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  Town band celebrates with a free concert Monday, 21 June 2021 - Events WHEN the sound of music wafts across Wiveliscombe Recreation Ground on Wednesday evening (June 23), it will be history in the making as the town band marks its 125th anniversary with a free open-air concert, writes Sue Michinson. The brass band players will be giving their all to celebrate the historic occasion, part of a success story that began in 1896, when a member of the local military Volunteer Yeomanry started what was then the town’s third brass band. In spite of two world wars and in recent times the pandemic, it has survived and is thriving, now under Director of Music Chris Grabham, 23, who took over its leadership in 2017 while he was still in college. “We’re firing on all cylinders again and getting back to where we were before the pandemic, with a very busy, wonderful buzz,” said Chris. “The anniversary concert will be a balance of well-loved and modern work – moving in a modern direction but not for