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As we write this article the band are busy rehearsing for the Leicestershire Brass Band Association contest on Sunday 24 November. Before that, of course, the Band will be leading the Kibworth village parade and the Service of Remembrance,

Followers of The Kibworth Band Facebook page will have noted Ted Smith died in early November 2024. He was one of Kibworth’s characters. He was Kibworth Band personified and ran their 200 Club.

A great stalwart of Mowsley Parish for over sixty years as church warden, organist, village hall committee member, parish clerk, joint organiser of the Mowsley Gardening club and so much more besides, has died suddenly. Her input into Mowsley Community life was immeasurable.

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The Spinners go from strength to strength with four teams in the Leicestershire League and two in the Junior League. Spinners members Jack Feakes and Lennon Devlin were each part of winning teams of the B & H Table Tennis Competition, and will progress to the finals later in November. 

Actor Guy Henry will star alongside the Harborough Singers in their annual Celebrity Christmas Concert in December.

Rotarian Robert Easthope gave a sigh of relief as the firework display ended on Friday 1 November. After last year’s cancellation and the difficulties encountered we changed our venue to higher ground. Robert Easthope, and his committee, were determined to run the event again. Fortunately it was a fine evening and around 1.500 folk arrived, sampling the hot food and drinks provided, before the display.

Our annual Christmas concert is now less than a month away, and we really are getting excited to perform for you on Saturday 30 November!

By the time you read this, our Christmas musical, ‘Holly Jolly Saves Christmas’ will have been performed and put to bed. It proved to be a huge success and, for anyone who came to see it, catapulted them into the true and magical spirit of Christmas.

October meeting was a real treat with a visit from Jill and John Vickers from ‘Bridge 67’. Jill gave us a short history of how it all started during Covid. The shop opened in November 2020 and is a very popular venue in Kibworth.