Pop star Sam Smith’s violin is in North Yorkshire on its way to a new life in Nepal. Sam donated his signed, white violin to an instrument amnesty organised in London in 2015 by the Ronnie Scott Foundation, the charitable arm of the world famous jazz club. And the Foundation this summer gave it to Harrogate Brigantes Rotary Club along with other instruments that will soon be shipped to a charity in Nepal that needs instruments to teach disadvantaged children to play. All this came about because of Brigantes’ Kids Aloud 2019 project which brought a choir of 40 children … Continue reading Long journey for pop star’s violin