ROYALTY: King Charles meeting members of Grimethorpe Colliery Band.<\/p>\n
THREE members of Grimethorpe Colliery Band were invited to meet King Charles at a special visit to Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n
Last Thursday, band manager Andy Kennedy, musical director Ben Nixon and youth and education lead Jim Fletcher, visited Windsor Castle in a special event hosted by the King to celebrate community music across the UK.<\/p>\n
His Majesty invited 350 guests to recognise the vital role music plays in strengthening communities and showcase the people and organisations involved in grassroots music groups and projects, with a focus on volunteers and community leaders.<\/p>\n
The event began with a short performance from three musical groups in the grand Waterloo Chamber, before the royal party met guests during a drinks reception in St George\u2019s Hall.<\/p>\n
Andy Kennedy said: \u201cBeing invited to Windsor Castle by the King in recognition of the hard work the band does for our communities was a huge honour and privilege.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrimethorpe Colliery Band\u2019s very proud of our long history of being community-focused and our youth and education programmes continue to inspire the next generation of young players for the movement.\u201d<\/p>\n
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