A MUSICAL beach party has raised £3,000 for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice.
The Walking on Sunshine concert a Keighley’s Victoria Hall was performed by the Hot Aire! concert band and Bradford Accordion Band, with musical directors Stephen Bradnum and Anita Bašić.
Says Stephen: “It was great to raise funds for such a worthwhile charity.
“Special thanks to the main sponsor, Woodbank Garden Centre in Harden, and all our generous advertising sponsors.”
Hot Aire! is a symphonic concert band based at St Peter’s Church in Shipley. It is the third generation of a band that began life in 1956 as a brass band and became a concert band under the name Hot Aire! in 1989.
Bradford Accordion Band is a diverse amateur musical group whose mission is to make great music, while having fun.
Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice at Oxenhope, which has its 50th anniversary this year, provides expert palliative care, advice and support for people across the area who are living with life-limiting conditions.
Hot Aire! also performed at Proms on the Farm in Silsden, raising a further £8,000 for Sue Ryder Manorlands and Silsden Methodist Church.
In 2025 the concert band will be performing concerts to support Marie Curie. For more details go to hotaire.org
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