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Friday, 03 June 2011

        

In this week’s British Bandsman, we meet one of Europe's rising stars, Michael Bach, who is about to spread his conducting wings into UK banding’s major events.

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We also visit the All-England Masters International Championship at Kettering, where Tredegar continued its relentless march to success, plus we have all the latest news, rankings and the first edition of our new supplement, SA Bandsman.

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Dr Brett Baker

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Marketing Lead, Denis Wick & Alliance Products; Artist at Michael Rath Instruments

               

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