The North Skelton Band is celebrating yet again after they qualified for a second successive year for the National Finals in Cheltenham as North of England Second Section champions.

Led by conductor Lewis Wilkinson and aided by 'Best Instrumentalist' award winner Chris Coupland and 'Best Soprano' Michael Holliday it comes in what is proving to be a memorable 50th anniversary year.

Although the band has moved on from the days of rehearsing in an old hut in the village there are still a few original players in the band.

Weekend celebration

To mark the official 50th anniversary the band will be holding a weekend of events on Saturday June 22nd at the Saltburn Community Theatre where they hope to display as much memorabilia as possible, whilst they will also hope former players will come along and perhaps be persuaded to enter a special Slow Melody contest.

More details

More details can be found at the band's website: https://sites.google.com/view/northskeltonband/home