The Thornton Le Dale Ukuleles are set to perform at a fundraising event hosted by Scarborough Rotary Club tonight to raise funds for Westway Open Arms.
The Thornton Le Dale Ukuleles were founded in 2014 by former Eastfield Headteacher John Scoble with assistance from friends. Starting with just four or five individuals, the group has grown significantly and now comprises 60 players.
The group dedicates all its activities to charity and hit a £100,000 fundraising milestone at the end of last year.
John says that when they started the group there was no expectation that they would raise anything like that much money.
"We started in, 2014 with about four or five of us, sitting around the kitchen table in Thornton, Dale. We have now got 60 players in total. And we do everything for charity.
And I'm really proud of this, at Christmas, we actually passed a hundred thousand pounds that we've raised since 2014, for a whole range of charities. But a hundred thousand pounds was just unbelievable 'cause it wasn't the plan at all.
It was just to make music really nothing more. The idea was if you wanted to learn to play, come along. You don't have to have any musical experience. Just enthusiasm and let's go and see what we can do."
The group will be performing at Scarborough Rugby Club at 7pm this evening (May 15th) to raise funds for Westway Open Arms in Eastfield. John says the group performs a varied repertoire at it's fundraising events although they do generally avoid George Formby.
"We do say that we don't do any George Formby. But occasionally we drift into one. We do stuff from the sixties. Seventies, eighties, all the way up to modern day. There's a bit of George Ezra and stuff in there.
It's about singing along we supply people with maracas and tambourines and, word songbooks and all sorts.
It's at Scarborough Rugby Club for Scarborough Rotary. The nominated charity is Westway Open Doors.
They're an amazing group of people, they make a real difference to people's lives on Eastfield and I have nothing but total praise for the work that they're doing. So we're delighted, to support the cause once again"
The group, described as an "eclectic mix" of people, includes individuals who are partially sighted, have Parkinson's or MS, and its oldest member is 94. Mr Scoble noted that many players are now "infinitely better" than him, which he finds "wonderful".
There is more information about the group at https://thorntonledaleukes.wixsite.com
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