The Downton Band organisation is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, culminating in a special one-off Gala Concert concert held in the historic Moot Gardens in its village on Sunday the 9th of July.

The event will feature its beginners, training and senior bands in performance alongside a special reunion band, which they hope will be filled with as many former members as possible.

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Speaking about the initiative, MD Paul Williams said: "We already have several former players signed up to perform in this special concert, but it would be lovely to have more to make it a huge event!

We are delighted to say that one of the band's former conductor Roland Wright will be conducting the reunion band. All we need now is our former players to come back and celebrate 150 years of brass playing in the village."

The band have some spare instruments for those that need to borrow one and they will be having a rehearsal beforehand on 2nd July.