Music group fulfils late MP's Broadway dream

Summarised from BBC Essex's report · Updated 9 Oct, 07:00 · Archive

The Music Man Project, a charity for people with learning disabilities, performed on Broadway in honour of the late MP Sir David Amess.

The Music Man Project, a charity based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, teaches children and adults with learning disabilities to sing, sign and play original music. The group has performed for the King, at the Royal Albert Hall and London Palladium, but a trip to perform in New York was a dream of their former president Sir David Amess before his death in 2021.

Founder David Stanley said he made it his mission to fulfil that promise in Amess's memory. During the Broadway performance, Stanley paid tribute to the late MP using one of his signature campaign accessories, a megaphone, saying: "We promised we'd get them to the Broadway and we did it my friend, we did it." The group received a standing ovation, with Stanley describing himself as "exhausted" and "overwhelmed with emotion" afterwards.

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• Music group fulfills late MP's Broadway dreamThe Music Man Project is a charity in Essex that teaches music to people with learning disabilities.BBC Essex · 9 Oct, 06:17

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