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Mercury rises at Bolsover

There is further good news for the Bolsover Festival as they sign sponsorship deal with Mercury newspapers.

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Bolsover District Council has announced that they have secured a new three-year sponsorship deal with Sheffield based Mercury Newspapers for the forthcoming Bolsover Festival of Brass.

The Festival has attracted 47 entrants this year, and the new deal is seen as a major investment in helping to further enhance the profile of the event.

Delighted

Contest Controller, Carole Crompton told 4BR: "We are delighted to have secured Mercury Newspapers as our primary sponsor and are looking forward to a good long-term relationship with them."

Carol added: "The festival itself is now one of the leading events of it’s kind in Britain and this new deal will help us to keep moving forward and improving. Sheffield Mercury Newspapers is well respected and we will be working with them to help their brand grow across the country."

We are delighted to sponsor this event and we also congratulate the organisers for creating the largest brass band entertainments contest in BritainAndrew Platts, Mercury Newspapers.

Congratulations

Andrew Platts, Managing Editor of Sheffield Mercury Newspapers told 4BR: "We are delighted to sponsor this event and we also congratulate the organisers for creating the largest brass band entertainments contest in Britain."

He added: "We look forward to working together in the future and we anticipate that this partnership will help to develop further opportunities for performance groups to display their talents."

The Bolsover Festival of Brass will be held on Sunday 3rd October 2010 at Post Mill Centre, South Normanton and Pinxton Village Hall.

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