BOLTON Hospice hopes to attract a host of festive fund-raisers this Christmas with a dinner dance.

It has recruited Bolton band Brassed Off to provide the entertainment at the Westhoughton Masonic Hall.

The event takes place on Friday, December 14 and tickets, including a three-course meal, cost £19.50.

Brassed Off was formed after mothers Gill Pearl, from Lostock, and Ruth Boff, from Horwich, became so "brassed off" with their lives that they learned to play the saxophone.

Family and friends provided the group with a trumpeter, lead and bass guitarists, trombonist, keyboard player and vocalist. BOLTON Hospice hopes to attract a host of festive fund-raisers this Christmas with a dinner dance.

It has recruited Bolton band Brassed Off to provide the entertainment at the Westhoughton Masonic Hall.

The event takes place on Friday, December 14 and tickets, including a three-course meal, cost £19.50.

Brassed Off was formed after mothers Gill Pearl, from Lostock, and Ruth Boff, from Horwich, became so "brassed off" with their lives that they learned to play the saxophone.

Family and friends joined to provide the group with a trumpeter, lead and bass guitarists, trombonist, keyboard player and vocalist.