HADE Edge Band and the Hade Edge Academy groups are preparing for their packed Christmas season.

Over the Christmas period the bands will be competing in a number of contests, concerts and carols in small groups.

Hade Edge Band will be involved in Kirkwood Hospice’s Light up a Life dedication service, which takes place at Huddersfield town hall this Saturday.

The youth band will be at Wortley Top Forge Industrial Museum, near Penistone, in the afternoon this Sunday, playing carols and Christmas music.

The Hade Edge Academy Christmas concert is on the following Saturday, December 15.

The event, which takes place at Holmfirth Civic Hall from 7pm, includes performances from all sections of the Hade Edge Band, including young players in their first concert.