HUDDERSFIELD'S finest singers and musicians joined forces in a top fundraising concert.
Six choirs and two brass bands were at Huddersfield Town Hall to raise cash for Asian families devastated by the tsunami.
Three hundred performers crowded on to the stage to sing and play for a 1,000-strong audience.
And popular BBC broadcaster Harry Gration was compere, providing chat and a few saucy jokes between pieces.
Powerful voices , deep and soulful, high and sweet, plus dramatic brass, filled the auditorium.
And the show looked as good as it sounded.
The stage was an array of colour, from the soft pastels of the women singers' clothes and the smart dinner suits of the men, to the sparkling metal of Hade Edge and Sellers International brass bands. Audience members got their chance to join in, singing Old One Hundredth and Jerusalem.
Harry encouraged everyone to be heard. "Please be in as good a voice as you can. Stand, shout, swing from the ceiling if you want," he said when introducing Old One Hundredth.
Other highpoints included the rousing rendition of Jerusalem and Sellers International Band's powerful, soaring treatment of American Trilogy.
A star of the show was Hade Edge Band's cornet soloist, Ian Molyneux, with Hailstorm.
And there was chance for a giggle, too, with an unexpected appearance from Santa Claus in Nothing Like A Dame.
Choirs were Gledholt, Honley and New Mill male voice choirs and Honley, Marsh and Vocal Expressions women's choirs.
The conductor was Gordon Stewart and the accompanist was Keith Swallow.
The official host was Kirklees Mayor Clr Mary Harkin, who opened the event and introduced Harry.
Gordon Stewart told the audience he was thrilled to be working with the choirs, who had spent all afternoon rehearsing their pieces to perfection.
He thanked everyone for their huge support in raising thousands of pounds.
