New President for Grimethorpe

Grimethorpe Colliery Band has appointed, Richard Corbett, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, Honorary President. 

He commented: “I am thrilled to become Grimethorpe Colliery Band’s Honorary President in its centenary year. This iconic band has contributed so much to Britain’s artistic and cultural life throughout its long history, and I have attended rehearsals and performances, and met many members of the band on several occasions… Grimethorpe Colliery Band is part of our county’s and our country’s cultural fabric, successfully blending a glorious past with vision and openness to the future.”

He said that he was looking forward to working with the band to secure “a sound financial future.”

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