ON behalf of every musician at Smithills School, may I once again thank the Bolton News, the thousand-plus people of Bolton and the Mayor herself for once again attending and supporting our latest Victoria Hall concert on Saturday evening.

For the Mayor and the people of Bolton to continue supporting Smithills music in such huge numbers and in the way that they do means everything to the players, singers and myself. After more than three decades of working at the school and so many national and World titles won by our flagship bands and ensembles, for the public to say that our latest Smithills concert was the best ever means a great deal and provides the motivation to keep standards at the levels they clearly continue to be.

I, and all of our Smithills musicians, look forward to raising a great deal more money for Bolton Hospice, Help For Heroes, local Rotary clubs and other great charities for many years to come.

Chris Wormald

Musical Director