MUSICIANS with a brass band are preparing for another busy season of performances.

Bedale Brass band is preparing for a spring concert, to be held at Bedale High School on May 17, at 7.30pm.

The event is in aid of the British Heart Foundation and it will be followed by other engagements throughout the summer and autumn, including concerts at Ampleforth on May 24, and Lightwater Valley on June 1.

Spring concert tickets are £5 and are on sale at Dawkins' motorcycle shop and Woolfayre in Bedale, as well as from band members.