Adjudicator David Read MBE explains the decision making process behind the top section at Butlins on the weekend.
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Adjudicator David Read MBE talks to 4BR Editor Iwan Fox about how the two days of top section competition unfolded at Skegness — and explains just what the judges were looking for both in and out of the box from the 10 competing bands.
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