A High Wycombe school which supports students with learning difficulties welcomed pupils from across the town to join in its annual summer music festival last week.

Pupils from Kite Ridge School, in Verney Avenue, joined together with students from across Wycombe for the two-day Kite Fest celebrations from Wednesday, June 28.

Organiser and senior learning mentor, Bev Warner, hailed the “beautiful” event a success as hundreds of visitors were welcomed through the school’s doors over the course of the festival.

Performances included a street dance act and workshop by Lewis Haywood and a variety of musical acts including the Cressex School steel band.

Ms Warner said: “It was fantastic – it’s our biggest event we have ever done. On Wednesday we had 120 people including our students – we only have 10 – and on Thursday we had close to 150.

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  • Bravo, well done!!!

    • Andre: All this going on and Salmon Cupid eh put together ah E-PAN band together to start touring the world as yet. Ah design the structure of the band and everything for allyuh and allyuh eh lift ah mallet as yet. The E-PAN getting more and more technologically sophisticated and yet it EH MAKING NO MUSIC of consequence. Ah thought it was a MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

      Look, THE BIG 5 getting ready to send STEELBANDS all over the WORLD and allyuh already UP NORTH and just INVENTING but not PRESENTING.

      Patrick Ramdoo say: The mentality needs tweaking!!!

      C'MMON MAN!!!

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