Mayor wishes South Yorkshire’s young musicians good luck ahead of their performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall

Mayor Oliver Coppard wishes South Yorkshire’s young musicians good luck ahead of their performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

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00:00Hello, I'm Oliver Coppard, South Yorkshire's Mayor, and this is a message about some very

00:04special young people from across South Yorkshire who are heading down to London today to do us all

00:09proud. They're going to perform at the Royal Albert Hall later today at the Music for Youth Prom

00:15as part of our newly formed South Yorkshire Music Hub. 150 performers from South Yorkshire's

00:20orchestra will be on stage this evening in front of an audience of over 4,000 people.

00:26I know there's going to be excitement and nerves and a lot of exhausted teachers on

00:29the four buses that are on their way to London at the moment from Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham

00:34and Sheffield. And there will be lots of very proud parents and carers waiting with bated breath

00:40to hear how it went. Across South Yorkshire we have hugely talented, committed and inspiring

00:46children who get and give joy through the music that they make. I'm really sorry to be missing

00:50the performance but I have absolutely no doubt that it will be amazing. And to our young musicians,

00:55if you don't know already and not to add to the pressure, you'll be performing for everyone in

01:00South Yorkshire. We're all with you in spirit. Enjoy it. I know you're absolutely going to smash it.