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Three Youth Bands came together to perform in aid of Cancer Research, St David’s Brass and Penicuik joint Youth Bands and also Galashiels Youth Band.

The concert was held on Sunday 4th May at the North Kirk in Penicuik. 

The audience was treated to a wonderfully diverse concert and it was obvious that the players also enjoyed performing for their guests. 

St David’s and Penicuik started the evening off and were followed by three solo performances from Isla (Galashiels), Jack (Penicuik) and Stuart (Conductor, Galashiels) and were ably accompanied by Graham McDonald on piano. 

After the interval Galashiels played several items, which were then followed by another short set of pieces from St David’s and Penicuik. To round off the evening all three bands gave a rousing rendition of YMCA - even the audience joined in!

A total of over £400 was raised for this worthy cause and we’d like to thank all those who attended and donated raffle prizes to make the evening such a success. 

We were delighted and grateful to receive a most welcome donation of gardening tools recently, courtesy of Inch Nursery, Edinburgh.

As you can imagine, during that time the garden has not been tended and so there is a lot of landscaping work to catch up on. You can be sure that the tools will be put to good use! 

Vogrie Hall has been closed for over four years, but has been undergoing extensive refurbishment and will soon be open again.