Every year, in the week before Christmas, we head over to Tesco to entertain the shoppers with Christmas music and carols. It's one of the most enjoyable events of the year, and we are always amazed at the generosity of Borehamwood people and the amount they give for the NSPCC Christmas collection.

This was our tenth Christmas Concert at St Mark's Church, and it was probably our best ever! The church was full and we had a number of friends and guest players with the band which made a great start to the Christmas period. We'd like to thank Amy for playing her solo "In the Bleak Midwinter" which really showed off the beautiful tone of the tenor horn, and Paul for playing "Prelude no.1 by Villa Lobos" which sounded very special and made a nice contrast to the band. We had a number of friends in the band: John, Callum, Julia, Isaac, Becky, Milly, Connor, Rhodri, James, Chris and Josh. Thank you everyone and Merry Christmas.

The band were outside Tescos this year, which was different, but our carolling raised around £1,000 for the NSPCC. It was good to see our friends from the NSPCC who braved the weather to raise so much money.

Here are some of us at the NSPCC craft fair in the Allum Manor, one of our first appearances since the long year of social distancing.