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Hebden to celebrate Mortimer link

Hedben Bridge Band are set to celebrate their famous link to the Mortimer family.

Hebden Bridge
 

The weekend of the 28th & 29th June will be a very busy time for the
Hebden Bridge Band.

The whole weekend has been arranged to celebrate the connection of the band with the famous Mortimer family.

Special guests

A very busy programme of events, commence on Saturday 28th June with a
concert to be performed by the Hebden Bridge Band with a guest
soloist who has been specifically selected for this very special evening — Philip McCann.

The 'Guest of Honour' for the evening will be Martin Mortimer, son of the famous Harry Mortimer.

The 'Guest of Honour' for the evening will be Martin Mortimer, son of the famous Harry Mortimer4BR

Full and exciting

A full and exciting concert has been prepared by the Band, led by the bands conductor Dennis Hadfield, will take place in the Hebden Bridge Picture House too.

The following day, Sunday 29th June, see the Hebden Bridge Heritage
Festival March and Hymn Contest.

The bands committed to compete so far are:
Holme Silver
Blackburn and Darwin
Enderby
Clifton and Lightcliffe
Clifton and Lightcliffe B
Uppermill
Dobcross Silver
Wardle High School
United Co-op Milnrow
Boarshurst Silver (Greenfield)
Huddersfield Brass
Eagley (Bolton) Band

The contest, which to spectators is of course admission free, will take place in the centre of Hebden Bridge Village.

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