money raised from the concert to buy more English teaching resources for our weekly Afghan women’s group”.
BRASS was established in 1999 and provides help for many people who have no other source of support, including English language lessons, drop-in advice surgeries and social activities.
Kempston Concert Band has recently celebrated its 50thanniversary and normally holds three concerts a year. Of course, the band is made up of not only brass, but alsoclarinets, flutes and percussion as well as the trumpets, horns and trombones.
The Christmas concert is on Monday 12th December at 7.30pm at Kempston East Methodist Church. Tickets are available on the door (£8/£5) or at www.ticketsource.co.uk/KCB
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