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Gomersal Festival on August Bank Holiday Sunday 2018 should perhaps have been advertised as GOMERSAL WETSTIVAL.

In fairness the arrangers did their best to place the band undercover for their 45 minute performance to open the festival (WATCHED BY ONE INTREPID MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC)

However, those band members who accepted the kind invitation of Pete Rhodes and Linda Atkinson to take ‘post gig’ refreshments at their home, had a thoroughly good time and were catered for in a ‘right royal’ fashion ….. hic!

Those who stayed to the end had the priviledge of seeing the Musical Director drying up after the event. What a shame the same could not be said of the weather ….. hic! ….. hic! ….. Sorry!!

It is with the utmost regret that the band has to announce the resignation of Frank Steeples due to health reasons. All members of West Yorkshire Brass wish to thank Frank for the many years of faithful service he has given from his seat in the horn section.

For the ‘umpteenth’ time, West Yorkshire Brass are asked to play at Ripon Armed Forces Day.

At their 2018 concert at Ripon’s Spa Gardens, West Yorkshire Brass members noticed a young lady sitting near the bandstand who appeared to be doing more than just listening to the band.

It wasn’t until she handed a small slip of paper to one of the bandsmen that it became clear exactly what she had been so engrossed in doing.

Whoever you are PB ~ a big THANK YOU . . . . . (I wish I could draw like this!)