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Royal Buckley youth gain help from a Lord

The forthcoming debut performance of the Royal Buckley Youth Band will be aided by them looking the part — thanks to a well placed Lord.

Royal Buckley Youth
 

This weekend the Royal Buckley Youth Band will enter its first contest when they will play at Venue Cymru on Saturday 2nd November as part of the North Wales Rally

New uniforms

To celebrate, the band has invested in new uniforms to make the youth band look as good as it sounds thanks to help from the band’s President, Lord Barry Jones after he commented on how proud he was to be witnessing the next generation of Royal Buckley Town Band making their mark.

What a proud day for the future of the band and it was a real honour to have Lord Jones at our uniform unveilingChairman Steve Pugh Jones

Proud day

Chairman Steve Pugh Jones told 4BR: "What a proud day for the future of the band and it was a real honour to have Lord Jones at our uniform unveiling."

Pictured with the youth band and Lord Barry Jones is MD and Band Chairman Steve Pugh-Jones.

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