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New levels of Strata

Strata Brass has announced a number of new signings ahead of their Area contest.

Strata
 

Strata Brass has recently added a number of new players to their ranks ahead of the Area contest.

Sean Killick, Dave Rowland, Lucy Vernon and Kay Wilkinson all join the cornet bench, whilst Dianne Mann and Russ Vernon complete the trombone section.

We lost a clutch of players in the Autumn and the band has worked hard to fill those vacancies with the right playersSecretary, Paul Wilkinson

Clutch of players

Daniel Fretwell has come in on baritone to join recent signings Dave Boag on tuba. Rob Brown moves to second euphonium and Jo Darwin moves to horn from repiano cornet.

Secretary Paul Wilkinson told 4BR: “We lost a clutch of players in the Autumn and the band has worked hard to fill those vacancies with the right players.”

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