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Devizes schoolboy jams with The Fratellis
7:20am Thursday 25th December 2008
Comments (2)Schoolboy Toby Partridge had his dreams come true when he got to play on stage with indie band The Fratellis.
Toby, 13, a pupil at Abbeyfield School, Chippenham, got to play drums with the chart-topping band as they performed at the Oasis leisure centre in Swindon earlier this month after his mum Debbi e-mailed the band on the off chance.
She said: “Toby absolutely loves any type of music and I thought this would be like a dream for him so I thought why not.
“I e-mailed the tour manager and the band themselves and they were lovely. So during a sound check Toby got on stage and just jammed with them.
“We are a very musical family and I think this was the best thing that Toby could ever have hoped for.”
Toby, of Pewsham, Chippenham, can play the piano, clarinet and drums, despite never having had a music lesson in his life.
Mrs Partridge said: “He has an amazing ability to pick up any instrument and just play it.”
Toby Partridge just can’t stop smiling as he gets his day in the spotlight with Mince from the Fratellis
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