A music group with learning disabilities received a standing ovation as they fulfilled a dream of the late MP Sir David Amess.
The Music Man Project is a charity based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, that teaches children and adults with learning disabilities to sing, sign and play original music.
They have performed for the King, at the Royal Albert Hall and London Palladium, but a trip to perform in New York was the dream of their former president and Southend West MP Amess before he was murdered in 2021.
The project's founder David Stanley said: "Following his death, I just made it my mission to fulfil that promise, really, in his memory."
"So that we remember Sir David for all of the work he did for championing people with learning disabilities in Southend, and then obviously across the country, through the Music Man Project's expansion."
Stanley, who wrote, produced and featured in the show, paid a tribute to Amess during the performance.
With a crack in his voice, he spoke into a megaphone - one of Amess' signature accessories on the political campaign trail - the words: "We promised we'd get them to the Broadway and we did it my friend, we did it."
Extracted and lightly reformatted for readability. · Source: pt