A YOUNG musician is helping to promote the largest music event on Teesside.

This year's outdoor Proms in the Park, at Middlesbrough's Stewart Park, on Saturday, August 26, is expected to attract thousands of music lovers.

Robert Lambert, a student engineer with BPAmoco Cats, at Seal Sands, Billingham, said: "The proms is something I look forward to each year. There's something for people with a wide range of musical tastes."

He is a tuba player with the Ovington and Tynedale Brass Band and the Tees Valley Youth Brass Band, and hopes one day to be up on the same stage in the future.

His employer, Cats, is one of the event's sponsors.

Mr Lambert has already been involved in the National Festival of Music for Youth.

Tickets cost £17 for adults and £12 for children aged under 16. The ticket hotline is (01642) 242561.