IT’S all too easy to tar young people with the same brush – to brand them as louts with few interests beyond drinking and vandalism.

But lest you think that all our young people are yobs, take a look at the Mrs Sunderland Music Festival.

It’s well worth a trip this week to Huddersfield Town Hall to see and hear hundreds happily making music.

Their musical abilities and obvious enjoyment spell hope for the future.